memeorandum: Phoenix boy, 14, shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings (Fox News)

10:50 PM ET, June 23, 2012

Top Items:

White House Memo: White House Waits Tensely for Decision on Health Law — Late on Tuesday, March 27, halfway around the world, President Obama began one of the most suspenseful waits in recent presidential history. — After a blur of nuclear security meetings in South Korea …

Discussion: Althouse

Politico:

HHS pushes out cash ahead of ruling — Conservatives wanted the White House to stop spending on the health care law until the Supreme Court rules on whether it's constitutional. — But the administration has forged ahead, spending at least $2.7 billion since oral arguments in the case ended on March 28.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:

Six Of One — Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are having a slight disagreement over what approach to take if the Supreme Court strikes the individual mandate. Some Democrats want to make a swift, aggressive push to restore a mandate or some incentive for people to buy health insurance …

Discussion: The Mahablog

Ian Swanson / The Hill:
GOP promises to rid nation of healthcare law

Discussion: CNN and Politico

Fox News:

Phoenix boy, 14, shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings — A 14-year-old Phoenix boy shot an intruder who broke into his home while brandishing a gun as the teenager watched his three younger siblings, police said. — The teen and his brothers and sisters were at home alone …

Discussion: Associated Press, Riehl World View, Scared Monkeys and Examiner

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Romney's Bain Profited Even As The Companies It Invested In Went Bankrupt, Analysis Reveals — Mitt Romney has argued that his business experience as head of Bain Capital from 1984 to 1999 will help him turnaround the economy, reduce the debt and place the nation on a sustainable economic footing.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Maddow Blog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Washington Post

UPI:
Obama: U.S. needs ‘bottom-up economics’

Discussion: Hot Air, Pirate's Cove and Weasel Zippers

New York Times:
Companies' Ills Did Not Harm Romney's Firm

Discussion: Liberal Values, Daily Kos, Politico, New York Magazine and Prairie Weather

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Do Democrats Have a Shot at the House? — So far this election season we have written very little about the race for the House of Representatives. In part this is because this looks to be less dramatic than the presidential race — where Barack Obama has only a slight edge, in my view …

Discussion: americanthinker.com

Michael Barbaro / New York Times:

For Wealthy Romney Donors, Up Close and Personal Access — PARK CITY, Utah —They schmoozed with Mitt Romney at a barbecue cookout at the Olympic Park, pressing him on labor regulations and the threat of a nuclear Iran as downhill skiers performed midair flips behind them.

Discussion: Mother Jones

Roland Pease / BBC:

Alan Turing's ‘suicide’ in doubt — Turing was found dead in his bed by his housekeeper — Alan Turing, the British mathematical genius and codebreaker born 100 years ago on 23 June, may not have committed suicide, as is widely believed. — At a conference in Oxford on Saturday …

Discussion: Advocate and AllThingsD

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

GOP leader fires back at newspaper over First Amendment protections — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has fired a salvo at The Washington Post after two of its columnists wrote that he has been inconsistent on First Amendment issues. — McConnell, who considers himself …

Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:

Ann Romney has a horse. So what? — The punch line is at least as old as the eldest baby boomer: “I didn't get a pony.” — Here's Jerry Seinfeld: “I hated those kids [who had ponies]. In fact, I hate anyone that ever had a pony when they were growing up.” — Why is this funny?

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Balloon Juice, The Reaction, No More Mister Nice Blog and Althouse

Associated Press:

Al-Qaida No. 2 condemned US army war ethics — CAIRO, Egypt — Before he was killed in a U.S. drone strike earlier this month, al-Qaida's second-in-command condemned what he described as “unethical” actions of U.S. soldiers in war. — The message came in a 17-minute video of Abu Yahya al-Libi …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Jawa Report

CNN:

Powerful congressman accused of campaign finance violations — Washington (CNN) — Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan, a self-made Florida millionaire, is only in his third term in Congress, but he already is in charge of fundraising for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee …

Discussion: Ballot Box, The Political Carnival, ThinkProgress and Outside the Beltway

Keith Bradsher / New York Times:

Chinese Data Said to Be Manipulated, Understating Slowdown — HONG KONG — As the Chinese economy continues to sputter, prominent corporate executives in China and Western economists say there is evidence that local and provincial officials are falsifying economic statistics to disguise the true depth of the troubles.

Discussion: Via Meadia and Business Insider

Joe Drape / New York Times:

Penn State's Sandusky Convicted of Sexually Abusing Boys — BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted Friday of sexually abusing young boys, completing the downfall of a onetime local hero in a scandal that shook a proud Pennsylvania community …