Morsi Is Winner of Egyptian Presidency  —  CAIRO — Election regulators named Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of Egypt's first competitive presidential elections, handing the Islamist group a symbolic triumph and a new weapon in its struggle for power with the ruling military council.

Past Denials of Vulnerability Raise Health Act What-Ifs  —  WASHINGTON — With the Supreme Court set to render judgment on President Obama's health care law as early as Monday, the White House and Congress find themselves in a position that many advocates of the legislation once considered almost unimaginable.

GOP Oversight Chair Admits There Is No Evidence Of White House Involvement In Fast And Furious  —  Last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) claimed that the White House decision to invoke executive privilege to prevent the release of some documents related to the “Fast and Furious” …

Planned Parenthood's Self-Destructive Behavior  —  PLANNED PARENTHOOD has a large target on its back.  At no time in the organization's history has it faced such a concerted Congressional challenge to its agenda.  But most worrisome is the organization's shrinking number of defenders, and Planned Parenthood has only itself to blame.

What Sheldon Adelson Wants  —  No American is dedicating as much of his money to defeat President Obama as Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who also happens to have made more money in the last three years than any other American.  He is the perfect illustration of the squalid state of political money …

Members of Congress trade in companies while making laws that affect those same firms  —  One-hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded stocks collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees …

Romney Adviser Faults Obama For Failing To Pass DREAM Act, Which Romney Pledged To Veto  —  Throughout the GOP presidential primary, Mitt Romney has repeatedly said that he opposes the DREAM Act and has even pledged to veto the measure if it ever found its way to his desk.

Obama and the Kingdom of the Concrete Skull  —  My friend Jane Woodworth looked over her newspaper, put down her coffee mug, and said , “ Imagine being so down and out that you have to deter people from talking about the economy with the news that you are an accessory to murder.”

Political Scientists Are Lousy Forecasters  —  DESPERATE “Action Alerts” land in my in-box.  They're from the American Political Science Association and colleagues, many of whom fear grave “threats” to our discipline.  As a defense, they've supplied “talking points” we can use …