Local Tea Party Leader: ‘I Hope The Supreme Court Justices Get Colon Cancer’  —  Conservatives have had a series of extreme reactions to the Supreme Court's Thursday decision to uphold the constitutionality of Obamacare's individual health care mandate: from charging that Chief Justice John …

Disturbing e-mails could spell more trouble for Penn State officials  —  (CNN) — With convicted serial child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky behind bars, new questions are surfacing about what Penn State officials knew about a 2001 incident involving the former assistant football coach's encounter …

SEAL training range won't show woman as target  —  The Navy will not use a target depicting a Muslim woman holding a gun at a new training range for SEALs in Virginia Beach.  —  The announcement came hours after the Council on American-Islamic Relations asked the Pentagon to remove the target.

Joe Williams to leave POLITICO  —  Joe Williams, the POLITICO reporter who was suspended last week for controversial remarks he had made on television and Twitter, will leave his job.  —  “After some cordial discussions, Joe Williams and I mutually decided that the best step for him is to begin …

Reluctance in Some States Over Medicaid Expansion  —  WASHINGTON — Millions of poor people could still be left without medical insurance under the national health care law if states take an option granted by the Supreme Court and decide not to expand their Medicaid programs, state officials and health policy experts said Friday.

Macroeconomics and the Centrist Dodge  —  Simon Wren-Lewis says something quite similar to my own view about the trouble with macroeconomics: it's mostly political.  And although Wren-Lewis bends over backwards to avoid saying it too bluntly, most - not all, but most - of the problem comes from the right.

Dems see ‘window of opportunity’ on immigration if Obama reelected  —  Leading House Democrats say President Obama has a great opportunity to pass immigration reform next year if he keeps the White House, but warn his window to act will be short.  —  Although Obama vowed …

OBAMA CAMPAIGN CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE DAY ... WITH FUNDRAISER IN PARIS  —  Apparently tiring of US soil as a source of campaign dollars, the Obama campaign is headed overseas — with its celebrity friends in tow.  The European Obama campaign starts next week in Paris on July 4 …

Millions without power as storms pound U.S. following record-setting heat  —  (CNN) — Nearly 4 million homes lost power early Saturday across the Midwest as a fierce line of thunderstorms and winds pounded the region after record-setting temperatures.  —  The storms moved east …

D.C. thunderstorms knock out power across region, leaving at least 5 dead  —  The Washington region was still scrambling Saturday to recover from a sudden and violent storm that killed at least five people, uprooted thousands of trees and left more than1.3 million homes and businesses without power …

Friday night news dump: White House salaries edition  —  The White House released its annual report to Congress on staff salaries.  At 4:39 p.m. on Friday.  —  A quick review found the White House payroll appears to have grown since last year, going from $37.1 million in 2011 to $37.8 million in 2012.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hero  —  I am glad that John Roberts, the Chief Justice, voted to uphold almost all of the Affordable Care Act.  But the stance of humble gratitude toward Roberts that's been assumed by many in the past day is beginning to be a bit much.

Border Patrol union blasts Homeland Security instructions to ‘run away’ and ‘hide’ from gunmen  —  A pocket card handed out to Homeland Security employees in April detailing how they should handle an “active shooter” situation.  —  Border Patrol agents in Arizona are blasting their bosses for telling them …