Health Care Overhaul Is Still No Hit With Public  —  WASHINGTON — On the day President Obama took the final step in turning the Affordable Care Act into law, his senior adviser, David Axelrod, predicted the public would eventually embrace his ambitious effort at health care reform.

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.

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.

Egypt's Morsi defies military in fiery speech  —  President-elect takes symbolic oath of office and says “no institution is above the people” on eve of his inauguration.  —  Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian president-elect, took a symbolic oath of office during a rousing speech in Cairo …

For Opponents of Health Care Law, No Easy Road to Repeal  —  WASHINGTON — Minutes after the Supreme Court ruled to uphold most of the health care law, Congressional Republicans vowed to use every ounce of their legislative muscle to repeal it on their own.  —  The court's ruling that Congress …

Obama Contributor, Who Helped Enact Assault-Weapons Ban, Ran ‘Fast and Furious’  —  (CNSNews.com) - Dennis K. Burke, who as a lawyer for the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the 1990s was a key player behind the enactment of the 1994 assault-weapons ban, and who then went …

Mississippi Tea Party Chairman Calls For Open Rebellion Against Federal Government After Obamacare Ruling  —  Of all the right-wing meltdowns following yesterday's decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, this statement put out by the chairman …

No criminal prosecution of Holder for contempt  —  Washington (CNN) — The White House and the Justice Department made clear Friday what had been expected all along: Attorney General Eric Holder will not face criminal prosecution under the contempt of Congress citation passed by the U.S. House.

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 …

BREAKING: House GOP Leaders Ask Supreme Court to Review DOMA Case  —  The Republican-led House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group today mailed its petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the May 31 ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that the federal definition …

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.

TPMMuckraker  —  Texas GOP's 2012 Platform Opposes Teaching Of ‘Critical Thinking Skills’  —  The Republican Party of Texas' recently adopted 2012 platform contains a plank that opposes the teaching of “critical thinking skills” in schools.  The party says it was a mistake …

Obama's ‘Outsourcer’ Overreach  —  The president's campaign fails to back up its claims that Romney ‘shipped jobs’ overseas.  —  Obama accuses Romney in a series of TV ads of being a “corporate raider” who “shipped jobs to China and Mexico,” asking if voters want to elect an “outsourcer in chief.”

Obama administration considers turning Taliban detainees over to Afghanistan  —  The Obama administration is considering a new gambit to restart peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan that would send several Taliban detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba …

Freshman Rep. West: Nancy Pelosi ‘somewhat delusional’  —  Allen West, a freshman member of the Republican Study Committee, called former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) “somewhat delusional” Thursday evening during an interview on Fox News in response to a question from Fox's Patti Ann Browne.