McConnell: Healthcare ruling clears way for Senate to repeal law  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the Supreme Court ruling upholding the president's healthcare reforms cleared the way for the Senate to vote on repealing the law.

Bain Attacks Make Inroads for President  —  Propelled by a torrent of blistering television advertisements, President Obama is successfully invoking Mitt Romney's career at Bain Capital to raise questions about Mr. Romney's commitment to the middle class, strategists in both parties say …

Derecho: Behind Washington, D.C.'s destructive thunderstorm outbreak, June 29, 2012  —  Radar sequence of derecho thunderstorm complex.  Storm traveled about 600 miles in 10 hours at an average speed of 60 mph.  (Storm Prediction Center) Between 9:30 and 11 p.m. Friday night …

What Really Makes Us Fat  —  A CALORIE is a calorie.  This truism has been the foundation of nutritional wisdom and our beliefs about obesity since the 1960s.  —  What it means is that a calorie of protein will generate the same energy when metabolized in a living organism as a calorie of fat or carbohydrate.

How Liberals Win  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA has endured much criticism of his legislative skills from his fellow progressives.  His conciliatory approach has been compared unfavorably with Franklin D. Roosevelt's gleeful pugnacity and Lyndon B. Johnson's relentless arm-twisting.

GOP lawmakers: Romney needs to distance himself from Bush  —  Republican lawmakers say Mitt Romney should distance himself from former President George W. Bush.  —  Such a move, they say, would take away a key political advantage from President Obama, who has repeatedly suggested Romney …

Obama's In-Flight Cash Plea  —  In an anxious conference call from Air Force One, Obama asked campaign donors to send more money.  Lloyd Grove obtained the tape and describes the presidential pitch.  —  President Obama sounded weary and maybe a tad worried late Friday during …

Bobby Jindal: Libraries?  We Don't Need No Stinkin' Libraries!  —  No libraries for you, little people of Louisiana!  Bobby Jindal just signed a $25 billion dollar budget that cut all state funding for libraries, which wasn't exactly a huge porkfest to begin with ($900,000).

ROMNEY CAMPAIGN: DRUDGE, BREITBART LEADING RISE OF CENTER-RIGHT MEDIA  —  Thursday's reaction to the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare was a textbook example of how the new media's biggest players helped galvanize the center-right political movement.  And it's no surprise what website served …

Sunday Reflection: The Supreme Court, Obamacare and ‘legitimacy’  —  In the weeks and months leading up to the Supreme Court's Obamacare decision — when Democrats were afraid they were going to lose — we were treated to a steady parade of liberal pundits and politicians arguing that a decision …