A Tax Is a Tax Is a Tax  —  One of the few bright spots in last week's Supreme Court ruling on President Obama's health care overhaul was a political one: The opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts argues that Obamacare is constitutional under the taxing powers of Congress.

House to prohibit IRS from implementing healthcare law  —  The House as early as next week will pass legislation prohibiting the IRS from receiving any money from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the 2010 healthcare reform law.  —  Passage of the financial …

Obama braces for June jobs data  —  Weak June manufacturing numbers released Monday intensified concern about the fragility of the economic recovery and turned election-watchers' attention toward unemployment numbers due out at the end of this week.  —  The reports, just four months …

Where the Money Lives  —  For all Mitt Romney's touting of his business record, when it comes to his own money the Republican nominee is remarkably shy about disclosing numbers and investments.  Nicholas Shaxson delves into the murky world of offshore finance, revealing loopholes that allow …

New Obama TV ad goes after Romney over outsourcing  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign says they're going up Tuesday with a new TV commercial that attacks Mitt Romney for what they say is the Republican challenger's past support of outsourcing jobs overseas.

Exclusive  —  Over the years, as the media fixated on Anderson Cooper's sexuality, Kathy Griffin talked around the questions.  Now that he's come out, she explains why she thinks her friend needs to be careful.  —  My friend Anderson Cooper is the scion of one of America's great shipping and railroad families, the Vanderbilts.

Allen West: President Obama Wants Americans To ‘Be His Slave’ … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Allen West, Allen West, Elections 2012, Video, Allen West Obama, Allen West Obama Slave, Politics News  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) can't seem to stay out of the spotlight, for better or for worse.

Twitter complied with 75 percent of US requests for user info  —  Twitter received 679 requests for user information from the U.S. government in the last year, according to a report released by the company Monday.  —  The requests from the United States exceeded that of any other country …

Eric Holder says Republicans have made him a ‘proxy’ to attack President Obama  —  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. sharply criticized lawmakers Monday for voting to hold him in contempt of Congress last week, saying Republicans have made him a “proxy” to attack President Obama in an election year.

Rigged Rates, Rigged Markets  —  Marcus Agius, the chairman of Barclays, resigned on Monday, saying “the buck stops with me.”  His was the first departure since the British bank agreed last week to pay $450 million to settle findings that, from 2005 to 2009, it had tried to rig benchmark interest rates to benefit its own bottom line.

California bill would allow a child to have more than two parents  —  Beaver had June and Ward.  —  Ricky had Ozzie and Harriet.  —  Mom and Dad, same-sex couples or blended families, California law is clear: No more than two legal parents per child.  —  When adults fight over parenthood …

Israelis, Palestinians: 2 states in 5 years unlikely  —  Joint poll finds that the majority of both sides view the chances of establishing Palestinian state within next 5 years low.  —  Most Israelis and Palestinians view the chances of establishing an independent Palestinian state within …

New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte To Join Romney In New Hampshire On July 4  —  Chris Fitzgerald/Candidate Photos/Newscom  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone reports:  —  New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte plans to march with Mitt Romney in Wednesday's Fourth of July parade in Wolfeboro, N.H., GOP sources tell ABC News.