Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Early Reaction to Supreme Court Decision on the ACA  —  This poll fielded following the Supreme Court's decision upholding the heart of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) finds a majority of Americans (56 percent) now say they would like to see the law's detractors stop …

Anderson Cooper: “The Fact Is, I'm Gay.”  —  [Re-posted from earlier today.]  —  Last week, Entertainment Weekly ran a story on an emerging trend: gay people in public life who come out in a much more restrained and matter-of-fact way than in the past.  In many ways, it's a great development …

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.

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 …

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 …

Romney, an Eye on Campaign, Plans a Trip to Israel  —  JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will visit Israel this summer to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders, a senior aide to the prime minister confirmed on Monday evening.

Rep. West: Obama Wants Americans To ‘Be His Slave’  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Republican Rep. Allen West kicked off his Treasure Coast campaign for congressional District 18 on Sunday with a rally, during which he criticized President Obama on a variety of issues, using phrases and language guaranteed to get attention.

Judge: Twitter Must Turn Over Occupy Wall Street Protester's Tweets  —  Prosecutors say the messages could show whether Malcom Harris was aware of police orders he's charged with disregarding  —  Twitter has been ordered to give a New York City judge almost three months' worth …

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 …

CPAC's boy wonder swings left  —  Jonathan Krohn took the political world by storm at 2009's Conservative Political Action Conference when, at just 13 years old, he delivered an impromptu rallying cry for conservatism that became a viral hit and had some pegging him as a future star of the Republican Party.

Democratic official's shock emails: Israel guilty of “crimes against humanity”  —  Local Democrats are in an uproar about a series of emails about Israel, sent last year by one of their representatives to the Democratic National Committee, and a candidate for state representative.

Rand Paul puts forward measure that would force the Senate to read bills  —  After blasting the Senate last week for passing a 600-page bill no one had time to read, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced legislation that would force the Senate to give its members one day to read bills for every 20 pages they contain.

Probation Fees Multiply for Poor as Companies Profit  —  CHILDERSBURG, Ala. — Three years ago, Gina Ray, who is now 31 and unemployed, was fined $179 for speeding.  She failed to show up at court (she says the ticket bore the wrong date), so her license was revoked.