Gillespie says Romney ‘retired retroactively’ from Bain Capital  —  Senior Mitt Romney campaign adviser Ed Gillespie blasted President Obama's attacks on the GOP candidate, saying Romney had been honest about his tenure at the private equity giant Bain Capital.

Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes  —  CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.  —  A tomato struck an Egyptian official …

Disgraced pol Weiner eyes mayor or public advocate run  —  Anthony Weiner's not shrinking from elected office.  —  The disgraced former congressman — who's sitting on a $4.5 million campaign war chest — is mulling a bid for citywide office next year and “seriously considering” a mayoral run, multiple sources told The Post.

One-on-one with President Obama  —  Unedited interview and full transcript  —  RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) - This is a transcript of President Barack Obama's exclusive interview with WAVY.com's Andy Fox:  —  Q: How Important is Virginia in this election?  —  President: “If we win Virginia then we will win the election.

Two Classes, Divided by ‘I Do’  —  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jessica Schairer has so much in common with her boss, Chris Faulkner, that a visitor to the day care center they run might get them confused.  —  They are both friendly white women from modest Midwestern backgrounds who left for college …

Kristol: ‘Crazy’ not to show taxes  —  Bill Kristol and the Obama campaign agree on something: Mitt Romney should immediately release his tax returns.  —  “He should release the tax returns tomorrow.  It's crazy,” Kristol said on “Fox News Sunday.”  “You gotta release six, eight, 10 years of back tax returns.

Obama wants Mideast peace in second term  —  President Obama's agenda for a second term includes bringing peace to the Middle East.  —  “I have not been able to move the peace process forward in the Middle East the way I wanted,” he said in an interview with WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington …

Obama takes break from campaign to hit the links  —  After a week spent campaigning in Iowa and Virginia, President Obama took a break from the trail by hitting the links.  —  Obama headed to Fort Belvoir in Northern Virginia on Sunday for a round of golf.

First lady: This election closer than 2008  —  (CNN) - Speaking to supporters at a farm in New York's Hudson Valley on Sunday, first lady Michelle Obama predicted a tighter result in November than the 7-point margin her husband enjoyed over Sen. John McCain in 2008.

Ron Paul gets ‘smoked’ in Nebraska  —  It looks like Ron Paul isn't going to be officially nominated for the presidency in Tampa.  —  His backers failed to win a plurality of delegate slots at the Nebraska GOP convention Saturday, leaving the Texas congressman short of the support necessary …

Boehner rakes in $8.5M second quarter, has raised $80M as Speaker  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) raked in nearly $8.5 million in the second quarter of fundraising this year to protect his hard-fought GOP majority in the House.  —  According to a memo released by his political office on Sunday afternoon …

Search Continues in Black Hawk County for Two Missing Girls  —  KCRG/Gazette/Waterloo Courier Staff Reports  —  EVANSDALE, Iowa — Black Hawk County authorities have given an update on the search for the two girls Sunday.  —  Volunteers searchers will fan out across the Evansdale area …