Romney bans media from Jerusalem fundraiser, violating pre-established protocol  —  JERUSALEM — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who touched down here Saturday night for a day of meetings with top Israeli and Palestinian leaders, plans to wrap up his visit to Israel by collecting money …

Does billboard comparing Obama to alleged shooter go too far?  —  On Franklin Blvd in Caldwell.  —  RELATED CONTENT  —  CALDWELL, Idaho (KBOI) - A Caldwell billboard is raising questions in the Treasure Valley as it compares President Obama to accused Colorado killer, James Holmes.

Pelosi: President Obama's Been to Israel ‘Over and Over Again’  —  Daniel Halper has called attention to Nancy Pelosi's remarkable interview with Al Hunt on the topic of Barack Obama and Israel.  I'd note one comment in particular: Pelosi's claim that President Obama “has been there [Israel] over and over again.”

Gray opposes Chick-fil-A expansion; calls it ‘hate chicken’  —  D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray said Friday he would not support an expansion of Chick-fil-A in the District, referring to it as “hate chicken.”  —  Gray issued his statement on Twitter after mayors in Boston, Chicago and San Francisco …

A 5-Ring Circus: Olympic Opening Is Oddly, Confidently British  —  LONDON — With its hilariously quirky Olympic opening ceremony, a wild jumble of the celebratory and the fanciful; the conventional and the eccentric; and the frankly off-the-wall, Britain presented itself to the world Friday night …

Bombshell: Koch-Funded Study Finds ‘Global Warming Is Real’, ‘On The High End’ And ‘Essentially All’ Due To Carbon Pollution … The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study (BEST) is poised to release its findings next week on the cause of recent global warming.

Here's The Opening Ceremony Tribute To Terrorism Victims NBC Doesn't Want You To See  —  The major transitional element of today's London Olympics opening ceremony was a downtempo performance of adoptive sporting anthem “Abide With Me” by Scottish singer Emeli Sandé.

A federal court ruled against the contraceptive mandate.  Here's what happens next.  —  The U.S. District Court for Colorado on Friday blocked the Obama administration from requiring an air-conditioning company in Colorado to provide no co-pay contraceptives to its employees, as the Affordable Care Act directs.

Poll Shows McCaskill Way Behind  —  Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) trails all three of her potential Republican rivals, according to a new survey conducted for two Missouri news outlets, cementing her status as this cycle's most vulnerable incumbent.  —  Businessman John Brunner (R) …

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Behind Big Political Gifts, a Mysterious Donor  —  It is a small apartment in a scrubby section of Jamaica, Queens, where the average household income is $33,800 and many residents receive government assistance.  —  But from this unlikely address, nearly $900,000 has flowed to the campaign accounts …

TRENDING: Rubio phones into campaign event after plane makes emergency landing  —  (CNN) - Sen. Marco Rubio will not attend a Saturday campaign event in Iowa after his plane made an “emergency landing” in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Sunday, the Florida Republican tweeted.  —  “Bad news,” he wrote.

Statement by Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., distributed by Mayo Clinic  —  Rochester, Minn. — Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has arrived at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for extensive inpatient evaluation for depression and gastrointestinal issues.  —  Further information will be released …

Where's the Outrage?  —  Are too many Democratic voters sleepwalking away from our democracy this election cycle, not nearly outraged enough about Big Money's undue influence and Republican state legislatures changing the voting rules?  —  It seems so.  —  A Gallup poll released this week found that …

Florida Ethics Commission Tosses Out Case Against Rubio  —  The Florida Commission on Ethics dismissed a complaint against Sen. Marco Rubio that accused him of breaching the public's trust and misusing his political position for personal gain.  —  The complaint, filed in 2010 by Michael Ryan …