Revealed: New York City councilman in corruption plot is a tribal PRINCE in bizarre PAGAN sect where members dress in medieval garb, make sacrifice and have spear-throwing contests  —  New York City Councilman Dan Halloran may be a suspect in a bribery plot to fix the upcoming mayoral election …

Rise of the Predators: Origins of C.I.A.'s Not-So-Secret Drone War in Pakistan  —  Nek Muhammad knew he was being followed.  —  On a hot day in June 2004, the Pashtun tribesman was lounging inside a mud compound in South Waziristan, speaking by satellite phone to one of the many reporters …

Pastor Rick Warren's son, Matthew, commits suicide, church says  —  Pastor Rick Warren's son, 27, has committed suicide after struggling with mental illness for some time.  Pastor Warren delivered the invocation at President Obama's 2008 inauguration.  MSNBC's Craig Melvin reports.

The Golf Shot Heard Round the Academic World  —  The tale of a teed-off philanthropist and the head of Bowdoin College, where identity politics runs wild.  —  It sounds like the setup for a bad joke: What did the Wall Street type say to the college president on the golf course?

Can We Get Hillary Without the Foolery?  —  PLEASE don't ask me this anymore.  —  It's such a silly question.  Of course Hillary is running.  I've never met a man who was told he could be president who didn't want to be president.  So naturally, a woman who's told she can be the first commandress in chief wants to be.

Democrats push problem solvers in House contests  —  Democratic Party officials believe that Kevin Strouse is exactly the kind of candidate who can help them retake the House next year.  —  He's a smart, young former Army Ranger — good qualities for any aspiring politician.

Is this foul-mouthed, self-obsessed Twitter teen really the future of British policing?  Youth crime tsar's sex and drug rants  —  Britain's first youth police commissioner was facing urgent calls to quit last night after she tweeted a torrent of foul-mouthed rants boasting about her sex life, drug taking and drinking binges.

Reid Hints at Using ‘Nuclear Option’ on Judges  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that unless nominations start moving swiftly through the Senate, another round of dramatic rules changes may be in the offing.  —  The Nevada Democrat said that while he was “happy” …

6 Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks  —  KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said.

Obama Got It All Wrong With California Attorney General; Florida Attorney General Is Way Hotter  —  President Barack Obama called California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday night to apologize for calling her “by far the best-looking attorney general in the country” …

House Republicans prepare contingency plan for debt hike  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told Republicans on Friday that the House would soon pass legislation that prioritizes federal payments in the event the U.S. hits the debt ceiling later this year.

Mother Of Slain Benghazi Officer To Sean Hannity: ‘They Want Me To Shut Up’  —  On Friday, Sean Hannity brought Pat Smith, mother of the late Sean Smith, on his radio program.  The 34-year-old information management officer was one of four Americans murdered in the Benghazi embassy attack on September 11, 2012.

Third major oil spill in a week: Shell pipeline breaks in Texas  —  Thousands of gallons of oil have spilled from a pipeline in Texas, the third accident of its kind in only a week.  —  Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, shut down their West Columbia, Texas …