‘Misha’ Speaks: An Interview with the Alleged Boston Bomber's ‘Svengali’  —  As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings continues, one of the more clouded aspects is the tale of “Misha,” a mysterious US-based Islamist who has been accused by members of the Tsarnaev family …

General David Petraeus' New Campaign  —  The fallen general rallies the troops, and Washington society, on the path to rehabilitation.  Bob Barnett is his Paul Wolfowitz.  —  Petraeus worked out on Venice Beach with veterans last month.  —  Via: @TeamRubicon

C.I.A. Delivers Cash to Afghan Leader's Office  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan's president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Hoax emergency message sends police to Wolf Blitzer's house in Bethesda  —  Montgomery County police received an urgent message at about 6:25 p.m. Saturday saying someone had been shot at Wolf Blitzer's home in Bethesda.  Officers streamed toward the CNN host's residence near Congressional Country Club.

Congress Rushes to Aid the Powerful  —  Congress can't pass a budget or control guns or confirm judges on time, but this week members of both parties found something they could agree on, and in a big hurry: avoiding blame for inconveniencing air travelers.  The Senate and House rushed through …

Source: Charlotte mayor to be nominated for transportation secretary  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama will tap Anthony Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday to become his next transportation secretary, a White House official with knowledge of his decision said Sunday.

Obama Mocks MSNBC, CNN, Fox, BuzzFeed, His Liberal Critics And Himself In Correspondents Dinner Speech  —  President Barack Obama took the stage on Saturday at the White House Correspondents Dinner night where he fired off a number of quips at his expense and a number of his allies and critics.

Democrats ask: What debt crisis?  —  Call them the debt crisis dissenters.  —  The two parties are miles apart on how to cut the deficit and national debt: Republicans want to slash spending even more.  Democrats want to raise revenue.  —  And then there are the other Democrats …

Black Voter Turnout Passed White Turnout For The First Time In 2012  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election …

Man stabs 4 choir members during Sunday mass at Albuquerque Catholic church  —  Lawrence Capener faces several felony charges for the incident, in which he climbed over pews and shouted ‘fake preacher’ before stabbing four members of the choir.  —  A man allegedly ran into this church …

The truth about late-term abortion  —  Are the legal activities of New York abortion clinics really any less horrifying than those of Kermit Gosnell?  —  Is the Kermit Gosnell baby-murder mill in Philadelphia an isolated case?  Consider what happened at Dr. Emily's Women's Health Center in The Bronx on Jan. 11, 2013.

McCain: Putting troops in Syria the ‘worst thing United States could do’  —  An international coalition of troops should be ready to go into Syria to secure the country's chemical weapons stockpiles, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday, warning that U.S. troops on the ground would only spark more Mideast anger.

‘Equal Burden for Hareidi Men - What About Arabs?’  —  Deputy Defense Minister calls for Arabs, not just hareidi Jews, to bear burden of national defense.  —  The government committee weighing the “equal burden of service” issue is unfairly focusing on hareidi-religious Jews while ignoring …