CNN Poll: Controversies hurting Obama?  Has GOP overreacted?  —  Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama comes out of what was arguably the worst week of his presidency with his approval rating holding steady, according to a new national poll.  —  But a CNN/ORC International survey …

Obama Aide: ‘Irrelevant Fact’ Where President Was During Benghazi Attacks  —  Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer said it's an “irrelevant fact” where the president physically was during the Benghazi terror attack on September 11, 2012:  —  Host Chris Wallace reminds Pfeiffer that Obama didn't really talk …

ABC's Jonathan Karl to CNN: ‘I regret the email was quoted incorrectly’  —  (CNN) - Jonathan Karl, chief White House correspondent for ABC News, addressed criticism of his reporting on the Benghazi talking points controversy, saying in a statement to CNN that he regrets the inaccuracy of his report.

Obama gets personal about race and manhood in Morehouse College speech  —  President Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility …

May 19: Mitch McConnell, Dan Pfeiffer, Dave Camp, Xavier Becerra, Peggy Noonan, Bob Woodward, Donald Rumsfled  —  Below:  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, damage control by the White House on several fronts.  How much harm will it do to the president's second term agenda?

Obama Denies Role in Government  —  WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—President Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to reassure the American people that he has “played no role whatsoever” in the U.S. government over the past four years.  —  “Right now, many of you are angry at the government …

Yahoo to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion  —  Yahoo Inc.'s board has approved a deal to acquire blogging startup Tumblr, people familiar with the matter said Sunday.  —  Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the company, one of the people said.  Tumblr would continue to operate largely …

This Is the Biggest Mistake 60-Year Old Men Make About the Economy  —  I checked, and re-checked, and triple-checked, and I can confirm that it's not 1979 anymore.  —  Now, that shouldn't be too surprising — I'm not writing this on an Apple II, after all — but it is to a generation of men …

Islamic Jihad Urges Muslim Confrontation with Israeli Aggressions  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- Representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement to Tehran Nasser Abusharif strongly condemned the recent Israeli air raid on Syria, and called on all Islamic states to confront the Zionist regime's aggressive moves …

A Right-Wing Mole at ABC News  —  Jonathan Karl and the success of the conservative media movement  —  Conservatives don't just complain loudly, endlessly and inaccurately about liberal media bias.  They also train right-leaning journalists to make their way into the supposedly hostile terrain of Beltway media.