Holder's Regrets and Repairs  —  How the attorney general feels about his own role in the Fox News case—and how he plans to prevent it from happening again.  By Daniel Klaidman.  —  It was Friday, May 17, and officials at the Department of Justice had gotten word that The Washington Post …

5/28: Weiner Shows Gains on the Heels of Candidacy Announcement  —  Former Congressman Anthony Weiner formally declared his candidacy for mayor of New York City last week.  In the first poll since his online video announcement, Weiner places second with the support of 19% of the city's registered Democrats.

This Is How the NRA Ends  —  The bigger, richer, meaner gun-control movement has arrived  —  On April 17, the bill to expand background checks on gun buyers failed in the Senate, and the fatalistic shrugs in Washington were so numerous they were nearly audible.

Obama Plans 3 Nominations for Key Court  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama will soon accelerate his efforts to put a lasting imprint on the country's judiciary by simultaneously nominating three judges to an important federal court, a move that is certain to unleash fierce Republican opposition …

Kettle that looks like Hitler brews trouble for JCPenney  —  Trouble is brewing for an American retailer after customers noted that one of its tea kettles bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.  —  Bemused motorists took photographs of the huge JCPenney billboard advertising the kettle …

To The Horror Of Global Warming Alarmists, Global Cooling Is Here  —  Around 1250 A.D., historical records show, ice packs began showing up farther south in the North Atlantic.  Glaciers also began expanding on Greenland, soon to threaten Norse settlements on the island.

Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies  —  Designs for many of the nation's most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a report prepared for the Pentagon and to officials from government and the defense industry.

Senate GOP feels jilted after being wined and dined by Obama  —  Senate Republicans who shared laughs with President Obama over dinner at the Jefferson Hotel in March are grumbling there has since been little follow-through from him on deficit talks.  —  They say the White House has not set …

John Boehner's shrinking power  —  House Speaker John Boehner, who by title and position should be the second most powerful person in Washington, sure doesn't seem or sound like it.  —  He has little ability to work his will with fellow House Republicans.  He has quit for good his solo efforts …

Labor big a real heavy sleeper  —  Just another doze at the office for union's ‘scarf-&-snore’ prez  —  Union fat cat Mark Rosenthal spends more time sleeping at his desk than organizing labor, a series of damning photos reveals.  —  The 400-pound president of Local 983 of District Council 37 …

Obama's Jersey Shore welcome  —  President Obama received something of an iconic New Jersey welcome Tuesday, from a colorful gesture outside a Point Pleasant bait shop to losing an arcade game to Gov. Chris Christie.  —  Let's go to the pool report from Christi Parsons of the Tribune:

After 2008, who would Hillary Clinton hire?  —  Back in 2008, Hillary Clinton committed so many management sins it was hard to keep track of them all — yet none was worse than failing to establish a coherent, functional chain of command.  —  Loyalists often clashed with the best and brightest …

George Zimmerman judge: No trial delay in Trayvon Martin shooting  —  Judge also denies state request for a gag order in the high-profile case.  —  Prosecutors, Zimmerman's attorneys due in court  —  SANFORD - The George Zimmerman second-degree murder case will proceed to trial June 10 …

SPD admits it broke state law by withholding May Day memo  —  The Seattle Police Department has admitted it violated the state Public Records Act by withholding from The Seattle Times an internal memo about its response to the violent demonstrations of May Day 2012, and has agreed to pay $20,000 …

Russia says it will help Syria deter “hot heads”  —  Russia reserves the right to provide Syria with state-of-the art air defense missiles, seeing it as a key deterrent against foreign intervention in the country, a top Russian official said Tuesday.  —  Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov …

Was President Obama high on coke while Benghazi burned?  (Video)  —  Bob Woodward Says Benghazi Is Like WatergateBob Woodward Says Benghazi Is Like Watergate  —  While our consulate in Benghazi was attacked during the night of September 11 of last year, our fearless leader …

IRS to Tea Party: ‘State the Reasons You Did Not Have a Candidate Rally for Lone Democratic Candidate’  —  (CNSNews.com) - The Internal Revenue Service, in a letter dated November 16, 2011, asked the Albuquerque Tea Party why it didn't host a “candidate rally” in 2010 for the lone Democratic …

Immigration could spoil Marco Rubio's presidential chances … In November 2007 I traveled around western Iowa with Sen. John McCain as he tried to claw his way back into the 2008 Republican presidential primary race.  McCain's campaign had famously melted down a few months earlier, sending him plunging in the polls.

DePasquale's Dozen With Author Dr. Helen Smith  —  Nearly every TV commercial seems to show the husband or father as bumbling, emasculated basement-dwellers.  One commercial that sticks in my mind is a laundry detergent commercial that shows a husband and wife folding their triplets' clothes.