Rate Shock: In California, Obamacare to Increase Individual Health Insurance Premiums by 64-146%  —  One of the most serious flaws with Obamacare is that its blizzard of regulations and mandates drives up the cost of insurance for people who buy it on their own.

Fox's Erick Erickson: It's ‘Anti-Science’ To Not Believe Men Should ‘Dominate’ Women  —  Appearing on a Fox Business panel Wednesday evening, Fox contributor Erick Erickson suggested it is “anti-science” to reject the biological claim that men should be in the “dominant” role in the nuclear family.

The Truth May Hurt, But Is Not Mean  —  Many feminist and emo lefties have their panties in a wad over my statements in the past 24 hours about families.  I said, in a statement reflecting the view of three quarters of those surveyed in a Pew Research Center poll, that more women being the primary …

Eric Holder to media: I get it  —  Attorney General Eric Holder expressed concern on Thursday about how the Department of Justice has handled recent media investigations at an off-the-record meeting with leading representatives of the press, according to those who were present.

Exclusive: Images of Possibly Ricin-Laced Letter to Bloomberg  —  Images obtained exclusively by ABC News of one of the threatening letters sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg show the substance authorities suspect is the poison ricin.  —  The images show globs of a pinkish …

EXCLUSIVE: LERNER INTRIGUE GOES BACK TO '96 DURBIN/SALVI U.S. SENATE RACE  —  CHICAGO - The IRS scandal may have its roots in Illinois politics.  Specifically, the 1996 U.S. Senate race between Democrat Congressman Dick Durbin and conservative Republican State Rep. Al Salvi.

George W. Bush Bikes With Injured Vets, Reflects On White House Decisions, Life After The Presidency  —  CRAWFORD, Texas — George W. Bush had been riding his mountain bike for almost four hours, and he was out of gas.  —  I was 12 riders behind the former president as we cycled, single file …

The Biggest Supreme Court Ruling You Haven't Heard Of  —  The Supreme Court has yet to decide this year's attention-grabbing cases on same-sex marriage, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act.  But last week, a divided court decided Arlington v. FCC, an important victory …

First on CNN: House investigators questioning IRS Cincinnati workers  —  Washington (CNN) - House investigators are interviewing two front-line Internal Revenue Service employees from the Cincinnati tax exempt office this week in Washington, and plan to interview two others next week …

I THINK I KNOW WHAT MIGHT SAVE MSNBC  —  There's a lot of talk about the fact that MSNBC's ratings have been way down for the past couple of months.  A number of factors seem to be responsible for this: people are turning instead to CNN and HLN for real news (the Boston bombings) and fake news …

Why Did the FBI Kill an Unarmed Man and Clam Up?  —  Law enforcement can't get its story straight in the worrisome case of Ibragim Todashev.  —  What led an FBI agent, or some other law enforcement official, to shoot and kill an unarmed man in Orlando, Florida?

National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2013 (second estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st quarter 2013 (preliminary estimate)  —  Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States …

State Rep. White Accused Of Attacking Shale Supporters Online  —  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Janice Gibbs is a grandmother and was born and raised in Washington County.  Although she has no drilling lease on her land, she believes that shale gas drilling is great for the local economy.

MSNBC Lands In Fourth Place In May; Maddow Hits Ratings Lows  —  MSNBC got some very tough ratings news on Wednesday.  —  Another month of big crime and disaster news saw the network struggle to keep up with rivals CNN, HLN and Fox News.  MSNBC was presumably expecting some dropoff from its 2012 numbers …

Will El Salvador's Anti-Choice Government Let a Pregnant Woman Die?  —  Protesters rally outside the Supreme Court in San Salvador in support of Beatriz and her family.  (Reuters/Ulises Rodriguez)  —  Yesterday, after a long delay, El Salvador's Supreme Court voted 4-1 to deny a young woman the abortion she needs to save her life.

Tea Party Conference Call Features Threat To Assassinate U.S. Senator Because She Supports Immigration Reform  —  In a Tea Party-sponsored conference call held on Wednesday night, a participant called for the assassination of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) over her support for immigration reform.

Michelle Hobnobs with the Fashion Elite  —  First Lady Michelle Obama dropped in on New York City's fashion royalty Wednesday night, using her own star power to raise megacash for the Democratic National Committee and her husband's burgeoning effort to help the Democrats seize Congress.

Web Exclusive: Julian Assange on Fighting the International Crackdown on WikiLeaks  —  In this 40-minute web exclusive interview, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks discusses his more than 300 days in the Ecuadorean embassy, the U.S. Justice Department spying on journalists, the future of WikiLeaks and Visa's financial blockade on WikiLeaks.

Amazon greenlights Trudeau political satire ‘Alpha House’ into full TV series  —  Okay, it's been four months, no excuses — you should have finished “House of Cards” by now.  If not, the clock's ticking, because another online-only TV show set in Washington is officially on the way.

DOJ: Social Media Posts Trashing Muslims May Violate Civil Rights  —  In its latest effort to protect followers of Islam in the U.S. the Obama Justice Department warns against using social media to spread information considered inflammatory against Muslims, threatening that it could constitute a violation of civil rights.

Obamacare's Slush Fund Fuels A Broader Lobbying Controversy  —  A little-noticed part of President Obama's Affordable Care Act channels some $12.5 billion into a vaguely defined “Prevention and Public Health Fund” over the next decade-and some of that money is going for everything …