IRS employee in bombshell congressional interviews about tea party targeting: ‘Washington, DC wanted some cases ... I sent seven’  —  Interviews with IRS employees have established that the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service was engaged in targeting tea party groups …

Michael Douglas: oral sex caused my cancer  —  Actor reveals to the Guardian that HPV, transmitted through oral sex, was responsible for his throat cancer  —  Michael Douglas on Liberace, Cannes, cancer and cunnilingus  —  James Ball: is Douglas right about cunnilingus cancer link?

Goals to Fulfill and Foes to Foil Keep Holder Going  —  WASHINGTON — At the end of last year, with the election decided and the Obama administration in office for four more years, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. considered stepping down.  He decided against it, in part because before he left …

GunFAIL XX  —  This week's image is courtesy of The TSA Blog, and features six of the 29 guns discovered by TSA agents at airports across the country this week.  That's how many Responsible Gun OwnersTM claim to have completely forgotten about that object to which they otherwise claim …

Congresswoman Opposes Pay Equity Laws Because Women 'Don't Want The Decisions Made In Washington'  —  Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) offered an odd view on women's paycheck fairness and equity laws on Sunday, suggesting that federal legislation on workplace equity is condescending to women who are well-qualified for the workplace.

Cryin' Wolf at CNN!  Sources say viewers will see less of veteran anchor Wolf Blitzer and more of younger, hunkier newsmen  —  Studly Chris Cuomo and handsome Jake Tapper will likely get more airtime.  New boss Jeff Zucker has already fired James Carville, Mary Matalin and Roland Martin

The Ten Suggestions  —  It's nice to be back at Princeton.  I find it difficult to believe that it's been almost 11 years since I departed these halls for Washington.  I wrote recently to inquire about the status of my leave from the university, and the letter I got back began, “Regrettably …

Obama was pushed by Clintons into endorsement of Hillary in 2016: book  —  President Obama made a secret deal to support Hillary Clinton when she runs for president in 2016, campaign sources say, payback for the support her husband gave him in 2012.  —  Bill Clinton's animosity toward Obama is legendary.

Mitt Romney Inc.: The White House That Never Was  —  In the months before the 2012 election, a group of high-powered consultants and political operatives prepared a secret report for candidate Mitt Romney, explaining how he should take over and restructure the federal government should he win the presidency.

McCain: Assad now holds ‘upper hand’  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said expectations that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would negotiate a diplomatic solution to the country's civil war at an upcoming summit are “ludicrous,” and warned that the strong man now held the “upper hand” in that nation's three-year civil.

Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures  —  MERRICK, N.Y. — Deirdre Yapalater's recent colonoscopy at a surgical center near her home here on Long Island went smoothly: she was whisked from pre-op to an operating room where a gastroenterologist …