David Plouffe rips Darrell Issa ‘loose ethically’  —  Former White House senior adviser David Plouffe took to Twitter to question Rep. Darrell Issa's ethics after the California Republican trashed press secretary Jay Carney.  —  “Strong words from Mr Grand Theft Auto and suspected arsonist/insurance swindler.

Immigration reform faces security snag  —  The Gang of Eight's hopes for a Senate supermajority is running into the GOP's push for a dramatic crackdown on border security — testing the limits of the bipartisan coalition that's propelling the bill through Congress.

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

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 …

June 2: Mike Rogers, Chuck Schumer, David Axelrod, Marsha Blackburn, Jonathan Alter, Ana Navarro, Tom Friedman  —  Below:  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, national security versus freedom of the press.  The tension and the political fallout as the attorney general appears to backtrack.

Women in the Senate Confront the Military on Sex Assaults  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Claire McCaskill wandered down the dais at the Senate Armed Services Committee's first hearing of the year and noticed a startling tableau: women to the left, women to the right.

Sadly, I'm not surprised by these revelations.  Westminster is crying out for reform  —  Westminster remains a place where power is hoarded, decisions are opaque, and people are not properly held to account, writes Nick Clegg.  —  Once again this newspaper's pages have been filled with the murkier side of British politics.

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 …

Wall Street lobbyists rout groups pressing for new tight regulations  —  Hundreds of Wall Street lobbyists are swarming government agencies and gutting the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, their opponents say.  —  Unions, consumer groups and others complain that they are over-matched …

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