Forget the Charm, Keep the Offensive: Obama's Aggressive New Strategy  —  Appointing Susan Rice as a top aide, attacking Darrell Issa, and fighting for judicial nominees show Obama and his allies don't want to make nice.  —  No more Mr. Nice President.  For a brief few weeks this spring …

Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily  —  Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama  —  • Read the court order in full here  —  The National Security Agency …

House Talks on Immigration Reform Near Collapse  —  Rep. Raul Labrador is one of the members of the House Gang of Eight involved in immigration reform.  Image credit: Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images  —  Bipartisan meetings in the House of Representatives on a comprehensive immigration reform bill …

Ex-Rep. Allen West: Holder is bigger threat than al-Qaeda  —  Former congressman Allen West (R-Fla.) says Attorney General Eric Holder is more dangerous than al-Qaeda.  —  In a new fundraising e-mail for his political action committee, the Allen West Guardian Fund, West pictures Holder next …

Top IRS Official For Obamacare Implementation Placed On Administrative Leave  —  Sources say a key official in charge of overseeing health reform implementation, as well as another staffer, have been put on leave for accepting more than $1,000 in free meals and other items at a 2010 conference.

Lindsey Graham Isn't Sure If Bloggers Deserve ‘First Amendment Protection’  —  Of course they do.  But the question at hand is whether a media shield law should protect them as well.  —  Whether bloggers count as journalists has mostly been a matter of esoterics for reporter types.

Sarah Murnaghan lung transplant case: Sebelius ordered to make exception on transplant  —  A federal judge has ordered HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to allow Sarah Murnaghan, a 10-year-old in Pennsylvania dying of cystic fibrosis, to be moved to the adult lung transplant list.

Judge Edith Jones: Blacks and Hispanics More Violent  —  Complaint filed over Jones's discriminatory and biased comments  —  A complaint filed today by several civil rights groups, including one funded entirely by the government of Mexico, alleges that federal Judge Edith Jones has violated …

Secret Man Caves Found in EPA Warehouse  —  A warehouse maintained by contractors for the Environmental Protection Agency contained secret rooms full of exercise equipment, televisions and couches, according to an internal audit.  —  EPA's inspector general found contractors used partitions …

DEA: Soccer Mom Ran Massive Pot Grow Operation  —  Budding equestrian, 45, is facing federal narcotics trafficking rap  —  JUNE 4—A suburban mom—and budding equestrian—has for years maintained a secret life as the alleged head of a multimillion-dollar marijuana grow operation …

Report: Leon Panetta revealed classified SEAL unit info  —  Former CIA Director Leon Panetta revealed the name of the Navy SEAL unit that carried out the Osama Bin Laden raid and named the unit's ground commander at a 2011 ceremony attended by Zero Dark Thirty filmmaker Mark Boal …

Yes, Europe really is in the throes of austerity  —  Senate Budget Committee chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) is skeptical of the case for austerity.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)  —  Two years ago, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) was on the supercommittee, trying to hash out a multi-trillion-dollar deficit reduction package.

Ohio Group Has Decided To Take Same-Sex Marriage To State's Voters In 2014  —  “We have decided to be on the ballot in 2014 to allow for a continuing dialogue with voters across Ohio about why marriage matters,” activist says.  —  Ohioans could be voting to allow same-sex couples to marry by next fall …

Carey Mulligan Eyed to Play Hillary Clinton in Biopic (Exclusive)  —  Though Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Chastain and Emma Stone have been rumored to be in the “Rodham” mix, the Brit actress has emerged as the top choice.  —  Carey Mulligan has emerged as the front-runner to play Hillary Rodham Clinton …

Publisher's letter: How the paywall will work  —  On June 12, we will begin phasing in our metered subscription model.  It will take us a few weeks to get everyone into the system, but doing that will allow us to ensure that you have the best possible experience.

Possible Poisoning  —  An al Qaeda terrorist stated in a recent online posting that U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens was killed by lethal injection after plans to kidnap him during the Sept. 11, 2012 terror attack in Benghazi went bad.  —  The veracity of the claim made by Abdallah Dhu-al-Bajadin …

Senate Bill Doubles Annual Flow of Guest Workers  —  Increase even larger than one proposed and rejected in 2007  —  A teleconference was held to discuss the findings of this report.  The teleconference was moderated by Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies at of the Center …