Rice to Replace Donilon in the Top National Security Post  —  WASHINGTON — In a major shakeup of President Obama's foreign-policy inner circle, Tom Donilon, the national security adviser, is resigning and will be replaced by Susan E. Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations, White House officials said late Tuesday.

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 …

Meet the lesbian who heckled Michelle Obama  — Stumble upon something good?  Share it on StumbleUpon  — Send via Email  — Send this page to Print Friendly  —  Ellen Sturtz heckled Michelle Obama at a DNC fundraiser.  (Washington Blade file photo from a previous protest by Michael Key)

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.

Top IRS Official For Obamacare Implementation Placed On Administrative Leave, Sources Say  —  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.

Is there ACA rate shock in California?  —  I wasn't going to weigh in on this, but enough of you have asked me what I think of Avik Roy's claim that California insurance premiums, under ACA, will go up 64% to 146%.  Let me start by telling you this: based on a reading of the secondary commentary …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

9 injured, more feared trapped in Center City collapse  —  center city, philadelphia, collapse, local/state  —  A building collapsed at the corner of 22nd and Market streets in Center City Philadelphia, trapping a number of a people under the rubble.  —  The 4-story building …

Girl's family goes to court over lung transplant  —  The parents of Sarah Murnaghan have asked a federal judge to intervene and order U.S. health officials to alter longstanding organ-donation rules so the 10-year-old Newtown Square girl can get the lung transplant she desperately needs.

WMAL EXCLUSIVE: 11-Yr-Old Suspended From School For Merely TALKING About Guns  —  OWINGS, MD — The father of a middle schooler in Calvert County, Md. says his 11-year-old son was suspended for 10 days for merely talking about guns on the bus ride home.  —  Bruce Henkelman of Huntingtown says his son …

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 …