Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he knew risks  —  He called me BRASSBANNER, a code name in the double-barreled style of the National Security Agency, where he worked in the signals intelligence directorate.  —  Verax was the name he chose for himself, “truth teller” in Latin.

State Department memo reveals possible cover-ups, halted investigations  —  (CBS News) CBS News has uncovered documents that show the State Department may have covered up allegations of illegal and inappropriate behavior within their ranks.  —  The Diplomatic Security Service, or the DSS …

John Boehner begins to sketch immigration plan  —  Speaker John Boehner has been stunningly silent about his plans to move immigration reform through the House.  —  But privately, the Ohio Republican is beginning to sketch out a road map to try to pass some version of an overhaul in his chamber …

Hillary Clinton Favorability Slips Slightly  —  Unfavorable views up to 39%, from 31% in April  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hillary Clinton's favorability rating fell slightly in June to 58%, from 64% in April.  That is the first sub-60% rating Americans have given her since 2008.

Release Detail  —  June 10, 2013 - Booker Leads In First Look At New Jersey Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Christie Buries Buono 2-1  —  Newark Mayor Cory Booker has substantial leads over relatively unknown Democratic primary and general election opponents in a first look …

In 2001, Obama Predicted “Majoritarian Check” On Mass Surveillance In PATRIOT Act  —  “When we come to the wiretap provisions for example if those laws start encroaching too much on people's privacy the average person, me, Joe, everybody starts griping an complaining.”  —  View Video ›

Hundreds in government had advance word of Medicare action at heart of trading-spike probe  —  Hundreds of federal employees were given advance word of a Medicare decision worth billions of dollars to private insurers in the weeks before the official announcement, a period when trading in the shares of those firms spiked.

The Big Shrug  —  I've been in this economics business for a while.  In fact, I've been in it so long I still remember what people considered normal in those long-ago days before the financial crisis.  Normal, back then, meant an economy adding a million or more jobs each year …

Next Debt-Ceiling Histrionics Could Do Real Harm  —  At this stage in the U.S. recovery, there isn't much that fiscal policy can do to accelerate growth.  Some argue that we need another tax cut, while others would prefer increased spending.  —  Neither is going to happen on a significant scale.

Navy Veteran and Conservative Blogger Running For Congress Against Alan Grayson  —  The 2014 mid-term election has already heated up, as U.S. Navy veteran and Conservative blogger Jorge Bonilla has officially announced that he is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Congress in Florida.