U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata  —  On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance orders that they believed to be illegal.

Bad Idea, Mr. President  —  AMMAN, Jordan — ACCORDING to Bill Clinton, Barack Obama risks looking like a “fool” if he decides not to intervene militarily in Syria's continuing civil war.  Likening the situation to his decision to intervene in Kosovo in 1999, Mr. Clinton said Tuesday …

Lindsey Graham Warns GOP: 'It Doesn't Matter Who We Run In 2016′ If Immigration Reform Fails  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — one of the Republican co-sponsors of an immigration reform bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11.1 million undocumented immigrations …

Revealed: how UK spied on its G20 allies at London summits  —  Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009  —  Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 …

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY — RYAN LIZZA: McCain chafes at Rubio — SCHUMER: Immigration needs 70 votes in Senate to give momentum for House — EMMETT BELIVEAU named director of White House Military Office  —  BULLETIN - Jennifer Epstein: “White House chief of staff Denis McDonough told Bob Schieffer …

A 13-point gap with 10 days to go, but disengaged voters remain unpredictable  —  Democrat Edward J. Markey holds a solid lead over his Republican rival, Gabriel E. Gomez, as the two enter the final week of the special US Senate campaign, according to a new Boston Globe poll.

Syria: Egypt's Morsi joining US, Israeli conspiracy  —  Damascus lashes out at Egyptian president, Muslim Brotherhood after Morsi severs ties with Bashar Assad's regime.  —  Syria on Sunday harshly criticized Cairo's decision to sever diplomatic relations with Damascus …

Jeb Bush on 2016: ‘Split ballot’ among his parents  —  Former President George H.W. Bush wants son Jeb to make his own run for the White House, the former Florida governor hinted in an interview that aired Sunday.  —  Jeb Bush's mother, Barbara, said earlier this year that there have been …

June 14: Lindsey Graham, Saxby Chambliss, Mark Udall, Bobby Scott, David Ignatius, James Risen, Andrea Mitchell  —  Below:  —  DAVID GREGORY:  —  This Sunday, are we ramping up for war in Syria?  How far will President Obama go to stop the bloodshed?  A red-line cost by the Assad regime.

Sliding Down the Syrian Slope  —  President Obama's move to increase the public flow of arms to selected Syrian rebels is probably his worst foreign policy decision since taking office.  It is basically the Afghan surge decision redux: long months of grueling internal deliberation about whether …

Barack Obama opens up about his absent dad on Father's Day  —  US President Barack Obama gives a candid weekly address on Father's Day, saying he wants to be the dad his father never was.  —  In a weekly address wishing Americans a Happy Father's Day, Barack Obama tried to emphasise the importance of involved fathers for children.