Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday effectively struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 5-to-4 vote, freeing nine states, mostly in the South, to change their election laws without advance federal approval.

Statement on President Obama's Remarks on the Climate Crisis  —  This was a terrific and historic speech, by far the best address on climate by any president ever.  I applaud the new measures announced by President Barack Obama this afternoon to help solve the climate crisis …

Greenwald: Snowden's Files Are Out There if ‘Anything Happens’ to Him  —  Snowden has shared encoded copies of all the documents he took so that they won't disappear if he does, Glenn Greenwald tells Eli Lake.  —  As the U.S. government presses Moscow to extradite former National Security …

Anthony Weiner Surges to Lead in Democratic Mayoral Race: NBC NY/WSJ/Marist Poll  —  The poll finds Weiner with 25 percent and Quinn with 20 percent among registered Democrats  —  Democratic mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has surged ahead of his opponents in a new NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal poll …

Live Results: Massachusetts Senate Special Election  —  Massachusetts is holding a special election to fill the seat previously held by John Kerry, who left to become secretary of state.  U.S. Rep. , a Democrat, is running against Republican , a private equity executive and former Navy SEAL.

Dems Approach Abortion Victory as Special Session Wanes … Texas Democrats, far outnumbered by Republicans in both the House and the Senate, are nonetheless on the verge of killing one of the most restrictive abortion proposals in the nation — at least for now.

Putin: Snowden still in Moscow airport, won't be extradited, free to go anywhere  —  Russia's President says former NSA contractor Edward Snowden is still in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.  Vladimir Putin says that any accusations of Russia related to Snowden are “nonsense and rubbish.”

Zimmerman Trial Day 2 - Analysis of State's Witnesses  —  Today can only be characterized as an utter debacle for the prosecution in Florida v. Zimmerman.  Besides the testimony of a couple of highly professional law enforcement witnesses, the testimony of the the other State witnesses ranged …

Why I'm voting no on immigration reform  —  I will be voting no on the Senate's Gang of Eight immigration bill for one simple reason: because the legislation does not secure the border first.  —  The American people desperately need immigration reform.  Unfortunately, this legislation does not do the job.

5 Senators Who Support Immigration Bill Don't Know Answer to Key Question About It  —  Obamacare poses a tricky problem for supporters of the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill.  It would be too politically toxic to give illegal immigrants amnesty and taxpayer subsidies under Obamacare …

Did Justice Alito roll his eyes while Justice Ginsburg was speaking?  —  Garrett Epps and Dana Milbank think so.  —  Milbank says “Alito visibly mocked his colleague”: … Epps: … I don't trust the descriptions of Epps and Milbank.  Maybe we could get some more discussion of the meaning …