Teresa Heinz Kerry in critical condition  —  Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, is in critical but stable condition in a hospital in Nantucket, Mass.  —  Heinz Kerry, 74, was admitted into the emergency room at Nantucket Cottage Hospital after 3:30 p.m. Sunday, hospital spokesman Noah Brown said

McCain calls Morsi ouster a coup d'etat, urges blocking aid  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi a coup d'etat and pressed the Obama administration to suspend aid to the country on Sunday.  —  “It was a coup and it was the second …

Spitzer Seeks Ballot for City Comptroller's Race  —  Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as governor of New York five years ago amid a prostitution scandal, is re-entering political life, with a run for the citywide office of comptroller and a hope that voters have forgiven him his previous misconduct.

The Morality of Meditation  —  MEDITATION is fast becoming a fashionable tool for improving your mind.  With mounting scientific evidence that the practice can enhance creativity, memory and scores on standardized intelligence tests, interest in its practical benefits is growing.

A Hidden Consensus on Health Care  —  TO follow what's happening with the new health care law right now, you have to understand that for all the deep divisions on the issue, there's actually a real bipartisan consensus about how the American health care system ought to be reformed.

Rep. Labrador: Bad immigration bill could be ‘the death’ of the GOP  —  Passing a bad immigration reform bill could politically damage the GOP, one prominent Hispanic Republican said Sunday morning.  —  “If we don't do it right, politically it's going to be the death of the Republican Party …

Louisiana Republican Introduces Bill To Ban LGBT Rainbow Flag From Public Buildings  —  A city councilman in Louisiana is drafting a new set of ordinances that would ban the flying of rainbow flags on any public property after a constituent took umbrage with one such flag that was raised by a local LGBT organization.

What goes around comes around: Bob McDonnell to resign as part of plea agreement  —  The man who pushed out the RPV chairman over trumped up corruption charges while running for governor is currently in the middle of finalizing a plea agreement which includes his resignation as governor.

Perry vows Texas will pass abortion bill  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Sunday promised his state will push through a law restricting abortion rights, which has gained national attention, within the next 10 days.  —  “We have a special session with some important issues in front of us.

Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval  —  The Center for Investigative Reporting  —  Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals …

House Republicans Draft Their Debt-Ceiling Playbook  —  With an anxious eye toward the coming debt-ceiling negotiations, House Republicans are drafting what members call a “menu” of mandatory spending cuts to offer the White House in exchange for raising the country's borrowing limit.