EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner Is A Sexual Predator Luring His Victims  —  My source is solid.  She really thought Anthony Weiner and her were in love, they spoke on the phone daily multiple times a day for 6 months.  Anthony Weiner played with her emotions and mind.  Most calls were phone sex.

Government shutdown looms over ObamaCare  —  ObamaCare is at the center of a rapidly escalating fight that threatens to shut the government down this fall.  [WATCH VIDEO]  —  Senate Republicans, including two members of the leadership, are coalescing around a proposal to block …

Moderate Democrats are quitting on Obamacare  —  The landmark health-reform law passed in 2010 has never been very popular and always highly partisan, but a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that a group of once loyal Democrats has been steadily turning against Obamacare: Democrats who are ideologically moderate or conservative.

Cruel and Indecent  —  Family values are a pillar of traditional Republican discourse.  But as soon as it comes time to address immigration issues, all of their emphasis on family unity goes out the window, replaced by advocacy for division.  —  This is the logical conclusion that follows …

North Carolina On Cusp Of Passing Worst Voter Suppression Bill In The Nation  —  Voting in North Carolina may soon change, much in the same way a wrecking ball changes a building.  —  The highly-conservative North Carolina legislature just released a new voter suppression bill that would enact …

Poll: Obama's job approval plunges; Congress, especially GOP, still unpopular  —  WASHINGTON — Stung by Americans' persistent worries about the economy and a capital gripped by controversy and gridlock, President Barack Obama is suffering his lowest job approval numbers in nearly two years, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.

The family rescued by George Zimmerman after a rollover crash in Florida are terrified they will become targets for hate mobs  — Mark and Dana Michelle Gerstle said they do not want to talk publicly about Zimmerman for fear they will be accused of portraying him as a hero

The NYPD: Guilty of Saving 7,383 Lives  —  Accusations of racial profiling ignore the fact that violent crime overwhelmingly occurs in minority neighborhoods.  —  Since 2002, the New York Police Department has taken tens of thousands of weapons off the street through proactive policing strategies.

Rep. Joe Garcia: Rep. Steve King comments ‘offensive’  —  A House Democrat called out one of Capitol Hill's biggest immigration hardliners for what he called “inflammatory” and “offensive” comments about so-called DREAMers.  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) was quoted in an interview …

It's the Racism, Stupid  —  National Review's Victor Davis Hanson takes on the president's comments with predictable results.  Here Hansen counters The Talk that African-American parents give their children about the police with his own version of The Talk: … I really, really hope not.

Right now, Larry Summers is the front-runner for Fed chair  —  The word among Federal Reserve watchers right now is that the choice is down to Janet Yellen or Larry Summers as Ben Bernanke's replacement.  I can't find anyone who really thinks it'll be Roger Ferguson, Tim Geithner, Alan Blinder, or some other dark horse.

American Historical Association Statement on Policies Regarding the Embargoing of Completed History PhD Dissertations  —  In their June 2013 meeting, the AHA Council drafted a statement on policies regarding best practices for embargoing completed history PhD dissertations.

Republicans wait as O'Donnell weighs another campaign  —  In the three years since her unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign nearly caused a schism in the state Republican Party, little has changed for Christine O'Donnell as she considers another race.  —  O'Donnell continues to be regarded …

The Meaning of al-Qaeda's Alarming Baghdad Jailbreak  —  Why Iraq could become Obama's next big foreign policy crisis  —  By Michael Crowley @CrowleyTIMEJuly 23, 2013  —  The Middle East has presented Barack Obama with many nasty surprises.  But Iraq has not been among them.

Palestinians, Israelis play down chances of imminent talks  —  (Reuters) - Israelis and Palestinians played down on Monday the prospects of their envoys meeting in Washington any time soon, and the White House said getting the two sides to agree a peace deal remained an “enormous challenge”.