Mr. Weiner and the Elusive Truth  —  At some point, the full story of Anthony Weiner and his sexual relationships and texting habits will finally be told.  In the meantime, the serially evasive Mr. Weiner should take his marital troubles and personal compulsions out of the public eye …

Snowden Lawyer Says No Clearance to Leave Airport  —  By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and STEVEN LEE MYERS  —  MOSCOW — After a month holed up in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Edward J. Snowden, the former intelligence contractor sought by the United States on espionage charges …

Conservatives Desperately Move To Shut Down Government Over Obamacare  —  Running out of time and options, conservatives are exploring new ways to corner Congress into shutting down the government this fall unless Obamacare is defunded.  But they aren't likely to achieve much more than giving Republican leaders heartburn.

House G.O.P. Sets New Offensive on Obama Goals  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are moving to gut many of President Obama's top priorities with the sharpest spending cuts in a generation and a new push to hold government financing hostage unless the president's signature health care law is stripped of money this fall.

Transcript: Obama's Remarks on Middle-Class Prosperity  —  President Barack Obama returned to Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., Wednesday to discuss his plans for boosting the middle class.  Here are Mr. Obama's remarks, as prepared for delivery:  —  Eight years ago, I came here to deliver …

Obama Is Losing the White Working Class  —  One of the funny things about electoral politics is that you can't always have the coalition you want, or even the coalition you think you'll get.  When the Democratic Leadership Council was thinking about how to rebrand the party in the late '80s …

7/24: A Look at the 2016 Presidential Contest  —  If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to announce a candidacy for the Presidency, she would be the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.  Clinton outdistances her closest potential opponent, Vice President Joe Biden …

Pennsylvania police chief: F*ck all you libtards out there, you take it in the a**  —  The mayor of Gilberton, Pennsylvania is standing by her city's police chief despite a series of profanity-laced and threatening videos.  —  In a video that has received wide attention …

America's race relations take hit after Zimmerman verdict, NBC News/WSJ poll finds  —  In the wake of the George Zimmerman case, U.S. views of race relations have taken a hit, and one-third of Americans say his acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin has shaken their confidence in the legal system …

Book: Jimmy Carter targeted by US and foreign assassins  —  Potential assassins have threatened the life of Jimmy Carter multiple times since he left the White House in 1981, making the one-term Georgian the most threatened former president in history, according to a new book about John F. Kennedy and his assassination 50 years ago.

Congressman King defends “drug mule” comments about “DREAMers” (AUDIO)  —  UPDATE: Read the Radio Iowa story here; below you'll find the text and audio of the interview.  —  Iowa Congressman Steve King did an interview with Newsmax last week and King made reference to the so-called “DREAMers” …

Don't Let Bankruptcy Fool You: Detroit's Not Dead  —  On Thursday, the city of Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history.  Cue the panic.  —  The media, internet, and social media exploded with predictable stories of the city's imminent demise.

House Democrat proposes police registration for neighborhood watchmen  —  Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said Wednesday that she would soon introduce legislation that would cut federal funding to any state that doesn't require neighborhood watch programs to register with police.

Obama ‘Pivots’ for 19th Time  —  According to political reporter Salena Zito, today's economic speeches by Barack Obama represent the 19th “pivot” for the president: … Chuck Todd tried to coin a phrase “this pivot to the economy,” by calling it “Déjà Pivot”:

Filner Harassment Scandal Grows As Second Woman Comes Forward … Another woman came forward today to report an unwanted advance by Mayor Bob Filner, telling KPBS News in an exclusive interview that the then-congressman patted her “posterior” while making a crude joke at a crowded fundraiser.

First on CNN: Republicans launch their own ‘50 state strategy’  —  Washington (CNN) - After weaknesses in its ground game were badly exposed in 2012, the Republican National Committee is taking a page straight out of the Democratic playbook and launching an ambitious “50 state strategy” …