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 …

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.

The new power triangle  —  Barack Obama, to hear his advisers tell it, has finally found The One he has been looking for: John McCain.  —  “We have been looking literally for years for someone we can cut deals with, and finally someone has stepped up,” a White House official said.

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.

House forces NSA surveillance vote  —  Opposition to bulk surveillance swells with vote that would ‘end authority for blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act’  —  Congressional opposition to the NSA's bulk surveillance on Americans swelled on Tuesday as the US House prepared …

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” …

Iowa's Rep. King: For every valedictorian Dreamer, 100 are “hauling marijuana”  —  Iowa conservative Republican Congressman Steve King said in an interview with Newsmax that for every valedictorian DREAMer who has been brought to this country by his or her family, “...there's another 100 out there who …

Cornelia Pillard, Obama's radical feminist judicial nominee  —  Not long ago, President Obama nominated Cornelia Pillard, Patricia Millet, and Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  When Obama nominates someone for a court this important …

Right wing ‘generally not happy’ with Francis, Chaput says  —  Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia is renowned for speaking plainly, which in part means he's often willing to say things out loud that others in his position may sense but are hesitant to acknowledge.

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.

Obama to Try to Focus Public Attention on Economy  —  Seeking to focus public attention on the problem he was sent to the White House to solve, President Barack Obama is making a renewed push for policies to expand the middle class, helping people he says are still treading water years after the financial meltdown.