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 …

Poll: Obama approval nears record low  —  A new poll finds President Obama's approval rating dropping to its lowest level in nearly two years, and near his all-time low.  —  A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released late Tuesday finds Obama with 45 percent approval and 50 percent disapproval.

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.

Snowden could soon leave Moscow airport: airport source  —  (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has been granted the papers that will allow him to leave the transit area of a Moscow airport where he is holed up, an airport official said on Wednesday.

House to vote on NSA snooping  —  The House is poised to vote on restricting the National Security Agency's surveillance programs in what will be the first test of congressional support for the massive data collection activities that were revealed last month.

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 …

Mitch McConnell slams Matt Bevin in Senate race  —  Matt Bevin is getting a Mitch McConnell welcome in Kentucky: A slashing TV ad seizing on the political newcomer's problems with his Connecticut-based bell manufacturing business.  —  Bevin, a wealthy Louisville businessman …

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” …

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.

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” …

USC Student: Police Said I Wasn't Raped Because He Didn't Orgasm  —  The University of Southern California is facing a federal investigation for alleged failures by school officials and campus police to prosecute rape.  —  In response to a Title IX complaint filed in May …