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 …

READ: Obama's Economic Speech In Illinois As Prepared For Delivery  —  Eight years ago, I came here to deliver the commencement address for the class of 2005.  Things were a little different back then.  I didn't have any gray hair, for example.  Or a motorcade.  I didn't even have a teleprompter.

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 talks up economy, hits Republicans on ‘phony scandals’  —  President Obama sought to take credit for the economic recovery on Wednesday with a speech that declared the country had “fought its way back” from a recession that threatened the American Dream.

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 …

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.

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 …

Americans turn against Edward Snowden  —  The American people, who once defended Edward Snowden's leaks of sensitive intelligence information gathered by the U.S. government, are starting to turn against him.  —  A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that a majority of Americans …

CBS News poll finds more Americans than ever want Obamacare repealed  —  (CBS News) A new CBS News poll finds more Americans than ever want the Affordable Care Act repealed.  —  According to the poll, 36 percent of Americans want Congress to expand or keep the health care law while 39 percent …

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 …

Postal Service looks to end at-your-door mail  —  If you're moving to a newly built house, say goodbye to mail delivery at your door.  —  And if some House Republicans get their way, all door-to-door mail delivery will go away.  —  The U.S. Postal Service is marching towards a more …

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.

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 …

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.

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”:

Home care workers press administration for minimum wage  —  Scores of health workers and their supporters gathered outside the Labor Department Tuesday, demanding long-sought minimum wage and overtime rights for home care workers.  —  In what would be a major victory for labor unions …