Bill and Hillary Clinton are ‘livid’ at comparisons to Weiner's sexcapades and Huma's forgiveness  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton are angry with efforts by mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner and his campaign to compare his Internet sexcapades — and his wife Huma Abedin's incredible forgiveness …

Cumulus planning to drop Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity  —  In a major shakeup for the radio industry, Cumulus Media, the second-biggest broadcaster in the country, is planning to drop both Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity from its stations at the end of the year, an industry source told POLITICO on Sunday.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hits critics for ‘gimme, gimme’ attitude toward federal Sandy relief  —  FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hit back at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the two Republicans' ongoing spat over national security.  —  Christie last week criticized Paul's opposition …

Stranded by Sprawl  —  Detroit is a symbol of the old economy's decline.  It's not just the derelict center; the metropolitan area as a whole lost population between 2000 and 2010, the worst performance among major cities.  Atlanta, by contrast, epitomizes the rise of the Sun Belt …

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner talks sexting scandal, Staten Island issues (video)  —  Staten Island Advance By Staten Island Advance  —  STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Democrat Anthony Weiner said that the new sexting firestorm that set his City Hall campaign reeling last week will in the end …

Lautenberg and Booker's tortured history shows up in campaign  —  Days before Newark Mayor Cory Booker announced he wanted to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Frank Lautenberg in December, the two men's top aides tried to negotiate over the phone.  —  Lautenberg Chief of Staff Dan Katz …

Detroit Looks to Health Law to Ease Costs  —  As Detroit enters the federal bankruptcy process, the city is proposing a controversial plan for paring some of the $5.7 billion it owes in retiree health costs: pushing many of those too young to qualify for Medicare out of city-run coverage …

Bloomberg Media Recruits a New Chief From The Atlantic  —  Justin B. Smith, whose digital strategy swiftly transformed The Atlantic, one of the statelier media vessels around, is about to get a bigger boat.  —  On Monday, Bloomberg will announce that Mr. Smith, the president of Atlantic Media …

Pope Francis's Lessons for the GOP  —  The new pope hasn't been afraid to challenge the entrenched interests that have sullied his church's perception.  His style of reaching out is just what might save the Republican Party.  —  On the heels of Pope Francis's triumphant visit to Brazil for World Youth Day …

GOP senators to Liz Cheney: We like Mike Enzi  —  Republican senators are nearly united in their response to Liz Cheney's challenge to their low-key Wyoming colleague: We like Mike.  —  That is Mike Enzi, the three-term senator from the Cowboy State who was otherwise on a glide path …

Israel and Palestinians Set to Resume Peace Talks, U.S. Announces  —  WASHINGTON — Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will resume peace talks here on Monday night, the State Department said in a statement on Sunday afternoon.  It will be the first time that the two have held direct talks since 2010.

How the Obama campaign won the race for voter data  —  From the moment Barack Obama took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2009, and every day thereafter, his team was always preparing for the 2012 campaign.  Everyone said Obama's 2008 operation had rewritten the book on organizing.

Glenn Greenwald: Low-Level NSA Analysts Have ‘Powerful and Invasive’ Search Tool  —  Today on “This Week,” Glenn Greenwald - the reporter who broke the story about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs - claimed that those NSA programs allowed even low-level analysts to search …