Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos  —  The Washington Post Co. has agreed to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, ending the Graham family's stewardship of one of America's leading news organizations after four generations.

The Hidden Motivation Behind GOP Threats to Boycott NBC, CNN  —  The Republican Party threatened Monday to pull 2016 Republican primary debates from CNN and NBC if they do not drop plans for special programs on potential 2016 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton—a move that could help …

Rep. Ted Yoho Praises Birther Conspiracy, Calls Obamacare Racist Against White People  —  UPDATE: More of Yoho's far-right comments here.  —  Speaking at a town hall meeting earlier this month, Florida Republican congressman Ted Yoho promised that he would support possible birther legislation floated …

Wendy Davis: 'I don't know what happened in the Gosnell case'  —  Texas state senator Wendy Davis spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Monday afternoon about her 13-hour filibuster of a bill limiting late-term abortion, her life story, and her future in politics.

Exclusive: Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an ‘emergency’  —  TOKYO - Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country's nuclear watchdog said on Monday.

House GOP Weighs Defunding ACORN In 13th Vote To Block Funds To Defunct Organization  —  WASHINGTON — When House GOP leaders abruptly shelved a bill to fund standard federal transportation and housing programs last Wednesday, one of the legislation's few uncontroversial provisions …

The Front Man  —  Conservatives have for years attempted to put our finger upon precisely why Barack Obama strikes us as queer in precisely the way he does.  There is an alienness about him, which in the fever swamps is expressed in all that ridiculous Kenyan-Muslim hokum …

Get The Full Weiner Experience with Sydney Leathers' ‘Sex Tape’ [NSFW]  —  Want to see what's so great about Sydney Leathers' naked bits that Anthony Weiner felt compelled to annihilate his political prospects over them?  —  Well, luckily for you, Ms. Leathers is just as shameless as you are!

Qaeda Leader's Edict to Yemen Affiliate Is Said to Prompt Alert  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's decision last week to close nearly two dozen diplomatic missions and issue a worldwide travel alert resulted from intercepted electronic communications in which the head of Al Qaeda …

Howard Kurtz responds to Tina Brown  —  Howard Kurtz says he will “take the high road” in response to Newsweek editor Tina Brown's public attack on him earlier today, in which she admitted that Kurtz had been fired for “serial inaccuracy.”  —  “I'm going to take the high road and say I'm proud …

Chambliss: Closure Of Embassies 'Most Serious Threat I've Seen In A Number Of Years'  —  Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), the top ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday the “chatter” that led to the closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Muslim world was “very reminiscent of what we saw pre-9/11.”