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 …

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 …

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.

Congressman Offers Crack Political Advice To Boehner: Attack Obamacare's Tanning Tax As Racist  —  Obamacare's 10% tax on tanning bed services is racist against white people because darker-skinned people don't need to tan.  At least, that's what Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) advised Speaker John Boehner …

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 …

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.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE  —  Yemen  —  The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities and civil unrest.  The Department urges U.S. citizens to defer travel to Yemen and those U.S. citizens currently living in Yemen to depart immediately.

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!