Reid says Obamacare just a step toward eventual single-payer system  —  In just about seven weeks, people will be able to start buying Obamacare-approved insurance plans through the new health care exchanges.  —  But already, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is predicting those plans …

Circle Sept. 10 on Your Calendar for Apple's Big iPhone Event  —  Apple is expected to unveil its next iPhone at a special event on Sept. 10, sources told AllThingsD.  —  D: All Things Digital  —  The launch comes at an important time for Apple, which continues to make a lot of money …

Death Panels and the Apparatchik Mindset  —  Aaron Carroll reads the Wall Street Journal, which is outraged, outraged, at the prospect that Oregon's Medicaid system might seek to limit spending on treatments with low effectiveness and/or patients who aren't going to live much longer in any case.

Sarah Palin Slams Chris Christie: “I'm On Team Rand”  —  “Chris Christie's for more government and his record proves that, whereas Rand Paul with that healthy libertarian streak that we need more of, in our politicians, team Rand Paul.”  —  Former vice presidential candidate …

Fox May Produce Clinton Biopic Reviled by G.O.P.  —  The script for the proposed mini-series on the life of the possible presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton hasn't even been written but we may already have a plot twist.  —  While NBC has come under heavy fire, especially from Republican critics …

John McCain and Lindsey Graham: Egypt's path to a better future  —  John McCain and Lindsey Graham, both Republicans, represent Arizona and South Carolina in the U.S. Senate, respectively.  —  We traveled to Cairo this week to support a U.S. and international effort to help Egyptians end their political crisis.

Statement from Julian Assange in response to President Obama's plans to reform America's global surveillance program  —  Today the President of the United States validated Edward Snowden's role as a whistleblower by announcing plans to reform America's global surveillance program.

William P. Clark, RIP  —  Sad news comes today of the passing of William P. Clark, who passed away this morning at his ranch near Paso Robles after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.  Clark served Ronald Reagan as deputy secretary of state (chiefly to keep an eye out on Al Haig) …

Hopeful's Connections Jolt Bitter Virginia Race  —  McLEAN, Va. — Frustrated by government red tape slowing his electric car company, Terry McAuliffe repeatedly sought a meeting at the Department of Homeland Security.  —  He and his lawyers sent a stream of e-mails to a senior official …

In Leaked Audio, Cuccinelli Affirms Support For E.W. Jackson  —  Ken Cuccinelli, the attorney general and Republican nominee for governor in Virginia, told supporters recently they should have no question about his support for E.W. Jackson, the GOP's polarizing nominee for lieutenant governor in that state.

Know Thine Enemy  —  On December 7, 1941, the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor was attacked.  Three years, eight months, and eight days later, the Japanese surrendered.  These days, America's military moves at a more leisurely pace.  On November 5, 2009, another U.S. base, Fort Hood …

Russia not homophobic, it's homorealistic - expert  —  The new Russian law that prohibits promotion of homosexual relations and non-traditional sexual relations among minors has sparked a lot of international condemnation.  It has led to the so-called vodka protests, and to calls for a boycott of the 2014 Russian Olympics.