GOP Strategist Confronts Congressman For Bigoted Comments On Immigrants: You ‘Should Get Some Therapy’  —  Rep. Steve King (R-IA) recently dove into hot water by saying that undocumented immigrants were “drug mules” with “cantaloupe-sized calves.”  Sunday morning, King doubled down …

How the Post Was Lost  —  MANY American newspapers were doomed to decline from the moment the Internet arrived on personal computers.  But The Washington Post, just sold off unexpectedly to Amazon's Jeff Bezos, was never really one of them.  —  This is something the sentimental send-offs …

Snowden's Father Gets Visa to Visit Son in Russia  —  National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's father has secured documents to visit his son in Russia and plans to discuss how he could fight espionage charges, Lon Snowden and his attorney said Sunday.

Loophole: People are being told to use “key words” to cross border  —  SAN DIEGO -  —  A loophole is allowing hundreds of immigrants across the Mexico border in to the United States.  —  Immigrants are being taught to use “key words and phrases” to be allowed to enter and stay in the country.

Rep. Peter King: 'I'm serious' about possible 2016 White House bid  —  Rep. Peter King says he's dead serious about exploring a bid for the White House, even as GOP strategists and consultants offer steep and potentially insurmountable odds for the New York Republican.

Suspect killed; teen safe  —  (CNN) — James DiMaggio — the California murder suspect who allegedly kidnapped 16-year-old Hannah Anderson — was shot and killed by an FBI agent in the Idaho wilderness, a sheriff said Saturday.  —  Authorities first spotted the pair's campsite from the air …

Trump spars with ABC reporter over Obama's birth certificate  —  Donald Trump, in the early presidential caucus state of Iowa this weekend for an event featuring many potential 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls, defended his questioning of President Barack Obama's place of birth in an interview aired Sunday on ABC's “This Week.”

Mystery From the Grave Beside Oswald's, Solved  —  FORT WORTH — In a corner of the Shannon Rose Hill Cemetery, close to a chain-link fence that separates the living and the dead, a patch of ground has been worn free of grass by all who come to stare at one particular gravestone.

Kansas and Al Qaeda  —  SALINA, Kan. — I'VE spent the last few months filming a Showtime documentary about how climate and environmental stresses helped trigger the Arab awakening.  It's been a fascinating journey because it forced me to look at the Middle East through the lens of Arab environmentalists instead of politicians.

After Guantánamo, Another Injustice  —  ABOUT two months ago I learned that some of my books had been banned at Guantánamo Bay.  Apparently detainees were requesting them, and their lawyers were delivering them to the prison, but they were not being allowed in because of “impermissible content.”

Madam President  —  WASHINGTON — PRESIDENT OBAMA proved himself a great segue artist Friday, as he smoothly glided from his previously unassailable position on the matter of surveillance to his new unassailable position on the matter of surveillance.  —  There is no moral high ground that he does not seek to occupy.