Exclusive: John McCain Will Attack Vladimir Putin in the Pages of Pravda  —  In a first-of-its kind arrangement, the editors of Russian newspaper Pravda have tentatively agreed to publish a column by Sen. John McCain that will attack the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

U.S.-Russia Talks on Syria's Arms Make Progress  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama will not insist on a United Nations Security Council resolution threatening Syria with military action, senior administration officials said Friday, as American and Russian negotiators meeting in Geneva moved closer …

Will Democrats haul out hookers in David Vitter fight?  —  Senate Democrats have had all they can take from David Vitter and his fixation on Obamacare — and they're dredging up his past prostitution scandal to hit back.  —  Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, has infuriated Democrats this week …

Rand Paul Draws Fire From Pro-Israel Group For “Promised Land” Comments  —  A source at Christians United For Israel calls Paul's comment to BuzzFeed “slander.”  “He simply is asking all Christians to join him in reexamining our foreign policy and in working to make war a last resort,” a Paul adviser responds.

Wisconsin's Third Largest Teachers Union Decertified on August 31st  —  UPDATE:  —  [Kenosha, Wisc...] The Kenosha Education Association (KEA), the state's third largest teachers union, was officially decertified on August 31, 2013 according to the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission.

George Will's Libertarian Evolution: Q&A on Obama, Syria, & the Power of Choice  —  “I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close,” says Washington Post columnist George Will.  “Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government …

Senator talks “House of Cards” and football... and mentions this may be his last term  —  Would we be better off buying cable stations one at a time instead of in bundles?  Sen. John McCain says yes, and has introduced legislation that would make it happen.

‘We Made It’: Humanity Has Arrived at Interstellar Space  —  Voyager 1 has entered a region of space beyond our solar bubble, and it has sent back a little sound for us to listen to.  —  Thirty-six years ago, from the ground in Florida, Voyager 1 launched into space.

Liberals in Retreat  —  Three elections in the last week have challenged long-held liberal premises about how elections are fought and what the public wants.  It's worth examining those results in such widely separated places as Australia, Norway, and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Death By Tweet  —  I don't tweet.  But, you may ask, what about that Twitter account?  That's a robot — it's just tweeting the titles of blog posts.  And I do blog a lot:  —  But 140-character reflections on what I just ate, or something, not.  Why?  —  One reason is that I have better things to do with my time.

Behind Microsoft Deal, the Specter of a Nokia Android Phone  —  SEATTLE — Before Microsoft reached a deal to buy Nokia's phone business, there was a possibility that Nokia could have switched its smartphones to Google's Android operating system sometime after late 2014.

Imagine this: In Germany, one TV ad per candidate  —  BERLIN — Germany is in the heat of election season: in just over a week, voters will head to the polls to determine whether Chancellor Angela Merkel and her party get a third term leading the government.  —  So where are the TV ads?

The Case Against Larry Summers  —  The job of Federal Reserve chairman is as much about character and temperament as it is intellect and experience.  That's why he shouldn't get it.  —  Lawrence Henry Summers is one of the world's most eminent economists.

15 JOURNALISTS HAVE JOINED OBAMA ADMINISTRATION  —  According to the Atlantic, Time managing editor Rick Stengel's decision to join the Obama administration is just the latest example of a new trend among mainstream media journalists who are making it official by joining the Obama administration.

At least 3 dead, thousands evacuated as Colorado flooding cuts off mountain towns  —  Floodwaters cascaded downstream from the Colorado Rockies on Friday, spilling normally scenic mountain rivers and creeks over their banks and forcing thousands more evacuations in water-logged communities beset by days of steady rain.