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.

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.

Obama to Drop Push for Threat of Force in U.N. Resolution  —  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 …

Poll: 44 percent of Americans oppose raising debt ceiling  —  Americans overwhelmingly do not think Congress should raise the nation's debt limit as President Barack Obama and Congress prepare once again to wage battle over the issue, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

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.

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.

The Death of Gun Control  —  Why the recall of two Colorado legislators is a major setback for gun-safety advocates nationally  —  Ever since the Senate voted down gun-control legislation in April, some advocates have remained convinced there was still hope.  As of Tuesday, that hope is officially dead.

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 …

Trayvon Martin's Medical Examiner: Prosecution Threw the Case  —  Fired Zimmerman trial coroner says conviction was never going to happen.  —  A recent revelation in the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case could, and should spark a new wave of outrage.  —  Dr. Shiping Bao …

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.

‘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.

Inside the Obama campaign: A plot against Cutter  —  The Obama campaign looked in the mirror and saw a political problem.  —  It had researched every piece of its own message machine and found one area that required urgent fixing.  Focus group data suggested that the campaign needed more women on television.

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.

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?

COLORADO FLOOD: DAMS BREAK IN LARIMER AND ADAMS COUNTIES; OVERFLOWING IN BOULDER  —  Record-shattering rainstorms across Colorado's Front Range led to flooding that blew out at least six dams Thursday, stranding a Larimer County family on the second floor of their home and breaching a federal stormwater holding pond northeast of Denver.

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.