Fox's Wallace Stunned: GOP Leaders Sent Me Opposition Research on Ted Cruz  —  Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace said Sunday morning that he'd received opposition research from other Republicans about Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in advance of Cruz's appearance this morning …

Tempers flare inside GOP as Obamacare defunding fight escalates  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS OBAMACARE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPUBLICAN PARTY JOHN BOEHNER MITCH MCCONNELL HEALTH CARE TED CRUZ MIKE LEE  —  On March 13 of this year, Sen. Ted Cruz and 20 Republican co-sponsors offered …

Hillary in Midair  —  She's learned from her mistakes.  Three years before November 8, 2016, she's working hard to be relaxed, calm, easy.  But, all the while, the old Clinton gears are whirring.  —  For four years, Hillary Rodham Clinton flew around the world as President Barack Obama's secretary …

NRA: Get ‘Homicidal Maniacs’ off Streets  —  Greater efforts are needed to identify and lock up mentally ill people who are dangerous, a top National Rifle Association official responding to the recent Washington Navy Yard shootings said Sunday.  —  The nation's mental health system is …

Life Among the Barbarians  —  Phyllis Chesler is a psychologist and academic whose writings we have quoted from time to time over the years.  Ms. Chesler has always had a rather skeptical attitude toward Islam, in particular with regard to its treatment of women.

Merkel Gets Biggest Victory Since Kohl's Reunification Vote  —  Angela Merkel won an overwhelming endorsement from German voters, putting the country's first female chancellor on course for the biggest election tally since Helmut Kohl's post-reunification victory of 1990.

CLOSE TIES BETWEEN WHITE HOUSE, NSA SPYING REVIEW  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » Close ties between White House, NSA spying review  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Stung by public unease about new details of spying by the National Security Agency …

‘A big act’: Newark mayor's ‘urban legends’  —  Gunshots rang out between the red-brick apartment buildings at Pilgrim Village, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker ran to the noise.  When Wazn Miller — the 19-year-old who was shot and bleeding — fell, Booker was there to catch him.  —  It was April 19, 2004.

Conflicting reports emerge about exact role Israelis are playing; Kenya attack death toll rises to 59, as standoff with Qaida-linked group continues.  —  Israeli advisers are helping Kenya formulate a strategy to end a siege at a Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist militants have killed …

America's Billionaire  —  WASHINGTON — WHEN you're trapped in a city with House Republican gargoyles who don't understand math or history, much less reality, sometimes you crave a dose of grandfatherly wisdom.  —  Speaker John Boehner, trapped under the thumb of Tea Party anarchists …

digby & Susie Madrak Virtually Speaking Sundays  —  Political & social commentators digby and Susie Madrak, offer a counter point to the Sunday morning talk shows.  They compare notes from their observations, investigations and considerations of the past week.  Culture of Truth satirizes the Sunday Morning talk shows.

Pelosi says ‘the cupboard is bare’  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says that while deficit reduction is a laudable goal, there are precious few spending cuts left to negotiate in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.  —  “The cupboard is bare,” the California Democrat …