Lying About Lies: Why Credibility Matters to Obama  —  The president is trying to reinvent the history of his you-can-keep-it promise on health care.  —  It might not seem possible that President Obama could do more harm to his credibility and the public's faith in government than misleading Americans about health insurance reform.

REVEALED: OBAMA CAMPAIGN BUNDLER HELPING FUND LIBERTARIAN IN TIGHT VA. GUBERNATORIAL RACE  —  A major Democratic Party benefactor and Obama campaign bundler helped pay for professional petition circulators responsible for getting Virginia Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Robert C. Sarvis on the ballot …

Sections Of Rand Paul's Op-Ed On Drug Sentencing Plagiarized From Article Week Earlier  —  Portions of the Kentucky senator's op-ed in The Washington Times appear to be copied word-for-word from an article published a week earlier.  —  Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Maybe Pain Will Teach You Millenials Not To Vote For Your Own Serfdom  —  You Millenials voted for Obama by a margin of 28 percent, which will make it a lot easier for me to accept the benefits you will be paying for.  We warned you that liberalism was a scam designed to take the fruits …

Alabama's Republican Runoff Election May Predict the Party's Future  —  Tuesday's Republican runoff election in Alabama's 1st Congressional District may not just decide the state's next congressman—it could influence the party's strategy for months to come.

Hillary in 2016?  Not So Fast  —  Hillary Clinton of all people knows how political fortunes turn on a dime.  But she must be puzzled nonetheless, and spooked, that over a six-month period when she made no big news whatsoever, her popularity took a double-digit tumble.

New Jersey mall gunman found dead hours after shooting  —  (CNN) — A gunman who opened fire at a New Jersey mall Monday night later holed up in a back room and shot himself in the head, authorities say.  —  No one else was injured in the mall shooting.  —  Richard Shoop's body was found …

Holder: Trayvon charges still possible  —  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday said the Justice Department has not decided whether to file federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in the 2012 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.  —  Zimmerman, a volunteer neighborhood watchman …

Early Buyers of Health Coverage Are Older Than Expected, Raising Expense Concerns  —  Insurers say the early buyers of health coverage on the nation's troubled new websites are older than expected so far, raising early concerns about the economics of the insurance marketplaces.

Blue Shield forced by state to delay its Obamacare cancellations  —  California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones will announce Tuesday an agreement with a “major health insurance company” in California to delay by three months cancellation of more than 115,000 individual policies due to Affordable Care Act rules.

Obama's Catastrophic Victory  —  Years ago John McPhee wrote a great book about Bill Bradley called “A Sense of Where You Are.”  I keep thinking about that title.  You have to know where you are in time and space, you have to know who you are and what you're doing, you have to be able …

Why National Democrats Rolled Over for Chris Christie  —  Fearing an expensive lost cause, the national party took a pass on Tuesday's election for New Jersey governor.  But the decision may come back to haunt Democrats in 2016.  —  If Gov. Chris Christie wins reelection Tuesday …

Columnist on NRSC payroll disclosed  —  U.S. News & World Report will start disclosing that columnist Brian Walsh, a former National Republican Senatorial Committee communications director, is still on the NRSC payroll, following an inquiry from POLITICO.  —  Since April, the NRSC …

Steve Daines to announce Senate bid  —  Freshman Montana Rep. Steve Daines (R) will announce Wednesday that he is running for Senate, GOP officials told POLITICO.  —  Daines will enter as the frontrunner against Democratic Lt. Gov. John Walsh in the contest for the seat opening with the retirement of Sen. Max Baucus (D).