Donald Sterling Is a Registered Republican  —  Does it really matter whether racist LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling is a registered Democrat?  Or a Republican?  Or a member of the Pirate Party of Russia?  —  Well, according to multiple conservative media outlets, yes, it does matter.

John Kerry's private remarks allegedly taped by Daily Beast reporter  —  Secretary of State John Kerry's private remarks to a meeting of influential world leaders last week were allegedly taped by a reporter from The Daily Beast, a fact that led to a personal apology from Trilateral Commission chairman Joseph S. Nye on Monday.

Fox News Tries And Fails To Get Any Details About The GOP's Obamacare Replacement  —  Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) struggled to articulate a credible GOP alternative to the Affordable Care Act during an appearance on Fox News Monday morning, promising only to replace President Obama's health care reform with …

The Sacrilegious Sarah Palin  —  Man, the 12 minute speech Sarah Palin gave to the NRA convention is awful.  It's just witless, red-meat blathering, delivered in that nasal whine of hers that makes it sound like she's chewing wads of tinfoil.  For people who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like.

Police investigating Cliven Bundy-related threats to Harry Reid  —  Federal law enforcement officials are investigating threats made against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the aftermath of his sharp-edged attacks against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, sources said Monday.

Politics don't belong in science fiction: Column  —  A writer shouldn't be punished for his political beliefs.  —  There was a time when science fiction was a place to explore new ideas, free of the conventional wisdom of staid, “mundane” society, a place where speculation replaced group think …

White House Steps Up Effort to Confirm Federal Judges  —  WASHINGTON — With the possibility that Republicans could take the Senate in November, the White House and Senate Democrats are working swiftly to confirm judges to the federal courts in an effort to allow President Obama to leave a lasting liberal imprint on the judiciary.

It's not all Russia's fault  —  Eastern Ukraine is a mess.  But Kremlin meddling is hardly the whole story.  —  The crisis in eastern Ukraine is far from over.  —  On Monday, the moderate mayor of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city, was shot while riding his bicycle.

Heartbleed: Understanding When We Disclose Cyber Vulnerabilities  —  When President Truman created the National Security Agency in 1952, its very existence was not publicly disclosed.  Earlier this month, the NSA sent out a Tweet making clear that it did not know about the recently discovered vulnerability …

How North Carolina's Voter ID Law Could Actually Help Democrats This Year  —  The race is on to register voters.  —  The Rev. William Barber, head of the North Carolina NAACP.  —  AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chris Seward  —  WASHINGTON — When North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed …

Google removes “deceptive” pregnancy center ads  —  Google is removing Web search ads for some “crisis pregnancy centers,” after an investigation by NARAL Pro-Choice America found evidence that the ads violate Google's policy against deceptive advertising.  —  “We have no problem …

Edible Water Bottles to Tackle Plastic Menace?  —  A new breakthrough by a team of London scientists could mean we are soon eating our water bottles instead of throwing them away.  —  Design students from Imperial College London have developed the Ooho water container, an edible water bottle …

Boehner Tea Party Challenger Fired Over Anti-Boehner Ad  —  House Speaker John Boehner's tea party primary challenger J.D. Winteregg has been fired from his position as adjunct professor at Cedarville University in Ohio due to his recent viral web ad accusing Boehner of “Electile Dysfunction,” The Daily Caller has learned exclusively.