MS Tea Party vice chairman arrested in Cochran case  —  UPDATED: Madison city court officials say that Mark Mayfield will appear before a judge today.  —  Also, attorney Kevin Camp, who represents Clayton Kelly, said two more arrests either have been or will be made in addition to Mayfield.

‘No Place to Hide,’ by Glenn Greenwald  —  “My position was straightforward,” Glenn Greenwald writes.  “By ordering illegal eavesdropping, the president had committed crimes and should be held accountable for them.”  You break the law, you pay the price: It's that simple.

Not long ago, the left raved about the VA.  —  The unfolding scandal at the Veterans Health Administration was enough to drive the earnest liberals at Vox.com to mild profanity, and in a headline no less: “What the Hell Is Happening at the VA?”  Here's the answer: … Damn.

Reid: Immigration may belong to W.H.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the Obama administration will have to act alone on stemming deportations if the House doesn't move on immigration reform by this summer's end.  —  The comments from Reid appeared to be the most definitive …

White House Contacted YouTube During Benghazi Attack, Darrell Issa Says  —  A still-classified State Department e-mail says that one of the first responses from the White House to the Benghazi attack was to contact YouTube to warn of the “ramifications” of allowing the posting of an anti-Islamic video …

NSA reform bill loses backing from privacy advocates after major revisions  —  A landmark surveillance bill, likely to pass the US House of Representatives on Thursday, is hemorrhaging support from the civil libertarians and privacy advocates who were its champions from the start.

Please allow me to rant for a moment about the state of the media.  —  It's well known that CNN has gone from the network of Bernie Shaw, John Holliman, and Peter Arnett reporting live from Baghdad in 1991 to the network of kidnapped white girls.  Our nation's newspapers have …

Las Vegas, Cincinnati out of the mix for 2016 GOP convention  —  (CNN) - Las Vegas and Cincinnati withdrew bids to host the 2016 GOP convention, the Republican National Committee announced Thursday.  —  Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, and Kansas City are still in contention to host the convention …

Republicans' Attempt To Woo Women At Gubernatorial Debate Fails Miserably  —  Mike Kopp, Scott Gessler, and Bob Beauprez at an April debate for Colorado governor.  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/Brennan Linsley  —  Three of the four GOP candidates for Colorado governor took part in a debate Tuesday …

Kevin McCarthy calls on Eric Shinseki to resign  —  House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, the No. 3 House Republican, on Thursday called on Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign.  —  The California lawmaker is the first House Republican leader to call on the embattled former general …

Creation Museum To Display Dino Skeleton It Says Proves Bible  —  The creationist Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky. plans to unveil a new attraction this weekend: a world-class Allosaurus skeleton.  —  But unlike other museums, where dinosaur skeletons are used to “indoctrinate our kids …

At baseball Hall, Obama holds 'Joltin Joe's' glove, talks tourism  —  Cooperstown, New York (CNN) - President Barack Obama stopped by a Little League game earlier in the week - clearly a warm-up for his visit to the baseball shrine in Cooperstown.  —  Obama on Thursday became …

50 Democratic Senators To NFL: Change The Washington Redskins' Name  —  They cite the NBA's rebuke of owner Donald Sterling.  Republicans were not asked to sign the letter.  —  Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder looks on during a rookie minicamp practice session at Redskins Park on Sunday, May 5, 2013, in Ashburn, Va.