On Iraq, let's ignore those who got it all wrong  —  At noon today, President Obama issued his first statement on the deteriorating situation on Iraq.  “This is not solely or even primarily a military challenge,” he said.  “The United States will do our part, but understand that ultimately it's …

IRS Claims to Have Lost Over 2 Years of Lerner Emails  —  f t # e  —  Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the Internal Revenue Service informing the Committee that they have lost Lois Lerner emails from a period of January 2009 - April 2011.

I'm a Democrat and I helped the tea party unseat Eric Cantor  —  People are baffled today that Rep. Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, lost his job when he lost his GOP primary Tuesday night.  A common refrain is, how could this have happened?  (Sample headline: “Why Did Cantor Lose?

Police: Waffle House employee shoots, kills customer  —  FULTON COUNTY, Ga. —  Police say a Waffle House cook shot and killed a customer after an argument Friday morning.  —  Officers said they were called to the restaurant on Fulton Industrial Boulevard and Shirley Drive just after 4:30 a.m.

THAD COCHRAN: I GREW UP DOING ‘ALL KINDS OF INDECENT THINGS WITH ANIMALS’  —  Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) provided his latest head-scratching comment in public, this time joking he engaged in illicit activities with animals as a child.  —  “[We'd] get back [to the Pine Belt-Hattiesburg area of Mississippi] …

The fall of teachers unions  —  As the two big national teachers unions prepare for their conventions this summer, they are struggling to navigate one of the most tumultuous moments in their history.  —  Long among the most powerful forces in American politics, the unions are contending …

Scott Walker declines to define stand on gay marriage today  —  For years, Gov. Scott Walker has been a rock-solid proponent of traditional marriage between one man and one woman.  —  As Milwaukee County executive, he opposed efforts to provide health care benefits to the gay partners of county employees.

Hillary Clinton: ‘Liberating’ to speak my mind  —  Hillary Clinton said Friday that she's “totally done” curbing her speech for political reasons and finds her new perspective “liberating,” following a week of bruising headlines over missteps in her first round of interviews to promote her new book.

LABRADOR ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER  —  “I want a House Leadership that reflects the best of our Conference”  —  BOISE, ID - Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-ID) announced his candidacy today to serve as House Majority Leader.  He released the following statement:

Alex Jones & Larry Pratt: Obama Training Military To Attack Tea Party  —  Conspiracy nut Alex Jones says the Obama administration has been hot on the heels of the Tea Party movement and will use tanks, drones and everything else to mount an attack on them.  —  Ever since the Bush administration …

Masters of Love  —  Every day in June, the most popular wedding month of the year, about 13,000 American couples will say “I do,” committing to a lifelong relationship that will be full of friendship, joy, and love that will carry them forward to their final days on this earth.

Here's The Shocking Way Google Uses ‘Bigotry’ In A Sentence  —  Google has an odd way of looking at “bigotry.”  —  When you punch in the word “bigotry” into the Google search engine, here's what you'll find.  —  Interesting.  Why is “right-wing” a correlation to bigotry?

Christie Disagrees With Perry on Gay Comparison  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is denouncing comments by fellow Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry comparing homosexuality to alcoholism in which people can choose to change their behavior.  —  Perry said earlier this week in San Francisco …

Horne threatens to sue feds over transporting migrants to Ariz.  —  Hundreds of migrant children are being housed in detention centers in southern Arizona that the Arizona Attorney General's Office will soon be inspecting.  Unaccompanied children have been crossing the border illegally.