Four western Iraqi towns fall to advancing ISIS militants  —  Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — A strategic border crossing and three other towns in western Iraq fell Saturday to the control of ISIS militants, a senior Iraqi security official said.  —  In addition to their offensives in northern Iraq …

CORRECTION: IRELAND-CHILDREN'S MASS GRAVES STORY  —  DUBLIN (AP) — In stories published June 3 and June 8 about young children buried in unmarked graves after dying at a former Irish orphanage for the children of unwed mothers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that the children …

Inside the jealous feud between the Obamas and ‘Hildebeest’ Clintons  —  In his new book, “Blood Feud,” journalist Edward Klein gets inside the dysfunctional, jealous relationship between Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack and Michelle Obama — and how it could explode in 2016.

U.S. faces ‘massive game’ against Portugal in World Cup  —  Both the U.S. and Portugal will go a long way toward determining their World Cup fates when they meet Sunday in the heat and humidity of the Amazon.  —  For the U.S., it's win and go on.  For Portugal, it's win or go home.  —  And a tie?

Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession  —  THERE is a time for weighing evidence and a time for acting.  And if there's one thing I've learned throughout my work in finance, government and conservation, it is to act before problems become too big to manage.

McCarthy: Blame Senate, not White House  —  Newly elected House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday the Senate, rather than President Barack Obama, is to blame for gridlock in Washington.  —  “I believe you can work with anybody,” the California Republican said on “Fox News Sunday …

How Davis wins by losing  —  Democrats are publicly rooting for Wendy Davis to turn Texas blue.  —  But privately, many of her supporters are resigned to her losing.  And, already, some political operatives are pondering how she can stay politically relevant beyond November.

Stephanie Kwolek, Kevlar Inventor, Dies at 90  —  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police Lt. David Spicer took four .45-caliber slugs to the chest and arms at point-blank range and lived to tell about it.  Like thousands of other police officers and soldiers shot in the line of duty …

Democrat-dominated Maryland not quite as liberal as its leaders  —  Candy and Walter Morrison have had it with the taxes and the politicians in Maryland who jack up spending while people can't find decent work.  “We're driving jobs out of the state,” says Walter, a recently retired federal contractor.

How are Obama and the IRS getting away with a blatant coverup?  —  To understand the latest outrage in the IRS scandal, mull over what might happen if regulators found significant evidence to implicate Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein in an insider trading scheme.

Why anonymity for men accused of rape is imperative  —  The witch-hunt suffered by Oxford University's Ben Sullivan shows exactly why men need pre-conviction anonymity in rape trials, writes Peter Lloyd  —  Oxford University students are considered some of the most privileged people in the country.

Kim Strassel and the WSJ on the Lost IRS Emails  —  Earlier this week Wall Street Journal columnist Kim Strassel won a much deserved Bradley Award for her work in investigative journalism.  It's at times like this, in which revelations about evidence destruction at the Internal Revenue Service …