Hands down Obama is the worst president since WWII: poll  —  Poll after poll shows President Obama's approval rating dipping recently, and one new Quinnipiac University Poll finds that voters say Mitt Romney would have been a better choice in 2012.  —  With Mr. Obama deploying military troops to Iraq …

Another federal judge tells IRS to explain itself on lost emails  —  IRS attorneys will be even busier than normal next week, because another federal judge has told them to show up in court July 11 to defend the federal tax agency.  —  They will have to explain to U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton …

Target Addresses Firearms in Stores  —  Every day at Target, in everything we do, we ask ourselves what is right for our guests?  We make all of our decisions with that question in mind.  Questions have circulated in recent weeks around Target's policy on the “open carry” of firearms in its stores.

Changed America This Year  —  Nineteen legal thinkers run down the court's most important decisions.  —  The justices have retired their robes for the summer (and the interns, their running shoes), after handing down decisions on issues ranging from Obamacare to affirmative action, campaign finance to school prayer.

Facebook Lawyer: That Emotion-Manipulation Study Was About Customer Service  —  ASPEN, Colo.—During a session on freedom of speech at the Aspen Ideas Festival, hosted by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, Facebook's Head of Global Policy Management, Monika Bickert, was asked …

Male-female pay gap remains entrenched at White House  —  The White House has not narrowed the gap between the average pay of male and female employees since President Obama's first year in office, according to a Washington Post analysis of new salary data.  —  The average male White House …

Medical staff warned: Keep your mouths shut about illegal immigrants or face arrest  —  A government-contracted security force threatened to arrest doctors and nurses if they divulged any information about the contagion threat at a refugee camp housing illegal alien children at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, sources say.

GOP has lost O-Care fight  —  Republicans bet the house that ObamaCare would be a disaster.  They lost.  —  After a four-year feast criticizing ObamaCare, Congressional Republicans are now left picking at the crumbs of minor complaints.  Their longstanding predictions of failure have come up empty.

Rick Perry to Obama: Come to the border  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that President Barack Obama must visit the Texas southern border to see the immigration crisis for himself.  —  “If he doesn't come to the border, I think it's a real reflection of his lack of concern of what's …

Thrown Out of Court  —  How corporations became people you can't sue.  —  Late last year a massive data hack at Target exposed as many as 110 million consumers around the country to identity theft and fraud.  As details of its lax computer security oversight came to light …

A Solar Show With Mixed Reviews  —  Solar maximum is now.  —  Indeed, the maximum — the peak of the 11-year sunspot cycle, when the sun erupts with solar flares and energetic bursts of electrons and protons — may have already passed.  —  As solar maximums go, this has been a tepid one …

Sens. Moran, Roberts: Don't go back to Iraq now  —  Both Kansas senators said Monday they don't support sending U.S. troops back to Iraq to try to rein in Islamic militants, who have seized much of the country and have declared areas they control an independent caliphate.

Pentagon sends attack helicopters to Iraq  —  The United States has sent Apache attack helicopters to Iraq as part of the buildup in U.S. military personnel, the Pentagon said Tuesday.  —  Officials would not say how many of the armed helicopters have been sent to the country …

Protesters Block First Wave Of Detained Immigrants In Murrieta  —  MURRIETA (CBSLA.com) — Dozens of protesters blocked the road Tuesday so buses full of undocumented immigrants couldn't make their way to a U.S. Border Patrol Station in Murrieta.  —  Approximately 140 people were flown …

NM police boot Fox's Jesse Watters from women's conference after ‘sexist’ comments  —  Fox News reporter Jesse Watters said on Monday that Albuquerque police had escorted him out of the 2014 National Organization for Women (NOW) conference after he made sexist comments and failed to obtain a press pass.

Immigration advocates to Obama: Go big  —  House Democrats and other immigration reformers are calling on President Obama to go big when it comes to administrative changes in deportation policy.  —  For months, liberal reform advocates on and off Capitol Hill have urged Obama to tap …

Federal judge strikes down Kentucky's ban on gay marriage  —  Noteworthy for three reasons.  One: The judge is a Bush 41 appointee, nominated to the federal bench by, er, Mitch McConnell.  Two: This decision doesn't matter much on the ground because the Sixth Circuit, the federal appellate court …

Cochran campaign denies vote-buying reports  —  The U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran campaign is denying reports from a conservative blogger that it was trying to buy votes in Lauderdale County.  —  Blogger Charles C. Johnson of GotNews.com is reporting that Stevie Fielder says the Cochran campaign told …

Wait Until You See the Picture Frame NBC's Cameras Found in Valerie Jarrett's Office  —  Editor's Note:  —  Be sure to read to the bottom to see Jarrett's explanation.  —  Don't blink or you might miss it.  —  Earlier this week during NBC's exclusive peek inside the world of Valerie Jarrett …

Americans Less Satisfied With Freedom  —  Perceived widespread corruption in U.S. government on the rise  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fewer Americans are satisfied with the freedom to choose what they do with their lives compared with seven years ago — dropping 12 percentage points from 91% in 2006 to 79% in 2013.