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.

Hobby Lobby Is Only the Beginning  —  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — THE United States Constitution speaks of the Supreme Court's jurisdiction over “cases” and “controversies.”  But when social controversies do come before the court, its powers are limited.  In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores …

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 …

Poll: Obama worst president since WWII  —  A plurality of voters think Barack Obama is the worst president since World War II, a new poll says.  —  According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 33 percent of voters think the current president is the worst since 1945.

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 …

Selling Obamacare  —  The weird, misleading propaganda behind the federal health care law  —  Mark Hemingway from the August/September 2014 issue  —  It might seem odd that Joanna Coles, editor in chief of Cosmopolitan, was invited to the White House for lunch.

Nazi ‘perfect Aryan’ poster child was Jewish  —  Hessy Taft's baby photograph was selected by Nazi party as the ideal Aryan infant, but Joseph Goebbels' propaganda machine never discovered that she was in fact Jewish  —  When Hessy Taft was six months old, she was a poster child for the Nazis.

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.

Clinton, candidates: Come to Iowa  —  In her book “Hard Choices,” Hillary Clinton wrote, “The night of the Iowa caucuses, when I placed third, was excruciating.”  —  Clinton might be surprised to know many Iowa activists and caucusgoers felt similarly regarding her 2008 campaign in the Hawkeye State.

Charles Murray's new disgrace: “Bell Curve” author has a “liberal” obsession  —  But here's what's really behind the disingenuous game  —  There was a time in the not so distant past when the “L” word ("liberal") was so toxic that only the most die-hard, Birkenstock-shod, soy latte swillers would even dare to identify as such.

The Last Time the Supreme Court Meddled in Women's Health, It Was a Big Setback for the GOP  —  By ruling that family-owned businesses can deny contraceptive coverage to their employees, the Supreme Court handed a victory to a handful of businesses whose owners equate contraception with abortion.

Layoffs at Wall Street Journal as Part of Newsroom Re-evaluation  —  The Wall Street Journal has cut between 20 and 40 staff members in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, as part of a re-evaluation of its newsroom that came at the end of its financial year.

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 …

Give Scotusblog a Seat in Court  —  At a few minutes past 10 a.m. on Monday, as the Supreme Court began to issue the final rulings of the term, 60,000 people — including journalists at major news outlets around the country — were following the live feed of Scotusblog, a website devoted …

what question would you ask her?  - video  —  What one thing should we ask Hilary Clinton?  Ahead of an exclusive video interview with former US secretary of state, Guardian readers have the opportuity to get involved.  The former first lady won't speculate on whether she will run for president in 2016 …