Eleanor Holmes Norton says 'you don't have a right to know' what's going on in government  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL WHITE HOUSE CONGRESS ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON PRESIDENT DARRELL ISSA TRANSPARENCY  —  Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting congressional delegate for the District of Columbia …

Editor's Note: An Apology To Our Readers  —  What we're doing about an episode of plagiarism.  —  Starting this Wednesday, Twitter users began pointing out instances in which a BuzzFeed writer, Benny Johnson, had lifted phrases and sentences from other websites.

U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuates personnel  —  (CNN) — The U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuated its personnel on Saturday because of heavy militia violence raging in the capital, Tripoli, the State Department said.  —  About 150 personnel, including 80 U.S. Marines were evacuated from the embassy …

After CIA gets secret whistleblower email, Congress worries about more spying  —  WASHINGTON — The CIA obtained a confidential email to Congress about alleged whistleblower retaliation related to the Senate's classified report on the agency's harsh interrogation program …

Op-Ed Obamacare court ruling is nonsensical and cynical  —  At last count, more than 8 million people are getting healthcare through an Obamacare exchange.  Almost three-quarters of them are using the federal exchange.  These millions of Americans ought to be able to finally leave behind …

Palestinians say they were waiting to evacuate when UN shelter was hit  —  It was supposed to be a place of refuge from a devastating war.  —  Hundreds of people were crammed into a United Nations-run elementary school in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday when the converted shelter was hit by a series of explosions.

NASA: Solar storm in 2012 nearly ‘knocked modern civilization back to the 18th century’  —  Back in 2012, the Sun erupted with a powerful solar storm that just missed the Earth but was big enough to “knock modern civilization back to the 18th century,” NASA said.

Rand Paul makes pitch to civil rights groups  —  Speaking to a historic civil rights group, Sen. Rand Paul on Friday called for new sentencing reforms, expanded voting rights, school choice, and tax cuts for depressed cities.  —  “I say we take a stand and fight for justice now,” said the Republican senator from Kentucky.

Obama Eyes Major Immigration Move  —  The President may be preparing to provide temporary legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants  —  When President Obama issues executive orders on immigration in coming weeks, pro-reform activists are expecting something dramatic …

The Internet Isn't Ready For Hillary  —  Nothing doing here.  Except in the fever swamps.  —  The sort of Hillary Clinton story that goes viral.  —  Via westernjournalism.com  —  The other night, Hillary Clinton took questions from Twitter users, live on YouTube.