The Islamic State (Part 1)  —  The Islamic State, a hardline Sunni jihadist group that formerly had ties to al Qaeda, has conquered large swathes of Iraq and Syria.  Previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the group has announced their intention to reestablish …

Obama's Iraq Plan Has a Killer Flaw—and Airstrikes Alone May Not Save It  —  The U.S. gambled on local militias to keep ISIS in check.  The president's authorization of airstrikes is an admission that bet didn't pay off.  —  Friday morning, with a humanitarian mission already underway …

Probate candidate's husband admits to history with white supremacy movement  —  The husband of a Plainfield attorney running for a probate judge seat was a member of a prominent neo-Nazi group for several years, according to watchdog groups, and currently maintains a pro-white online blog.

Booker Staffer Tells Booker Opponent to ‘Suck It’  —  One staffer in Cory Booker's Senate office has a message for his opponent: “Suck it.”  —  That's certainly at odds with Booker's reputation for politeness and collegiality, but when Booker's opponent, the former Reagan-administration official Jeff Bell …

Smiling Young White People Make App for Avoiding Black Neighborhoods  —  Is there any way to keep white people from using computers, before this whole planet is ruined?  I ask because the two enterprising white entrepreneurs above just made yet another app for avoiding non-white areas of your town—and it's really taking off!

Gaza truce falls apart as more rockets fly  —  GAZA CITY — A brief three-day peace crumbled Friday after Gaza militants fired dozens of rockets at Israel and Israeli forces responded with their own salvos, including an airstrike near a mosque in Gaza that killed a 10-year-old boy.

Shake-up at The View: Two relative unknowns chosen to fill seats vacated by Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd  —  It is one of the hottest gigs in daytime television.  —  And MailOnline can reveal that producers of The View will surprise audiences next season, when they replace departing …

Florida Redraws an Election Map That Was Ruled to Be Unconstitutional  —  MIAMI — With Florida's election schedule in disarray after a judge ruled the state's congressional map unconstitutional, state lawmakers moved one step closer to resolving the uncertainty during a special session on Friday in Tallahassee.

The Big, Long, 30-Year Conservative Lie  —  Inequality, conservatives insist, is natural.  Trying to combat it will slow growth.  Well, guess who now says otherwise?  Standard and Poor's.  —  First came Occupy Wall Street, and its pitch-perfect slogan on inequality: “We are the 99 percent.”

Tiny Lead for Incumbent in Tennessee Primary Vote  —  MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Less than two years after tawdry details of his divorce and extramarital relationships burst into public view, Representative Scott DesJarlais, Republican of Tennessee, held a minuscule advantage on Friday …

Coroner Is Said to Rule Reagan Aide's Death a Homicide, 33 Years After a Shooting  —  WASHINGTON — The death this week of James S. Brady, the former White House press secretary, has been ruled a homicide 33 years after he was wounded in an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, police department officials here said Friday.

America's Moral Obligations in Iraq  —  Which politician uttered the following words: “Do we sit on the sidelines and watch an entire people be slaughtered or do we marshal military forces and move in quietly to put an end to it?”  John McCain?  Joe Lieberman?  Scoop Jackson?  Wrong.

GOP Supreme Court candidate Michelle MacDonald ticketed again  —  Michelle MacDonald, the Republican-endorsed candidate for the Minnesota Supreme Court, was ticketed last week for violating the terms of a limited license as she awaits trial for alleged drunken driving and resisting arrest.

Polls Show GOP Base Has Impeachment Fever, Even As Party Leaders Run From It  —  Bereft of many good options ahead of the November midterms, Democrats have been eager to use the fringe impeachment chatter as a cudgel against Republicans.  The gambit has not gone unnoticed on the right.

Spy court orders release of phone surveillance opinion  —  The government needs to release a partially declassified opinion from the federal court overseeing surveillance activities about its bulk collection of phone records, the court said.  —  In a decision handed down on Friday …

Donald Trump Deletes Tweet With Huge Factual Error  —  Either Donald Trump is having second thoughts about a political endorsement or he's once against struggling to accept that he's been proven wrong.  —  The smart money is on the latter, unless the reality television star had a sudden …

The Democrats' Goldwater  —  Elizabeth Warren leads the party's leftward march.  —  Republicans had Barry Gold-water.  Democrats now have Elizabeth Warren.  What do they have in common?  Years back, he pointed the way for his party, and now she's doing the same thing for hers.

'SNL's Victoria Jackson falls to incumbents  —  Victoria Jackson, the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member who has made a name for herself as an active tea party participant, conservative activist and outspoken opponent of President Barack Obama, has lost her bid to win a spot on the Williamson County Commission.

Mitch McConnell's wife sits on the board of a group working to kill the coal industry Yahoo News 1 hr ago  —  For months, Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell has accused his Democratic opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes, of engaging in a “war on coal,” casting her as an outright enemy of one of the state's most vital industries.

Our Lonely First Duffer  —  What Barack Obama's golf game tells us about his presidency.  —  To many of us who play golf and generally suck at it—that's me, and most others—it is less a game than a subtle form of torture, a walking stress position.  Other sports may be more physically taxing …