Actor, comic Robin Williams dies at 63 in apparent suicide  —  Robin Williams, a comic and sitcom star in the 1970s who became an Oscar-winning dramatic actor, died Monday at 63 in Marin County.  The Marin County Sheriff's Office said he appears to have committed suicide.

Barack Obama's mixed messages  —  President Barack Obama isn't just grappling with what feels like an endless foreign policy nightmare around the world.  Now he's got one hell of a messaging problem at home.  —  The United States will not intervene in foreign crises directly …

We Have a Rape Gif Problem and Gawker Media Won't Do Anything About It  —  Working at Gawker Media is a dream job for many of the women on staff here at Jezebel.  This is a place that takes chances on developing writers, that has always stood behind us no matter what.

Obama's Immigration Plan Should Scare Liberals, Too  —  Crossing a Rubicon of presidential authority.  —  Shares  —  The Obama years have taught us the sometimes frightening lesson that our Constitution and legal structure alone don't secure the Republic.

Democrats Pay Black Staffers 30% Less  —  Campaign staffers who are people of color routinely get paid less than their white counterparts, and are often given less glamorous jobs.  How an antiquated understanding of race relations results in minority staffers getting the short shrift.

How many unarmed people have to die?  —  Editor's note: LZ Granderson is a CNN contributor, a senior writer for ESPN and a lecturer at Northwestern University.  He is a former Hechinger Institute fellow and his commentary has been recognized by the Online News Association …

EXCLUSIVE: “MEET THE PRESS” plans to announce new moderator soon: CHUCK TODD is the favorite - BACKSTORY on Hillary interview with Jeffrey Goldberg - B'DAYS: Rob O'Donnell, Sam Myers Jr.  —  SIREN: Chuck Todd, a political obsessive and rabid sports fan, is the likely successor to David Gregory as moderator of …

James O'Keefe Is Getting Desperate as Hell, Part MCMXVII  —  “I just returned from the border with shocking new video—video that will outrage you,” James O'Keefe III writes.  “I dressed up like Osama bin Laden and crossed the Rio Grande river from Mexico to the United States.”

Customer finds Nazi symbol on her chicken sandwich  —  MOREHEAD CITY, CARTERET COUNTY -  —  A Carteret County mother makes a shocking discovery when she goes to eat her chicken sandwich from a McDonald's drive-thru in Morehead City.  That customer, Charleigh Matice, said when she went …

Colleen Hanabusa cites ‘irregularities’ in Hawaii vote  —  Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who's trailing in the too-close-to-call Hawaii Democratic Senate primary against incumbent Brian Schatz, warned Monday of voting “irregularities” in precincts crippled by a massive tropical storm last week …

DEA IMPROPERLY PAID $854,460 FOR PASSENGER LISTS  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak secretary $854,460 over nearly 20 years to obtain confidential information about train passengers, which the DEA could have lawfully obtained for free through a law enforcement network …

Intel Chief Blasts Obama  —  As the world watches the strengthening of global jihadist movements - from ISIS to al Qaeda to dozens of affiliated and like-minded groups - one of those inside the U.S. government who was most vocal about the growing threats is leaving his position.

More Than a Dozen Pulitzer Winners Call on the Justice Dept to End its Pursuit of James Risen  —  Today, fourteen Pulitzer Prize winners have issued statements in support of journalist James Risen and in protest of the Justice Department's attempt to force Risen to testify against his sources.

“The Enthusiasm Gap was Taken to the Woodshed”  —  Regular readers might guess this excerpt from a Chris Cillizza post is sweet music to my ears: … The 2012 numbers show an “enthusiasm gap” favoring Republicans similar to that being shown by similar polls today.

Ronan Farrow: ‘My White Mother Had Black Motheritis’  —  MSNBC host Ronan Farrow understands the enormously disparate scrutiny faced by black men for their public appearance or behavior because his mother, actress Mia Farrow, has an adoptive black son.  —  During a Monday afternoon segment discussing …

Is the Tea Party Express Just a Fundraising Scam?  —  $9.5 million raised, at a cost of $8 million, with less than $400,000 going to candidates.  —  What would you consider a charity that raised almost $10 million, but actually used less than 5% of that total on its mission and programs?

97 Year-Old Woman Denied The Right To Vote Because Of Voter ID  —  “97 Year-Old Woman Denied The Right To Vote Because Of Voter ID” Share:  —  Last Tuesday, Beth Hiller, a 97 year-old nursing home resident from Topeka, Kansas, boarded a shuttle along with several other residents of the nursing home's health care unit.