Hansen: “I need to step down”  —  One day after thnaking people for their support and saying he was the victim of character assassination, incoming Spesker Ira Hansen sent an early morning email to his caucus declaring his intention to step down:  —  Ironically for an email slugged “Irony …

Giuliani: 'White Police Officers Won't Be There' If Blacks 'Weren't Killing Each Other' (VIDEO)  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) got into a heated argument about race and crime with Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson during a discussion on Ferguson, Mo.

No Iran Nuclear Deal Seen by Monday Deadline  —  U.S., Other World Powers Want to Extend Talks  —  VIENNA—The U.S. and other world powers said it will be virtually impossible to reach a comprehensive deal to curb Iran's nuclear activities by the Monday night deadline, and they would favor extending the talks.

Graham: House GOP Benghazi report ‘full of crap’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday blasted a House GOP-led investigation that recently debunked myths about the 2012 Benghazi attack.  —  “I think the report is full of crap,” Graham said on CNN's “State of the Union.”

12-year-old boy shot by Cleveland police has died  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — The 12-year-old boy wielding what turned out to be a BB gun when he was shot by police outside a Cleveland recreation center died early Sunday morning, a police union official confirmed.

The Making of an Imperial President  —  LET me be clear, as he likes to say: I believe that President Obama was entirely sincere when he ran for president as a fierce critic of the imperial executive.  I believe that he was in earnest when he told supporters in 2008 that America's …

9-month-old girl shot inside Brooklyn home while dad cleaned gun: police  —  Jessica Rosales' parents will face criminal charges, police say, after the little girl was hit with a bullet while dad Pedro Rosales cleaned his illegal handgun.  —  A Brooklyn man shot his 9-month-old daughter …

Thousands of lost Lois Lerner IRS emails found by IG  —  An IRS watchdog has located an estimated 30,000 of the lost Lois Lerner emails, according to a source familiar with the matter.  —  The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration told congressional staffers Friday the emails belonging …

'Everybody knows...that we're not going to deport 11 million people': Obama says the U.S. should use its ‘limited resources’ to remove felons and other dangerous criminals  — Obama made the remarks during an interview with This Week host George Stephanopolous that was broadcast Sunday

Why D.C. Will Always Love Marion Barry  —  The late mayor was a very flawed man.  But he also gave Washington, D.C.'s working-class black residents a taste of the economic prosperity that racial apartheid had long denied them.  —  Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press / MCT / Via Associated Press

The Piecemeal Assault on Health Care  —  Now that they will dominate both houses of Congress, Republicans are planning to dismantle the Affordable Care Act piece by piece instead of trying to repeal it entirely.  —  They are expected to hold at least one symbolic vote for repeal in the next session …

Full Interview Transcript: President Obama on ‘This Week’  —  Below is the full interview transcript for the interview conducted by ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos with President Barack Obama.  This may contain errors and will be updated.  —  “THIS WEEK” PRESIDENT OBAMA INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT