The Romney Statement: Not Running.  “I've decided it is best to give other leaders in the Party the opportunity to become our next nominee.”  —  I've been emailed this text of remarks Mitt Romney will be making to his supporters shortly:  —  Let me begin by letting you know who else is on this call, besides Ann and me.

Jeb Bush shaped by troubled Phillips Academy years  —  Possible presidential candidate had tumultuous four years at Andover school

'Kill our pilot and we'll execute ALL your prisoners': Jordan ‘says it will hang its ISIS captives’ if airman hostage is dead  —  Jordan has threatened to fast-track the execution of a would-be suicide bomber the Islamic State is trying to free if the terror group kills its captured pilot, it was reported today.

Obama has agreed to 80 percent of Iran's demands in nuclear talks, Israeli officials tell Ch. 10  —  Frontlines Podcast: How Bibi gambled and lost, twice  —  Top Senate Democrat: Netanyahu speech causing backlas...  Netanyahu: Issues over US speech solvable, a nuclear ...

The Day Clint Eastwood Said He Would “Kill” Me, 10 Years Ago This Week  —  A lot of people are asking me if this is true as this “rumor” about Clint Eastwood confronting me in 2005 has now re-surfaced and floated around the internet in the past few days.  So I thought I should say a few words...

The Republican Congress Meets Reality  —  Republicans promised to do a couple of things right away if given control of Congress.  One was to pass a bill to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline.  Another was to open up the Senate processes that they charged the Democrats had bottlenecked during their time in the majority.

The Scandals at Justice  —  It is well known in legal circles that Eric Holder's Justice Department has become so politicized, so unprincipled, and so ethically shoddy that Loretta Lynch, President Obama's appointee to replace Holder, had to assure senators at her confirmation hearing that she was not Eric Holder.

George RR Martin's The Winds of Winter: no plans for publication in 2015  —  Fans face a long wait for the sixth novel in the bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire series, but a new edition of three previously anthologised novellas set in the Game of Thrones world is due in October

Former Gov. Ted Strickland will run for the U.S. Senate next year, sources close to him confirmed today.  —  Attempts to reach Strickland, a Democrat, by The Vindicator today have been unsuccessful.  —  However, those sources say he told political allies Thursday that he would run …

Time Magazine's Jeffrey Kluger writes what might possibly be the stupidest article about climate ever - climate change causes volcanoes  —  The stupid, it burns like a magnesium flare.  —  Excerpt from the article: … Riiight.  —  Here's the money quote:

Republicans to Block Legislative Fix to Health-Care Law  —  Supreme Court Considers Striking Down Subsidies to Millions Nationwide  —  Congressional Republicans say they won't move to preserve consumers' health insurance tax credits if the Supreme Court strikes them down …