Janet and I want to affirm our support for the Duggar family.  Josh's actions when he was an underage teen are as he described them himself, ‘inexcusable,’ but that doesn't mean ‘unforgivable.’ He and his family dealt with it and were honest and open about it with the victims and the authorities.

Hillary Clinton, Acutely Aware of Pitfalls, Avoids Press on Campaign Trail  —  CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton was in a forgiving mood.  She had been discussing the small-business economy at a round-table gathering at a bike shop here on Tuesday when the Fox News correspondent Ed Henry interrupted.

Nearly 300 New Hillary Emails Released — and They Confirm She Received Now-Classified Info on Private Email  —  WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — The State Department released the first batch of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state on Friday, offering additional insight …

On Social Ideology, the Left Catches Up to the Right  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Thirty-one percent of Americans describe their views on social issues as generally liberal, matching the percentage who identify as social conservatives for the first time in Gallup records dating back to 1999.

You want hypotheticals?  Here's one.  —  Ramadi falls.  The Iraqi army flees.  The great 60-nation anti-Islamic State coalition so grandly proclaimed by the Obama administration is nowhere to be seen.  Instead, it's the defense minister of Iran who flies into Baghdad …

Health Insurers Seek Hefty Rate Boosts  —  Proposals set the stage for debate over federal health law's impact  —  Major insurers in some states are proposing hefty rate boosts for plans sold under the federal health law, setting the stage for an intense debate this summer over the law's impact.

Christie, Jeb Defend NSA Against Rand Protest  —  Two likely Republican presidential candidates defended the PATRIOT Act and its terrorist surveillance provisions at a gathering of Republicans Friday morning.  Both New Jersey governor Chris Christie and former Florida governor Jeb Bush …

In Search of an ObamaCare Breakout  —  How to prevent a legal victory from becoming a political defeat.  —  We often ask Congressional Republicans how they prefer the Supreme Court to rule in the ObamaCare subsidies case—as a matter of politics, putting aside the law.

FBI admits no major cases cracked with Patriot Act snooping powers … FBI agents can't point to any major terrorism cases they've cracked thanks to the key snooping powers in the Patriot Act, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a report Thursday that could complicate efforts to keep key parts of the law operating.

State department worker accused of ‘sextortion’ arrested in Atlanta  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Magistrate grants bond to State Department staffer accused of using his computer to stalk and humiliate women  —  Federal agents arrested a State Department employee flying out of Atlanta this week …

BU hire set up sex profile for rival  —  Was ‘jealous’ coed when busted in 2008  —  By:  —  Troubling tweets disparaging white male college students may be just the tip of the iceberg for incoming Boston University professor Saida Grundy, who has a history of Internet misdeeds, the Herald has learned.

Trade and Trust  —  One of the Obama administration's underrated virtues is its intellectual honesty.  Yes, Republicans see deception and sinister ulterior motives everywhere, but they're just projecting.  The truth is that, in the policy areas I follow, this White House has been remarkably clear …

Man, 29, who arranged for his lover to shoot dead his wife in front of their toddler son is sentenced to life in prison - as judge says he is ‘beyond redemption’  — Kashif Parvaiz, 29, was on walk with wife, Nazish Noorani, 27, and their two-year-old son, Shayaan, in August 2011 when Noorani was shot dead