Palin fires shot at Romney at Bunker Hill  —  By NBC's Shawna Thomas, Alex Moe, and Mark Murray  —  In remarks made at Bunker Hill in Massachusetts — of all places — Sarah Palin fired a shot at Mitt Romney over the health-care mandate that Romney signed into law in the state in 2006.

The Wolfe At Anthony Weiner's Front Door  —  Paranoid Twitter mystery man fears pol's “Clinton connections” … The prescient Twitter provocateur who, weeks ago, somehow divined that a lewd photo scandal was looming for Rep. Anthony Weiner claims he is fearful that his leading role in …

Weiner's Office Calls The Police After CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer Asks For An Interview  —  WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork) — Congressman Anthony Weiner said Thursday he's finished talking about the lewd photo sent from his Twitter account.  —  But he still wouldn't say whether he's the one in the picture.

Employment Data May Be the Key to the President's Job  —  WASHINGTON — No American president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won a second term in office when the unemployment rate on Election Day topped 7.2 percent.  —  Seventeen months before the next election, it is increasingly clear …

Will The Egg-On-Face Factor Lead To An Economic Calamity?  —  Your quotes of the day: … This is, incidentally, why it was a mistake of the White House and Congressional Democrats to get dragged into a negotiation in the first place.  That said, the evidence from political science does appear …

Gov. Christie reimburses N.J. for use of state helicopter to attend son's baseball games  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie and the state Republican Party will repay the state for two trips on a State Police helicopter to get to his son's baseball games.  —  The most recent ride, on Tuesday …

Abramson to Replace Keller as The Times's Executive Editor  —  Jill Abramson, a former investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, will become the paper's executive editor, succeeding Bill Keller, who is stepping down to become a full-time writer for the paper.

Airman Discharged: Pentagon confirms Air Force discharge under “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” on April 29 the first and only discharge since Obama signed a bill to repeal the law  —  News:  —  An Air Force spokesman confirmed today that the secretary of the Air Force approved a discharge under the military's …

Sources: Williams May Switch to U.S. House Race  —  Keywords:  —  Enlargephoto by: Bob Daemmrich  —  Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams announces U.S. Senate candidacy at TribLive on January 27, 2011.  —  Former Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams, who announced his intention …

Romney's Aborted Announcement Speech  —  Mitt Romney isn't having an easy go of it the second time around.  First, Sarah Palin is headed to New Hampshire, stealing some of the spotlight from his big announcement just now.  And then the cable networks carrying it live dropped him one by one, first MSNBC and Fox, and finally CNN, too.

Announcement: Moody's Updates on Rating Implications of US Debt Limit, Long-Term Budget Negotiations  —  CREDIT RATINGS ARE MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC.'S ("MIS") CURRENT OPINIONS OF THE RELATIVE FUTURE CREDIT RISK OF ENTITIES, CREDIT COMMITMENTS, OR DEBT OR DEBT-LIKE SECURITIES.

Exclusive: Glenn Beck's Last Day On Fox News Will Be June 30th  —  Mediaite has learned that Glenn Beck's last day on Fox News is currently scheduled to be June 30th.  Fox News has confirmed this information to Mediaite.  —  In the past month, ratings for Beck's ratings saw a double digit decline …

Listen up, fellas: Naked man-parts?  Not so sexy.  —  A general note for men:  —  Over the weekend, it was revealed that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), or someone pretending to be Weiner, allegedly sent a photo of his bulging briefs to one of his Twitter followers.

The Lame Justification For Debt Ceiling Hostage-Taking  —  John Taylor, the Hoover Institute economist who always supports the Republican position, has an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal supporting the Republican position on the debt ceiling.  How could an economist justify a policy …

GOP plan slashes renewable energy  —  House Republicans unveiled a scaled-back $30.6 billion energy and water budget Wednesday that makes deep cuts from energy efficiency and renewable energy programs while trying to stabilize science and defense investments within tighter spending caps.

Steve Breen Political Cartoons  —  Townhall Cartoons Steve Breen  —  Stephen Paul Breen (born April 26, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a nationally syndicated cartoonist.  He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1998 and 2009.  —  He graduated from Huntington Beach High School in 1988 …

Suspect in multiple shootings is dead, police say  —  Updated 1:08 p.m. - The suspect in a series of shootings around Yuma County is dead, police said.  Carey Hal Dyess, 73, of Yuma, apparently shot and killed one person in Yuma and three people in Yuma County before shooting himself …

10-Year Real Wage Gains Worse Than During Depression  —  The past decade of wage growth has been one for the record books — but not one to celebrate.  —  The increase in total private-sector wages, adjusted for inflation, from the start of 2001 has fallen far short of any 10-year period since World War II …

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs law requiring welfare recipients to take drug test, ACLU objects  —  If Floridians want welfare, they better make sure they are drug-free.  —  Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill on Tuesday that requires benefit recipients to undergo drug testing.

Egypt revolution leaves Sinai increasingly lawless  —  Watch Tim Whewell's film from northern Sinai in full  —  Egypt's northern Sinai is a desert region of frequent lawlessness where the Bedouin tribesmen who live have complained of being neglected and oppressed by the central government.