Warren: 'I won't deny who I am'  —  Elizabeth Warren, outside her childhood home in Norman, Okla., last year.  She said her parents had to elope because her father's family disapproved of her mother's Native American ancestry.  —  She has given clumsy answers, evaded questions …

Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran  —  WASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America's …

Judge revokes George Zimmerman bond in Trayvon Martin killing  —  April 20, 2012: In this file photo, George Zimmerman, left, answers a question from attorney Mark O'Mara during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla.AP/ORLANDO SENTINEL  —  SANFORD, FLA - URGENT: A judge on Friday revoked the bond …

TRENDING: Bill Clinton, predicting Obama win, calls Romney's business career ‘sterling’  —  (CNN) - Former President Bill Clinton, a stalwart backer of President Barack Obama who's already helped the incumbent Democrat raise funds for his re-election bid, said Thursday that Mitt Romney had a …

US Creates 69,000 New Jobs, Unemployment Rate 8.2%  —  The American jobs engine hit stall speed in May, with the economy adding just 69,000 new jobs while the unemployment rate climbed to 8.2 percent.  —  As another summertime swoon looms, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported …

The Number That Will Matter In Wisconsin  —  In the epic showdown between Big Blue and Big Red, Walker's margin may be the number being watched from Chicago and Boston.  A Walker blowout means trouble for the president.  —  Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (L) and Republican Wisconsin Governor …

Jeb Bush Proves He Won't be VP  —  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush emphatically told reporters today he is not going to be a candidate for vice president.  —  “It's not in the cards for me,” Bush said.  “I don't know how many times I have to repeat this.  I have been repeating it for the last two years.

Mitt Romney Wins Over The Right By Confronting Obama  —  Behind his confrontational strategy: A bet that the base cares more about grit than policy, and doesn't want him to apologize for Donald Trump.  “This is right out of Breitbart's playbook,” says Thor.  —  Romey, in front of Solyndra Thursday.

DC Comics Green Lantern relaunched as gay superhero  —  One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out.  —  The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man in next week's issue of “Earth 2.”  —  Alan Scott - formerly …

TPMMuckraker  —  Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls  —  The Justice Department sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner Thursday evening demanding the state cease purging its voting rolls because the process it is using has not been cleared under the Voting Rights Act, TPM has learned.

The Charts That Should Accompany All Discussions of Media Bias  —  They are the ones presented this morning by John Sides, drawing on Pew analyses of positive, negative, and neutral press coverage of all Republican candidates and of President Obama through this past year.  —  Here's the trend in coverage of Mitt Romney.

President Obama Shuns Lech Walesa  —  Lech Walesa was once a trade-union activist.  He was often arrested for speaking his mind against Communist oppression behind the Iron Curtain in Poland and for defying the Soviet Union.  He was an electrician who, with no higher education …

Obama Tells Donors Health-Care Fight May Loom After Court Rules  —  Obama Needs More Time to Redo Health Care  —  President Barack Obama is confiding to Democratic donors that he may have to revisit the health-care issue in a second term, a position at odds with his publicly expressed confidence …

Euro Zone Unemployment Rises to a Record 11%  —  PARIS — Ireland on Friday appeared headed toward adoption of the European Union's fiscal compact, but stocks fell and the dollar rose by midday in Europe after data showed unemployment in the euro zone rising to a record.

The Employment Situation in May  —  Problems in the job market were long in the making and will not be solved overnight.  The economy lost jobs for 25 straight months beginning in February 2008, and over 8 million jobs were lost as a result of the Great Recession.

‘Fear of the Future’ Keeps Lid on Economic Growth: Greenspan  —  Investors could revolt at a moment's notice against high government deficit levels, jeopardizing chances at a recovery and potentially sending interest rates soaring, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told CNBC.