Full Transcript: George Stephanopoulos and Mitt Romney  —  The following is a full transcript of my interview with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.  —  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor, thank you for doing this.  —  MITT ROMNEY: Thank you, George.  —  STEPHANOPOULOS: Boy …

A Map of Muslim Protests Around the World  —  If you can't keep track of all the Muslim protests erupting across the globe, you're not alone.  The uproar over a 14-minute anti-Islam YouTube video has sparked furious protests from Somalia to Egypt to Sudan to Tunisia to Libya to Bangladesh to Indonesia to Pakistan.

Christian charity, ex-con linked to film on Islam  —  Joseph Nassralla Abdelmasih of Media for Christ in Duarte and Nakoula Basseley Nakoula of Cerritos emerge as forces behind ‘Innocence of Muslims,’ the film whose trailer has incited violence across the Arab world.

Black flag of Islam flies over U.S. embassy in Tunisia as America is targeted by angry mobs across the globe in day of chaos  — 10,000 Muslims stage a noisy protest in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, burning and trampling American flags while chanting anti-US slogans

Judge strikes down Wisconsin law limiting union rights  —  A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down the state law championed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers.  —  It was not clear if the ruling means the law is immediately suspended.

Confirmed: The Director of Innocence of Muslims Is a Schlocky Softcore Porn Director Named Alan Roberts  —  The anti-Islam film that's set off a firestorm in the Middle East was directed by a 65-year-old schlock director named Alan Roberts, we've confirmed.  He's the creative vision behind …

THOUSAND  —  Campaign sources say they had expected between 2,000 and 4,000 volunteers to dial into the video conference from around the country, but ended up with 6,000 .  Most of them were “team leaders” in the Obama organization, tasked with organizing volunteers and building the organization, an official said.

Granholm gets a laugh out of 1978 video of her ‘Dating Game’ appearance  —  The buzz surrounding former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm about her enthusiastic speech to the Democratic National Convention may shift this week as a long-lost copy of her 1978 appearance on “The Dating Game” surfaced on YouTube.

The GOP's foreign policy muddle  —  This week's political uproar over bloodshed in Libya and Egypt was a sharp reminder to Republicans: It's tough to be the opposition party when it comes to matters of national defense.  —  And for Republicans, the challenge is actually deeper than being out of power.

OBAMA FLASHBACK: THE DAY I'M INAUGURATED MUSLIM HOSTILITY WILL EASE  —  Then-Senator Barack Obama makes the case for an Obama Presidency on November 21, 2007 by saying he is uniquely qualified to bring stability to America's relationships in the Muslim world because he lived in an Islamic country during …

Google decides to leave video on YouTube  —  Google will leave a controversial video clip about the Islamic prophet Muhammad on YouTube despite a White House request that the company review it under its own policies, the company said Friday.  —  The White House confirmed Friday that it asked Google …

Samuel's prez ad: Wake the f@#k up!  —  They picked the perfect actor for a political ad loaded with f-bombs.  —  Samuel L. Jackson will film a provocative spot supporting President Obama's re-election bid as early as tomorrow — telling voters to “Wake the f—k up, Vote for Obama.”

Gary Bauer: Obama's Votes Come From Welfare Checks And Voter Fraud  —  Conservative pundit Gary Bauer, the former president of the Family Research Council, which puts on the Values Voter Summit each year, told the crowd at the 2012 conference Friday that it needs to turn out in great numbers …

How A Bunch Of Republicans Accidentally Voted To End Welfare-To-Work Requirements  —  There's little Republicans love more these days than falsely attacking President Obama for stripping work requirements out of welfare.  —  But in their zeal to slash and de-federalize safety net programs …

Obama's a Good Bet  —  Mitt Romney could still win, thanks to the debates or outside events, but the president has the advantage.  —  Has the better campaign: President Obama  —  By this time next week, there should be enough national and state-level polling data to present a pretty clear picture …

The Obama Street Journal  —  The President takes our name in vain to make a false tax claim.  —  President Obama is running another ad pretending Mitt Romney has a secret plan to raise taxes on the middle class, which Freudians would call projection.  We're not sure what they'd call …

US Credit Rating Cut by Egan-Jones ... Again  —  Ratings firm Egan-Jones cut its credit rating on the U.S. government to “AA-” from “AA,” citing its opinion that quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve would hurt the U.S. economy and the country's credit quality.

Romney owes an apology  —  To a certain extent, no one should be surprised by Mitt Romney's decision to seize on — actually, make that exploit — the attack on U.S. diplomatic outposts in Egypt and Libya as ammunition in the presidential campaign.  —  After all, the Republican presidential nominee wrote …

Official: 2 U.S. Marines die in ‘sustained attack’ on Afghan base  —  (CNN) — Two U.S. servicemembers were killed early Saturday during a “sustained attack” at a joint base in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, military officials said.  —  The slain Americans were both Marines …

Tentative deal reached with striking Chicago teachers  —  ‘If the delegates so vote, we will suspend the strike’ … Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract and classes could resume for 350,000 students on Monday, according to school and union officials.