General David Petraeus' New Campaign  —  The fallen general rallies the troops, and Washington society, on the path to rehabilitation.  Bob Barnett is his Paul Wolfowitz.  —  Petraeus worked out on Venice Beach with veterans last month.  —  Via: @TeamRubicon

Source: Charlotte mayor to be nominated for transportation secretary  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama will tap Anthony Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday to become his next transportation secretary, a White House official with knowledge of his decision said Sunday.

McCain: Putting troops in Syria the ‘worst thing United States could do’  —  An international coalition of troops should be ready to go into Syria to secure the country's chemical weapons stockpiles, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday, warning that U.S. troops on the ground would only spark more Mideast anger.

Democrats ask: What debt crisis?  —  Call them the debt crisis dissenters.  —  The two parties are miles apart on how to cut the deficit and national debt: Republicans want to slash spending even more.  Democrats want to raise revenue.  —  And then there are the other Democrats …

Congress Rushes to Aid the Powerful  —  Congress can't pass a budget or control guns or confirm judges on time, but this week members of both parties found something they could agree on, and in a big hurry: avoiding blame for inconveniencing air travelers.  The Senate and House rushed through …

C.I.A. Delivers Cash to Afghan Leader's Office  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan's president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Obama Mocks MSNBC, CNN, Fox, BuzzFeed, His Liberal Critics And Himself In Correspondents Dinner Speech  —  President Barack Obama took the stage on Saturday at the White House Correspondents Dinner night where he fired off a number of quips at his expense and a number of his allies and critics.

Man stabs 4 choir members during Sunday mass at Albuquerque Catholic church  —  Lawrence Capener faces several felony charges for the incident, in which he climbed over pews and shouted ‘fake preacher’ before stabbing four members of the choir.  —  A man allegedly ran into this church …

Black Voter Turnout Passed White Turnout For The First Time In 2012  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election …

‘Misha’ Speaks: An Interview with the Alleged Boston Bomber's ‘Svengali’  —  As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings continues, one of the more clouded aspects is the tale of “Misha,” a mysterious US-based Islamist who has been accused by members of the Tsarnaev family …

The truth about late-term abortion  —  Are the legal activities of New York abortion clinics really any less horrifying than those of Kermit Gosnell?  —  Is the Kermit Gosnell baby-murder mill in Philadelphia an isolated case?  Consider what happened at Dr. Emily's Women's Health Center in The Bronx on Jan. 11, 2013.

Hoax emergency message sends police to Wolf Blitzer's house in Bethesda  —  Montgomery County police received an urgent message at about 6:25 p.m. Saturday saying someone had been shot at Wolf Blitzer's home in Bethesda.  Officers streamed toward the CNN host's residence near Congressional Country Club.

Silver Fox's Pink Slip  —  BARBARA BUSH is a word that rhymes with fright.  —  She's right.  —  Asked on the “Today” show whether she thought her son Jeb should run for president in 2016, as W. has urged, the famously candid and caustic Silver Fox offered the most honest assessment of her oldest son's legacy.