What Gov. Andrew Cuomo has to say about Anthony Weiner  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in Syracuse today to announce new tax incentives to attract businesses to state college campuses.  After that he met with the editorial board of the Syracuse Media Groupâs Post-Standard and syracuse.com where he explained his new tax plan in depth.

Obama's Speech on Drone Policy  —  Following is the text as prepared for delivery of President Obama's speech on U.S. drone policy, as provided by the White House:  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: It's an honor to return to the National Defense University.  Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served …

On IRS issue, senior White House aides were focused on shielding Obama  —  As soon as White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler heard about an upcoming inspector general's report on the Internal Revenue Service, she knew she had a problem.  —  The notice Ruemmler saw on April 24 gave …

TIME Exclusive: President Obama's 1979 Prom Photos  —  Tucked away in someone else's shoe box of adolescent artifacts, there might be a picture of you in garish clothes and with an outdated 'do, your arm around a high school squeeze.  The President of the United States is no different.

IRS Source: Lerner Placed On Administrative Leave  —  Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service's director of exempt organizations, has been placed on administrative leave, according to a source in the agency's Cincinnati office.  —  Lerner on Thursday afternoon sent an e-mail to employees …

Boy Scouts Vote To Allow Gay Scouts, Continue Discrimination Against LGBT Leaders  —  Former Den Leader Jen Tyrrell and former Boy Scout George Takei protest the BSA's anti-gay ban, at the 2012 New York City Pride parade  —  The roughly 1,400 voting members of the Boy Scouts of America's …

Ten Potential Democratic Supreme Court Nominees Who Aren't Named ‘Sri Srinivasan’  —  This afternoon, the Senate confirmed Sri Srinivasan to the staunchly conservative United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  Meanwhile, Senate Republicans already have a plan to prevent anyone else …

Code Pink heckler interrupts Obama counterterror speech  —  President Obama's major counterterrorism speech was going well, his delivery smooth and strong on Thursday afternoon.  —  Then, with a shout from Medea Benjamin, a member of Code Pink, the whole thing got a bit bumpier.

One phrase and why I'm sorry I quoted it  —  It was a barbaric attack carried out in broad daylight on the streets of London.  A man hacked to death.  The attackers had been shot by the police.  An extraordinary and horrific story but not one, you might think, for the Political Editor of the BBC.

How Long Can House Republicans Go Before Turning On Each Other?  —  The divided conference unifies in the wake of Washington scandals — but how long can it really last?  “I think there's a little spring in our step these days, but the real test will be the debt limit,” says Hudson.

News story: Drummer Lee Rigby killed in Woolwich incident  —  The soldier's details are being released pending formal identification from the Metropolitan Police Service.  —  Drummer Lee Rigby, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers  —  Drummer Lee Rigby or ‘Riggers’ to his friends …

Benghazi Investigation Deepens: Lawmakers Seek Interviews of 13 Officials Involved  —  As the investigation into the Obama administration's handling of the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi intensifies, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are seeking to conduct transcribed interviews …

McConnell Faces First Test In Reid ‘Nuclear Option’ Push  —  Something unexpected and newsworthy happened on the Senate floor Thursday morning during an otherwise commonplace argument between Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell over confirmations and the “nuclear option.”

Woolwich terror suspect revealed as Muslim convert known to MI5  —  Horrific ... man on camera identified as Michael Adebolajo  —  A MAN seen ranting at a video camera moments after a soldier was beheaded in the street is Muslim convert Michael Adebolajo - who was known to MI5.

BREAKING: Rep. Jo Bonner resigning from Congress  —  MOBILE - U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, informed friends and supporters today that he intends to resign from Congress later this year and take a job at the University of Alabama.  —  Bonner, 53, has represented Alabama's 1st Congressional District since taking office in 2003.

Josh Barro, the Loneliest Republican  —  What to make of the 28-year-old columnist's contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers  —  A week had passed since the 2012 election when Josh Barro finally said the unsayable.  The 28-year-old Bloomberg View columnist is—or, arguably, was …

Obama Probes Create Immigration Magic as Bill Advances  —  The trio of investigations causing headaches for President Barack Obama's administration has also provided a honeymoon period for the marquee element of his domestic agenda: revising immigration laws.