Exclusive: John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels  —  The leaders of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army told the senator they want the U.S. to provide arms, a no-fly zone, and strikes on Hezbollah.  Josh Rogin reports.

Nonprofit Applicants Chafing at I.R.S. Tested Political Limits  —  When CVFC, a conservative veterans' group in California, applied for tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service, its biggest expenditure that year was several thousand dollars in radio ads backing a Republican candidate for Congress.

Poll: Do you support or oppose the health care law?  —  Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans still oppose the nation's new health care measure, three years after it became law, according to a new survey.  —  But a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday also indicates …

Trump researching 2016 run  —  Donald Trump has spent more than $1 million on electoral research for a potential presidential run in 2016.  —  Sources said the tough-talking “Celebrity Apprentice” host is increasingly being asked to speak at Republican events, and he appeared …

Stupid  —  “You're stupid,” is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama.  But on Friday morning I picked up the Wall Street Journal and learned that the president had given a speech about the war on terror saying, “This war, like all wars, must end.”

Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Chastain among the front-runners to play Hillary Clinton in Rodham  —  Upcoming film expected to hit cinemas in time for the next presidential election  —  Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon are among actresses being considered to portray …

Warning lands Batavia teacher in hot water  —  A Batavia High School teacher's fans are rallying to support him as he faces possible discipline for advising students of their Constitutional rights before taking a school survey on their behavior.  —  They've been collecting signatures on an online petition …

A White House counsel known for her shoes  —  It may say more about Washington than White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler that she's known in the West Wing for her fabulous shoes.  —  Ruemmler first attracted attention for her glam heels as a Justice Department prosecutor trying Enron executives Ken Lay …

The Obama riddle  —  You wonder if President Obama sometimes finds himself singing a variant on Kermit the Frog's anthem about the burdens of being green: It's not easy being Barack Obama.  —  This is not simply or even primarily a matter of color, although the president's racial background …

Tensions on streets after slaughter of British soldier: War memorials defaced and mosque firebombed as EDL march on Westminster  —  Two of Britain's most celebrated war memorials have been defaced, apparently with the word ‘Islam’ scrawled across them and inscriptions scrubbed out with red paint.

Toronto police spoke to Mayor Ford's senior staffer after tip linked killing to alleged drug video  —  A senior member of Rob Ford's office was interviewed by police last week about a tip linking a video allegedly showing the mayor smoking illicit drugs to a recent Toronto homicide, two separate sources have confirmed.

News Corp. Says It Was Not Told of Subpoena for Reporter's Phone Records  —  News Corporation said on Sunday that it had no record of being notified by the Justice Department nearly three years ago of a subpoena for the telephone records of a reporter at its Fox News cable channel.

Paris police search for ‘bearded man seen praying’ before soldier attack  —  Police in Paris have obtained video footage of a bearded man “praying” shortly before he stabbed a French soldier in the neck, fuelling suspicions it was an Islamist terror attack.  —  The video appears to suggest …