Jean Stapleton, Who Played Archie Bunker's Better Angel, Dies at 90  —  Jean Stapleton, the character actress whose portrayal of a slow-witted, big-hearted and submissive — up to a point — housewife on the groundbreaking series “All in the Family” made her, along with Mary Tyler Moore and Bea Arthur …

Conservatives: Public backlash to immigration reform is coming  —  Opponents of the Senate immigration reform bill say a strong public backlash is coming and think they have a good chance of stopping it on the Senate floor.  —  Advocates on both sides of the debate agree the response to the bill …

Turkey protests rage for second day  —  Police use water cannon and teargas to disperse protesters, whom prime minister described as ‘extremists running wild’  —  Violent clashes between police and protesters have continued for a second day in Turkey, as the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan …

Congressman Joe Garcia's chief of staff implicated in phantom absentee-ballot requests scheme  —  Congressman Joe Garcia's chief of staff abruptly resigned Friday after being implicated in a sophisticated scheme to manipulate last year's primary elections by submitting hundreds of fraudulent absentee-ballot requests.

First on CNN: IRS collects docs from 88 employees in investigation  —  Washington (CNN) - The Internal Revenue Service has told House GOP investigators they have identified 88 IRS employees who may have documents relevant to the congressional investigation into targeting of conservative groups …

Canadian relief for Moore tornado victims denied at border  —  U.S. border officials want 20,000 kg of food itemized, physically inspected before entering  —  A tornado in Moore, Okla., killed 24 people and injured nearly 400 more on May 20.  It destroyed 1,200 homes and damaged another 10,000.

Massachusetts Senate race called ‘toss up’: Could GOP surprise again?  —  The Cook Political Report has announced it's shifting its prediction for the Massachusetts Senate race from ‘leaning Democrat’ to ‘toss up.’ In 2010, Republican Scott Brown won a similar special election.  —  BOSTON

Bloomberg's Push for Tighter Gun Laws Shifts to Other States  —  CARSON CITY, Nev. — John W. Griffin is a fast-talking, whiskey-loving, fifth-generation Nevadan who spends his days as a lobbyist courting lawmakers in Stetsons.  He advocates for luxury casinos, once brokered a dispute between …

Far-Right Extremists Chased Through London by Women Dressed as Badgers  —  Political extremists were outnumbered and outgunned by protesters against the badger cull (Reuters)  —  A rally by extremists from the British National Party and the English Defence League was dwarfed …

The Lois Lerner Defense  —  We have the president of the United States' word as a gentleman that he knew nothing about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of his enemies until he “learned about it from the same news reports that I think most people learned about this.”

NOAA kills agency-wide furlough proposal  —  Following the recent tornado outbreaks in the Plains, NOAA faced strong Congressional pressure not to furlough National Weather Service employees (as a cost savings measure in response to the budget sequester).  The agency gave in late Friday.

How Halsey Minor Blew Tech Fortune on Way to Bankruptcy  —  How do you sell the technology company you founded for $1.8 billion and five years later file for personal bankruptcy?  For Halsey Minor, it may have been a fascination with houses, hotels, horses and art.

Ex-Obama Aides Attended Oil Industry-Sponsored Azerbaijan Conference  —  Former senior aides to President Barack Obama were among several dozen U.S. officials and lawmakers who traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan, this week, for an event sponsored by major oil companies.

Iraq uncovers al-Qaeda ‘chemical weapons plot’  —  The authorities in Iraq say they have uncovered an al-Qaeda plot to use chemical weapons, as well as to smuggle them to Europe and North America.  —  Defence ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said five men had been arrested …