NYPD Officer Brian Moore, 25, shot in face in Queens; suspect is ex-con and cousin of former Giants player Kory Blackwell  —  A plainclothes city cop was shot in the face in Queens Saturday when the ex-con cousin of a former New York Giant opened fire into his unmarked patrol car, authorities said.

Christie's Camp Mobilizes to Salvage White House Hopes  —  Around 7:30 a.m., as an audience of technology executives started streaming through the ballroom doors of a Ritz-Carlton Hotel in suburban Virginia on Friday, Chris Christie's iPhone buzzed with the grim news he has awaited for 16 months.

Media Gives President a Pass Again  —  The media has by and large give President Obama's failed Afghanistan policy a pass—just as they have his larger foreign policy missteps.  —  Once again, be very glad we don't have a Republican president right now.  If we did, we would be treated …

‘Inequality Is a Choice’  —  THE eruptions in Baltimore have been tied, in complex ways, to frustrations at American inequality, and a new measure of the economic gaps arrived earlier this year:  —  It turns out that the Wall Street bonus pool in 2014 was roughly twice the total annual earnings …

Martin O'Malley: Baltimore unrest a ‘heartbreaking setback’  —  Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said on Sunday the unrest in Baltimore has boosted his motivation to address economic marginalization and that it would be a central theme of his expected Democratic presidential campaign.

GOP rep introduces bill to gut EPA  —  A House Republican wants to cut 13 programs at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including all of its grants and its ability to regulate ground-level ozone and carbon dioxide.  —  Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) introduced a bill …

Conservative Party's fortune is cautionary tale for GOP  —  LONDON — Five years ago, British Prime Minister David Cameron looked like a modern conservative ready to offer the Republican Party a model for the future.  Today, four days before critical elections here, he is a politician fighting …

Elijah Cummings praises Baltimore response to Gray death  —  Rep. Elijah Cummings on Sunday praised Baltimore's response to the death of Freddie Gray and the state's attorney who charged six police officers in the incident.  —  “We did pretty good,” said the Maryland Democrat …

The End of California?  —  ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — IN a normal year, no one in California looks twice at a neighbor's lawn, that mane of bluegrass thriving in a sun-blasted desert.  Or casts a scornful gaze at a fresh-planted almond grove, saplings that now stand accused of future water crimes.

John Kasich on a 2016 bid: 'I don't really do odds'  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Sunday rejected the notion that he lacks presidential temperament, but declined to say how likely he is to seek the Republican presidential nomination.  —  “I'm a normal guy in a big job, and I tell it like it is …

Bernie Sanders: 'Don't underestimate me'  —  Citing a history of surprising victories, Bernie Sanders said on Sunday the political world shouldn't discount his chances of winning the presidency.  —  “Don't underestimate me,” the Vermont senator said on ABC's “This Week.”