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• Poll: Obama Botched Benghazi, Misled Country
  A large number of Americans think President Obama dropped the ball in his handling of the aftermath of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, and many believe the administration knowingly misled them concerning the attack.
• Heritage Researcher Quits Amid Controversial Immigration Report
  A senior policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation who co-authored a controversial report on immigration has resigned after his academic work came under intense criticism and scrutiny.
• President Declares Obamacare 'Is Here to Stay'
  President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his top domestic achievement go into effect.
• Attorney to Malzberg: Benghazi Whistleblower Reassigned, Demoted
  Benghazi whistleblower Greg Hicks has been demoted to a desk job for speaking out on the attacks last year at the U.S. post in Libya that killed four Americans, his attorney said on Friday.
• Kerry: Not Learning 'Anything New' From Benghazi Hearings
  Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that I really haven t learned anything new from the hearings this week on the attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed four Americans last Sept. 11.
• Rove's Crossroads Hits Hillary on Benghazi
  Karl Rove's American Crossroads has attacked former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her handling of the Sept. 11 attack at the U.S. post in Libya that killed four Americans.
• Bolton: We Will Find 'Where Responsibility Lies' on Benghazi
  Former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton says the lax security that led to the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya may have been the result of the White House trying to promote the message that the United States was winning the war on terrorism.
• Rodman: I'll Deal With Kim Because Obama Won't
  Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is heading back to North Korea to try to secure the release of Kenneth Bae, an American citizen imprisoned there.
• Huckabee: Hope to 'Continue Right On' With Radio Show
  Despite earlier suggestions that he was considering ending his talk radio show, Mike Huckabee insists to Newsmax that he has every intention of remaining on the air.
• Forbes: Benghazi 'Going to Be an Issue' for Clinton in 2016
  The Benghazi controversy will continue to haunt former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton if she chooses to run for president in 2016, says Steve Forbes.
• Huckabee: Benghazi Cover-Up Could Lead to Obama Impeachment
  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tells Newsmax that the Obama administration is guilty of disseminating "deliberate misinformation" regarding the Benghazi attack and continues to "stonewall" efforts to uncover the facts behind the tragedy.
• Hundreds of Pounds of Explosives Stolen From Remote Federal Facility
  A desperate hunt for more than 550 pounds of deadly explosives from a federal storage facility has failed to turn up a single ounce.
• Conservative Anger at Benghazi Cover-up
  The State Department hijacked the truth for political purposes by scrubbing the talking points for mentions of terror ties to extremists to the Benghazi attacks, Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga tells Newsmax.
• Noonan: Benghazi Reaction Was Driven By Politics
  The Obama administration's reaction to the Benghazi attack last September was guided solely by politics, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan charged Friday.
• Lawmakers and White House Taking Steps on Military Sexual Assaults
  First Lady Michelle Obama's office Thursday entered the debate over the growing military sexual assaults scandal now plaguing the Pentagon by joining in a meeting with sixteen members of Congress at the White House.
• WSJ: Rep. Wolf Is Right to Push Select Committee on Benghazi
  The Wall Street Journal supports Virginia GOP Rep. Frank Wolf's push to force the creation of a bipartisan, congressional select committee to investigate the Benghazi saga.
• Tea Party Groups to IRS: 'Apology Not Accepted'
  The White House and the Internal Revenue Service have apologized for the extra scrutiny of conservative political groups by the IRS during the 2012 presidential election, but "their apology is not accepted," one tea party leader said Friday.
• Pope Shows Support for Embattled Egyptian Copts
  Pope Francis stood shoulder-to-shoulder Friday with the embattled Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church when he became only the second Pope to receive the Egyptian church's leader at the Vatican in more than 1500 years.
• Boehner Under Renewed Pressure to Create New Benghazi Probe
  Republican lawmakers are stepping up the pressure on House Speaker John Boehner to create a select committee to investigate the Benghazi attack in Libya following testimony Wednesday that appeared to contradict some administration claims about what happened.
• GOP Leaders Revive 'Death Panel' Debate
  Republican leaders are reviving the debate over Obamacare's death panel by refusing to recommend appointees with the goal of impeding its implementation.
• Cruz: 10,000-1 That Border Security Will Be in Place
  The chances of the Mexican border being secure by the time immigration reform comes into effect are around 10,000 to 1, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has asserted.
• State Department Removed Terror, al-Qaida References in Benghazi Talking Points
  The Benghazi talking points at the center of the controversy surrounding the attacks on the U.S. compound in Libya were extensively edited by State Department staff to remove references to al-Qaida and terrorism, emails between the administration officials show.
• Immigration Bill Survives, But Long Road Ahead
  A landmark bill backed by U.S. President Barack Obama to overhaul the nation's immigration system survived unscathed on Thursday during the first day of consideration by a divided Senate Judiciary Committee. On bipartisan votes, the panel rejected conservatives' attempts to...
• Obama to Meet With Merkel in Germany Next Month
  
  President Barack Obama will visit Berlin and meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel on June 18-19, a German government spokesman said on Friday.
• Bangladesh Factory Collapse Survivor Rescued After 17 Days
  
  Bangladesh rescue workers said Friday they found a female survivor buried amid the wreckage of a garment factory building that collapsed 17 days ago and killed more than 1,000.

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