Secretary of State Kerry offhandedly suggested that Assad might be able to avoid a retaliatory strike if he surrendered control of his chemical weapons. Russia jumped into the fray by endorsing the idea and saying it would take the lead in pushing Syria to put its weapons stockpiles under international supervision and on a path to dismantlement. BusinessInsider says this was a galactic goof on Kerry’s part and Putin has put him “in check on Syria.” Read More

Iowa will now allow blind people to get conceal/carry permits.

Bachmann leads a delegation of Tea Party Reps to Egypt with message for generals: You dudes are killin’ it!

Now 5 Western Maryland counties want to secede from Maryland. The dream lives.

Behind all the sturm und drang over the Syria, a likely far more consequential story is unfolding: the all-out Obamacare outreach campaign is finally underway, counting down to the October 1st kick off of the law.

Think skeezy hackers are the only ones who can hack into Scarlet Johansson’s iPhone and copy her nude selfies? NSA can do that too now.

With the help of your reports from the field we’ve been compiling a list of where Senators and Representatives currently stand on the upcoming Syria votes. Here’s the current tally.

Politico has had fairly well-known ambitions to get a foothold in New York City for some time. But I’m surprised that it’s come in the form of purchasing Capital New York, what has heretofore been a pretty un-Politico-like publication.

Sen. Warren slams the Supreme Court as a “subsidiary of big business.”

Three new polls show Bill de Blasio with a big lead in the Democratic Mayoral primary in New York, but probably just short of the 40% he would need to avoid a runoff.