DealBook: Facebook Shares Rise
After a rocky three days as a publicly traded company, Facebook sees a 4 percent gain in its shares in midday trading on Wednesday. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Today, 12:43pm
Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden Given Jail Term, Official Says
A Pakistani doctor who helped the C.I.A. locate Osama Bin Laden using a vaccination campaign as cover was convicted of treason and given 33 years in prison, a Pakistani official said. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Today, 12:43pm
Secret Service Chief Testifies About Scandal
Mark Sullivan said there was not national security breach because agents didn’t have specifics about the president’s Colombia trip. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Today, 12:33pm
Euro Watch: Stocks Fall as E.U. Leaders Gather in Brussels
European stocks fell almost 2 percent and the euro slipped ahead of another meeting to address the Greek crisis. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Today, 12:22pm
At CUNY’s Top Colleges, Black and Hispanic Freshmen Enrollments Drop
The change at CUNY’s top colleges among incoming freshmen comes a decade after the university ended open enrollment and confirms predictions made by opponents during the battle over admissions. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Today, 12:11pm
In Edwards Case, Experts See Judge’s Words as Key
Legal analysts awaiting a verdict in the John Edwards federal corruption trial say the judge’s interpretation of the law could shape what the jurors might ultimately decide. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Today, 11:55am
Ina May Gaskin and the Battle for at-Home Births
Gaskin assisting a woman at the Farm, Jane Montanaro, during a delivery.Ina May Gaskin, the original home-birth evangelist, is finally winning converts in the mainstream. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Today, 11:38am
Global Powers and Iran Meet in Baghdad
Leaders from the United States and five other countries resumed talks with Iran a day after Tehran signaled willingness to allow potentially intrusive inspections of military facilities. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Today, 11:36am
Egyptians Vote in Presidential Poll
After weeks of speculation, debate and argument, Egyptians went to the polls on Wednesday, choosing among a dozen presidential candidates after decades of authoritarian rule. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Today, 11:26am
Google Privacy Inquiries Get Little Cooperation
All sorts of private Internet communications were casually scooped up as Google Street View cars photographed the world’s streets. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Today, 9:42am
Poll: Obama, Romney in dead heat
After months of aggressive campaigning on jobs and the economy, President Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger, are locked in a dead heat over who could fix the problem foremost on voters’ minds, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, Yesterday, 12:01am
In Crane Above Manhattan, No False Moves Allowed
Tom Gordon is among an elite cadre who operate the 200 cranes that swing across the Manhattan skyline, but few work at the height that he does. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, Yesterday, 12:00am
Game 4: Devils 4, Rangers 1: Devils Win Game 4 to Even Eastern Conference Finals With Rangers
The Devils scored two first-period goals in an ugly game that resembled an old-fashioned, 1994-style Battle of the Hudson. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 11:54pm
Opera News Will Stop Reviewing Metropolitan Opera
Opera News magazine said it would stop reviewing the Metropolitan Opera, a policy prompted by the Met’s dissatisfaction over negative critiques. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 11:53pm
Taxi Panel May Raise Fares 20% in New York
An increase, if approved by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, could take effect as soon as mid-July. A public hearing is set for May 31. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 11:36pm
Rutgers Webcam-Spying Defendant Sentenced to 30 Days
Dharun Ravi had used a webcam to watch Tyler Clementi in bed with a man, in a case that produced debate on suicide among gay teenagers. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 11:35pm
Zuckerberg’s Property Status, Post-Marriage
Whatever Mark Zuckerberg earned before marrying his college sweetheart is still solely his property afterward. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 11:23pm
George Lucas’s Plans in Marin County Upset Wealthy Neighbors
Facing opposition to a new studio in Lucas Valley, George Lucas said he would bring low-income housing there instead, inflaming wealthy neighbors in Marin County. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 11:22pm
Obama Defends Attacks on Romney’s Record at Bain
Sunday clarifying his remarks about the Obama campaign’s focus on Bain.President Obama argued the focus of the ad was fair, saying Mitt Romney was making his claim on the presidency based on his experience in private equity. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 11:22pm
Catholics File Suits on Contraceptive Coverage
Forty-three groups are challenging the Obama administration’s rule that employees receive health insurance coverage for contraception. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 11:22pm
Well: New Data on Harms of Prostate Cancer Screening
In a controversial finding, a government task force concluded that the harms of the simple blood test far outweigh any potential benefit. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 11:15pm
NATO Formally Agrees to Transition on Afghan Security
The agreement to give the Afghans the lead role in securing their country next summer begins the end of the United States’s involvement in the war. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 11:10pm
Records Show China’s Private Link to Treasury Markets
The People’s Bank of China has enjoyed direct computer access to Treasury auctions since last year, allowing it to buy United States debt without first having to go through a Wall Street bank. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 10:55pm
Obama visits Joplin one year after tornado, speaks at high school commencement
JOPLIN, Mo. —President Obama took a break from the world stage and the campaign trail late Monday to heap praise on this southwestern Missouri city a year after a giant tornado cut a deadly path through the area, claiming 161 lives. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 10:54pm
American Scientists Fear Losing Edge in Physics
With budgetary constraints on space missions, American physicists are taking the back seat in areas like dark energy in which they have been pioneers. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 10:32pm
2012 London Olympics Blog: Longing for the Return of Dueling Pistol
As the Olympics has grown and modernized over the years, many events have fallen by the wayside. Here are the top 10 events that would be exciting to resurrect. Read more...
NYT > Home Page, May 21, 10:21pm
President Obama defends his attacks on Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital
President Obama defended his campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s record as a private-equity executive at Bain Capital, telling reporters Monday that Romney’s history is fair game. The president’s remarks came in the face of criticism, some from within his own party, that the attacks were inappropriate. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 9:13pm
Obama faces pressure on Volcker Rule
Nearly two years after the signing of a major law to boost oversight of Wall Street, two Democratic senators are calling on President Obama to speak out even more strongly in favor of a new federal rule that they say should have banned the trading that led to JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion or more loss. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 8:58pm
Dover mortuary officials punished for retaliating against whistleblowers
The Air Force said Monday that it had fined the former commander of the Dover Air Force Base mortuary $7,000 and suspended his top deputy for 20 days without pay for retaliating against whistleblowers, but it allowed both men to keep their jobs. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 8:11pm
Mitt Romney joins forces with RNC to boost fundraising
Mitt Romney has been on a fundraising tear recently, drawing more than $10 million during a swing through New York this week and another $10 million in Florida last week. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 8:00pm
Government has foreign language deficit
Uncle Sam certainly talks a lot, just not in enough languages. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 8:00pm
Retired Gen. James Cartwright offers a fresh view on defense
Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright aired some fresh ideas about U.S. defense policies last week. About the same time, the House was preparing to pass next year’s Pentagon authorization bill and, in the process, illustrating Cartwright’s point that the nation isn’t downsizing correctly. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 7:35pm
Catching up with Katherine Harris
For someone who enjoyed the spotlight as much as former congresswoman Katherine Harris seemed to, she’s been remarkably low-key of late — that is, if you don’t count that palatial waterfront mansion she’s constructing in Florida. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 7:24pm
Supreme Court agrees to hear case on electronic surveillance
The Supreme Court will decide next term whether a group of lawyers, human rights activists and journalists may challenge the federal government’s widespread use of electronic surveillance to monitor suspected terrorist activities overseas. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 6:56pm
As Congress funds itself, winners and losers emerge
World leaders are meeting this week to mull over whether to pursue economic growth or austerity, and Republicans and Democrats in Washington are in the midst of the same debate. But when it comes to funding itself, Congress appears to favor a third option: the status quo. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 6:42pm
Iowa GOP takes shot at Obama
Last week, it was the Arizona secretary of state suggesting it’s “possible” he may try to block President Obama from the November ballot because of lingering questions about his birth certificate. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 6:06pm
Justice Department probing donations to Josh Mandel and Jim Renacci
The Department of Justice is looking into campaign donations to two Ohio Republican candidates, Dick Lugar isn’t over it, Bob Corker is optimistic and Romney is ready to raise $10 million. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 5:49pm
Obama on Bain: ‘This is what the campaign is going to be about’
Updated at 5:51 p.m. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 4:52pm
White House visitors’ logs: How many visits did the GOP hopefuls make?
The Washington Post’s newly-launched White House visitors’ database makes it clear that lobbyists remain a regular presence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 4:09pm
Corporations are (Democratic) people, too
If there’s one lasting lesson of the Cory Booker saga over the weekend, it’s that nothing in politics is as clear cut as it seems. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 4:01pm
Gregory Jaczko, Nuclear Regulatory Commission chief’s departure tied to diminishing congressional support
Embattled Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko announced Monday he’s stepping down after three rocky years at the helm of the nation’s nuclear safety agency.
As colleague Steve Mufson and I write Monday, his resignation “signals that he had lost the support of his former boss, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), a fierce opponent of efforts to store nuclear waste at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, a key concern of the nuclear agency.”
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washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 3:15pm
David Axelrod scolds Cory Booker on Bain Capital
President Obama’s chief political strategist hammered comments made by Newark Mayor Cory Booker regarding former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s work at Bain Capital as “wrong”, the latest attempt by the White House to get out from under the burgeoning controversy. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 2:39pm
CATCHING UP WITH... Katherine Harris
For someone who enjoyed the spotlight as much as former Rep. Katherine Harris seemed to, she’s been remarkably low key of late — that is, if you don’t count that palatial waterfront mansion she’s constructing in Florida.
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washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 2:10pm
D.C. archdiocese, other Catholic groups file suit against birth control mandate
Five of Washington’s key Catholic institutions filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the White House’s mandate requiring employers to provide contraception coverage, part of an expanding national campaign against what some Catholic leaders characterize as an attack on their faith. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 1:51pm
April fundraising winners and losers
Mitt Romney, President Obama and a whole bunch of super PACs and party committees filed their April financial reports on Sunday. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 1:48pm
‘Rebekah Brooks, the Movie’: Can she play herself?
LONDON — Britain’s phone hacking scandal truly is the gift that keeps on giving. On Sunday, news broke from the Cannes Film Festival that “Rebekah Brooks: The Movie” will be coming soon to a theater near you. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 1:33pm
Michelle Obama’s campaign strategy and Cory Booker’s walk-back | Weekend #campaignreads
What election coverage generated buzz over the weekend? There was plenty to talk about, even before Cory Booker’s “honest” mistake. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 1:32pm
Romney camp: We expected Obama to outraise us ‘four-to-one’
Mitt Romney’s camp got a bit of bad news Sunday when it was reported that President Obama’s campaign had raised $25.7 million in April — more than double the $11.7 million the presumptive GOP nominee raised during the same period. Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 1:21pm
Marco Rubio’s argument: Obama 2012 is not the Obama of 2008
Republicans face a tricky situation when it comes to making the case against President Obama heading toward November: How to persuade voters not to vote for a president who is viewed favorably by a majority of adults, including key independent voters? Read more...
washingtonpost.com - Politics, May 21, 12:34pm