Washington-area outages 'almost unprecedented'

Outages numbered in the hundreds of thousands for a second day, as officials warned residents across Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia that power might not be restored until late in the week, and crews worked in temperatures nearing triple digits to make repairs from a devastating storm that claimed more than a dozen lives.

Romney has no intention of making frenemies

Mitt Romney has assembled a foreign-policy platform rooted in the belief that adversaries such as Russia must be confronted for backsliding on democracy and that Israel must be supported in the face of common threats such as a nuclear-armed Iran.

A 'tax' by any other name smells just as foul to GOP

The Supreme Court may call it a tax and Republicans may call it a tax, but Democrats insisted Sunday that the fee for noncompliance with the Affordable Care Act bears no resemblance to the T-word.

For student-loan repayments, an F at for-profit schools

At the Technical Learning Centers, a for-profit college in a dreary basement in downtown Washington where posters declaring "Optimism" and "Determination" line the walls, fewer than 1 in 20 students make payments on student loans several years after completion - the fourth-lowest rate of any school in the nation.

Old power looks to regain hold in Mexico

Mexicans voted for a new president Sunday after a campaign dominated by calls for economic growth and debate about how to proceed with a bloody war on drug cartels that has killed nearly 50,000 people since 2006.

Business first on the Fourth of July

While American families celebrate the Fourth of July with barbecues and fireworks this week, any apple pie Dennis Christensen eats will be in his Sacramento, Calif., office as he oversees Tony's Fine Foods operations.

Tiger storms to victory in AT&T National

Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods because he can do things with a golf ball that few others can. So the gallery, which returned to Congressional Country Club in full force Sunday, buzzed when his ball came to rest at the base of a tree left of the 12th fairway during the fourth round of the AT&T National.

Inside the Beltway: [Expletive]

Could President Obama's re-election campaign be overmarketed and overpackaged in the trite era of political "likability"?

White House chief: 'Penalty' for health insurance noncompliance is 'fair'

The Supreme Court may call it a tax and Republicans may call it a tax, but Democrats insisted Sunday that the fee for noncompliance with the Affordable Care Act bears no resemblance to a tax.

Abortion activists concur: Presidential vote paramount

In the wake of the Supreme Court's stunning ruling on health care, activists on both sides of the abortion issue have pledged to bring the full weight of their movements into the November election battles.

D.C. DOH director to take leave of absence

D.C. Department of Health Director Mohammad N. Akhter will request a leave of absence from his Cabinet post to serve on a board governing the city's health care exchange, a key ingredient of President Obama's reforms that were upheld last week by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Strasburg, Gonzalez, Desmond named to All-Star team

As manager Davey Johnson strolled around the Nationals' clubhouse Sunday morning, he made a calculated trek to find his All-Stars.

Loudoun vote key to Metro expansion

A $6 billion public-works project 40 years in the making with economic development implications for two states and the District is now in the hands of nine local legislators - only two of whom have been on the job for more than seven months.

Syrian opposition rejects new international plan

Syria's main opposition groups rejected on Sunday a new international plan that calls for a transitional government because the compromise agreement did not bar President Bashar Assad from participating.

1st Japanese reactor goes online since nuclear crisis

Dozens of protesters shouted and danced at the gate of a nuclear power plant as it restarted Sunday, the first to go back online since Japan shut down all of its reactors for safety checks following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

'Unreal': Residents tour Colorado wildfire devastation

Melted bowling balls in the front yard were among the strange sights that met C.J. Moore upon her return Sunday to her two-story home, now reduced to ashes by the worst wildfire in Colorado history.

Commentary

NUGENT: Celebrate when good conquers evil

There is so much good news that goes largely unreported that it makes me want to scream. As I write this, just a couple of days ago, a 14-year-old boy in Phoenix who was watching his three siblings at home shot a punk who busted through a door and pointed a gun at the young man.

NAPOLITANO: Roberts unleashes vast federal power

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street

KNIGHT: Court's awful ruling taxes our patients

When is a tax not a tax? Answer: When you're busy pushing a major expansion of government like Obamacare. The tax that is not a tax becomes a "penalty" or a "shared responsibility payment" in the text of the bill. In campaign lingo, it becomes an "investment."

EDITORIAL: Obama's war on guns and oil

The Obama administration is using more than just the Environmental Protection Agency to "crucify" businesses it doesn't like. Congress won't enact any gun-control measures, and the American people aren't interested in paying more at the pump.

EDITORIAL: The pension bubble

As if the housing market collapse and European debt crisis weren't bad enough, another fiscal disaster looms on the horizon. New rules adopted last week by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) clarify the depth of mismanagement of state and local government pension programs.