Details of bin Laden raid leaked first by aides

The Obama administration has gone to extraordinary lengths to publicize details of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, even as it threatens to file criminal charges against a former Navy SEAL because he provided the same type of mission rundown in his recently published book.

Funeral for Rev. Moon a time of reflection for church

Unification Church members will hear an outline of their church's future direction Monday even as the tens of thousands of believers gathered here assess the impact of the emotion-laden funeral Saturday of founder the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

Iran relies on neighbors to beat sanctions

With its economy in free fall, Iran is turning to its porous borders with Iraq and other countries to skirt increasingly effective global economic sanctions, according to congressional staffers, local journalists and advocates for tough sanctions against Tehran.

Akin, the 'legitimate rape' candidate, gets back on campaign trail

Beleaguered Republican W. Todd Akin hit the campaign trail last week for the first time since the infamous interview that put him at odds with his party's leaders and initially appeared to doom his bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri.

Egypt's Islamic TV talks with iron Salafist

A Muslim cleric hosting an Egyptian television show recently outlined his version of Islamic instructions for wife-beating. In another show, a cleric claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood, now governing Egypt, one day will rule the world.

Fundraisers, not voters, attract nominees to opposition states

Mitt Romney made the more-than-2,200-mile journey last week from Reno, Nev., to Jacksonville, Fla., to appear at the only event he had penciled in for the following day: a fundraiser where guests ponied up as much as $50,000 to see the former governor up close and personal.

Weighing offer, Chicago teachers remain on strike

Chicago teachers uncomfortable with a tentative contract offer decided Sunday to remain on strike, insisting they first wanted to consult with their full membership before deciding whether to end an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that will keep 350,000 students out of class for at least two more days.

White House details 'destructive' spending cuts

With excruciating detail, the White House's budget office on Friday laid out exactly where it will have to cut $109 billion from federal spending in January, including $11.1 billion from Medicare and $54.7 billion from defense spending.

CURL: Obama's protective press cordon

Protecting and defending President Obama through his failures and blunders and gaffes is a full-time job for America's mainstream press corps — and they're getting worried.

Pakistani protesters march on U.S. Consulate; 1 dead

Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video broke through a barricade near the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday, sparking clashes with police in which one demonstrator was killed and more than a dozen injured.

HURT: Will the real Jimmah please stand up

Even in these corrosively partisan times there is one thing we can all agree upon: President Obama has managed to out-Jimmy Carter even Jimmy Carter himself.

Panetta: Sudan nixes Marine team at U.S. Embassy

Sudan has denied the U.S. permission to deploy a team of Marines to the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum to protect personnel and property, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said.

Inside the Beltway: Low and lower

Oh, woe is Congress: A paltry 13 percent of Americans approve of the job lawmakers are doing, "the lowest Gallup has measured this late in an election year," says Gallup analyst Jeffrey Jones. This is not too comforting for Capitol Hill, where all House seats and roughly a third of Senate seats will be decided in November.

D.C. police seek robbery suspect '6-7 years of age'

D.C. police put out a lookout Sunday night for an unusual robbery suspect: a black male roughly 6 or 7 years old.

U.N. Ambassador Rice says attack in Libya 'spontaneous'

Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday that last week's deadly attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya was a spontaneous reaction to an Internet video offensive to Muslims and not a premeditated response to U.S. foreign policy in the Arab world.

Woman to lead Air Force training after sex scandal

The Air Force chose a woman Saturday to lead its basic training unit at a Texas base where dozens of female recruits have alleged they were sexually assaulted or harassed by male instructors within the past year.

Commentary

EDITORIAL: Obama's intelligence failure

The attacks in Benghazi and Cairo were the result of massive intelligence failure at the top levels of government. There were many indications that extremists were targeting U.S. diplomats in Libya and Egypt months before this year's Sept. 11 attacks. These deadly plans had nothing to do with a low-budget, anti-Islamic film. The Obama administration simply failed to connect the dots.

DECKER: Warnings from Obama's inaugural address

Polls show that millions of Americans are suffering from buyer's remorse after voting for Barack Obama for president in the last election. The most obvious group is found among independent voters, who gave Mr. Obama an 8-point margin over Sen. John McCain in 2008 but who now are favoring Mitt Romney over Mr. Obama by a massive 14 points.

TAUBE: How Romney could save the Keystone pipeline

Earlier this year, President Obama indefinitely postponed construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. This project would have transported synthetic crude oil and diluted bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta to numerous U.S. states.

DECKER: 5 Questions with Geert Wilders

Geert Wilders has been a member of the Dutch Parliament for 14 years and is the founder and head of Holland's Party for Freedom (PVV). He is known across Europe for his staunch defense of individual liberties in the face of increasingly strict speech codes and other politically correct legislation.