Money, Money: JP Morgan Chase is considering a record $13 billion settlement with the Justice Department over its sale of bad mortgage securities. If it goes through, it would be the largest such settlement in US history. The settlement …

Winds of War: The Obama administration is considering a response to what appears to have been a massive chemical attack outside Damascus Wednesday. It could be anything from a single cruise missile strike to a sustained air campaign. The President …

Messing With Texas: The Justice Department has asked a federal court to require Texas to get permission to change is voting laws. Speaking to a national convention of The Urban League, Atty. Gen. Eric Holder cited, the “pervasive voting-related discrimination …

Texas: The legislature has passed one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in thecountry. The bill bans abortion after 20 weeks and requires abortion clinics to have the same standards as surgical centers, effectively closing most abortion clinics in the …

Snowden: Nicaragua and Venezuela have offered asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Snowden “can come and live away from the imperial North American persecution.” Snowden is believed to be in the transit area of the …

World: The clock ticks on a 48-hour ultimatum Egypt’s military chief gave President Mohammed Morsi to answer the demands of millions of protesters. The top general threatened that unless Morsi acted, the military would create its own “road map for …

The Supremes: Two days after de-commissioning the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the court threw out lower court rulings that the Texas voter identification law and political redistricting are discriminatory. National: Arriving in Senegal today, President Obama said he was not …

 National: Exxon Mobil is already working to clean up thousands of gallons of oil that leaked from the Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower, Ark. The line carries heavy Canadian crude to a refinery in Texas. This spill feeds the debate over …