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Attention: in order to improve our site performance, we decided to move the Newsfeefds from Reuters to the "News Service". Heather Nova Live At John Lennon TributeWashington Post HeadlinesAs midnight approached on the eve of the Republican convention in Virginia, party loyalists were tipping beers and listening to country music at a rollicking fete hosted by Pete Snyder, a front-runner for the nomination for lieutenant governor. Read full article >>
Read complete article It takes a special kind of person to really appreciate the Consumer Price Index. The CPI measures inflation, and lots of folks pay attention to it when the number (a 0.4 percent decrease in April) is released each month. Read full article >>
Read complete article President Obama has nominated Katherine Archuleta, a top official in his 2012 campaign, to head the Office of Personnel Management. Archuleta, the second Hispanic nominee for a political appointment during Obama’s second term, served as national political director on his reelection team and helped organize the blockbuster Democratic National Convention in Denver during his 2008 run. Her work in the government includes roles as chief of staff to then-Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis from 2009 to 2011, senior policy adviser for the city and county of Denver from 2005 and 2009, and chief of staff to then-Transportation Secretary Federico F. Peña during the latter years of the Clinton administration. Read full article >>
Read complete article President Obama declared an end to a fearful chapter in American history on Thursday and demanded more from the country and himself as it enters the next. Obama’s speech at the National Defense University reflected an unusual ambivalence from a commander in chief over the morality of his administration’s counterterrorism policies. Read full article >>
Read complete article Three of the largest federal agencies will close to the public on Friday, the first time since the government shutdowns of the 1990s that large corners of the government have ceased operations on a weekday. Read full article >>
Read complete article And here we thought Senate Republicans were sharpening their knives for Penny Pritzker , the billionaire hotel and real estate magnate nominated by President Obama to be commerce secretary. But during her first Capitol Hill hearing Thursday, the GOP seemed to have donned kid gloves just for the occasion. Read full article >>
Read complete article The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday announced that it had replaced Lois Lerner, a top official who oversaw the agency's "determinations" division during the scandal that involved targeting of conservative groups. Read full article >>
Read complete article President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose embrace in the wake of Hurricane Sandy was a memorable show of bipartisanship on the eve of last fall's election, will reunite on the Jersey Shore next week. Read full article >>
Read complete article EARLIER ON THE FIX: Gun control vs. gun rights, in one interactive graphic Generic ballot tilts toward Democrats Why hasn't Lois Lerner been fired? Read full article >>
Read complete article The Senate unanimously confirmed Sri Srinivasan on Thursday to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, one of the nation’s most influential courts. The 97 to zero vote in favor of Srinivasan, the principal deputy solicitor general, marks the first time since 2006 that the Senate has confirmed a nominee to the D.C. Circuit. President Obama has been hoping to shift the conservative tilt of the court, which is poised to rule on several key elements of his second-term agenda in the months ahead. Read full article >>
Read complete article On the front row in the Broadhurst Theatre for the Wednesday matinee of 'Lucky Guy,' we were so close to the action up on stage that my husband forgot for a minute he wasn't actually in a newsroom as a bunch of fellow reporters gathered around to hear a particularly moving Pulitzer speech. Read full article >>
Read complete article President Obama had a run-in with a heckler Thursday, when a founder of the antiwar group Code Pink interrupted a speech on drone policy and other national security issues. Near the end of Obama’s address at the National Defense University, a woman identified as longtime activist Medea Benjamin implored the president to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. Through three separate episodes, the president traded words with Benjamin, asking her to let him finish. Read full article >>
Read complete article The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its ban on openly gay youth but maintained one on adult leaders, a decision framed as a compromise but one experts said may eventually lead to litigation and thousands of defections from one of America’s largest youth organizations. Read full article >>
Read complete article The Internal Revenue Service official responsible for the office that targeted certain organizations seeking tax-exempt status was placed on paid administrative leave Thursday, making her the second senior official to be disciplined in the wake of the scandal. Read full article >>
Read complete article The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its ban on openly gay youths but maintained a prohibition on gay adult leaders, a decision framed as a compromise but one that could lead to litigation and thousands of defections from one of America’s largest youth organizations. Read full article >>
Read complete article In a lengthy speech at the National Defense University in Washington, President Obama outlined the future of his counterterrorism polices and addressed a controversy over the Justice Department seizure of Associated Press phone records. Read full article >>
Read complete article * Lois Lerner got put on leave (with pay) * Obama got heckled * Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) got a new job * Sri Srinivasan got a vote Read full article >>
Read complete article Lois Lerner, the director of the tax-exempt organizations division at the Internal Revenue Service, has been placed on administrative leave, sources in Congress and the administration confirm. Federal workers are given pay and benefits when put on administrative leave. Read full article >>
Read complete article Some of President Obama's most vocal Republican foreign policy critics said Thursday that they're willing to work with him to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- but only if he comes up with a clear plan to do so. Read full article >>
Read complete article The House approved a Republican proposal Thursday to allow interest rates on federal student loans to rise or fall from year to year with the government’s cost of borrowing, ending a system in which rates are fixed by law. Read full article >>
Read complete article President Obama had a run-in with a heckler on Thursday, when a founder of the anti-war group Code Pink interrupted his speech on drone policy and other national security issues. Toward the end of Obama's address, a woman identified in the White House pool report as Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of the anti-war organization Code Pink, implored the president to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and otherwise criticized his foreign policy. Read full article >>
Read complete article President Obama said Thursday that the United States has reached a “crossroads” in its fight against terrorism and that it is time to redefine and recalibrate a war that eventually will end. Far from repudiating the controversial use of drones against terrorist targets, Obama defended the tactic as effective, legal and life-saving. But he acknowledged that threat levels have fallen to levels not seen since before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, requiring new criteria for the use of lethal force. Read full article >>
Read complete article Updated at 5:17 p.m.: Bonner has made the announcement official and will resign in August. "I come before you today to announce I will be retiring from Congress on Aug. 15 in order to take a newly-created position of Vice Chancellor for Government Relations and Economic Development at The University of Alabama system," he confirms. Read full article >>
Read complete article House Republicans vowed Thursday to have their own say in the debate over immigration reform, two days after a Senate committee gave approval to a sweeping border control bill. GOP leaders said in a statement that the House "will not simply take up and accept the bill that is emerging in the Senate if it passes. The House will work its will and produce its own legislation." Speaker John Boehner (Ohio), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) issued the statement along with Conference Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (Va.). Read full article >>
Read complete article A central question in the debate over guns is whether the public prioritizes protecting gun ownership rights or controlling them. The answer? Americans are pretty evenly split over the question. Thanks to a handy chart from the Pew Research Center, we can look at the gun-rights vs. gun-control question going back nearly 20 years. According to the most recent Pew polling, 50 percent say gun control is more important, while 48 percent say protecting gun rights is a higher priority. Read full article >>
Read complete article HOLYWOOD HEADLINES Dustin Lance Black and Kristin Hanggi will also be honored at the June 14 ceremony. 
Read complete article  The troubled actress was reportedly taken into custody in her New York apartment after a doorman called police saying someone was smoking pot in the lobby. 
Read complete article  What THR's critics say about the movies opening this week. 
Read complete article  The replica in Times Square is said to be the largest Lego model ever and was built to celebrate Cartoon Network's upcoming "The Yoda Chronicles." 
Read complete article  Jury members Nicole Kidman and Ang Lee also walked the red carpet for the world premiere of the director's competition entry at the fest. 
Read complete article  The stand-up comedian and actor can be seen on screen in "The Hangover Part III," which opened today. 
Read complete article  The book, written by Soman Chainani, hit stores May 14 and is the first of a trilogy. 
Read complete article  Mads Mikkelsen stars in this French-language adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist's novella, which premiered in competion at the Cannes Film Festival. 
Read complete article  The Canadian distributor added the Benicio Del Toro-starrer "Jimmy P.," "Like Father, Like Son" and "Young & Beautiful" to its shopping bag after earlier picking up the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis." 
Read complete article  Jessica Chastain walked the carpet. 
Read complete article  This marks the fourth major acquisition during the festival for the distributor. 
Read complete article  Arranged by Harvey Weinstein, the once-in-a-lifetime Virgin Galactic voyage benefits the AmFAR Cinema Against AIDS charity. 
Read complete article  The hottest beach bodies to have graced the silver screen. 
Read complete article  Bryan Singer confirms that Evan Peters will portray Quicksilver in the sequel. 
Read complete article  Shawn Levy is producing "Rosaline," which is a comedic and revisionist take on the Shakespeare tale and has a script by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, the team that wrote "(500) Days of Summer." 
Read complete article  Holly Wiersma and Candice Abela are producing the feature, which is shooting in New Orleans. 
Read complete article  Nicole Kidman and Ang Lee walked the red carpet. 
Read complete article  The Canadian distributor will also release the upcoming biopic on the tragic death of Princess Diana in Canada, UK and Spain. 
Read complete article  Ridley Scott serves as executive producer to the tribute film, in theaters July 22. 
Read complete article  The Oscar winner will work alongside ILM president Lynwen Brennan. 
Read complete article  Filmmakers Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza nabbed two awards, while Daria Belova's "Come and Play," "Pleasure" by Nina Thyberg and "Le Demantlement" by Sebastien Pilote were also honored. 
Read complete article  Buyers were shown seven minutes of the Judi Dench-Steve Coogan starrer during the festival last week. 
Read complete article The Euro lawmakers table a resolution to exclude audiovisual services from the negotiations with the U.S. set to start next month. 
Read complete article  Two members of the cast already have been named for summer awards, less than a week after the film premiered in Cannes and opened in Italian cinemas. 
Read complete article  The singer showed up in Balenciaga for the "Inside Llewelyn Davis" premiere, after Tom Ford's press release claimed otherwise. 
Read complete article MOVIE REVIEWSWhat THR's critics say about the movies opening this week. Read complete article Two proponents of Falun Gong tell stories of fighting repression in China. Read complete article  First-time director Katrin Gebbe makes an intense Cannes debut with reality-based saga of sexual abuse, sadism and self-sacrifice. Read complete article Mads Mikkelsen stars in this French-language adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist's novella, which premiered in competion at the Cannes Film Festival. Read complete article  Director Rafael Nadjari returns to the father-son theme of "Tehilim" in the intimate, Israel-set drama, premiering in Directors' Fortnight. Read complete article  Vimala Pons and Vincent Macaigne are among the rising talents in writer-director Antonin Peretjatko's New Wave-style debut comedy. Read complete article  Lea Seydoux and newcomer Adele Exarchopoulos headline writer-director Abdellatif Kechiche's latest exploration of love, loss and class. Read complete article  Four of India's top directors celebrate the 100th anniversary of their film industry in specially made short films. Read complete article  Inspired by real events, director Thierry de Peretti probes the ugly underbelly of his native Corsica. Read complete article  Spanish director/co-writer Diego Quemada-Diez's debut feature, starring non-pro teen newcomers and premiering in Cannes' Un Certain Regard, dramatizes the plight of illegal migrants in Central America. Read complete article  A trio of senior citizens make life hell for actor J.K. Simmons in this outrageous mockumentary. Read complete article  Robert Redford leads a rugged survival-at-sea story from the "Margin Call" director. Read complete article  This loving documentary chronicles the history and social impact of NYC's outdoor "b-ball" scene. Read complete article  Ryan Gosling reunites with his "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn in this bloodbath set in the Bangkok underworld, which premieres in the Cannes competition and also showcases an icy Kristin Scott Thomas. Read complete article  Russian filmmaker Yuri Bykov’s second feature, starring Denis Shvedov and Irina Nizina, premieres in the Cannes Critics' Week sidebar. Read complete article 
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