Romney presidential campaign intern to face cyber-stalking charge in Detroit

Detroit - A 2012 Republican presidential campaign intern who worked for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will make an initial appearance in federal court Tuesday on charges he cyber-stalked 15 women and extorted them into sending nude photos.

detroitnews.com (2 hours ago)

Obamacare, Part 2

The following editorial appeared in Monday’s Washington Post: Thought you had seen the last of the fighting over the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare? Since its passage in 2010, after all, it has survived Supreme Court review, innumerable challenges from House Republicans and Mitt Romney’s unsuccessful...

sltrib.com (11 hours ago)

Liberal SuperPAC Had Secret Bain Ties

A top liberal SuperPAC in the 2012 election had undisclosed financial ties to the private equity firm Bain Capital - something that some people close to the group say interfered with its core mission of attacking Bain veteran Mitt Romney’s business record.

huffingtonpost.com (11 hours ago)

Jared Bernstein: Immigration Reform: Stand Down IT, Lobbyists!

For all the numbers bouncing around the immigration reform debate -- the Senate bill is 844 pages!; it will cost trillions!; 11 million undocumenteds will have a path to citizenship! -- the most relevant number is 27 percent. That's the share of Gov Romney's Latino vote and that's the reason this much needed advance...

huffingtonpost.com (16 hours ago)

Gregory Weinkauf: Mel Brooks and Friends Make a Noise at the Paley

On Thursday night, the 9th of May, 2013, as a rainbow descended into Hollywood and a cotton-candy sunset filled the firmament of Beverly Hills, the Paley Center for Media L.A. celebrated a humor deity: the one and only Mel Brooks. The occasion: a preview screening of American Masters Mel Brooks: Make a Noise, the...

huffingtonpost.com (20 hours ago)

Mitt Romney offers 2016 advice (VIDEO)

Mitt Romney sat down with NBC's Jay Leno on Friday for a chat on a range of issues, including 2016. So what advice would he give candidates running for president? Among other things, "get used to eating Iowa corndogs."     

washingtonpost.com (1 day ago)

Obama left floundering over scandals

FELLOW Mormon supporter of Republican Mitt Romney, Frank VanderSloot, a multimillionaire Idaho rancher, was no stranger to hostile scrutiny.

news.com.au (2 days ago)

Jindal Makes Bold Claim Over Tea Party Targeting Scandal

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) is pushing for punishment for Internal Revenue Service officials that targeted conservative groups in the lead-up to the 2012 election. Politico and CNN report that in Jindal's prepared remarks for a Saturday speech to Virginia Republicans, he says IRS officials involved in the...

huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)

Barack Obama must act like a true leader | Observer editorial

It is a simple fact of American politics that power starts to fade away from a second-term president almost from the moment they are sworn in. Theoretically freed from the chains of having ever to seek re-election, they soon find that America's all too self-interested professional politicians are suddenly aware that...

guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)

Mitt Romney condemns "breach of trust" in Washington as controversy reigns

2012 Republican presidential nominee pans Obama administration's handling of IRS scandal, Benghazi attack

cbsnews.com (2 days ago)

Romney condemns "breach of trust" in Washington

2012 Republican presidential nominee pans Obama administration's handling of IRS scandal, Benghazi attack

cbsnews.com (2 days ago)

Jonathan Romney on Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby: Leonardo DiCaprio gets lost in Baz's jazz

independent.co.uk (2 days ago)

Hillary Not 2016 Frontrunner? Top Romney Aid Says ‘She’ll Lose’ Democratic Primary

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can't seem to stay out of the spotlight, becoming the object of the GOP Benghazi outrage with calls for her to return for more hearings, as well as Senator Rand Paul suggesting that Benghazi should "preclude her from running for higher office."

mediaite.com (3 days ago)

Romney Blasts Obama, Tells Leno: ‘Not A Fan Of The President’, Blames Obama For IRS Targeting

2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Friday night, and took President Obama to task on the scandals engulfing his second term. Seeming quite comfortable, Romney quipped, "I'm not a fan of the President," linking him to the IRS's Tea Party political targeting,...

mediaite.com (3 days ago)

Walk Through British Art – review

A new Tate Britain opened last week – not that the old one was ever fully closed, just partially boarded up by the gallery. After almost two years it's now possible to walk right round the museum and see the history of British art unfold before your eyes. That is the main claim, at any rate, but while the...

guardian.co.uk (3 days ago)

Jay Leno hosts Mitt Romney for 'Tonight Show' interview

Ever since losing the 2012 Presidential Election to the incumbent Barack Obama, Mitt Romney has opted by and large to stay out of the public spotlight, and also away from the vast majority of television interviews. The one-time Governor...

examiner.com (3 days ago)

Jay Leno Takes a Drive With Mitt Romney (Photo)

The former Republican presidential nominee is set to appear on "The Tonight Show" on Friday.    

hollywoodreporter.com (3 days ago)

Beleaguered Obama looks to fight back as critics ask: is he a lame duck already?

It is not a comparison that many people thought would ever get much traction. But, assailed this week by multiple scandals and at the mercy of a furious press, President Obama has endured a legion of pundits wondering if he is the 21st-century Richard Nixon – and whether his second term is already a lame-duck...

guardian.co.uk (4 days ago)

Photographer Captures the Beauty of Mundane McDonald’s Customers

One of the artist's colorful subjects. Nolan Conway is the artist behind an intriguing project called "Happy Meals": He's visiting hundreds of McDonald's outposts and photographing customers. So far, his series includes images of a man who looks just like Santa Cause, two young parents with their newborn child, and...

nymag.com (4 days ago)

Andy Kroll: Billionaires Unchained

The New Pay-As-You-Go Landscape of American “Democracy” Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Billionaires with an axe to grind, now is your time. Not since the days before a bumbling crew of would-be break-in artists set into motion the fabled Watergate scandal, leading to the first far-reaching restrictions on money...

huffingtonpost.com (5 days ago)

Briefly: Angelina Jolie, Mitt Romney, Harry Reid, David Beckham

Brief news from elsewhere: Why did Angelina Jolie publish her New York Times op-ed revealing her double mastectomy on a Tuesday morning? We won't begin to guess, but magazine folks think it was to screw over US, Life & Style and OK!, whose weekly deadlines were just hours earlier; only the celebrity-friendly...

washingtonpost.com (5 days ago)

Mitt Romney building a house in Utah

Mitt Romney is building a new house in Utah, returning to the state where he helped lead the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. From the Deseret News: Mitt Romney is once again going to have a home in Utah. "Even though he's lived in different places around the country, I think we all count him as a Utahn. It's nice to...

washingtonpost.com (5 days ago)

Romney buys 2 houses in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his family have bought two adjoining houses with horse barns in a Salt Lake City suburb. read more

standard.net (5 days ago)

Mitt Romney reportedly building new Utah home

WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Would a media shield law have protected the AP? Benghazi? Most Americans still aren't paying attention. In defense of 'fun' journalism     

washingtonpost.com (5 days ago)

He’s back: Romney buys houses in Utah

Washington - Utahns may see Mitt Romney a little more often. The former presidential candidate and his family have purchased two adjoining homes in Holladay, each of which also includes a horse barn in an area zoned for equestrian use. Romney purchased two homes through a holding company in March, Salt Lake County...

sltrib.com (5 days ago)

Benedict Cumberbatch's Star Trek villain speaks with the voice of reason

This week, Benedict Cumberbatch has been basking in praise for his portrayal of the villain, John Harrison, in JJ Abrams' new film, Star Trek Into Darkness – more particularly, his voice has been drawing raves. "So sepulchrally resonant that it could have been synthesised from the combined timbres of Ian McKellen,...

guardian.co.uk (5 days ago)

Mitt Romney building house in Utah

Ex-GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is building a Utah house near one of his sons.

usatoday.com (5 days ago)

Mitt Romney to live in Utah — at least some of the time

Mitt Romney is building a new home in Utah near his son Josh Romney in Holladay.

deseretnews.com (6 days ago)

He’s back: Romney buys house in Utah

Washington - Mitt Romney has purchased a house in Utah, returning to the state that handed him his largest margin of victory in his failed presidential race. Romney purchased a home through a holding company in March, next to a home owned by his son, Josh, Salt Lake County records show. Mitt Romney had sold his Deer...

sltrib.com (6 days ago)

D.C. scandals: A boon for conservatism?

John Dickerson: The Obama administration is making the case for conservatism better than Mitt Romney ever did

cbsnews.com (6 days ago)