- Nate Silver’s first election forecast pegs Obama as roughly a 60% favorite.
- Romney and the RNC out-raise Obama and the DNC for the first time: $77 million in May.
- Ben Bernanke offers no hint of new monetary stimulus. And why would he? Congress applies more political pressure on price stability than on employment.
- The Fed will require all 7,307 U.S. banks to follow strict international capital requirements.
- The future of labor’s relevance.
- About 40% of union members consistently vote Republican.
- Obama has prosecuted an unprecedented number of national security leakers; now he’s benefiting from flattering leaks.
- Sex allegations roil the nominee for Ambassador to Iraq.
- And another episode of when political social media stunts go wrong.