In the Headlines

"High Court to Announce Ruling on D.C. Gun Ban" (Paul Duggan, Washington Post) - With its term coming to an end, the U.S. Supreme Court this morning is expected to issue its ruling on the District's handgun-ownership ban in a case that could result in a landmark interpretation of the Second Amendment.

"McCain vows U.S. energy independence by 2025" (Stephen Dinan, Washington Times) - Sen. John McCain vowed Wednesday to break OPEC's stranglehold on U.S. energy and to have the country achieve what he termed "strategic" energy independence by 2025, saying he will pursue almost every option for conservation and new production.

"Democrats in Delicate Talks to Unify Party" (Adam Nagourney and Jeff Zeleny, New York Times) - With the help of one of Washington's best-connected lawyers, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are negotiating a thicket of complicated issues, like how to repay Mrs. Clinton's campaign debt and her role at the Democratic convention. The talks come as they try to leave behind their intense rivalry and work out a plan to cooperate this fall.

"Obama plans fight for Bush states as Hillary Clinton pushes unity" (Michael McAuliff and Kenneth Bazinet, New York Daily News) - Barack Obama's campaign chief said Wednesday the campaign isn't putting its chips on a handful of battleground states this fall, and will press its offensive wherever there is an opportunity to turn a red state blue.

On the Morning Shows

Good Morning America - Father Michael Pfleger, on whether he went too far in mocking Hillary Clinton: "I was at a Church that I've spoken to many times and when you're around family, do you get carried away? Absolutely. I apologize for the mannerisms of what I said, I think entitlement is a reality in this society."

CNN American Morning - Mitt Romney, on Barack Obama, "I'd like to see a time where Barack Obama says, 'I disagree with my party, I'm going to reach across the aisle and work against my party.' He'll always be on the left wing of his party, always putting his own interests and the interests of his party ahead of the nation."

From Late Night

Conan O'Brien:

(Greg Bobrinskoy contributed to the Morning Report.)