Sen. Rand Paul: My filibuster was just the beginning  —  If I had planned to speak for 13 hours when I took the Senate floor Wednesday, I would've worn more comfortable shoes.  I started my filibuster with the words, “I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan's nomination for the CIA.

Host Of TV Gun Show 'A Rifleman's Journal' Shot And Killed  —  The host of The Sportsman Channel's “A Rifleman's Journal” was shot and killed in Montana on Friday.  The gunman, seemingly a jealous husband, then turned the weapon on himself.  —  It is not yet clear if the weapon used in the crime was obtained legally.

9th Circuit Appeals Court: 4th Amendment Applies At The Border; Also: Password Protected Files Shouldn't Arouse Suspicion  —  Here's a surprise ruling.  For many years we've written about how troubling it is that Homeland Security agents are able to search the contents of electronic devices …

Brennan takes oath on draft Constitution—without Bill of Rights  —  (David Lienemann/Official ...  Oh, dear.  This is probably not the symbolism the White House wanted.  —  Hours after CIA Director John Brennan took the oath of office—behind closed doors, far away from the press …

Blast Hits Afghan Capital Shortly After Hagel Arrives  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber wearing a vest bomb struck outside the Afghan defense ministry on Saturday, killing at least 10 people in a blast just hours after Chuck Hagel, the new United States defense secretary, arrived here in Kabul.

Exclusive: Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaving The View After Nine Years, Viewers Found Her “Too Extreme and Right Wing”  —  The people have spoken.  Elisabeth Hasselbeck, one of the five cohorts of ABC's daytime talk show The View, will not be returning to the couch next season …

Don't Cut Social Security, Expand It  —  With everyone in Washington experiencing sea-bass-induced euphoria, we're talking again about a “grand bargain” to replace the sequestration and shrink the federal budget deficit.  And that means we're talking about using the chained consumer-price index …

Cable exposes coalition divisions over austerity  —  Business secretary warns of damage as Office for Budget Responsibility rebukes David Cameron over impact of cuts  —  Political divisions over continuing austerity widened as the business secretary, Vince Cable, warned David Cameron …

Norah O'Donnell Debuts On ‘60 Minutes’ With Sheryl Sandberg Exclusive: ‘There Will Be A Lot Of Strong Reactions’ (VIDEO)  —  “I am not a fan of that phrase,” “CBS This Morning” co-host Norah O'Donnell said when she was asked the perennial question, “Can women have it all?”

In court, bin Laden relative denies plot charge  —  (Reuters) - A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden pleaded not guilty in a New York court on Friday to conspiring to kill Americans, becoming one of the highest-ranking al Qaeda figures to face trial in the United States for crimes connected to the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The Market Speaks  —  Four years ago, as a newly elected president began his efforts to rescue the economy and strengthen the social safety net, conservative economic pundits — people who claimed to understand markets and know how to satisfy them — warned of imminent financial disaster.

The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever Isn't Scary Enough  —  One of the defining graphs of our time (yes, there are defining graphs of our time) comes from the blog Calculated Risk.  It tracks the job market in every U.S. recession and recovery since WWII — and it shows just how brutal the the past few years have been.