SYRIA SAYS IT ACCEPTED RUSSIAN WEAPONS PROPOSAL  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it has accepted Russia's proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling.  —  Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Tuesday after meeting …

McConnell to Vote ‘No’  —  In remarks this morning on the floor, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) will announce that he's voting against on the Syria resolution.  National Review has obtained the text of his remarks (see below).  In the speech, McConnell says that even though he's voting “no,” he's not an isolationist.

Kerry's claim that he opposed Bush's invasion of Iraq  —  “You know, Senator Chuck Hagel, when he was senator, Senator Chuck Hagel, now secretary of defense, and when I was a senator, we opposed the president's decision to go into Iraq, but we know full well how that evidence was used to persuade …

The United States of weakness  —  Red lines that may or may not be real, retaliatory strikes that may or may not be hours from launch, congressional debates that may or may not be necessary for the president to do what he wants—whatever that happens to be this hour.

Bride: I pushed my husband off cliff  —  (CNN) — A woman in Montana is accused of pushing her husband off a cliff after an argument.  The pair had been married for just more than a week.  —  Jordan Linn Graham made an initial appearance in court Monday to face a charge of second-degree murder.

Conservatives skeptical of GOP ObamaCare defunding move  —  House Republican leaders will have to overcome a skeptical conservative bloc to pass a plan that would force the Senate to vote on defunding ObamaCare before enacting a critical spending measure.  —  Lawmakers on Tuesday offered …

Business Insider's CTO Is Your New Tech Bro Nightmare  —  What has two thumbs and a homophobic, misogynistic, classist worldview?  Pax Dickinson.  We just noticed this vile Twitter account from Business Insider's chief technology officer today.  But he's been at it for awhile.

Your Annual Reminder to Ignore the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings  —  The list's real purpose is to “exacerbate the status anxiety” of prospective students and parents.  —  The annual college rankings by U.S. News & World Report are out today, and with their release will come …

Crossfire Review #1  —  The Daily Caller feels compelled to present our first, and hopefully last, review of the new version of CNN's vaunted ‘Crossfire.’ For Review #1, we will focus on the show's Monday debut starring President Obama's 2012 deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter …

Syria: Government Likely Culprit in Chemical Attack  —  New Evidence based on Rocket Analysis, Witness Accounts  —  (New York) - Available evidence strongly suggests that Syrian government forces were responsible for chemical weapons attacks on two Damascus suburbs on August 21, 2013.

McConnell chides Obama as ‘reluctant commander in chief’ on Syria  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) came out against using U.S. military force in Syria Tuesday, criticizing the way President Obama has handled the situation.  —  “No one should be faulted for being skeptical …

Execution rescheduled to accommodate Pam Bondi fundraiser  —  There is no graver responsibility and act of state government than an execution.  —  In Florida this week, a campaign fundraiser takes precedence.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi persuaded Gov. Rick Scott to postpone …

In Missouri, Governor Turns Tax Cut Debate Against G.O.P.  —  MARSHALL, Mo. — As a Democrat facing a State Legislature with veto-proof Republican majorities, Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri has not claimed big victories lately.  So when he began stumping the state against a deep Republican tax cut …

Bus rider's face smashed in during ‘hate attack’  —  An attacker pummeled a bus passenger so hard he smashed the bones in his face after calling the victim a “cracker” in Manhattan - marking the second time in two days that people appeared to be randomly targeted in racial tirades against white people, authorities said.

The Weak Recovery Explains Rising Inequality, Not Vice Versa  —  Obama blames tax cuts that began under Reagan for today's slow growth.  The data don't back him up.  —  Last year at this time a debate raged about whether economic growth and job creation has been abnormally slow compared …

Jon Favreau on Obama's War for Peace  —  ‘Peace requires responsibility,’ the president said when he accepted his Nobel Peace Prize.  He could say those words again Tuesday night about his proposed Syria strike, says Jon Favreau.  —  Forget the politics.  Forget the whip counts.

Alcoa, Hewlett-Packard and Bank of America to Be Dropped from Dow Industrials  —  Goldman Sachs, Nike and Visa to Be Added to Benchmark Index  —  Alcoa Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Bank of America Corp. will be dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average next week, in the biggest shake-up of the 30-stock index in almost a decade.