Harry Reid Shoots Down Ted Cruz On Defunding Obamacare  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) objected on Monday to Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) request for unanimous consent to pass the House's continuing resolution to defund Obamacare.  —  Reid also objected to a request by Cruz …

Clinton World Hints at Ditching Old Baggage for Hillary Run … Hillary Clinton's first major print interview since leaving the Obama administration seven months ago leaves two inescapable impressions: She is running in 2016, and this campaign won't look anything like her failed 2008 run.

SAS hero of the mall massacre: Off duty soldier with a handgun saved 100 lives as terrorists ran amok  —  An off-duty member of the SAS emerged as a hero of the Nairobi siege yesterday, after he was credited with saving up to 100 lives.  —  The soldier was having coffee at the Westgate mall …

Boys suspended for airsoft guns in yard  —  Has zero tolerance gone too far?  —  (1/7)Andy Fox reports on zero tolerance incident at VB middle school  —  (2/7)Andy Fox reports on VB 7th grader facing expulsion  —  (3/7)Andy Fox reports on zero gun tolerance at VB schools

McAuliffe leads Cuccinelli in Virginia governor's race  —  Democrat Terry McAuliffe has vaulted into the lead over Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II in a Virginia governor's race that has left many voters sour on both candidates, according to a new Washington Post/Abt SRBI poll.

E.W. Jackson says non-Christians are engaged in ‘some sort of false religion’  —  At a morning sermon Sunday in Northern Virginia, Republican lieutenant governor candidate E.W. Jackson, a Chesapeake pastor, said people who don't follow Jesus Christ “are engaged in some sort of false religion.”

Sorry, The Latest Anti-Obamacare Article To Go Viral Is Totally Wrong  —  An article published by Forbes claiming that Obamacare will increase health care costs by $7,450 for a typical family of four is spreading like wildfire across the internet, but causing eye rolls from economists across the country.

Obama: I Haven't Had A Cigarette In Six Years Because I'm Scared Of My Wife  —  The president gives a different quit date than the one the first lady has given.  —  View Video ›  —  President Obama got caught on a hot mic today saying he hasn't smoked in six years because he's afraid of his wife Michelle.

Americans' Belief That Gov't Is Too Powerful at Record Level  —  Record number of Republicans say the federal government has too much power  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Six in 10 Americans (60%) believe the federal government has too much power, one percentage point above the previous high recorded in September 2010.

One Big Trader Lost Millions Betting on Romney, Study Finds  —  A new academic paper digging into presidential betting in the final weeks of the 2012 election finds that a single trader lost between $4 million and $7 million placing a flurry of Intrade bets on Mitt Romney …

Blame for Both Sides as Possible Government Shutdown Approaches  —  Tea Party Reps Say Stick to Principles, Even if Shutdown Results  —  If the federal government shuts down because Republicans and the Obama administration fail to agree on a budget, there will be plenty of blame to go around.

Lois Lerner, IRS official at heart of tea party scandal, retires  —  Lois G. Lerner, the woman at the center of the IRS tea party targeting scandal, retired from the agency Monday morning after an internal investigation found she was guilty of “neglect of duties” and was going to call for her ouster, according to congressional staff.

Ex-FBI agent to plead guilty in leak to AP  —  A former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a contractor for the Bureau has agreed to plead guilty to disclosing national defense information about a disrupted terrorist plot to the Associated Press, according to the Justice Department.

Lower Health Insurance Premiums to Come at Cost of Fewer Choices  —  WASHINGTON — Federal officials often say that health insurance will cost consumers less than expected under President Obama's health care law.  But they rarely mention one big reason: many insurers are significantly limiting …