Fox's Wallace Stunned: GOP Leaders Sent Me Opposition Research on Ted Cruz  —  Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace said Sunday morning that he'd received opposition research from other Republicans about Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in advance of Cruz's appearance this morning …

Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID  —  The biometrics hacking team of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has successfully bypassed the biometric security of Apple's TouchID using easy everyday means.  A fingerprint of the phone user, photographed from a glass surface, was enough to create …

Al-Shabaab: Three Americans Among Gunmen in Kenya Mall  —  Al-Shabaab is claiming that there are American gunmen among those still holed up in the Westgate mall in a standoff with Kenyan and Israeli special forces.  —  The Somali al-Qaeda affiliate tweeted a series of names on its latest account …

SHUTDOWN COUNTDOWN: 10 days — ALAN GREENSPAN WARNS: ‘no viable long-term solution to our badly warped economy’ without fixing political system — WHITE HOUSE SIGNALS Janet Yellen nomination coming  —  FIRST LOOK - ALAN GREENSPAN, Fed chairman from 1987 to 2006, in a book out Oct. 22 from The Penguin Press …

Tempers flare inside GOP as Obamacare defunding fight escalates  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS OBAMACARE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPUBLICAN PARTY JOHN BOEHNER MITCH MCCONNELL HEALTH CARE TED CRUZ MIKE LEE  —  On March 13 of this year, Sen. Ted Cruz and 20 Republican co-sponsors offered …

Merkel Gets Biggest Victory Since Kohl's Reunification Vote  —  Angela Merkel won an overwhelming endorsement from German voters, putting the country's first female chancellor on course for the biggest election tally since Helmut Kohl's post-reunification victory of 1990.

Scandal at Clinton Inc.  —  How Doug Band drove a wedge through a political dynasty  —  One Thursday evening last September, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Tony Blair met in New York to conduct what was supposed to be a high-minded discourse on terrorism, geopolitics, and the global economy.

NRA: Get ‘Homicidal Maniacs’ off Streets  —  Greater efforts are needed to identify and lock up mentally ill people who are dangerous, a top National Rifle Association official responding to the recent Washington Navy Yard shootings said Sunday.  —  The nation's mental health system is …

Life Among the Barbarians  —  Phyllis Chesler is a psychologist and academic whose writings we have quoted from time to time over the years.  Ms. Chesler has always had a rather skeptical attitude toward Islam, in particular with regard to its treatment of women.

Angela Merkel wins historic third term in German elections  —  Angela Merkel vowed that she would deliver more “successful years for Germany” as exit polls indicated a commanding lead for her party over the main opposition.  —  Angela Merkel is heading for a third term as Germany's chancellor …

Supreme Court may strike new blow to campaign funding laws  —  The Supreme Court, in a new campaign funding case, may lift a lid on the total the wealthy can give to all candidates and parties.  —  The U.S. Supreme Court may lift the lid on the total amount the wealthy can give directly to all candidates and political parties.

digby & Susie Madrak Virtually Speaking Sundays  —  Political & social commentators digby and Susie Madrak, offer a counter point to the Sunday morning talk shows.  They compare notes from their observations, investigations and considerations of the past week.  Stephanie Kelton calls in.