Ted Cruz, Wendy Davis and media bias  —  Sen. Ted Cruz has been speaking on the Senate floor for almost 19 hours, as of this post.  The talk is not technically a filibuster — he can't actually block the Senate from going about its business — but symbolically, it's more or less the same thing.

Double Down: Obamacare Will Increase Avg.  Individual-Market Insurance Premiums By 99% For Men, 62% For Women  —  For months now, we've been waiting to hear how much Obamacare will drive up the cost of health insurance for people who purchase coverage on their own.

The Democratic 2014 turnout machine, courtesy of Pat Hickey  —  This is not the last you wiil hear of this: Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey, sitting down with a friendly interviewer (Dan Mason) on conservative talk radio, got careless and talked about how great for the GOP that young people …

Exclusive: CNN Fabricates Iranian President's Remarks about Holocaust  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- American news channel CNN fabricated the remarks made by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in response to the network's question about the Holocaust.  —  The CNN aired its interview with Rouhani on Tuesday …

NSFW: Cory Booker's Interesting DMs With A Portland Stripper  —  “The East Coast loves you and by the East Coast I mean me.”  Not safe for work, unless you work at Newark City Hall.  —  Twitter: @LynsieLee  —  Twitter: @LynsieLee  —  View Entire List ›

Law Enforcement Shares Findings of the Investigation into the Washington Navy Yard Shootings … WASHINGTON—Today, law enforcement officials shared findings to date of the investigation into the shootings that occurred at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, September 16, 2013.

The Fall of the Heritage Foundation and the Death of Republican Ideas  —  How the Heritage Foundation went from the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement to the GOP's bane — and how it's hurting the party's hopes for a turnaround  —  During the 1980 election …

'I'm 124 sandwiches away from an engagement ring'  —  Since last June, a young woman has attracted attention from culinary world icons such as Emeril Lagasse, Michael White and Ken Friedman with 300sandwiches.com, a beautifully photographed blog that documents her quest to woo her boyfriend with bread-and-meat creations.

Hillary for President...of the Universe  —  Sure, Hillary Clinton could run for the White House.  But where the world desperately needs a personality like hers is at the helm of a strong global governing body, says Sally Kohn.  —  In an interview this week with New York Magazine …

How Bad Data Warped Everything We Thought We Knew About the Jobs Recovery  —  The real legacy of the Lehman collapse wasn't an economic meltdown.  (That would have happened anyway.)  It was three years of wrong information about the economy.  —  You know something is really boring when economists say it is.

George H.W. Bush is witness at same-sex marriage in Maine  —  By The Reliable Source, Published: September 25 at 4:36 pm  —  Another prominent Republican has come out in support of same-sex marriage — or at least, in support of one particular same-sex marriage.

Is Newt Fronting for a Dubious PAC?  —  The new cohost of CNN's “Crossfire” is raising money for a political action committee run by pals and past aides that takes in millions and hands out crumbs to candidates.  —  James Branaman/ZUMA  —  hours before President Barack Obama delivered …