40 Armed Gun Advocates Intimidate Mothers Against Gun Violence In A Restaurant Parking Lot  —  CREDIT: https://www.facebook.com/MomsDemandActi on  —  On Saturday, nearly 40 armed men, women, and children waited outside a Dallas, Texas area restaurant to protest a membership meeting …

Republicans Just Changed The Rules AFTER A Virginia Election To Change The Outcome  —  Already shaping up to be one of the closest races in state history, a last-minute rule change is stirring up the recount to decide who will become Virginia's next attorney general.

Hillary's Nightmare?  A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies With Elizabeth Warren  —  We're three years from the next presidential election, and Hillary Clinton is, once again, the inevitable Democratic nominee.  Congressional Republicans have spent months investigating her like she already resides in the White House.

Christie: Advice From Romney Campaign Something Nobody Should ‘Really Give a Darn About’  —  This morning on “This Week,” New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie brushed off criticism reported in the new book “Double Down” from a member of Mitt Romney's 2012 vice presidential vetting team …

Kerry won't talk about Kennedy conspiracy  —  Secretary of State John Kerry is declining to further elaborate on his belief that the assassin of President John F. Kennedy was part of a broader conspiracy.  —  Pressed in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press” …

(CNN) — Earthlings, you're safe for another day or two.  —  After that, you might want to watch your head.  —  The 2,000-pound Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer — a European Space Agency satellite known shorthand as GOCE— continued its freefall Saturday …

Conservative U.S. Catholics Feel Left Out of the Pope's Embrace  —  SMYRNA, Ga. — When Pope Francis was elected in March, Bridget Kurt received a small prayer card with his picture at her church and put it up on her refrigerator at home, next to pictures of her friends and her favorite saints.

PD: Nora Osman, 19, shot and killed at S. Phoenix party  —  PHOENIX - Police have identified a 19-year-old woman who was shot and killed late Saturday night at a south Phoenix party.  —  According to Phoenix police Sgt. Trent Crump, 19-year-old Nora Osman was shot at the house party near Southern and 53rd avenues around 11 p.m.

In Drought, Abbott Keeps Lawn Green by Drilling … With what has been described as the worst drought in recorded history punishing parts of Texas, Attorney General Greg Abbott found a way to keep watering his yard without risking fines or incurring huge monthly bills: He drilled his own well.

EDITOR'S PICKS  —  The U.S. should only import chickens slaughtered in China if Chinese factories get cleaner, if U.S. inspections get more rigid and if American consumers are fully informed what they're buying, a top lawmaker said Sunday.  —  The Broadway musical “Big Fish” has failed to hook an audience and will close on Dec. 29.

New York Times' Obama cheerleading harms the nation  —  Poor Barack Obama.  Ending his fifth year as the world's most powerful man, he is running out of scapegoats and fairy tales.  Blaming George W. Bush has lost its punch, and the ObamaCare debacle is shredding the myths he is competent and honest.

White House seeks Republican immigration help  —  President Barack Obama hasn't given up on immigration reform, but he still needs a way to break through with House Republicans.  —  The White House has reached out to former George W. Bush administration officials, conservative business leaders …

In shift, GOP wants O-Care fix  —  Republicans have shifted their strategy on ObamaCare.  —  Weeks ago, many Republicans said ObamaCare — including Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) — was too broken to fix.  But now, the GOP is drafting legislation that aims to do just that.