Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit ‘Radicalizers’  —  WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has been gathering records of online sexual activity and evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of a proposed plan to harm the reputations …

Obama's photo policy smacks of propaganda  —  Is the Obama White House airbrushing history?  —  It was a hallmark of the Stalin era: Fallen Soviet leaders vanished from official photographs.  Nobody accuses President Obama of such subterfuge (well, nobody except for those who believe …

GETAWAY-DAY EDITION — PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN GURUS TO PUSH FOR BIG DEBATE CHANGES based on rise of social media and early voting — DE BLASIO ALREADY AFFECTING NYC  —  EXCLUSIVE: Top officials from past presidential campaigns have quietly formed a group to push for major changes …

Is another Republican wave building?  —  President Obama's poll numbers are at record lows.  The health care law that serves as the cornerstone of his domestic policy legacy is even more unpopular.  And there are few chances to change the conversation among a skeptical public that isn't happy with Washington.

Alec Baldwin Talks About His MSNBC Show's Sudden Cancellation  —  Following a confrontation with paparazzi outside of his New York City home—allegedly calling a paparazzo a “c**ksucking fag”— MSNBC suspended Alec Baldwin's show, and now they have cancelled it.

New tax law driving expats to renounce U.S. citizenship  —  McClatchy Washington BureauNovember 27, 2013  —  Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit E-mail Print  —  WASHINGTON — For Ruth Anne Freeborn, it boiled down to a choice between country and family.

White House faces tough court fight on ObamaCare mandate  —  The Obama administration faces a tough task in convincing the Supreme Court to rule in favor of ObamaCare's contraception mandate, according to legal experts.  —  They say Chief Justice John Roberts's court, which upheld the health law …

Release Detail  —  November 27, 2013 - Obama Hits Historic Low In Ohio, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Clinton Tops Kasich, Ties Christie In 2016 Race  —  President Barack Obama's job approval rating among Ohio voters is a negative 34 - 61 percent, his lowest score in any Quinnipiac …

MAP: Incumbent Republicans Face Almost All Of The Primary Challenges  —  Though much has been made about Democrats' positioning on Obamacare as 2014 approaches, it may be Republicans that face more hurdles in the early parts of the campaign.  —  In seven of eight Senate races …

CNN/ORC Poll: Are Obamacare's flaws fixable?  —  Washington (CNN) - Despite the flawed rollout of HealthCare.gov, a majority of Americans still seem to have an open mind about whether Obamacare will work, and more than half of those surveyed in a new national poll believe the current problems can be solved.

Americans back Iran deal by 2-to-1 margin: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  (Reuters) - Americans back a newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran by a 2-to-1 margin and are very wary of the United States resorting to military action against Tehran even if the historic diplomatic effort falls through, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday.

State successes show health law can work  —  With all the waves of bad news about the Obamacare website and the canceled policies, it would be easy to conclude that nothing in this law will ever work — that it's just too big and complicated and messy.  —  But that's not the complete picture of the Affordable Care Act rollout.

A health care lemon  —  Americans have a right to an Obamacare refund  —  When I was a teenager, my mother broke her own rule of never buying someone else's trouble and purchased a used car.  We were quite excited because it was beautiful and sleek, and it was a convertible.

Much Ado About Bitcoin  —  FOR the obsessive followers of the volatile virtual currency bitcoin, the price of a single bitcoin at the time their fixation began holds undue significance.  I know one bitcoin cost around $9 when I first stumbled on it in the summer of 2011.

O.J. Simpson denied bid for new trial, but his lawyers vow to keep up fight  —  Former football star O.J. Simpson won't win a new trial on his October 2008 Las Vegas conviction on armed robbery and kidnapping charges.  —  Clark County Judge Linda Marie Bell, who heard Simpson's appeal …

The Price of Smart Power  —  Will Obama's nuclear deal with Iran come at the cost of Syrian lives?  —  The real question is not whether we have more tools but why we aren't using the ones we have.  And here there are two leading explanations.  Power offered one, and it is a persuasive argument …