‘Very Sad’ Chris Christie Extends Apology in Bridge Scandal  —  TRENTON — In a remarkable day of swirling political drama, Gov. Chris Christie tried on Thursday to control the damage from revelations that his administration ordered the revenge-closings of traffic lanes at the George Washington Bridge …

Intel panel: DOD report finds Snowden leaks helped terrorists  —  Edward Snowden's leaks about National Security Agency programs have put U.S. troops at risk and prompted terrorists to change their tactics, according to a classified Pentagon report.  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers …

EPA publishes emissions rule to GOP's dismay  —  The Environmental Protection Agency published its rule limiting carbon emissions from new power plants on Wednesday to the dismay of coal advocates and the GOP.  —  The proposed rule, published nearly four months after EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced …

Who is this man?  Many Americans don't recognize top news anchor  —  Nightly News is now the nightly White House propaganda , it's talking points , personal attacks and lies.  They don't even give reeivent news.  I stopped watching the communist run media when I got my first computer.

Millionaires' Club: For First Time, Most Lawmakers are Worth $1 Million-Plus  —  For the first time in history, most members of Congress are millionaires, according to a new analysis of personal financial disclosure data by the Center for Responsive Politics.

How Marriage Fights Poverty  —  Marco Rubio delivered a speech on poverty today where he observed:  —  Marriage is great.  And it is true that a household with two adult members in it is much less likely to be poor than a household with one adult member.  But even though conservatives say this a lot …

Amiri Baraka, former N.J. poet laureate and prolific author, dead at 79  —  Amiri Baraka, the state's former poet laureate and a revered author, poet and activist, has died.  He was 79.  Baraka is shown in this 2009 file photo.  (Star-Ledger file photo)  —  David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger

Gillespie, Former Republican Chairman, Readies to Run for Senate in Virginia  —  WASHINGTON — Ed Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman, has told senior members of his party that he will challenge Senator Mark R. Warner of Virginia and announce his candidacy as early as next week …

A health industry expert on ‘the fundamental problem with Obamacare’  —  Robert Laszewski is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, a policy and marketplace consulting firm where he works closely with many in the heath industry as they try to navigate the Affordable Care Act.

Hitler's ‘Mein Kampf’ Surges in E-Book Sales … Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic political testament “Mein Kampf” is surging up electronic book bestseller lists, even as sales of the printed version have been stagnant for years.  —  As of Wednesday, two electronic versions of “Mein Kampf” …

Obamacare To Cover Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs  —  WASHINGTON — Certain medications that are intended to prevent breast cancer will be fully covered under Obamacare, in new guidance set to be issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Thursday morning.

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow hunkers down on Koch Bros. claim  —  Mark V. Holden is general counsel at Koch Industries Inc., and he has a big file relating to MSNBC.  The progressive cable network tends to make frequent references to Koch Industries and its politically active, free-market major shareholders Charles and David Koch.