Defiant Chris McDaniel declines to concede in speech to supporters  —  HATTIESBURG, MISS. — A defiant Chris McDaniel walked up to the podium at his election night headquarters here after the Republican runoff was called for his opponent Sen. Thad Cochran — and then he didn't concede.

Sawyer, Stephanopoulos and Muir Take on New Roles Leading ABC News Programming  —  Diane Sawyer to Lead New ABC News Programming Tackling Big Issues and Extraordinary Interviews  —  George Stephanopoulos Promoted to Chief Anchor of ABC News Handling Special Reports and Breaking News

Hillary Clinton's elitism problem  —  Of course Clinton is out of touch with the everywoman she desperately wants to be.  She just needs to accept it.  —  We're not in 2008 anymore.  —  H  —  illary Clinton was in full-throttle Everywoman mode the night she won the 2008 Ohio primary.

Cheney: Next attack ‘likely’ deadlier than 9/11  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday predicted the United States would not make it out of the next decade without another terrorist attack, likely much bigger than 9/11.  —  Cheney, who has made a similar warning a number of times before …

The Marionettes Remain Uncut  —  “At some point there will be more people with knives out to cut the strings than there will be puppeteers with checkbooks.”  —  Having been an elected Republican and someone who routinely takes the position of supporting conservatives in primaries and Republicans …

Koch owned and operated  —  If you want to know who each of our two major parties represent, simply look at their donors.  —  According to data compiled by OpenSecrets.org, Democratic Party committees, on both the federal and state levels, have dramatically outraised their Republican counterparts …

Eli Wallach, Multifaceted Actor, Dies at 98  —  Eli Wallach, who was one of his generation's most prominent and prolific character actors in film, onstage and on television for more than 60 years, died on Tuesday.  He was 98.  —  His death was confirmed by his daughter Katherine.

BOB BEAUPREZ WINS GOP GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY  —  After weeks of calling John Hickenlooper's term as governor “failed leadership,” Republican nominee Bob Beauprez said Tuesday his campaign to unseat the incumbent ramps up Wednesday.  —  “We've got a lot of work to do from this point forward,” he said.

‘Zero tolerance’ for corruption at Ex-Im bank, says White House  —  President Obama will have “zero tolerance” for fraud and corruption at the embattled U.S. Export-Import Bank, the White House said Tuesday, amid reports that the bank has suspended or removed four officials over alleged kickbacks.

Top 10 outrageous VA behaviors  —  In addition to covering up appointment wait time records and handing out undeserved bonus awards, misconduct within the Department of Veterans Affairs extends to everything from sexual abuse and skipping work to identity theft and drug distribution.

U.S. rules to loosen four-decade ban on oil exports  —  The Obama administration quietly cleared the way for the first exports of unrefined American oil in four decades.