UNRWA School Shelling  —  Press Statement  —  Department Spokesperson  —  Washington, DC  —  The United States is appalled by today's disgraceful shelling outside an UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering some 3,000 displaced persons, in which at least ten more Palestinian civilians were tragically killed.

Holder exclusive — ‘Proud to be an activist’  —  Only two years ago, House Republicans voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.  Recently, Senate Republicans have trashed the former head of his civil rights division, Thomas Perez, and blocked his current choice to run the division, Debo Adegbile.

New evidence revives concerns that a man was wrongly put to death in 2004  —  CORSICANA, Tex. — For more than 20 years, the prosecutor who convicted Cameron Todd Willingham of murdering his three young daughters has insisted that the authorities made no deals to secure the testimony …

Watching the Eclipse  —  Ambassador Michael McFaul was there when the promise of democracy came to Russia—and when it began to fade. … “All of my work deals with the theme of exclusion.”  —  BUY AS PRINT » … BUY AS PRINT » … October 7, 2002"Melanie, find me a little pro-bono case to cleanse my palate."

Ebola fears: A passenger died at Gatwick after getting off a glight fromm Sierra Leone  —  Airport staff tonight told of their fears of an Ebola outbreak after a passenger from Sierra Leone collapsed and died as she got off a plane at Gatwick.  —  Workers said they were terrified the virus …

Bundy: Showdown with feds a spiritual battle  —  ST. GEORGE -  —  Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy told members of the Independent American Party gathered to hear him Saturday that the April confrontation between his family, federal agencies and Bundy's armed militia supporters was part of an age-old battle between good and evil.

Public servants acting as public masters: Column  —  CIA responded to Obama's acquiescence when it spied on the Senate Intelligence Committee.  —  “Nothing could be further from the truth.  I mean, we wouldn't do that.”  That was CIA Director John Brennan's answer in March when Sen. Dianne Feinstein …

The grifting wing v. the governing wing  —  While the Tea Party is busy lining their pockets, the rest of the Republicans are actually trying to get things done.  —  Vocabulary.com defines a grifter as: A grifter is a con artist—someone who swindles people out of money through fraud.

The Do-Even-Less Congress  —  Congress is a joke.  But the joke isn't funny — unless, of course, you're into dark humor.  —  The entire legislative body has been consumed by kvetching, at the expense of actual legislating.  And the numbers that highlight this reality are simply atrocious.

Israel Eavesdropped on John Kerry in Mideast Talks  —  New information indicates that Israeli intelligence eavesdropped on telephone conversations by US Secretary of State John Kerry.  Sources told SPIEGEL the government then used the information obtained from the calls during negotiations in the Mideast conflict.

Fox pundit rips Heritage CEO for creating a group of ‘all white’ impeachment supporters  —  Fox News analyst Juan Williams on Sunday confronted the CEO of the Heritage Foundation for his role in “demonizing” President Barack Obama to the point that many all-white tea partiers were calling for impeachment.