Washington Post reporter arrested in Ferguson  —  Wesley Lowery, a reporter for The Washington Post who has been reporting on the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., was detained Wednesday evening by police in Ferguson.  —  He and other reporters were working in a McDonald's in Ferguson when about half …

Clinton hurt 2014 Dems  —  Democrats face potentially catastrophic midterm elections that could leave Republicans and conservatives in control of the House, the Senate and the Supreme Court.  Yet while Democrats face a political state of emergency, Hillary Clinton this week launched …

Column Make no mistake: We're back in an Iraq war  —  Every time Barack Obama thinks he has succeeded in establishing restraint as the central doctrine of his foreign policy, a new outburst of chaos in the Middle East draws him back in.  In 2011, fears that Libya's Moammar Kadafi …

‘When people are dying, you must come back from vacation’: French foreign minister seems to slam Obama for golfing while Iraq burns  — Obama is on Martha's Vineyard while Iraq undergoes regime change and terrorists slaughter ethnic and religious minorities

GOP Candidate: I Had An Affair Two Weeks Ago, Am Quitting My Campaign  —  New York state Senate candidate Gia Arnold, a 24-year-old Republican, halted her campaign on Wednesday because she said she had engaged in an extramarital affair within the past two weeks.

Obama prepares schools for migrant kids  —  The Obama administration is preparing the nation's schools to accept thousands of new students who illegally crossed the southwest border and are now awaiting trials on their possible deportations.  —  A fact sheet from the Department of Education sent …

Israel Outflanks White House on Gaza  —  The Obama administration has tightened control on arms transfers to Israel since learning last month that the Israeli military had been quietly securing supplies of ammunition from the Pentagon without its approval.

The Suburbs Made Us Fat  —  People in dense cities are thinner and have healthier hearts than people in sprawling subdivisions.  New research says the secret is in the patterns of the streets.  —  Just seeing someone wearing a Fitbit makes me nervous.  I'm told I have a tendency to become “obsessive.”

Carter: ‘Nutcases’ are stopping climate action  —  Former President Carter says climate skeptics are the “biggest handicap” for the U.S. when it comes to acting on global warming.  —  “I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that don't believe in global warming …

The True Stereotypes Behind Michael Brown's Death  —  Yes, race relations are much improved.  But at the core of modern racism is cops vs. young black men.  Here's what we can do about it.  —  To many, the protests after the shooting murder of black teen Michael Brown in St. Louis will seem like a routine.

Rush Limbaugh Clarifies ‘Out-of-Context’ Remarks About Robin Williams' Death  —  Rush Limbaugh today clarified his comments yesterday about the death of Robin Williams, which he connected to general liberal unhappiness.  But Limbaugh said he in no way suggested Williams' suicide was due to his politics …

U.S. Airstrikes and Kurds Break Siege on Mount Sinjar  —  Defense officials said late Wednesday that the break allowed thousands of Yazidis trapped on the mountain by militants to escape.