Mitt Isn't Ready to Call It Quits  —  “Hey, Ann, can you come here a sec?”  Mitt Romney called out, sinking into the cushions of a walnut-colored easy chair, his legs outstretched on a matching ottoman.  Romney's blue work shirt was tucked into faded jeans; sockless ankles peeked out from his New Balance sneakers.

White House intruder was tackled by off-duty Secret Service agent  —  The man who jumped over the White House fence and sprinted through the main floor of the mansion could have gotten even farther had it not been for an off-duty Secret Service agent who was coincidentally in the house and leaving for the night.

Referees flag Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah for celebration penalty after slide and prayer in endzone  —  Husain Abdullah is a devout Muslim.  He's also a safety for the Chiefs, and he made a promise to himself if he ever did find himself in the end zone.  —  “If I get a pick …

7 Charts That Prove Obamacare Is Working  —  One year after healthcare.gov crashed, things are looking up for the president's signature achievement  —  Obamacare is not popular.  In the latest tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 47 percent of respondents said they have an unfavorable opinion …

Many Missteps in Assessment of ISIS Threat  —  WASHINGTON — By late last year, classified American intelligence reports painted an increasingly ominous picture of a growing threat from Sunni extremists in Syria, according to senior intelligence and military officials.

FCC sacks NFL blackout rule  —  The FCC dumped the sports blackout rule Tuesday, dealing a blow to the NFL at a time of growing scrutiny for the league in Washington.  —  In a unanimous 5- vote, the commission eliminated the decades-old regulation, which prevents cable and satellite TV …

This Is What's the Matter With Kansas  —  Sam Brownback tried to create a conservative utopia.  He created a conservative hell instead.  —  The midterm elections of 2010 were good for Republicans nearly everywhere, but amid the national Tea Party insurgency, it was easy to overlook the revolution that was brewing in Kansas.

Incumbent governors fear wipeout  —  Recognizing that many voters don't personally sense that their economic situation has meaningfully improved, Snyder slightly tweaked his messaging two weeks ago from calling Michigan “the comeback state” to saying that it is on “the road to recovery.”

My Gun Range is a Muslim Free Zone  —  The Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range is now a a MUSLIM FREE ZONE.  —  To understand why I arrived at this decision, you must first take in to consideration the nature of my business.  —  This is not a coffee and donut shop.  This is a live fire indoor shooting range.

REPORT: OBAMA HAS MISSED OVER HALF HIS SECOND-TERM DAILY INTEL BRIEFINGS  —  A new Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report reveals that President Barack Obama has attended only 42.1% of his daily intelligence briefings (known officially as the Presidential Daily Brief, or PDB) …

Holder to depart with 26-percent favorable rating  —  Attorney General Eric Holder will leave the administration with a 26-percent favorable rating, but that is higher than two other Cabinet secretaries who recently departed the Obama administration.  —  According to an online YouGov poll …

A Political Attack on Shareholder Value  —  Rating corporate speech may achieve the opposite of its supposed aim.  —  By  —  Last week the Center for Political Accountability and the Zicklin Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School released the annual “CPA-Zicklin Index …

For ISIS, Slaughter Is an End in Itself  —  LONDON — In a famous passage from “Survival in Auschwitz,” Primo Levi relates an incident upon arrival in the Nazi death camp that captures the intersection of the human with the inhuman.  He and other Italian prisoners have been held in a shed as they await their fate.

Reid, Daschle feud erupts  —  Simmering tensions between Harry Reid and Tom Daschle are erupting into an all-out feud.  —  Daschle is expressing frustration with the Senate majority leader (D-Nev.) for refusing to endorse Rick Weiland, a former Daschle aide who is running for the South Dakota seat held …

The Modern Campus Cannot Comprehend Evil  —  Paglia is the author of Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars.  —  Young women today do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature  —  The disappearance of University …

Lawyer Suing To Save A GOP Senate Seat Bungles His Case, Leaves His Client At Home  —  Thomas Haney, a lawyer suing the Kansas Democratic Party in a suit that could save Sen. Pat Roberts' (R-KS) uphill bid for reelection, showed up to court on Monday missing a crucial element of his case — his client.

Obama Betrays the Kurds  —  In his speech to the United Nations last week, President Obama pledged to the world that the United States would use its might to stop the horrific depredations of the terrorist movement variously known as the Islamic State, ISIS, or, as he calls it, ISIL.