Under Pressure, Cuomo Says Ebola Quarantines Can Be Spent at Home  —  Facing fierce resistance from the White House and medical experts to a strict new mandatory quarantine policy, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Sunday night that medical workers who had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa …

The Fast and Furious Cover-up, Hiding In Plain Sight  —  The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been trying to investigate the Fast and Furious scandal for years, but has been stymied by the Obama administration's stonewalling.  The House committee was willing to narrow …

The Bushes, Led by W., Rally to Make Jeb ‘45’  —  WASHINGTON — When Jeb Bush decides whether to run for president, there will be no family meeting à la Mitt Romney, no gathering at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport to go over the pros and cons.  “I don't think it'll be like a big internal straw poll,” said his son, Jeb Bush Jr.

“We are such losers”  —  Liberals yearn to believe in post-ideological blank slates — and get disappointed every time.  Will we ever learn?  —  That we are living through an endless repeat of the 1970s is becoming more apparent all the time.  Nostalgia and retro culture burn as brightly today …

Team of Bumblers?  —  Are Susan Rice and Chuck Hagel equal to today's new national-security challenges?  —  When President Obama, after months of equivocation over how to respond to the takeover of parts of Iraq and Syria by radical militants, announced in September that the United States would …

Watch: SNL Hits Every Obama Scandal While Ridiculing Ebola Response  —  The cast of “Saturday Night Live” mocked President Obama's response to the Ebola cases diagnosed in the U.S. during Saturday's cold open.  —  At the beginning of the skit, Obama explains that the Ebola response wasn't that bad, relatively speaking.

2014 National Geographic Photo Contest, Part II  —  National Geographic Magazine's annual photo contest, is nearing the deadline for entries this year—the final day will be October 31, 2014.  The Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic headquarters to participate in its annual photography seminar.

NBC News/Marist Polls Show Tight Contests in Key States - NBC News  —  Control of the U.S. Senate is coming down to the wire, with Democrats and Republicans locked in tight races in the key contests that will determine the major...

RCMP Update on the October 22, 2014, Terrorist Attack in Ottawa  —  The RCMP's investigation of the October 22, 2014, terrorist attack in Ottawa is advancing and has revealed a great deal about Zehaf-Bibeau's movements and actions prior to the attack.  —  The RCMP has identified persuasive evidence …

Cuba hasn't earned embargo's end  —  In October of 1960, the United States imposed an embargo on exports to Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products.  That was the beginning of a trade embargo that still endures and still inspires heated debate.

Officials say suspect in killings of California deputies was deported twice  —  The suspect alleged to have shot three northern California sheriff's deputies Friday, killing two, was deported twice and has a criminal record, federal officials said late Saturday.