CNN poll: Voters are angry  —  Washington (CNN) — Nearly 7 in 10 Americans are angry at the direction the country is headed and 53% of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama's job performance, two troubling signs for Democrats one week before the midterm elections, a new CNN/ORC International Poll shows.

House Dems fret debilitating losses  —  The political environment continues to deteriorate for House Democrats ahead of a midterm election that's certain to diminish their ranks.  —  With President Barack Obama's unpopularity hindering their candidates and Republican cash flooding …

Minimum wage working as issue for Dems  —  For Republicans this year, the minimum wage is the wedge issue from hell.  —  Even as Democrats lurch toward a potentially disastrous midterm election, support for raising the federal minimum wage is resonating with voters.

Warren vs. Clinton: Dems say ‘Why not?’  —  The Democratic field in 2016 has more than enough room for two women competing to be the nation's first female president, according to liberal activists.  —  They pour scorn on the notion that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), or any other woman …

Two Governors' Shifts on Ebola Are Criticized as Politics, Not Science  —  Shifting stances and a lack of clear standards from the governors of New York and New Jersey over their Ebola quarantine policy left critics and even some allies questioning on Monday whether the two men had fully worked through …

Rush Limbaugh: The GOP Ought To Quarantine Chris Christie  —  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh isn't impressed by the way New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) handled the involuntary quarantine of a nurse who arrived Friday in Newark after working in Sierra Leone.