BOMBSHELL MEMO: Jeanne Shaheen Conspired With White House Insider On IRS Targeting Scandal  —  Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama's political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment …

Final Update: Republicans Have A 3 In 4 Chance Of Winning The Senate  —  After two months of forecasting, it comes down to this: Republicans are favored to win the Senate.  Their chances of doing so are 76 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight's Senate forecast, which is principally based …

Georgia Republican Secretary of State's voter info website abruptly crashes on Election Day  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Voters looking for their polling place information before work on Tuesday were out of luck in the state of Georgia.  The state's “My Voter Page” …

The Crystal Ball's Final 2014 Picks  —  Who we favor in all 507 of Tuesday's Senate, gubernatorial, and House races  —  If you're in Charlottesville tonight, please join the Crystal Ball team — Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley — for a free presentation on the 2014 midterms …

Former CBS News Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Claims Existence of Obama Enemies' List  —  “I kind of assume I'm on a list.  I don't think I'm the only one”  —  Sharyl Attkisson is an investigative journalist who became the story when she quit CBS News after two decades amid allegations …

Lena Dunham: ‘I Do Not Condone Any Kind of Abuse’  —  In an exclusive statement to TIME, the author addresses recent controversy over a passage in her book, Not That Kind of Girl, regarding her relationship with her younger sister  —  I am dismayed over the recent interpretation of events described in my book Not That Kind of Girl.

How Big a Night Will It Be for the GOP?  —  At this point, a seven-seat gain would seem the most likely outcome for Senate Republicans.  —  The odds of Republicans winning a Senate majority are obviously getting very high.  Indeed, it would be a real shocker if Democrats held the GOP …

Coach K: Obama Is a Bad Coach in the ISIS War  —  The legendary Duke coach said Obama is foolishly telling ISIS what the U.S. team will or won't do - a bad strategy in both war and basketball.  —  Barack Obama is a bad coach in the U.S. military war against ISIS, according …

Where did Obama go wrong?  —  The week after his reelection, President Obama was a man full of promise and promises: His job-approval rating stood at 54 percent, the 2010 tea party wave that had knocked his first term off balance appeared to have receded and he seemed as sober about the future as he was hopeful.

The Supreme Court Will Be a Disaster If a Justice Dies During a Republican Congress  —  On Friday, New York magazine's Jon Chait argued that the media has “wildly overstated the legislative importance of Republican Senate control” while at the same time understating its judicial importance.

The midterm minimum-wage mandate  —  For the national Democratic Party, there are only two possible outcomes in today's elections: bad and worse.  Even in the best-case scenario, Democrats will barely hang onto a narrow Senate majority that is virtually powerless in the face of Republican obstruction.

The Tectonic Plates of 2014  —  Several key structural factors will help keep in perspective what Tuesday's results say about the balance of power between the parties.  —  Candidates matter, campaigns matter, spending matters, and local quirks matter, too.

De Blasio Unveils New Plans for Troubled Schools in New York  —  In the packed auditorium of an East Harlem high school, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new approach to fixing New York City's most troubled public schools on Monday, offering them more money and staffing, extending the length of their day …

Utah Cops Exonerated For Shooting Darien Hunt Seven Times In The Back  —  Is it any wonder at all that the black community is angry?  —  Darien Hunt received the death penalty for the crime of carrying a toy sword, and his killers were absolved of any criminal wrongdoing after they shot him seven times as he fled.

Biden Blows Greg Orman's Cover: He ‘Will Be With Us’  —  Vice President Joe Biden blew Kansas independent Greg Orman's cover in a radio interview today.  Orman hasn't stated which party he'll caucus with in the Senate—actively avoiding announcing whether he'll be with Republicans or Democrats …

Burlington man eating Olive Garden every day, twice a day for seven weeks  —  BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Burlington man has used his “Never Ending Pasta Pass” from Olive Garden to eat 95 meals over the last six weeks.  —  Alan Martin bought it for $100 and he says he's gotten $1,510 worth of food so far.

Texas sees surge of disenfranchised voters  —  HOUSTON - A day before Texans go to the polls, an unusual group gathered for lunch at a Mexican restaurant not far from downtown: an unemployed African-American grandmother; a University of Houston student originally from Pennsylvania …

Virginia Beach, Newport News report voting machine calibration issues  —  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Department of Elections has confirmed Virginia Beach and Newport News have experienced technical difficulties with the calibration of some touch-screen voting machines …

Welcome to the most unrepresentative Senate election since World War II  —  With less than 24 hours to go before Election Day, confidence is growing that Republicans are poised to win enough of the battleground Senate races to take control of the upper chamber of Congress.

North Dakota Pro-Lifers: Don't Call Our Personhood Amendment a “Personhood Amendment”  —  How a ballot measure based on a Wikipedia article could change everything.  —  North Dakota is poised to become the first state in the country to recognize a fertilized egg as a person.