Obama's expected pick for Attorney General  —  Washington (CNN) — Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, is expected to be President Barack Obama's pick for Attorney General, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CNN.  —  An announcement is expected in the coming days …

Court to rule on health care subsidies  —  The Supreme Court, moving back into the abiding controversy over the new health care law, agreed early Friday afternoon to decide how far the federal government can extend its program of subsidies to buyers of health insurance.

Payrolls grow by 214K; jobless rate hits 6-year low  —  CNBC's Jim Cramer and David Faber share their thoughts on today's jobs data that saw nonfarm payrolls increase by 214,000.  —  The U.S. economy created 214,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department reported Friday …

Senate Democrats plan a legislative rush before power shifts to the GOP  —  Before ceding full control of Congress to the GOP in January, Senate Democrats are planning to rush a host of critical measures to President Obama's desk, including bills to revive dozens of expired tax breaks and avoid a government shutdown for another year.

McConnell: If Rand Paul runs for president, 'he'll be able to count on me'  —  LOUISVILLE — There were only two things Mitch McConnell didn't want to talk about Thursday — whether he will run for re-election in 2020 and his eventual legacy.  —  In his first one-on-one interview since …

Triumph of the Wrong  —  The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet midterms to men of understanding.  Or as I put it on the eve of another Republican Party sweep, politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.

Issa praises Sharyl Attkisson  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) had high praise for Sharyl Attkisson on Thursday evening and low praise for most others.  —  Speaking at a party celebrating Attkisson's new book “Stonewalled,” Issa said the former CBS News reporter never backs down.

Joni Ernst spokeswoman resigned after OWI arrest  —  Gretchen Hamel, a campaign spokeswoman for Joni Ernst's U.S. Senate campaign, was arrested on Oct. 29 for operating while intoxicated and resigned the morning after the incident.  —  West Des Moines police found Hamel passed out behind …

He says he wants to live a normal life.  But he can still taste the White House.  —  Certainly, Ryan has given his suitors some cause for optimism: the visits to early primary states, the discussions with GOP donors, the high-profile blitz to promote his book, The Way Forward, which reads in parts like a presidential manifesto.

Steal This Article  —  Late one evening in September, I opened my locker at the gym and was surprised to find my phone ringing.  I was about to become collateral damage in today's take-no-prisoners political culture.  —  BuzzFeed was reporting that the “jobs plan” of the Democratic nominee …

Mpls.  Mayor Flashes Gang Sign with Convicted Felon; Law Enforcement Outraged  —  5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has obtained a photo of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges posing with a convicted felon while flashing a known gang sign.  —  The man in the photo is a twice-convicted felon for drug selling …

Tanks cross from Russia, fighting kills five soldiers: Ukraine  —  2 hrs ago  —  Max DELANY with Nicolas MILETITCH in Donetsk  —  Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine said Friday that dozens of tanks and truckloads of soldiers had crossed from Russia into Kremlin-backed rebel territory …

Majority Continues to Support Pot Legalization in U.S.  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — A slim majority of Americans, 51%, favor legalizing the use of marijuana — similar to the 50% who supported it in 2011 and 2012, but down from a reading of 58% last year.

Sen. Mary Landrieu faces runoff alone  —  NEW ORLEANS — Mary Landrieu is on a solo mission to retain her Senate seat.  —  Democrats are scrapping a multimillion dollar ad buy, liberal groups aren't jumping in to help her campaign and national political staffers haven't moved down en masse to help get out the vote.