No one has understood Valerie Jarrett's role, until now  —  Even at this late date in the Obama presidency, there is no surer way to elicit paranoid whispers or armchair psychoanalysis from Democrats than to mention the name Valerie Jarrett.  Party operatives, administration officials …

OBAMA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINEE LORETTA LYNCH REPRESENTED CLINTONS DURING WHITEWATER (CORRECTED)  —  New York federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch, the new nominee for attorney general, has a career filled with high profile cases — and she was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe.

As MSNBC's Ratings Sink, CNN's Stelter, Dan Rather Debate Future of Liberal TV  —  Former CBS News anchor and now roaming elder statesmen Dan Rather and former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan debated the future and viability of liberal news in the wake of MSNBC's sinking ratings …

Post-Election, Obama Says The Blame Is on Him  —  WASHINGTON — Just days after his party was routed in the midterm elections, President Obama said that he and his White House team had not succeeded in effectively selling the benefits of his policies to the American people, calling it a …

Berlin Wall: Thousands of balloons released to mark fall  —  Some 8,000 helium balloons have been released into the night sky over Germany's capital at the culmination of events to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.  —  Earlier, Chancellor Angela Merkel said the fall …

Left struggled to move voters with Koch attacks and other big-money messages  —  One clear lesson emerged from last week's midterms: running against big money in politics is hard to do.  —  Democrats and their allies made the topic one of their central lines of attack this year …

Link Shows How Lobby Firm Cultivates Influence  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi of Florida, after taking a free ride on a chartered jet last year to a resort island far from her home state, made an unusual offer to one of the corporate lawyers from Washington who helped foot the bill …

Sheldon Adelson Challenges Haim Saban to Team Up and Buy The New York Times  —  In a spirited public discussion between two of America's richest men and largest political donors, at the IAC conference in Washington DC, multi-billionaire Sheldon Adelson openly challenged his more left-leaning counterpart …

Mom Says Spirit Of Former Marine Could Have Possessed Her Young Son's Body  —  A Virginia Beach mother says she is concerned for her son and believes that he may be possessed by the ghost of a Marine that died in a terrorist attack.  —  Michelle Lucas says her four-year-old son Andrew constantly talks …

Pope Demotes Outspoken Conservative Cardinal  —  Pope Francis has officially demoted Cardinal Raymond Burke, a prominent American Cardinal who has been highly critical of the pontiff's increasingly progressive tone when discussing issues such as homosexuality and abortion.

The Facebook Election  —  At some point in the next two years, the pollsters and ad makers who steer American presidential campaigns will be stumped: The nightly tracking polls are showing a dramatic swing in the opinions of the electorate, but neither of two typical factors — huge news or a major advertising buy — can explain it.

Fox Host Calls On Fox To Drop 2016 Candidates From Payroll (VIDEO)  —  Fox News' host Howard Kurtz on Sunday urged the network to drop contributors if they are considering a run for office.  —  Fox dropped Dr. Ben Carson as a contributor, which Kurtz said was a good call.