SCOTUS could roil the GOP: How new threat to Obamacare may backfire on the right  —  Republicans could finally realize their dream of seeing Obamacare eviscerated — and they may not like the outcome  —  On Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in King v. Burwell …

Glenn Beck Reveals the Life-Changing ‘Pivot Point’ He Has Kept Hidden From Almost Everyone for Five Years  —  Glenn Beck on Monday revealed the true extent of his health issues, saying he can no longer keep what has happened a secret from his friends, his staff or audience, whom he considers to be his family.

Gum-chewing, limo-eschewing Obama riles some Chinese  —  People in China took to the internet to criticize President Obama for getting caught on camera chewing gum as he arrived at an economic summit in Beijing.  Some also took offense to his method of transportation.  VPC

Republicans Vow to Fight E.P.A. and Approve Keystone Pipeline  —  WASHINGTON — The new Republican Congress is headed for a clash with the White House over two ambitious Environmental Protection Agency regulations that are the heart of President Obama's climate change agenda.

Bad Decisions Came Back to Haunt Democrats in Midterms  —  Americans reeling from the economy still resent the policy choices that President Obama and congressional Democrats made early on.  —  Democrats are now sifting through the rubble of what was their party on election night …

Local Officials Encourage Police To Seize Cars, Flatscreen TVs, And Computers From Civilians  —  Those who watch Last Week Tonight With John Oliver know what it means to be the subject of a civil forfeiture.  As Oliver described it, “It's really legalized robbery by law enforcement.”

Red-state Democrats rise in Senate  —  The Republican takeover is empowering senators like Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp.  —  Republicans are about to take over the Senate, but another group is on the rise, too: red-state Democrats.  —  Red staters and other moderates …

Tad Devine signs on to work with Bernie Sanders on potential 2016 run  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has spent months fishing for a strategist to guide his potential 2016 presidential campaign.  On Monday, he hooked a big one: Tad Devine, one of the Democratic Party's leading consultants …

Nearly half of Americans will now live in states under total GOP control  —  Republicans had a very good Nov. 4; this much we know.  —  But merely looking at the GOP's likely nine-seat gain the Senate and its double-digit gains in the House doesn't really do its wave justice.

Can a Teacher Be Too Dedicated?  —  How much is too much?  Charter schools are trying to stem burnout and high teacher turnover with work-life balance policies.  —  James Cavanagh is 22 years old, fresh out of the University of Delaware.  With his degree in elementary education …

It's Official: Mormon Founder Had Up to 40 Wives  —  Mormon leaders have acknowledged for the first time that the church's founder and prophet, Joseph Smith, portrayed in church materials as a loyal partner to his loving spouse Emma, took as many as 40 wives, some already married and one only 14 years old.

Connecticut Congresswoman?s Capitol Hill home broken into  —  WASHINGTON (WJLA) - What a week it was for Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut.  —  Last Tuesday, DeLauro was reelected to her 13th term in office.  Just 72 hours later, her Capitol Hill home was broken into.

Gun sales spike as Ferguson area braces for grand jury decision  —  Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — Lately, Dan McMullen has been bringing an extra gun to his office in Ferguson, Missouri.  —  McMullen runs Solo Insurance on West Florissant close to where looting and vandalism briefly broke …

The problem with Valerie Jarrett  —  Two things are guaranteed to inspire envy or hatred in Washington: access to the president and the power to turn that access into action.  The person who has both is guaranteed to face a torrent of criticism, deserved or not.  His or her role and value are negatively questioned.

Progressives Lost the Election, but Their Ideas Are Winning  —  Progressives, these days, are a gloomy bunch, and it's not just because of the outcomes of last week's election.  As they see it, there's much to be gloomy about: Poverty levels are stuck, they say, with little improvements made in recent decades.

Obama: Government Should Regulate Internet to Keep it Free  —  So President Obama has announced that the Internet should be regulated as a public utility.  He's asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) from “information services” …

Perry insists he's still at least six months away from a decision on 2016 run  —  MANCHESTER - He came to New Hampshire less than a week after the midterm election, looking like a presidential candidate with a schedule that would rival any presidential candidate's schedule - six stops in two days …