Hearings floated as Hill Republicans seize on Gruber Obamacare comments  —  Congressional Republicans seized Wednesday on controversial comments made by a former health-care consultant to the Obama administration, with one leading House conservative suggesting that hearings could be called …

Harry Reid wants Warren in Senate leadership  —  Senate Democrats want to enlist a progressive firebrand as a member of their leadership: Elizabeth Warren.  —  The incoming Senate minority leader, Harry Reid, is engaged in private talks with the Massachusetts freshman to create …

Source: Obama to announce 10-point immigration plan via exec action as early as next week  —  EXCLUSIVE: President Obama is planning to unveil a 10-part plan for overhauling U.S. immigration policy via executive action — including suspending deportations for millions — as early as next Friday …

Anti-Military Anthem Played at ‘Concert for Valor’  —  Who would have thought that that Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, and Zac Brown, accomplished musicians all, would be so, well, tone-deaf?  But how else to explain their choice of song—Creedence Clearwater's famously anti-war anthem …

Something Funny Happened In Iowa, And It May Hurt Democrats In 2016  —  Republican Sen.-elect Joni Ernst easily won her race in Iowa last Tuesday, beating Democrat Bruce Braley by 8.5 percentage points.  Her victory wasn't shocking, but its size was (to everyone except pollster Ann Selzer, that is).

Fox News reevaluating Huckabee amid report of possible 2016 bid  —  Fox News is reevaluating Mike Huckabee's status with the network following a new report that he is eyeing a 2016 presidential bid.  —  “We are taking a serious look at Governor Huckabee's recent activity in the political arena and are evaluating his current status.

Justices Hear Challenge to Alabama Redistricting  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with the role race may play in drawing legislative maps.  —  The issue was an old one, but the case had a novel twist: Wednesday's challenge came from black and Democratic lawmakers …

Which Word Should Be Banned in 2015?  —  If you hear that word one more time, you will definitely cringe.  You may exhale pointedly.  And you might even seek out the nearest the pair of chopsticks and thrust them through your own eardrums like straws through plastic lids.  What word is this?

Don't Soul-Search.  Stiffen Your Backbone.  —  It's a time-honored tradition.  —  After months of covering the midterm elections through a prism of polls and tactics, pundits will shift their focus to the defeated party's so-called season of “soul-searching.”  —  As a Democrat, I'm disappointed in last Tuesday's results.

Eric Cantor's Secrets for Negotiating with Joe Biden  —  “The Guy's Awesome”  —  Last week's Republican victories may have had the paradoxical effect of increasing the influence of the consummate Congressional Democrat, Joe Biden.  GOP leaders looking to show they can get things done …

Internal Memos Detail Davis Campaign Dysfunction … Feb. 11 Letter From Prism Communications Jan. 6 Memo About Davis Campaign Disarray  —  Consultants for Democrat Wendy Davis warned her campaign months ago that the Fort Worth senator was headed for a humiliating defeat in the Texas governor's race unless …

Missouri KKK Leader: Ferguson Protests Are Boosting Recruitment [UPDATED]  —  Frank Ancona (center), the head of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, says his group is ready to protect citizens from violent Ferguson protesters.  —  The head of Missouri's most visible KKK group claims …

Federal judge strikes down state's gay marriage ban, stays ruling until Nov. 20  —  Colleen Condon (right) and her partner, Nichols Bleckley, arrived to apply for a marriage license in Charleston County exactly one month ago.  (Brad Nettles/Staff)  —  A federal judge ruled Wednesday morning …

Georgia Mayor Bans Abortion Clinics To Keep Out ‘Drama’  —  The town council in Rossville, Ga. on Monday voted to ban abortion clinics because the mayor was worried about the “drama” one would bring to the city, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Maryland school district to strip references to religious holidays on school calendars  —  Muslims in Montgomery County, Md. gather outside a meeting of the county's school board to demand that the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Ahad receive recognition as an official religious holiday off from school.