White House hits TV networks for skipping immigration address  —  The White House is exasperated with the major broadcast networks - ABC, CBS and NBC — for skipping out on President Barack Obama's Thursday primetime address on his executive actions on immigration.

Obama sets off on scorched-earth rampage  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION: … President Obama, fresh off a shellacking in the 2014 midterm elections — in which he made himself a centerpiece, much to the chagrin of embattled Democrats — is about to embark on a scorched-earth rampage that will change the face of America forever.

GOP senator warns of violence after immigration order  —  WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn warns there could be not only a political firestorm but acts of civil disobedience and even violence in reaction to President Obama's executive order on immigration Thursday.

3 Wounded, Suspected Gunman Dead After Shooting on Florida State University Campus  —  Three people were wounded in a shooting on Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee, police said, with the suspected gunman shot and killed by officers.  —  The shooting happened early this morning at the university's Stozier Library.

Scott Walker plots 2016 rollout  —  The Wisconsin governor is putting together the pieces of a campaign.  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, pivoting from his bigger-than-expected reelection win this month, is taking active steps toward a presidential campaign that would launch next summer …

The Solid South Will Rise Again  —  Democrats have abandoned Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, who is in a tough runoff election.  (Tough is the mild way of putting it.  Polls show her down by double digits to her Republican opponent.)  —  Not only has the Democratic Party pulled …

Jim Webb launches 2016 committee  —  Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb became the first well-known Democrat to launch an exploratory committee to run for president on Wednesday night, saying the nation is at a “serious crossroads.”  —  “I have decided to launch an Exploratory Committee …

Obama Is About to Commit an Act of Constitutional Infamy  —  The president will present his case on behalf of his forthcoming executive order on amnesty tomorrow at 8 p.m. I certainly hope President Obama addresses the arguments against his action that were repeatedly and passionately made by ... President Obama.

The Cosby Show  —  Declining to seriously reckon with the rape allegations against him is reckless.  And I was once reckless.  —  On Monday, 66-year old Joan Tarshis accused Bill Cosby of raping her.  Tarshis says the attack took place in 1969, when she was 19 and working as comedy writer:

GOP Governors Mostly Hostile on Obama Immigration Executive Action … Potential Republican presidential candidates at the Republican Governors Association annual conference gave very different responses to the president's decision to announce major executive action on immigration reform Thursday.

Bachmann: Obama turning ‘illiterate’ immigrants into Democratic voters  —  In a sign of the difficulties GOP leaders face in keeping their unruly caucus on-message, retiring tea party firebrand Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Wednesday that the immigrants given new protections by the president …

At Long Last, Immigration Action  —  President Obama says he will speak to the nation on Thursday night about making major changes to immigration policy, including shielding several million unauthorized immigrants from deportation.  He intends to do this under executive authority, because he has given up waiting for Congress to act.

Entertainment Icon Mike Nichols Has Died at Age 83  —  Mike Nichols, the entertainment icon and husband of ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer, died suddenly Wednesday at the age of 83.  —  Nichols' death was announced in a statement by ABC News President James Goldston.

Chris Christie Is Back  —  Credit: Tobias Hutzler for The New York Times  —  “If I fix this, you have to start the story with it,” Chris Christie told me, yanking the string of the venetian blind in the diner window.  We were eating a late lunch at a place called Howley's …

White House: Obama wears GOP criticism as ‘a badge of honor’  —  President Obama wears criticism of his immigration executive action “with a badge of honor,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said on the eve of the announcement of reform plans.  —  “We've heard this kind of rhetoric …

Americans of All Stripes Agree: The System Is Stacked Against Them  —  At last, we have an important question upon which a majority of Americans—regardless of race, political persuasion or walk of life—agree.  —  Are the country's economic and political systems stacked against people like you?

Parent Wants Teacher To Stop Wearing Star Of David Necklace, School District Still Allows It  —  Two students in Enola, Pennsylvania, have issued complaints about a necklace worn by their teacher.  —  In 1949, Act 14 (Sect.  1112) prohibited public school teachers from showing any kind of religious symbol or imagery in the classroom.