House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi …

Officials make preparations for Ferguson grand jury decision  —  (Reuters) - Prosecutors made preparations to announce the eventual decision by a grand jury on whether to charge a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager and some local schools said on Friday they would close next week in anticipation of unrest.

House Republicans Sue Obama Administration Over Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans filed a long-threatened lawsuit Friday against the Obama administration over unilateral actions on the health care law that they say are abuses of the president's executive authority.

Rand Paul Likens Obama Exec Action To Japanese Internment Camp Order  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) likened President Barack Obama's decision to take executive action on immigration to then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order authorizing putting Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II.

GOP bill would defund immigration order  —  Reps. Ted Poe (R-Texas) and Diane Black (R-Tenn.) have introduced legislation to prohibit funding to implement President Obama's executive action on immigration.  —  Their bill, titled The Separation of Powers Act, would block the use of funds …

Reid Is Unapologetic as Aide Steps on Toes, Even the President's  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama called Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, to broach a particularly delicate subject.  It was during last year's government shutdown and standoff with Republicans, but Mr. Obama's frustration focused on one of their own.

Torture Report Fight Erupts In Chaos  —  WASHINGTON — Before White House chief of staff Denis McDonough came to brief Senate Democrats on Thursday afternoon, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had a little pep talk with his flock.  Every Tuesday, during the weekly caucus lunches, he said, you all gripe and moan about the White House.

Officer's Errant Shot Kills Unarmed Brooklyn Man  —  Two police officers prepared to enter the pitch-black eighth-floor stairwell of a building in a Brooklyn housing project, one of them with his sidearm drawn.  At the same time, a man and his girlfriend, frustrated by a long wait for an elevator …

Bill Cosby loses Las Vegas show after sex assault claims  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Bill Cosby and a Las Vegas casino on Friday called off a show scheduled for next week, in another blow to his career after several women publicly alleged the entertainer sexually assaulted them decades ago.

It is interesting that Obama cites Scripture as the justification for him taking unilateral action on illegal immigrants.  —  Funny how, for the first six years of his Administration, even the two years when he had unstoppable majorities in both houses, Scripture did not compel immediate action.

Louie Gohmert Claims Obama And ‘Liberal Attack People’ Want Violence And Mayhem  —  In an interview yesterday with Dan Cofall, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, accused President Obama of using immigration and the Ferguson case to provoke violence.  —  When Cofall asked Gohmert about Sen. Tom Coburn's claim …

Hillary Clinton still giving paid speeches  —  Hillary Clinton is set to give a paid speech at a women's conference in Silicon Valley in February, an appearance that indicates her time on the speaking circuit is not yet coming to an end with a likely presidential campaign looming.

The Election Map Alone Doesn't Explain The 2014 Republican Wave  —  Throughout the 2014 campaign, we kept hearing that Republicans were going to do well because of the “map.”  To take back the Senate, all they had to do was win seats in six states (Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana …

The Democrats' Immigration Problem  —  SAN DIEGO — PRESIDENT OBAMA'S executive order eliminating the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants is good policy.  It is the right thing to do.  But it is a dangerous move for the Democratic Party.