Hagel Said to Be Stepping Down as Defense Chief Under Pressure  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down under pressure, the first cabinet-level casualty of the collapse of President Obama's Democratic majority in the Senate and a beleaguered national security team …

Police: Woman Saying She's ‘Ready For Ferguson’ Shoots, Kills Self By Accident  —  St. Louis police were investigating an incident in which a woman waving a gun inside a vehicle and saying she was “ready for Ferguson” apparently shot herself in the head by accident, CNN reported Sunday.

Exclusive: Why TV anchors met secretly with Ferguson officer who shot Michael Brown  —  Practically every journalist covering the death of Michael Brown would like to interview Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed Brown.  —  In the pursuit of that interview …

Rand Paul Shows Early Strength in New Hampshire Poll  —  Republican Rand Paul is showing early strength for a possible 2016 presidential bid in the first primary state, where a Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm New Hampshire Poll shows him running slightly ahead of more established names.

Giving thanks for government  —  Raise your hand if you love big government — you know, intrusive, controlling high-tax big government.  —  Not you, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).  The only Socialist elected to Congress is excused from this caucus.  —  But seriously, every Republican …

Bigger Than Immigration  —  Don't let yourself get lost in the weeds.  Don't allow yourself to believe that opposition to President Obama's executive actions on immigration is only about that issue, the president's tactics, or his lack of obsequiousness to his detractors.

Mitch McConnell preps for 2016 battle  —  Facing a daunting map, Republicans are already plotting ways to hang onto their new Senate majority.  —  Mitch McConnell spent years charting the Republican path back to power — and now he's already plotting to make sure they don't lose it.

SNL skit suggests Obama's immigration executive action is unconstitutional  —  Last night, Saturday Night Live's “cold open” mocked President Obama's new executive action shielding 4 million illegal immigrants from the threat of immediate deportation.  To the tune of a “Schoolhouse Rock!” …

Transgender woman buried by family as a man at Idaho funeral  —  Jennifer Gable was buried as Geoffrey Gable by her family in Twin Falls, Idaho even though she had legally changed her name and had been living as a woman for the past several years.  'What her parents have done is just a horrible thing …