The Week Elizabeth Warren Decided to Run for President  —  Or may have decided.  We won't know for a few months whether the Massachusetts senator will challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, but if she chooses to run, we're going to look back at this week as a pivotal moment in Warren's decision-making.

Issa Subpoenas ObamaCare Architect Jonathan Gruber  —  Last night, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., subpoenaed ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber for all documents and communications with federal, state, or local government employees related …

Ex-CIA director defends rectal rehydration  —  Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden on Thursday defended revelations from Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats that the agency used rectal rehydration on detainees.  —  “These were medical procedures,” Hayden said during a tense interview on CNN's “The Lead with Jake Tapper.”

The full demise of Rolling Stone's rape story  —  Even as Rolling Stone's Nov. 19 story “A Rape on Campus” unraveled last week, the magazine claimed that writer Sabrina Rubin Erdely did her due diligence in investigating an alleged gang rape on Sept. 28, 2012, at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house …

Inside the Collapse of The New Republic  —  Last Friday morning, Chris Hughes, the owner of The New Republic, and Guy Vidra, the magazine's C.E.O., presided over a meeting at the publication's Penn Quarter offices in Washington, D.C. It had been a busy twenty-four hours: a day earlier …

Joe Biden: 'I'll Kill Your Son'  —  In a speech Wednesday, the vice president recalled a moment from childhood when he ‘smashed [the] head’ of local bully—and then threatened to kill him.  —  Vice President Joe Biden said he once chased down a bully on his bicycle, physically assaulted him …

Leaked Emails Suggest Maureen Dowd Promised To Show Sony Exec's Husband Column Before Publication  —  The end result: kudos at the studio and an email from Dowd after it published saying, “you're amazing.”  Update: Dowd says she didn't send an advance copy of the column.

Cop Shows Up At Penn Student's Room To Question Her About Activist Facebook Post  —  If only they were this diligent about investigating right-wing domestic terrorists.  —  Activists also report that the day after the town hall was held at Calvary United Methodist Church …

Michel du Cille, Post photojournalist who won Pulitzer three times, dies at 58 … Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photojournalist who was a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his dramatic images of human struggle and triumph, and who recently chronicled the plight of Ebola patients …

Dogs in Heaven?  Pope Francis Leaves Pearly Gate Open  —  Pope Francis has given hope to gays, unmarried couples and advocates of the Big Bang theory.  Now, he has endeared himself to dog lovers, animal rights activists and vegans.  —  Trying to console a distraught little boy whose dog had died …

School shooting reported in North Portland; at least two victims  —  At least two people were shot at Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland on Friday.  —  A Portland Fire and Rescue officials said three people were transported to the hospital.  Two of them are confirmed gunshot victims.

“Blow Me” Domain Registered To Republican Congressman  —  The website could have been registered by Farenthold, or possibly as a prank by someone not associated with the Texas conservative.  —  Whoisology.com / Via whoisology.com  —  The website Blow-me.org is registered to Republican Texas …

Torture Is Who We Are  —  A country, like a person, is what it does.  —  Torture, declared President Obama this week, in response to the newly released Senate report on CIA interrogation, is “contrary to who we are.”  Maine Senator Angus King added that, “This is not America.  This is not who we are.”

Conservatives rage against the machine  —  Opponents of Obama's immigration action hoped the GOP would use budget to push back harder on issue  —  Conservatives began the lame-duck session enraged over President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration and hell-bent on unraveling …

Nonemployed: The Vanishing Male Worker: How America Fell Behind  —  The Vanishing Male Worker: How America Fell Behind  —  Many men aged 25 to 54 have decided that low-wage jobs will not improve their lives.  Their absence from the work force has consequences for the nation.