A Note from Jeb Bush  —  Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!  —  Like many of you, our family was blessed with the opportunity to gather together over the recent Thanksgiving holiday.  —  Columba and I are so proud of the wonderful adults our children have become, and we loved spending time with our three precious grandchildren.

'Oh God It's Mom': Brother Operatives Get Surprise C-SPAN Caller  —  C-SPAN guests usually go on prepared for the occasional offensive question from a caller but when Dallas and Brad Woodhouse went on to Washington Journal Tuesday they got something different: a call from their mother.

District court declares Obama immigration action unconstitutional  —  Earlier Tuesday, a federal court in Pennsylvania declared aspects of President Obama's executive actions on immigration policy unconstitutional.  —  According to the opinion by Judge Arthur Schwab, the president's policy goes …

Pakistani Taliban Attack on Peshawar School Leaves 145 Dead  —  Aftermath of School Attack in Pakistan Aftermath of School Attack in Pakistan  —  The scene on Tuesday in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan after more than 100 people were killed in a Taliban attack on a school.  —  Video by Quynhanh Do on

Sorry, Putin.  Russia's economy is doomed  —  (Alexey Druzhinin/Ria Novosti/Kremin pool)  —  A funny thing happened on the way to Vladimir Putin running strategic laps around the West.  Russia's economy imploded.  —  The latest news is that Russia's central bank raised interest rates …

Ted Cruz reignites GOP civil war  —  Republican senators pounded Ted Cruz over the weekend, lashing him for his procedural tactics and ultimately voting in large numbers against his immigration gambit.  —  Now, Cruz's allies off Capitol Hill are looking for revenge.  —  Story Continued Below

EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag's Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up  —  In an exclusive Observer interview, Mohammed Islam, said to have investment returns of $72 million as a hs senior, admits he invented the whole story  —  Damir Tulemaganbetov and Mohammed Islam (r) in the office of 5WPR …

Congress quietly ends federal government's ban on medical marijuana  —  Tucked deep inside the 1,603-page federal spending measure is a provision that effectively ends the federal government's prohibition on medical marijuana and signals a major shift in drug policy.

“Witness 40”: Exposing A Fraud In Ferguson  —  TSG probe unmasks grand jury witness who spun fabricated tale  —  The grand jury witness who testified that she saw Michael Brown pummel a cop before charging at him “like a football player, head down,” is a troubled, bipolar Missouri woman …

EXCLUSIVE: 'I was only 18 when Bill Cosby drugged me.  I woke up naked; he was licking my toes.' Comedian faces new claim he committed sex attack at the Playboy Mansion just SIX years ago on woman who has contacted police  — Chloe Goins, 24, has told MailOnline she was introduced …

No Exam Delay for Oberlin Students ‘Traumatized’ By Grand Jury Decisions  —  Last week, Robby wrote here about how “students are so coddled by the feelings-protection regime at university campuses that they now believe disheartening national news developments—such as the grand jury decisions …

Campus turns on Muslim conservative who penned satire  —  Of all the notes Omar Mahmoud said were affixed to his campus apartment, the one on the right is one of the tamest.  —  A Muslim conservative who took on political correctness at his college campus found out just how angry the very folks he was lampooning can get.

Phi Delta Theta holiday photo sparks controversy  —  THIS  —  Following national conversations on race relations, Penn students were confronted with the issue on campus in the form of a holiday card.  —  On Sunday night, a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity posted what became a controversial Christmas photo on Facebook.

John Yoo: If the Torture Report Is True, CIA Officers Are at Legal Risk  —  A surprising admission by an attorney who was instrumental in enabling the Bush Administration's brutal interrogation practices  —  The debate over the CIA interrogation program pits critics who insist illegal torture took place …