Terror Attack on Charlie Hebdo Newspaper in Paris Kills 12  —  PARIS — Masked gunmen with automatic weapons opened fire in the offices of a French satirical newspaper on Wednesday in Paris, the police said, killing 12 people and then escaping in a car.  —  President François Hollande …

Boehner takes revenge  —  Foes find themselves losing plum committee posts.  —  John Boehner is getting revenge.  —  He secured his third term as speaker Tuesday afternoon, losing 25 votes on the House floor to three relatively unknown members of the House Republican Conference.

House rule sets up election-year battle over Social Security  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Buried in new rules that will govern the House for the next two years is a provision that could force an explosive battle over Social Security's finances on the eve of the 2016 presidential election.

Exclusive: Bill Cosby Co-Star Tony Winner Phylicia Rashad Speaks Out for First Time, Defends Her Friend  —  EXCLUSIVE It was just happenstance: I ran into Tony winner Phylicia Rashad today at Paramount's super elegant lunch for the movie “Selma” at the Metropolitan Club.

McConnell promises dramatic change  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told colleagues on the first full day of the new Congress to expect a dramatic change from his predecessor, Democratic leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).  —  He pledged he would decentralize power in the Senate …

OK, So What Really Happened to Harry Reid?  —  We wrote here about Harry Reid's supposed close encounter with a piece of exercise equipment, which handed him in the hospital.  The equipment was later claimed by Reid's office to be an elastic exercise band.  This is how the accident allegedly happened:

Exclusive interview: Obama says cheap gas won't last  —  Washington - — President Barack Obama is warning Americans that cheap gas prices won't last indefinitely, and he's standing by his support of small, fuel-efficient vehicles.  —  “I would strongly advise American consumers to continue …

No Justice, No Police  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has been in office barely a year, and already forces of entropy are roaming the streets, turning their backs on the law, defying civil authority and trying to unravel the social fabric.  —  No, not squeegee-men or turnstile-jumpers.  We're talking about the cops.

In U.S., Uninsured Rate Sinks to 12.9%  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The uninsured rate among U.S. adults for the fourth quarter of 2014 averaged 12.9%.  This is down slightly from 13.4% in the third quarter of 2014 and down significantly from 17.1% a year ago.

Soaring Bond Prices May Sound an Economic Warning  —  The United States economy is accelerating, unemployment is falling and wages are even beginning to creep higher.  —  Yet a huge bond market with a strong track record for predicting economic problems is flashing a warning sign right now.

Legislative leaders put Pence White House bill on ice  —  Indiana's top legislative Republicans said Tuesday that a bill allowing Gov. Mike Pence to run for the White House and governor on the same ticket is unlikely to be approved this year.  —  Senate President Pro Tem David Long …

An Aging Europe in Decline  —  “I'VE fallen and I can't get up.”  —  These words, shouted by an elderly woman, were made famous in a medical alert device ad in the 1990s.  In 2015, they might be Europe's catchphrase.  —  As the United States economy slowly recovers …

Foreword: The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket  —  Abstract:  —  The 2013 Supreme Court Term provides an occasion to look beyond the Court's merits cases to the Court's shadow docket — a range of orders and summary decisions that defy its normal procedural regularity.