Charlie Hebdo Office Hit in Terror Attack; 12 Dead  —  PARIS — Masked gunmen burst into the Paris offices of a French satirical newspaper on Wednesday and killed 12 people, including top journalists and two police officers, before fleeing in a car.  The gunmen were still at large at dusk …

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.

Sen. Warren Blasts GOP Social Security Scheme  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is outraged by House Republicans' move to block a routine Social Security budgeting move to use as a bargaining chip in future entitlement reform negotiations.  —  On social media platforms Warren, in very clear terms …

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.

Exclusive: Reid to tap former sergeant-at-arms as chief of staff  —  Drew Willison will replace David Krone, whose departure has been expected in Senate circles for months.  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid plans to shake up his senior staff with the selection of the chamber's former …

Rove: Common Core is Jeb's ‘biggest challenge’  —  Karl Rove says Jeb Bush's support for Common Core education standards will be the biggest obstacle he faces as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination.  —  “Common Core is, I think, the biggest challenge he faces,” Rove said Tuesday on the Fox News show “America's Newsroom.”

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.

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 …

1795 time capsule opened, centuries after Revere and Adams buried it  —  Time capsule buried by Paul Revere contains ... 01:16  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)More than 200 years after Samuel Adams and Paul Revere first buried it in Boston, it took an hour to remove all the objects crammed inside a tiny time capsule.

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.