EXCLUSIVE: FBI says John Boehner's West Chester bartender planned to poison him  —  Feds: Man said he was Jesus, Boehner was the devil  —  DEER PARK, Ohio - Ebola, evil voices and the devil.  —  Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons …

Representative Randy Weber Issues Statement on Paris Tweet  —  Washington, D.C. - Representative Randy Weber (R-Friendswood) released the following statement in reference to a tweet sent out last night:  —  “I need to first apologize to all those offended by my tweet.

Why Romney Wants to Run  —  He genuinely believes the third time could be the charm.  —  When Jeb Bush formed his leadership PAC, he said he wanted it to encourage other like-minded candidates.  It worked.  He encouraged Mitt Romney.  The two-time presidential candidate is now seriously considering another run.

Senate to vote on whether climate change is happening  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he will allow the Senate to vote on an amendment asking if they agree that climate change is impacting the planet.  —  At his weekly press briefing, McConnell said …

How Reince Priebus Reinvented The Political Party  —  In 1972, the year Reince Priebus was born, the political writer David Broder published The Party's Over.  Since then, political writers, me included, have been declaring the death of political parties nonstop.

Lawyer Thanks Don Lemon: Your ‘Racist Dumb-Ass Question’ Made Me Famous  —  Muslim human rights lawyer Arsalan Iftikhar, who was recently asked by CNN anchor Don Lemon whether he supported the Islamic State terrorist group, published an ironic open letter on Monday thanking Lemon for the “patently offensive racist dumb-ass question.”

France's First Free-Speech Challenge After Charlie Hebdo  —  Provocateur and “comedian” Dieudonné could face charges after posting a controversial statement on his Facebook account.  —  Dieudonné (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)  —  Even before last week's horrific events …

Elizabeth Warren, in the Future Tense, Says ‘No’ to 2016 White House Bid  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren has now rejected a 2016 presidential campaign in both the present and future tenses.  —  The Massachusetts Democrat has for months gently patted away questions about her presidential ambitions …

Scalise voted against apology for slavery  —  Six years before he spoke to a white supremacist group, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) voted as a state lawmaker against a resolution apologizing for slavery, according to a 1996 article from the Times-Picayune.

Prokhorov Exploring Sale of Brooklyn Nets  —  The Brooklyn Nets are for sale.  —  Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov retained Evercore Partners to sell the National Basketball Association team he bought in 2010, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

‘Unhappy’ Ann Curry finally leaves NBC  —  Ann Curry's tearful exit from “Today” opposite Matt Lauer.  —  Ann Curry is finally leaving NBC over two and a half years after her excruciating departure from “Today,” Page Six can exclusively reveal.  —  NBC is expected to imminently announce …

Romney Face Tattoo Guy Says He's Not Supporting Romney In 2016  —  “You are waiting for him to shoot himself in the foot.  It's going to look real good and then — bam something else — he screws it up,” Eric Hartsburg said in an interview with BuzzFeed News.  —  Eric Hartsburg Facebook

White House: Obama Will Fight Media To Stop Anti-Jihad Articles  —  President Barack Obama has a moral responsibility to push back on the nation's journalism community when it is planning to publish anti-jihadi articles that might cause a jihadi attack against the nation's defenses forces, the White House's press secretary said Jan. 12.

DC Metro passenger killed in smoke incident  —  A passenger on the Washington, D.C., Metrorail subway system was killed on Monday in an incident involving heavy smoke in a train tunnel.  —  A train on Metro's Yellow Line that was heading toward northern Virginia was filled with smoke …

Huckabee slams Obama for letting daughters listen to Beyoncé  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has accused President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, of double standards in parenting, saying in an interview published Tuesday that the first family shelters …

Pelosi to name first Muslim lawmaker to House intelligence committee  —  Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced in a closed-door meeting Tuesday she would name the first Muslim lawmaker to the House's Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.  —  A senior Democratic aide said Rep. André Carson …

Conservative Revolt Splits House GOP Group  —  Key members of the RSC plan on starting a competing organization that they see as a real conservative caucus.  —  House conservatives are plotting a mass exodus from the Republican Study Committee as soon as next week over simmering dissatisfaction with the group's direction.

God, Gays and the Atlanta Fire Department  —  Until last week, Kelvin Cochran was the chief of the Atlanta fire department, where he oversaw a work force of more than 1,000 firefighters and staff.  —  Mr. Cochran, a veteran firefighter, is also a deeply religious man, and he was eager …

What It's Like Living in the Coldest Town on Earth  —  It got down to -24 degrees Fahrenheit in Oymyakon, Russia, over the weekend.  As frigid as that seems, it's typical for this town, long known as the coldest inhabited place on Earth.  If that kind of number is hard to wrap your brain around …

Opponents Of LGBT Protections Forged Signatures Or Everyone In Houston Has The Same Handwriting  —  Next week, a judge will begin hearing arguments over the validity of conservatives' petition seeking to overturn Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), a law that would protect LGBT people …