Paul Ryan Won't Run for President in 2016  —  In an interview with NBC News, the former VP nominee says he can make a “huge difference” as House Ways and Means Committee chairman instead.

25,000 attend German anti-Islam march, but counter-protests bigger  —  Dresden (Germany) (AFP) - A record 25,000 people joined an anti-Islamic march in Germany on Monday, claiming their stance was vindicated by last week's Paris jihadist attacks.  —  However, the impressive turnout was dwarfed …

HISTORY WILL BE VERY KIND  —  And if it's not, it will be for a highly ironic reason.  —  Photograph courtesy of the White House  —  Ten and a half years ago, at the Democratic convention in Boston, Barack Hussein Obama was introduced to America as a youthful, magnetic man who had burst suddenly …

Atty. Gen. Harris to announce U.S. Senate bid on Tuesday  —  California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will announce Tuesday that she is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer, according to a Harris advisor.  —  “She's not testing the waters.  She's charting the course.

Elizabeth Warren wins on Antonio Weiss nomination  —  Antonio Weiss pulls out of Treasury slot; will instead serve as counselor.  —  NEW YORK — Antonio Weiss, the Wall Street banker who President Barack Obama had picked to be the third-ranking official at the Treasury Department …

The time Obama walked in on a staffer who had a friend in bed  —  Reggie Love knows how to put the body in “bodyman.”  —  In a memoir due out in early February, Love recounts his years working for Barack Obama - in the Senate, on the 2008 campaign and in the White House.

It's always better to be candid than coy.  While I am humbled by the widespread encouragement of so many and hold in the highest esteem those who serve us in federal office, I know that my head and my heart, my young family's future, and our unfinished work all remain firmly in the State …

Not a Single Person Has Donated to Dick Morris's Anti-Hillary Super PAC  —  Sixteen months ago, to some fanfare, Dick Morris re-entered the anti-Clinton fray with a new PAC.  He launched Dick Morris's Just Say No to Hillary PAC, registering it from Tampa.  From time to time …

A Peaceful Disclosure - I Am Gay  —  I have read many stories of people who have “come out again” or accepted they are gay after some time in the ex-gay world.  Many of their stories are compelling and well-written.  But, sometimes I wish they would get to the point right off the bat.

Paris Terror Attack: White House Defends President Obama's No-Show at Rally … The White House is starting off the week on the defensive — pushing back against criticism that the U.S. was a no-show at a unity rally in Paris over the weekend, citing security concerns.

Philip Klein's Overcoming Obamacare  —  Let me start off with a full disclosure.  I enjoy Philip Klein's writing immensely.  While I disagree with him often, I've found him to be fair and reasonable.  So when he offered me the chance to read his new book, “Overcoming Obamacare”, I was excited to do so.

‘Our President Should Have Been There’  —  Cruz is the junior U.S. Senator for Texas.  —  We must never hesitate to stand with our allies.  We should never hesitate to speak the truth.  In Paris or anywhere else in the world.  —  On Sunday, leaders representing Europe, Israel, Africa …

James Risen, New York Times Reporter, Will Not Be Called to Testify in Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON — James Risen, a New York Times reporter, will not be called to testify at a leak trial, lawyers said Monday, ending a seven-year legal fight over whether he could be forced to identify his confidential sources.

Hollande asked Netanyahu not to attend Paris memorial march  —  Absence sought as part of attempt to keep Israeli-Palestinian conflict out of European show of unity; After Netanyahu insisted on coming, French made it clear Abbas would be invited as well.  —  French President Francois Hollande conveyed …

House Budget Chair Signals Big Social Security Reforms A-Coming  —  The new House Budget Committee chairman hinted Monday that he had big plans for Social Security reform in the next two years, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  —  A week after the House voted on a rule …

What Dallas's historically low murder rate can teach us about policing  —  Here at The Watch, we've praised Dallas Police Chief David Brown and his staff for the department's community-oriented approach to policing, openness and transparency about excessive force, its rejection of law enforcement …

I read the French far-right party's platform, and it gets one big thing absolutely right  —  In the wake of the massacre at Charlie Hebdo and a related attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris, it's natural to turn attention to Marine Le Pen and her National Front political party …