The reinvention of Mitt Romney  —  Former Obama campaign aides mock their 2012 opponent's new anti-poverty crusade.  —  Mitt Romney, sudden champion of Americans trying to make ends meet — it's coming off to progressives and veterans of Obama's winning re-election campaign as a little too rich.

GOP pounces on Obama's tax plan  —  Republicans pounced on President Obama's tax plan that he will unveil during Tuesday's State of the Union Address as little more than a partisan stunt with virtually no chance of passing in the GOP-controlled Congress.  —  A senior White House officials …

Not Just A Movie  —  WASHINGTON — I WENT Friday morning to see “Selma” and found myself watching it in a theater full of black teenagers.  —  Thanks to donations, D.C. public school kids got free tickets to the first Hollywood movie about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday weekend …

Odd Byproduct of Legal Marijuana: Homes That Blow Up  —  DENVER — When Colorado legalized marijuana two years ago, nobody was quite ready for the problem of exploding houses.  —  But that is exactly what firefighters, courts and lawmakers across the state are confronting these days …

Police In St. Louis County Admit They Beat Up The Wrong Young Black Man  —  Police in St. Louis County, MO are apologizing for beating up and handcuffing a 22-year-old student who they mistook for a suspect in a car chase Thursday afternoon.  But the college junior, Joseph Swink …

Supreme Court agrees to take on same-sex marriage issue  —  Newlyweds Jeff Delmay and Todd Delmay hug during a marriage ceremony in a Miami courtroom on Monday, January 5.  Florida began allowing same-sex marriages after a judge — following similar rulings across the nation — struck down the state's old law banning such unions.

Elizabeth Warren keeps pressure on Hillary Clinton and Democrats ahead of 2016  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren has an explanation for the singular nature of her power.  —  “I'll always be an outsider.  That's how I understand the world,” the Massachusetts Democrat said in an interview.

NSA Preps America for Future Battle  —  The NSA's mass surveillance is just the beginning.  Documents from Edward Snowden show that the intelligence agency is arming America for future digital wars — a struggle for control of the Internet that is already well underway.

More than half of US public school students live in poverty, report finds  —  Problem is growing, especially among children, as report finds the majority of public school students in nearly half of US states live in poverty  —  Want to know the real state of the US economy?