Obama uses his tax proposal to taunt the GOP  —  Let's imagine you were a Democratic president who just lost control of Congress to the Republicans, and you wanted to make it really, really clear that you are not serious about governing.  What would you do?

Ben Carson reminds C-SPAN on MLK Day: Don't forget that Obama is ‘half white’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Potential Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson argued on Monday that President Barack Obama might not have ruined the opportunity to elect future black presidents …

Bobby Jindal doubles down on ‘no-go zone’ comments, even as Fox News backs off similar statements  —  Gov. Bobby Jindal was interviewed by a CNN reporter about controversial comments he made about Muslim “no-go zones” in Europe.  —  Gov. Bobby Jindal continued to claim Muslim “no-go zones” …

Pope: Catholics need not breed ‘like rabbits’  —  Pope Francis, after a visit to the largest Catholic nation in Asia, says Catholics may have a moral responsibility to limit the number of their children and need not reproduce “like rabbits.”  —  But the pope also reaffirmed the church's ban …

Duckworth says she's considering Senate bid against Kirk  —  Rep. Tammy Duckworth ended a political guessing game Monday by making it official that she is exploring a challenge to Sen. Mark Kirk in 2016.  —  Duckworth, a Democrat from Hoffman Estates, told the Tribune she is considering …

Puzzling Death of a Prosecutor Grips Argentina  —  BUENOS AIRES — Police sentries guarded the federal prosecutor's luxury high-rise building.  His door on the 13th floor had been locked from the inside, and a gun with a spent cartridge was found on the floor near his body.  There was no suicide note.

GOP finds its secret weapon  —  Republicans believe they have identified a potent weapon in their fight against President Obama's regulatory agenda.  —  GOP lawmakers plan to employ the seldom-used Congressional Review Act (CRA), which gives lawmakers the power to formally disapprove of major agency rules …

1 confirmed dead, 1 injured in I-75 overpass collapse … A construction worker was killed late Monday after a bridge collapse near Hopple Street on southbound Interstate 75.  —  The part of the bridge that collapsed was part of the old northbound off-ramp to Hopple Street and was undergoing demolition …

Obama Will Focus on Wealth Inequality—Not Just Income  —  The president's plan to raise capital gains taxes brings a long-standing economic issue back to the limelight.  —  When President Obama addresses the nation in the State of the Union address on Tuesday, he is likely to boast …

Why Obama Can't Say ‘Radical Islam’  —  Following the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris this month, White House spokesman Josh Earnest briefly became an Islamic theologian.  At issue was why U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, unlike the leadership of France, wouldn't describe the murderers as adherents to “radical Islam.”