Eurozone braced for ‘catastrophe’ as Greek PM concedes defeat in crucial election with radical left-wing anti-austerity party on brink of historic victory  —  An anti-austerity party is on the brink of a landmark election victory in Greece as critics claim it could haul the country out of the Eurozone and leave it bankrupt.

GOP clown car runs into ditch  —  Simon says the Republican Party's clown car has become a clown van.  —  DES MOINES — The Republican Party's clown car has become a clown van.  —  With nearly two dozen possible presidential candidates, the GOP is having a seriousness deficit.

Unhinged Woman Climbs Onstage At Iowa Freedom Summit, Starts Rambling Incoherently  —  At the “Iowa Freedom Summit,” Sarah Palin delivered a one of her strangest speeches yet and even Scott Conroy from RealClearPolitics, described it as the “strangest speech I've ever seen Sarah Palin deliver.”

Denis McDonough's slip of the tongue  —  White House chief of staff Denis McDonough suffered a slip of the tongue Sunday when he offered the first name of an American woman held hostage by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.  —  In an interview with host George Stephanopoulos on ABC's …

Fox news anchor blasts Netanyahu's ‘dicey’ politics of ‘sneaking’ into Congress for speech  —  New York Times: Netanyahu speech to Congress will har...  'Netanyahu damaging Israel's ties with US for one ele...  Chris Wallace expresses “shock” over the prime minister's decision to come to Washington over Obama's head.

Last Slide  —  No one seemed to regret the absence of Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush from the stage during a marathon session of conservative political theater in Iowa, as a string of GOP speakers urged Iowa Republicans not to buckle to the establishment.  —  A parade of nine Republicans …

Obama administration to propose new wilderness protections in Arctic refuge — Alaska Republicans declare war  —  The Obama administration will propose setting aside the 1.5 million-acre coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness, the White House announced Sunday …

Two dead in murder-suicide inside bustling Home Depot in Chelsea: cops  —  Police said two men were shot inside a Home Depot on W. 23rd Street.  The shooter was found dead at the scene and the other man was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.  —  Two people are dead in a murder-suicide …

Jindal: If SCOTUS Strikes Down Gay Marriage Bans, We Should Amend Constitution  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) on Sunday said that he would support a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.  —  The Supreme Court will weigh whether gay couples have the constitutional right …

Pope's visit to stoke climate fight  —  Pope Francis's visit to the United States this fall will give him an important stage to push for climate change policies, in a year when global warming is shaping up to be a central issue both for the Vatican and Washington.

Boko Haram Attacks Major Nigerian City in a Sustained Assault  —  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Maiduguri, the major city in Nigeria's northeast, came under sustained attack from Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday morning, with officials here calling it the group's most audacious assault on the city to date.