Axelrod: Obama Misled Nation When He Opposed Gay Marriage In 2008  —  A striking admission of political dishonesty from the keeper of the Obama flame  —  Barack Obama misled Americans for his own political benefit when he claimed in the 2008 election to oppose same sex marriage for religious reasons …

Jeb Bush dumps emails, home addresses, and social security numbers of Florida residents online  —  Jeb Bush, a rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate, just decided to publish hundreds of thousands of emails sent to him during his time as governor of Florida.

American ISIS Hostage Is Dead, Family Says  —  American ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller has been confirmed dead, the 26-year-old's family confirmed in a statement.

School worksheet tells kids GOP thinks helping poor ‘waste of money,’ parent claims  —  A Wisconsin mother claims this quiz was administered to her 16-year-old son and his classmates in their 11th-grade U.S. government and politics class at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc.

Feds won't release IRS targeting documents  —  The Obama administration is refusing to publicly release more than 500 documents on the IRS's targeting of Tea Party groups.  —  Twenty months after the IRS scandal broke, there are still many unanswered questions about who was spearheading …

Woman held after trying to perform same-sex marriage  —  (Marty Roney, Montgomery Advertiser)  —  PRATTVILLE -  —  An Autauga County woman was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct Tuesday morning after offering to perform a same sex marriage inside the probate judge's office.

Dem boycott of Netanyahu address to Congress grows  —  More than a dozen congressional Democrats say they plan to skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress amid conflicting signals over whether he will pull out from the March 3 address.

Axelrod: ‘Patronizing and Disrespectful’ Obama Chewed Out Maureen Dowd  —  When David Axelrod published his memoir he hoped it would be seen as a respectable political memoir.  Naturally, everyone just wants the bitchiest dish.  —  President Obama despises Maureen Dowd …

Key Premise Of Obamacare Lawsuit Contradicted By Email Senate Aide Sent In 2010  —  The premise of the latest legal attack on Obamacare has always been shaky.  An email that a key Senate staffer wrote in January 2010 would appear to make it even shakier.  —  Next month, the Supreme Court …

Cop involved in fatal shooting of Akai Gurley has been indicted on manslaughter charges: source  —  Rookie cop Peter Liang was indicted Tuesday by a Brooklyn grand jury for the deadly shooting last November in an unlit stairwell in the Pink Houses, the Daily News has learned.

Two couples who discovered they had been given the wrong babies TEN YEARS after their daughters were born are awarded 2million euros by French court  —  Two French couples who discovered they had been given the wrong babies ten years after their daughters were born due to a hospital mix …

Lawmakers not briefed on White House cyber center  —  Members of the House Intelligence Committee were not briefed on the plans the White House announced today for a new cyber integration center modeled on the National Counterterrorism Center, a source with knowledge of the discussions told POLITICO.

The Media May Ignore Them, But They're Fighting ISIS and WINNING  —  The news broke last week that the monsters of ISIS had burned a Jordanian pilot to death, and the King of Jordan responded with airstrikes and a public vow to wipe ISIS from the face of the Earth.

Brian Williams Loses Lofty Spot on a Trustworthiness Scale  —  If Brian Williams's future as the anchor of “NBC Nightly News” rests on his trustworthiness and ratings, new research delivered some sobering news on Monday.  —  Before Mr. Williams apologized for exaggerating an account …

Stripping a Professor of Tenure Over a Blog Post  —  Professor John McAdams is being stripped of tenure by Marquette University for writing a blog post that administrators characterize as inaccurate and irresponsible.  —  Academics all over the United States ought to denounce the firing of the 69-year-old …

CDC Director Shuts Down GOP Senator's Immigrant Measles Theory  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) did his best on Tuesday to link the recent measles outbreak to undocumented immigrants, but he didn't get much help from the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

First 2016 presidential hopeful to open an Iowa office: Scott Walker  —  Scott Walker, the Republican who leads the presidential pack in Iowa polling, is the first of the 2016 White House aspirants to open an office here.  —  A political organization created by Walker, the governor of Wisconsin …