Poll: Most disapprove of Obama handling of ISIS  —  Washington (CNN)Americans are increasingly unhappy with President Barack Obama's handling of ISIS, and a growing share of the nation believes that fight is going badly, according to a new CNN/ORC survey released Monday.

10 hours of fear and loathing in Paris  —  One month after the terrorist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris, NRG's correspondent, wearing a tzitzit and a kippa, took what proved to be an intimidating walk across the French capital.  “What is he doing here Mommy?

What ISIS Really Wants  —  The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths.  It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse.  Here's what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.  —  Graeme Wood

Scott Walker's lack of a college degree: A non-issue that Democrats should avoid  —  His lack of a college degree is not one of them  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has emerged as a modest front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination in the past couple of weeks.  This may well be a temporary state of affairs.

A perfect storm brews in the Middle East  —  TEL AVIV — Mistrust between the Obama administration and Benjamin Netanyahu has widened even further in recent days because of U.S. suspicion that the Israeli prime minister has authorized leaks of details about the U.S. nuclear talks with Iran.

Greek Financing Talks Break Down  —  Wide gulf between Athens and its official creditors triggers a period of high uncertainty  —  BRUSSELS—Talks among euro-zone finance ministers over a new financing arrangement for Greece broke down abruptly Monday, demonstrating a wide gulf between Athens …

Suspect arrested in Islamic center fire … Houston arson investigators have made an arrest in the early morning fire Friday at an Islamic center on the city's southeast side, fire department officials said late Monday.  —  Darryl Ferguson, 55, of Houston, has been charged with felony …

Walker and Bush: Meet Your Republican Presidential Frontrunners  —  There are two big takeaways from our new NBC/Marist polls of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina that we released yesterday.  First, with less than a year...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on abortion, race and the broken Congress  —  WASHINGTON - The Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion isn't in danger of being overturned anytime soon, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told msnbc in a wide-ranging, exclusive interview.

22 Year Old Ohio Trans Woman Stabbed to Death By Father  —  February 15.2015. … 22-year-old Bri Golec has recently returned to a transgender support group in the Akron, Ohio area.  She had participated a few years ago, then stopped attending.  Recently, she began to more assertively explore her gender identity.

Spyware Embedded by U.S. in Foreign Networks, Security Firm Says  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The United States has found a way to permanently embed surveillance and sabotage tools in computers and networks it has targeted in Iran, Russia, Pakistan, China, Afghanistan and other countries closely watched …

Ben Carson Doesn't Want Any Rules For Our Military  —  Potential 2016 presidential contender Ben Carson thinks the only thing that should matter to our military is “winning,” whatever the hell that's supposed to mean these days when we're occupying countries or inserting ourselves …

Alday says he's not racist; GOP leaders decry statements  —  State Rep. Gene Alday, R-Walls, who came under fire after his racist comments appeared in a Clarion-Ledger article Sunday about public education, said today his remarks were out of context and that he's a nice guy.

Police dash cam shows part of contested arrest - until St. Louis officer turns camera off  —  ST. LOUIS  • As video cameras begin to sweep post-Ferguson policing — and policymakers grapple with whether to bar the public from watching the images — one such recording sits at the heart of a new lawsuit.

Get ready for the return of the Global War On Terror  —  Are you ready for a revival of the Global War on Terror?  Not that it ever really went away (even if President Obama retired the term), but the increasingly complex situation with ISIS is moving America toward a return to the days of fear and loathing …

Joe Walsh eyes comeback bid  —  Controversial former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) is talking up a Tea Party challenge to Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.).  —  “I am very seriously considering challenging him in a primary,” Walsh told The Hill on Thursday.  “Mark Kirk has got to be challenged.”

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: ISIS Represents Islam Like KKK Represents Christianity  —  Former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stopped by Morning Joe on Monday, presumably to promote his new children's book, Stealing the Game , but the hosts also asked him to discuss a recent column he wrote …

Republican majorities struggle to get Congress working  —  After six weeks in session and 139 roll call votes in a House and Senate that feature some of the largest Republican majorities in generations, one of the most telling statistics from the new Congress is this: President Obama's veto threats outnumber …