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?

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.

Israeli election chief puts curbs on Netanyahu's speech to U.S. Congress  —  (Reuters) - The head of Israel's election commission acted on Monday to limit any pre-election boost Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may get from a March 3 speech to the U.S. Congress in which he will warn of the threat from Iran's nuclear program.

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.

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 …

2/15: 2016 Wide Open GOP Field in Early Caucus and Primary States... Clinton Solid Front-Runner on Democratic Side  —  Taking an early look at the key presidential caucus and primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, a Republican front-runner fails to emerge.

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.

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 …

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.”

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.

Weimar on the Aegean  —  Try to talk about the policies we need in a depressed world economy, and someone is sure to counter with the specter of Weimar Germany, supposedly an object lesson in the dangers of budget deficits and monetary expansion.  But the history of Germany after World War …