Painter says he included Monica Lewinsky's dress in Bill Clinton portrait  —  RENOWNED Bucks County portrait artist Nelson Shanks has painted everyone from Princess Diana to President Bill Clinton and from Pope John Paul II to Marisa Tomei.  He and his wife, Leona, are the founders of Studio Incamminati …

SCOTUS Rejects CA Dispute Over Disclosing Donors To Anti-Gay Marriage Initiatives  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from same-sex marriage opponents in California who want to keep the identities of their campaign donors secret.

Pro-Israel Group Publicly Breaks With White House Over Iran  —  President Obama Sending Two Top Foreign Policy Aides to Address the Conference on Monday  —  WASHINGTON—The leadership of the most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the U.S. publicly broke Sunday from the White House over the issue …

Warren Buffett Says Elizabeth Warren Is Too ‘Angry’ And ‘Violent’ With Rich People  —  In an interview Monday morning with CNBC, Berkshire Hathaway CEO and billionaire Warren Buffett was asked what he thinks of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and her views of Wall Street.

‘Sharknado 3’ Sets President and Vice President Roles (Exclusive)  —  Mark Cuban and Ann Coulter become the latest guest stars in the Syfy sensation.  —  Syfy's Sharknado 3 has elected a new president and vice president.  —  Mark Cuban and Ann Coulter have joined the growing list …

American democracy is doomed  —  America's constitutional democracy is going to collapse.  —  Some day — not tomorrow, not next year, but probably sometime before runaway climate change forces us to seek a new life in outer-space colonies — there is going to be a collapse of the legal …

Sources: Sen. Mikulski to retire from Senate  —  Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), who has served in Congress longer than any woman in history, will announce at a news conference Monday that she is retiring from the Senate after five terms in office, three sources familiar with her plans said.

LAPD fatal shooting of man caught on tape  —  Authorities said Sunday night that Los Angeles police fatally shot a man on skid row during a struggle over an officer's weapons.  —  Police officials offered a detailed account of what they say prompted the Sunday morning shooting, which was captured on video by a bystander.

DEA warns of stoned rabbits if Utah passes medical marijuana  —  The new face of marijuana addiction.  (Flickr user Chung Ho Leung/CC)  —  Utah is considering a bill that would allow patients with certain debilitating conditions to be treated with edible forms of marijuana.

Scott Walker is headed for trouble with the GOP establishment  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Scott Walker likes to tell a story about shopping at Kohl's.  Under instructions from his wife Tonette, Walker has learned how to pile on the discounts and coupons whenever he goes to the popular Wisconsin-based department store.

Isis ‘fed murdered kidnap victim to his own mother after she travelled to their headquarters and demanded to see him’  —  A British fighter who travelled to Iraq to stop the Islamic State claims the terror group fed a murdered kidnap victim to his own mother after she went to their headquarters and demanded to see him.

Isis threatens Twitter employees over blocked accounts  —  Terror group supporters threaten social network, as well as co-founder Jack Dorsey specifically  —  Isis supporters have threatened Twitter employees, including co-founder Jack Dorsey specifically, with death over the social network's practice …

Boehner, conservatives plot next moves  —  House Republican leaders don't expect to have a plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security until mid-week, potentially setting up another frantic shutdown fight later this week.  —  With a Friday deadline looming, Republican leaders are set …

Far-Right Pundit: Hang Officials Who Skip Netanyahu's Speech To Congress  —  WorldNetDaily commentator and fringe radio host Andrea Shea King wants to punish elected officials who plan to skip Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial address to the U.S. Congress tomorrow...by putting them to death.

Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links  —  The trustworthiness of a web page might help it rise up Google's rankings if the search giant starts to measure quality by facts, not just links  —  THE internet is stuffed with garbage.  Anti-vaccination websites make the front page of Google …