White House calling the shots  —  In the months since Republicans took charge of Congress, GOP divisions have given the upper hand to the White House.  —  The White House is declaring victory over Washington — at least in terms of setting the agenda for Republican leaders …

Op-Ed Michael Douglas finds Judaism and faces anti-Semitism  —  Last summer our family went to Southern Europe on holiday.  During our stay at a hotel, our son Dylan went to the swimming pool.  A short time later he came running back to the room, upset.  A man at the pool had started hurling insults at him.

Protester charged with shooting officers in Ferguson  —  A 20-year-old protester has been charged with shooting two police officers in Ferguson, Mo., last week, authorities said Sunday.  —  County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch said Jeffrey Williams was charged with two counts …

Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Thirty-seven percent of Americans now view the Republican Party favorably and 39% view the Democratic Party favorably.  This is the only time since Gallup began tracking the party's images this way in 1992 that neither party has achieved at least 40% favorability from the public.

Marco Rubio's house of horrors  —  A Tallahassee home co-owned by a scandal-plagued ex-congressman is the locus of questions about the senator's finances and judgment.  —  TALLAHASSEE — The brick-fronted tract house with a satellite dish and a yellow fire hydrant in front looks …

Hillary Will be President Of Nothing  —  The only people who should be afraid of Hillary Clinton running in 2016 are her fellow Democrats, and the only thing they should fear more than her running and losing is her running and winning.  —  Hillary is a Lovecraftian monster …

Chinese company pledged $2 million to Clinton Foundation in 2013  —  Shares -  —  Watch Julianna Goldman's full report at 7:30 a.m. ET on “CBS This Morning.”  —  A CBS News investigation has found that at least one foreign company with close ties to its government has been giving generously …

ACLU files new lawsuit over Obama administration drone ‘kill list’  —  Top civil liberties group calls for greater transparency regarding ‘targeted killing program’ and how officials handle possibility of civilian deaths  —  As the US debates expanding its campaign against the Islamic State beyond Iraq …

Carville: Potential 2016 Clinton challengers wasting their time  —  James Carville said in an interview broadcast Sunday that it would be a waste of time for any Democrat to challenge Hillary Clinton in 2016.  —  “I've had maybe three people come up to me and say, 'Well …

Election 2016: On the ‘If I Run’ Campaign  —  The would-be 2016 presidential campaign is in full swing.  All it is missing is anyone willing to say they are running.  —  The certain-to-be Republican candidates are on the early-state stumps - four were in New Hampshire this weekend …

OU broke the law to avoid bad press: Column  —  ‘Hate speech’ is constitutionally protected, according to the courts.  —  It has been a bad spell for the University of Oklahoma.  First, some members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were videotaped singing a racist song on a bus, and a video went public.

Dem lawmaker to colleagues: Keep your ‘powder dry’ on Iran  —  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday suggested members of both parties in Congress hold off criticizing the Obama administration's push for a deal over Iran's nuclear program.  —  “I think it's appalling to interfere in a negotiation …

Two LAPD officers shot in Florence believe they were targeted  —  Two plainclothes Los Angeles police officers were shot at Sunday evening while driving through a South L.A. neighborhood, prompting an exchange of gunfire that caused several suspects to scatter, authorities said.