Harry Reid Says He Won't Seek Re-Election  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Harry Reid, the tough tactician who has led Senate Democrats since 2005, will not seek re-election next year, bringing an end to a three-decade congressional career that culminated with his push of President Obama's ambitious agenda against fierce Republican resistance.

Pat Robertson: ‘Was the co-pilot a Muslim?  Why did he want to kill all those people?’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Christian televangelist Pat Robertson suggested on Thursday that the co-pilot's decision to crash Germanwings Flight 9525 could be explained if he was a Muslim.

Scott Walker Shifts Stance on Immigration at Private Dinner  —  Likely GOP presidential candidate says he backs allowing undocumented immigrants becoming eligible for citizenship  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told a private dinner of New Hampshire Republicans this month that he backed …

NCAA: ‘Religious freedom’ law creates concern for future events  —  NCAA President Mark Emmert expressed concern Thursday about Indiana's “religious freedom” law, saying the Indianapolis-based group would examine “how it might affect future events as well as our workforce.”

Dem Senator Devised A Fantastic Response To Tom Cotton's Iran Letter  —  Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) would like to prevent Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) from sending any more letters to Iranian leaders about the nuclear deal, prompting her to file an amendment to block just that.

2016 brawl breaks out on Senate floor  —  Paul lashes Cruz, Rubio for ‘dangerous’ and ‘reckless’ positions on government spending.  —  The 2016 Republican nomination contest spilled onto the Senate floor Thursday, turning a marathon budget debate into a battle over which candidate is prepared to lead the country at a time of war.

Senators endorse Iran sanctions in budget vote  —  Senators unanimously approved an amendment Thursday that backs bolstering sanctions against Iran if President Obama can't verify that the country is following a nuclear deal.  —  The wave of support came after the amendment, offered by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), was amended.

Rep. Gohmert weighing presidential bid  —  Conservative firebrand Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) told The Hill that he might run for president in 2016.  —  Gohmert indicated he might launch an exploratory committee for president when originally asked if he would support Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) White House bid.

Mornings in Blue America  —  Two impossible things happened to the U.S. economy over the course of the past year — or at least they were supposed to be impossible, according to the ideology that dominates half our political spectrum.  First, remember how Obamacare was supposed to be a gigantic job killer?

The four faces of Cruz  —  At the risk of giving solace to the list of possible Republican candidates for the presidency, which seems larger than the starting offense for the Texas Longhorns, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) might have begun the implosion of his presidential candidacy the day after he announced it.

Congress Should Protect the Fair Treatment for All Donations  —  Beginning in 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) systematically targeted taxpayers based on their political beliefs.  Unaccountable, unelected bureaucrats at the IRS deliberately slowed and denied applications for tax-exempt status …

Obama's Mideast ‘free fall’  —  Mounting chaos in the region puts the administration on the defensive.  —  Barack Obama faces a slew of Middle East crises that some call the worst in a generation, as new chaos from Yemen to Iraq — along with deteriorating U.S.-Israeli relations …

Secret Service Officials Reported Agents Did Not Appear Intoxicated, Documents Show … New documents obtained by ABC News reveal conflicting accounts by top Secret Service officials about whether two senior agents were drunk when they drove into the White House complex.

U.S. Caves to Key Iranian Demands as Nuke Deal Comes Together  —  LAUSSANE, Switzerland—The Obama administration is giving in to Iranian demands about the scope of its nuclear program as negotiators work to finalize a framework agreement in the coming days, according to sources familiar …