Gov. Mike Pence to push for clarification of ‘religious freedom’ law  —  Gov. Mike Pence, scorched by a fast-spreading political firestorm, told The Star on Saturday that he will support the introduction of legislation to “clarify” that Indiana's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act does …

America's hinge moment  —  Presidential politics in 2016 will reflect the shifting reality of America.  —  Lead image by AP Photo. … - Michelle Obama, race and the Ivy League  — The talk show primary  —  The country is going through the most significant period of change since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

What Really Happened to Harry Reid?  Part 2  —  Scott wrote here about Harry Reid's announcement that he will not run for re-election, a decision which, Reid was quick to say, was not the result of his “elastic exercise band” accident.  In January, I wrote OK, So What Really Happened to Harry Reid?

Ready for 45?  —  MIAMI — JAMES BAKER can take credit for two presidencies and one vice presidency in the Bush family.  —  So it's a tad ungracious for a Bush to take Baker to task.  —  At first Jeb Bush tried to distance himself from Baker distantly.  He had his spokeswoman …

Question about Michael Brown leads to beating on St. Louis light rail train  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)When one man sat down next to a second man in a St. Louis light rail car and asked him his opinion on the shooting of Michael Brown, it was not the beginning of a discussion.

RNC on Clinton: 'Even Nixon didn't destroy the tapes'  —  Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus blasted Hillary Clinton on Saturday for wiping her server and permanently deleting all emails.  —  “Even Nixon didn't destroy the tapes,” Priebus said in a statement.

Iranian Defector: 'U.S. Negotiating Team Mainly There to Speak on Iran's Behalf'  —  An Iranian journalist writing about the nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran has defected.  In an interview Amir Hossein Motaghi, has some harsh words for his native Iran.

Google controls what we buy, the news we read — and Obama's policies  —  It's 2020.  The New England Patriots, winners of six straight Super Bowls, are having yet another routine meeting with the Commissioner's Office.  —  Deputy NFL Commissioner Tom Brady and his chief of staff …

Why Reconstruction Matters  —  THE surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House, 150 years ago next month, effectively ended the Civil War.  Preoccupied with the challenges of our own time, Americans will probably devote little attention to the sesquicentennial of Reconstruction …

Heartless visitors snap selfies at East Village blast site  —  Self-absorbed jerks are treating the East Village gas-explosion site like a tourist attraction, shooting grinning selfies of themselves even as rescuers search for life in the ruins where two bodies might still be buried.

Bush Gets Intelligence Group Award  —  Every winter for the past several years, the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation has held a glittering dinner around Washington attended by hundreds of top intelligence and corporate officials.  The stated purpose of the event, where the cost …

Jim Gilmore: I have experience other 2016 GOP hopefuls lack  —  Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore (R) said Sunday his party's likely candidates for the next presidential election look lost on two key issues — foreign policy and the economy.  —  Gilmore, himself a 2016 White House hopeful …

To Avert Repeat of 2008, Clinton Team Hopes to Keep Bill at His Best  —  Bill Clinton's hearing has faded.  With his head of white hair and frail frame, he looks older than his 68 years — “truly grandfatherly,” as one friend said.  He often jokes about what would happen if he was to “drop dead.”

Yemen is just part of Iran's Mideast master plan  —  Analysis: Israel has spent five years warning that Iran seeks Shiite domination of the Muslim world, and the Gulf States know by now not to rely on the Obama administration.  —  Operation Storm of Resolve, designed to rescue Yemen President …