The Lonely Clinton Campaign  —  Nearly eight years ago, Democrats held their first televised Presidential debate of the 2008 campaign, marking the debut of a cast of characters that ranged from the plausible to the preposterous.  For two hours, the candidates, some of them now remembered …

Cracks Appear in Democratic-Jewish Alliance Over Iran Deal, Netanyahu  —  Nuclear pact and White House spat with Israeli prime minister unnerve many Jewish leaders  —  Many U.S. Jewish leaders are unnerved both by the new Iran nuclear agreement and the public falling out between President Barack Obama …

Special Editorial: Kill the Deal  —  Commentators have exposed how bad the Iran deal is in various ways; the point, however, is to kill it.  —  Why?  Because the deal can't be fixed.  Even if sanctions relief were somewhat more gradual, even if the number of centrifuges were somewhat lower …

New York mayor eyes Boris's job  —  HE HAS played polo with Prince Harry, shared a hot dog with David Cameron and was once married to a Yorkshirewoman.  —  Michael Bloomberg, the former three-term mayor of New York, who was last year given an honorary knighthood by the Queen for his …

Nevada's ‘religious freedom’ legislation declared dead  —  Nevada legislation criticized as giving businesses and corporations a license to discriminate against gay customers appears to have fizzled in light of nationwide outrage over similar “religious freedom” bills in Arkansas and Indiana.

How will Hillary announce?  —  It's no longer a question of will Hillary Clinton run for president.  It's a question of how she'll do it.  —  Clinton is widely expected to announce her second bid for the White House in the next two weeks, which overnight will thrust her nascent political operation into the spotlight.

Search Underway For Missing 2-Year-Old Boy In Washington Court House  —  WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio -  —  BREAKING UPDATE:  —  Multiple police departments and rescue crews are searching for a missing 2-year-old boy in southeast Fayette County.  —  Leroy Toppins' family reported …

Ted Cruz's passion play  —  The Texas senator telegraphs how he plans to win the GOP nomination.  —  Ted Cruz's aggressive pursuit of the evangelical vote began with a deliberate choice of venue for his presidential announcement two weeks ago: Liberty University, which bills itself as the largest Christian university in the world.

This City Could Become The Next Detroit  —  Carl Gibson is an independent journalist and activist.  He co-founded anti-austerity group US Uncut in 2011 and is featured in the Sundance-selected documentary “We're Not Broke.”  He has been published in Salon, Washington Post, and Occupy.com.

Fidel Castro appears in public for first time in over a year  —  (Reuters) - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, 88, appeared in public “full of vitality” for the first time in more than a year on Monday, greeting a delegation of Venezuelans, official media reported on Saturday.

Charles Barkley: America has ‘a homophobic problem’  —  Outspoken NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley said Thursday that the debate over Indiana's religious freedom law exposed Americans' fears towards the gay community.  —  “America's always had a racial problem,” Barkley told CNN's Chris Cuomo late Thursday evening.

Somali militants vow to turn Kenyan cities ‘red with blood’  —  (Reuters) - Somali militants vowed on Saturday to wage a long war against Kenya and run its cities “red with blood” after the group's fighters killed nearly 150 people during an assault on a Kenyan university.

A U.S. Concession to Reality in the Battle Against Islamic State  —  WASHINGTON — In the battle to retake Saddam Hussein's hometown, Tikrit, from the Islamic State, the United States and Iran have found a template for fighting the Sunni militancy in other parts of Iraq …

Texas Bill Would Name Judges Who Give Minors Permission to Have Abortions  —  “It's about punishing judges,” one critic warns.  —  The last time Texas lawmakers met in the state capitol, it was to pass the mammoth anti-abortion bill that was the target of state Sen. Wendy Davis' all-night filibuster.

An Iran Nuclear Deal Built on Coffee, All-Nighters and Compromise  —  LAUSANNE, Switzerland — It was just one of hundreds of arguments between American and Iranian officials as they tried to hash out what may prove to be one of the hardest-to-negotiate arms control agreements in history.