Rand Paul Is Running for the Republican Nomination, So Now the Party Is Ready to Attack Him  —  Welcome to the big leagues.  That's the message several top GOP operatives say Rand Paul will get from the Republican establishment, and from the media, when he announces his candidacy for the presidency on Tuesday.

Obama: ‘Misjudgment’ To Make Iran Deal Contingent On Recognizing Israel  —  President Obama says it would be a “fundamental misjudgment” to condition a nuclear deal with Iran on the country's recognition of Israel.  —  Obama made the comments Monday during an interview with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep.

Chuck Schumer bucks White House on Iran  —  The top Democrat throws his weight behind legislation to give Congress power to reject a deal.  —  Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, one of Capitol Hill's most influential voices in the Iran nuclear debate, is strongly endorsing passage of a law opposed …

Watch John Oliver Interview Edward Snowden About the NSA Spying on Your Nude Photos  —  “When your junk was passed by Gmail, the NSA caught a copy of that,” the fugitive leaker tells the HBO host.  —  Government surveillance is a confusing, jargon-laced topic that many Americans can find difficult to care about.

John McCain Will Run for Re-Election to the Senate in 2016  —  John McCain is ready for a new fight.  —  “I have decided to run for re-election,” the Arizona senator told NBC News in an exclusive interview revealing his plans to pursue a sixth term on Capitol Hill.  “I'm ready.  I am more than ready.

HUGO AWARD NOMINATIONS FALL VICTIM TO MISOGYNISTIC, RACIST VOTING CAMPAIGN  —  The Hugo Awards have fallen victim to a campaign in which misogynist groups lobbied to nominate only white males for the science fiction book awards.  These groups, Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies …

Rolling Stone Can't Even Apologize Right  —  Rolling Stone got taken by a fabulist.  —  Sunday night, the Columbia Journalism Review released its exhaustive report on what went wrong with the magazine's blockbuster story about an alleged gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity that turned out to be substantially false.

Bill would pay gun owners to hand over assault weapons  —  Gun owners would receive tax breaks for voluntarily turning in high-powered assault rifles under new legislation proposed Monday.  —  The Support Assault Firearm Elimination and Education of our (SAFER) Streets Act expected …

The Inside Story of the Civil War For the Soul of NBC News  —  Brian Williams's fabrication was just the latest, and worst, of the debacles that have plagued NBC News since NBCUniversal was bought by Comcast in 2011.  Who is to blame?  —  On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 4 …

Michael Savage: Obama Is Inciting ‘The White Man’ To Revolt  —  On the Friday edition of “Savage Nation,” right-wing talk show host Michael Savage said that President Obama is trying to destroy America by bringing “Third World haters” into the country and provoking white people to revolt against the government.

Facts matter: Left sticks to ‘narratives,’ evidence be damned  —  Ellen Pao unsuccessfully filed a discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.  —  The verdict's in on Rolling Stone.  According to no less an authority than the Columbia Journalism Review …

Bill O'Reilly: ‘I Think I Trust Iran More Than I Trust the American Press’  —  Bill O'Reilly really doesn't trust the American mainstream media; so much so, he said tonight, that he actually might trust Iran more than he does the press.  —  O'Reilly and Brit Hume were talking …

Attorney, former SC GOP executive director due in court on CDV complaint  —  The former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party is expected in court Tuesday morning to face a criminal domestic violence charge.  —  James John Todd Kincannon, 33, was arrested and booked …

Why Can't the Left Unseat Rahm Emanuel?  —  After years of his tiresome shtick—the bullying, the profanity, the glorified tough-guy act, and most of all the centrist corporatism—Rahm Emanuel was getting his due, and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party was elated.