Obama To Scott Walker: ‘Bone Up On Foreign Policy’  —  Anyone who thinks President Obama will shy away from presidential politics in 2016, think again.  —  Obama scoffed at Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's suggestion that he would, on Day 1, revoke any nuclear agreement with Iran if he is elected president.

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.

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 …

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.

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 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 …

There's a Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Monument in Brooklyn  —  While most people slept, a trio of artists and some helpers installed a bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Brooklyn on Monday morning.  The group, which allowed ANIMAL to exclusively document …

ACLU sues over abortion access for immigrants  —  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the Obama administration for documents it says will show religious organizations are restricting access to abortions for unaccompanied immigrant children.  —  The civil rights groups …

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.

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 …