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.

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 …

Rand Paul: ‘I am running for president’  —  Louisville, Kentucky (CNN)For Rand Paul, it's all led to this moment.  —  Since riding the tea party wave into the Senate in 2010, Paul has carefully built a brand of mainstream libertarianism — dogged advocacy of civil liberties combined …

I'm gay.  And I want my kid to be gay, too.  —  Sally Kohn is an essayist and a CNN political commentator.  —  I live in the liberal bubble of Park Slope, Brooklyn, where no yuppie would ever admit to wanting their kid to be anything in particular, other than happy.

Rolling Stone and the media's glass house  —  Journalism lessons are so basic—and so easily forgotten.  —  There is nothing like a journalistic plane crash to inspire newsroom loudmouths to jump on their desks and lecture colleagues about the collapse of standards and crow that they're …

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 …

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.

T&C Philanthropy 2015, with Activist-in-Chief Bill Clinton  —  Supporting 3,100 projects in 180 countries, the Clinton Foundation is the most powerful reimagining ever of what post-presidency can be.  But can the fixer-in-chief work his magic on Haiti?  —  I am standing under …

How Hillary Clinton kept them guessing  —  Hillary Clinton is expected to announce that she will launch her bid for president in January, sources say.  Er... April.  Er... July.  —  In the last year, at least 20 journalists from as many news organizations have tried to put a date …

Anti-Abortion Group's Effort To Defund Family Planning Clinics Backfires Spectacularly  —  Signs of support to counter the right-wing picketers outside the family planning clinic  —  CREDIT: Courtesy of Maine Family Planning  —  This week, a network of family planning clinics …

Should monetary policy take into account risks to financial stability?  —  In response to the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve has kept the short-term interest rate (the federal funds rate) near zero since December 2008 and taken other steps (like purchasing longer-term Treasury securities) …

Bobby Jindal will support Louisiana's religious freedom bill  —  Gov. Bobby Jindal announced he will support a controversial religious freedom bill filed by a Louisiana legislator last week.  —  “Yes, we support the bill.  This is a common sense bill that provides necessary protections …