Conservative Republicans Alone on Global Warming's Timing  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — While notable majorities of all other political party/ideology groups say the effects of global warming will happen within their lifetime, fewer than four in 10 conservative Republicans …

Mitch McConnell Shouldn't Get Comfortable  —  Why Democrats are poised to recapture the Senate.  —  After picking up nine seats in the 2014 elections, Republicans maintain a decisive 54-seat majority in the Senate.  In 2016, they will face a much more difficult map that coincides with a presidential election year.

Rand Paul yanks Ray-Bans after complaint  —  Ray-Ban has asked Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign to quit selling the brand's Wayfarer sunglasses, which Paul had imprinted with the “Rand” logo.  —  The Rand-Ban sunglasses were for sale for $150 on Paul's website as recently as Tuesday.

Ted Cruz Showed Eloquence, and Limits, as Debater at Princeton  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — By the time he was a senior at Princeton University in 1992, Ted Cruz had developed an arsenal of rhetorical skills and theatrical gestures that made him one of the most polished performers on the college debate circuit.

I am a cook in the US Senate but I still need food stamps to feed my children  —  I work 70 hours a week doing two jobs but cannot make ends meet.  Presidential hopefuls must make profitable federal contractors pay living wages  —  very day, I serve food to some of the most powerful people on earth …

American Politics: Why the Thrill Is Gone  —  Earlier this month, the Upshot—the Times's “politics and policy vertical,” as it's known in the business—ran a lengthy analysis of the Presidential campaign on the Republican side.  The piece came up with three categories of candidates …

Paris extremist's misfire thwarts imminent attack on church  —  PARIS (AP) — An Islamic extremist with an arsenal of loaded guns was only prevented from opening fire on churchgoers because he accidentally shot himself in the leg, French officials said Wednesday.

Hillary Clinton Can't Run for President  —  So she's pushed her whole campaign into the slow lane.  —  Thousands have run for president, but only one candidate has ever unrun for the office: Hillary Clinton.  Ever since she finally announced her entry into the contest a couple of weeks ago, she has been unrunning with ferocity.

Release of Benghazi Report on Hillary Clinton Likely Pushed to Election Season  —  The findings of a Republican-led committee investigating Hillary Clinton's response to the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, likely will not be released until next year, just months before the 2016 presidential election.

EXCLUSIVE: The Prime Minister and the Waitress  —  This is a guest blog from an anonymous waitress about the way John Key kept touching her when he repeatedly visited her place of work.  The waitress contacted us with her story, The Daily Blog did not seek her out or pressure her in anyway to write this blog.

Man shoots computer in Colorado Springs alley, gets revenge he wanted - and a citation  —  Updated:  —  3 photos  —  + caption  —  When ctrl + alt + delete doesn't work, just shoot the darn thing.  —  That's what one man did on Monday night, according to Colorado Springs police.

U-Va. Associate Dean Nicole Eramo blasts Rolling Stone in open letter  —  This month, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism issued a widely read report citing a number of lapses in Rolling Stone's execution of “A Rape on Campus,” the deeply flawed and ultimately retracted story …

Perino: Reid ‘absolutely poisonous’  —  Dana Perino, the White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, on Tuesday excoriated Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), calling him “poisonous.”  —  “He's an absolutely poisonous figure in Washington, D.C., he's been a disaster for the country …

Pres. Obama: Elizabeth Warren ‘wrong’ about TPP deal  —  President Obama speaks to Chris Matthews about his support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the passionate voices on the left, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren, who are against the deal.  They are joined by Debbie Askin, Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta, Jim Corco

Morning Plum: Battle over Florida Medicaid expansion goes wild  —  Your humble blogger has been tracking the battle over the Medicaid expansion in Florida, because it's a really big deal.  If the administration can get Governor Rick Scott and state House Republicans to accept the expansion …

Who was the reporter outside Cindy Archer's house?  —  Part 194 of 193 in the series Wisconsin's Secret War  —  MADISON, Wis. - Of all of the frightening accounts of government abuses in Wisconsin's political John Doe investigation, David French's description in National Review …

‘Killing Jews is Worship’ posters will soon appear on NYC subways and buses  —  New Yorkers are used to aggressive advertising.  Banners for breast implants.  Billboards for condoms.  But a federal judge's ruling has opened the door for far more controversial posters on buses and subways across the city.

New Orleans Bars Issue Last Call for Smoking  —  NEW ORLEANS — No one goes to a bar here, particularly one that advertises its hours as “2 p.m. till,” and expects precision about the time of day.  But it was right on the stroke of midnight that Frankie Mazzanti, 56, one of the owners …

Obama's approval numbers rise; Americans optimistic on economy  —  President Obama's approval ratings have reached their highest mark in almost two years, according to a new poll from CNN/ORC.  —  Forty-eight percent of Americans approve of how Obama is running the country, compared to 47 percent who disapprove.

On the hunt for the presidency, Jeb Bush adopts a ‘caveman’ diet  —  (Reuters) - Jeb Bush is eating like a caveman, and he has literally shrunk in size.  —  The former Florida governor, expected to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, is on the popular Paleo diet …

Russia Receives Lowest Approval in World; U.S. Highest  —  Story Highlights  —  This article is based on the findings from Gallup's first-ever report — Rating World Leaders: What People Worldwide Think of the U.S., China, Russia, the EU and Germany — on the status of how the world rates …