The Disastrous Clinton Post-Presidency  —  The best-case scenario: They screwed everything up.  —  Shares  —  The qualities of an effective presidency do not seem to transfer onto a post-presidency.  Jimmy Carter was an ineffective president who became an exemplary post-president.

Comcast Plans to Drop Time Warner Cable Deal  —  Comcast Corp. is planning to walk away from its proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said, after regulators decided that the deal wouldn't help consumers, making approval unlikely.

Native Actors Walk off Set of Adam Sandler Movie After Insults to Women, Elders  —  Approximately a dozen Native actors and actresses, as well as the Native cultural advisor, left the set of Adam Sandler's newest film production, The Ridiculous Six, on Wednesday.

Ted Cruz Is Guest of Two Gay Businessmen  —  Senator Ted Cruz has positioned himself as a strong opponent of same-sex marriage, urging pastors nationwide to preach in support of marriage as an institution between a man and a woman, which he said was “ordained by God.”

Obama: ‘I Take Full Responsibility’ For US Operation That Killed Innocent Hostages Held By Al Qaeda … President Obama said today that he takes “full responsibility” for a U.S. government counterterrorism operation that killed two innocent hostages held by al Qaeda.

Senate votes 56-43 to confirm Lynch as attorney general  —  The Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch's long-delayed nomination Thursday, giving the country its first female African American attorney general.  —  Senators voted 56-43 to confirm Lynch, more than 160 days after she was nominated by President Obama.

Steve King unveils radical court scheme  —  Under the American system of government, elected legislators are responsible for writing laws.  If those statutes are legally controversial, they're challenged in the courts and evaluated by judges.  It's Civics 101.

Conservatives Argue The Obamacare Lawsuit Won't Be So Bad After All.  That's Nonsense.  —  WASHINGTON — Get ready for a new line from the crowd that brought a lawsuit before the Supreme Court threatening to devastate Obamacare and snatch health insurance away from millions of people …

Video shows DWI suspect knocked unconscious during arrest  —  ROUND ROCK, Texas — Video captured by a man inside the Wing Stop on East Palm Valley in Round Rock Tuesday afternoon shows Officer Ben Johnson arresting Viviana Keith.  —  The video shows Johnson and Keith talking …

Not The Onion: China Cracks Down on Funeral Strippers  —  As the headline suggests, this is a real thing: Chinese families often hire strippers to dance graveside at funerals.  And now the Chinese government wants that to stop.  —  The Wall Street Journal's China Real Time blog reported Thursday …

Boehner Opens Door to House Subpoena of Clinton's E-mail Server  —  In his ceremonial office in the Capitol building, the speaker flared with outrage at Clinton's conduct, asserting she broke the law by failing to use a government e-mail account as secretary of state.  —  t MarkHalperin

World War O  —  Obama took office vowing to end America's wars.  Now we're in at least five, and U.S. officials are unsure what to do about it.  —  Getty  —  President Barack Obama's expression of remorse on Thursday for the death of two hostages in a U.S. drone strike underscored …

Scott Lively: Only ‘Pitchforks And Torches’ Can Stop Gay Marriage  —  Anti-LGBT pundit Scott Lively argues in a column today that the only way to stop the legalization of gay marriage is to form an “angry mob” that will take to “the streets, pitchforks and torches held aloft …

‘F*ck this court — I AM Justice’: Woman uncorks berserk legal rant after civil rights suit tossed  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A self-described “Floridian-American” sovereign citizen submitted a nine-page, profanity-laced tirade against a judge who dismissed a lawsuit she filed on behalf of her husband and son.