GOP slow-plays Benghazi investigation  —  Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has agreed to testify before the Benghazi committee this month but don't expect Republicans to be satisfied with her appearance.  —  House Republicans have now spent a full year investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks …

Natalie Portman To Play Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg In ‘On The Basis Of Sex’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Portman is set to play Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in On The Basis Of Sex, with Marielle Heller (The Diary Of A Teenage Girl) in negotiations to direct.

Gov. Scott Concedes That Earlier Medicaid Support Was A Ruse  —  TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) - Gov. Rick Scott, after his mother's death in 2013, went on TV to explain his decision to drop his strongly-held opposition to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Records outline sex assault case against senator  —  ST. ALBANS - A Vermont state senator has pleaded not guilty to six felony charges of sexual assault and prohibited acts that arose from what police describe as a sex-for-rent scheme involving several unwilling tenants.

'We're Being Set Up': Glenn Beck Warns His Audience To Prepare For The Time When He Is Murdered In The Night  —  Glenn Beck closed out his radio program yesterday with a 10-minute monologue warning his audience that everything that is happening in Baltimore and Ferguson and elsewhere is all a giant set-up …

FBI agent shot; suspect dead at Essex House Motel near downtown Littleton … LITTLETON, Colo. — An FBI agent was shot in the leg Friday afternoon while trying to apprehend the bank robbery suspect known as the Longhorn bandit.  The agent was in stable condition at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood Friday night.

Conspiracy theories flourish over military exercise in Texas  —  AUSTIN - To U.S. military officials, the upcoming seven-state military exercise known as Jade Helm 15 is a way to sharpen troops' skills in urban combat and terrorist control.  —  To skeptics in Texas, however …

Welfare Is the Best Weapon Against Nepotism  —  With another round of Bush versus Clinton looming (and everyone putting aside time to call their moms this Sunday), nepotism is enjoying something of a renaissance in certain corners of America.  Yesterday, Kevin D. Williamson …

Boston University prof flunks ‘white masculinity’ in controversial tweets  —  Boston University Professor Saida Grundy's tweets deriding white men are her business, according to the school.  (Boston University)  —  Critics say a newly-hired Boston University professor has crossed the line …

Former state legislator Joey Brush dies in motorcycle wreck  —  Former state legislator Ben Joseph “Joey” Brush Jr. was killed in a motorcycle accident Thursday morning, shocking and saddening friends and colleagues who remembered him as a colorful politician and community leader.

Illinois Supreme Court rules landmark pension law unconstitutional  —  The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday unanimously ruled unconstitutional a landmark state pension law that aimed to scale back government worker benefits to erase a massive $105 billion retirement system debt …

Huckabee's Hucksterism vs Clintons' Cash  —  There's a seedy side to this candidate's smile.  —  Behind former Gov. Mike Huckabee's warm smile, inclusive rhetoric, and gee-whiz populism lies an ethics record that would make a Clinton blush.  His greedy, cheesy money grabs in Arkansas …

The Map: 11 Angles on the Electoral College  —  Earlier this week, we debuted our initial Crystal Ball Electoral College ratings in Politico Magazine.  We've reprinted that column below for those who did not see it.  As promised, we have elaborated on the map and our reasoning for the initial judgments.

Mhairi Black: the 20-year-old who beat a Labour heavyweight  —  Politics student rides SNP surge to defeat shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander to become youngest MP since 17th century.  But first, she has to complete her dissertation  —  The odds were heavily stacked …