Why Americans Are Turning Against Free Trade  —  A decade and a half ago, I filled my days writing speeches urging Congress to grant President George W. Bush fast-track trade authority.  If memory serves, I wrote more speeches on that one subject than on any other.

‘My position was: you need to have boots on the ground’  —  Former U.S. President George W. Bush tells Israel Hayom in an exclusive interview, “My strategy, the Bush doctrine, was to vigorously pursue those who do us harm and bring them to justice”  • “America has been very supportive of Israel,” he remarks.

Mitt's new mission  —  Romney is working to rid the GOP presidential primary of the mayhem that marked his own race.  —  DEER VALLEY, Utah — Mitt Romney is working with an unlikely collaborator — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul who bankrolled Newt Gingrich's 2012 campaign …

Newly disclosed hack got ‘crown jewels’  —  “This is not the end of American human intelligence, but it's a significant blow,” a former NSA official says.  —  Hackers have breached a database containing a wealth of sensitive information from federal employees' security background checks …

Scott Walker's Wisconsin Audition  —  Anticipating a Republican presidential bid by Scott Walker, the two-term governor of Wisconsin, both The New York Times Magazine and The Washington Monthly recently published lengthy articles about him.  (The Times feature, which is in the magazine this weekend, was published online Friday.)

As sex-abuse allegations multiply, Billy Graham's grandson is on a mission to persuade Protestant churches to come clean.  —  I. The Calling  —  In November 2012, Bob Jones University, the longtime flagship institution of fundamentalism, announced it had hired GRACE (short for Godly Response …

Clinton launches in Obama's shadow  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign is ready to go.  The fired-up part is still a work in progress.  —  Clinton will officially kick off her 2016 bid for the White House this morning on New York's Roosevelt Island, a sedate, middle-class enclave lashed by the currents of the East River.

NAACP STATEMENT ON RACHEL DOLEZAL  —  Baltimore, MD - For 106 years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has held a long and proud tradition of receiving support from people of all faiths, races, colors and creeds.  NAACP Spokane Washington Branch President Rachel Dolezal …

Fox News Finds Black Mom To Blame Pool Melee On Black Kids  —  Day after day it is astounding to see how the producers at Fox and Friends find ways to appeal to their bigoted, and sexist viewers.  Saturday Night Live's sketch that accurately portrays the trio of trivia must be revamped this next season …

Elizabeth Warren: I know too much about banking for Wall Street's liking  —  Elizabeth Warren fired back at Jamie Dimon for suggesting she has no clue what she's talking about in her attacks on Wall Street.  —  “The problem is not that I don't understand the global banking system,” …

ISIS Is Winning the Social Media War, U.S. Concludes  —  WASHINGTON — An internal State Department assessment paints a dismal picture of the efforts by the Obama administration and its foreign allies to combat the Islamic State's message machine, portraying a fractured coalition that cannot get its own message straight.