Ben Carson explains why he apologized to Donald Trump  —  Ben Carson is turning the other cheek.  —  The retired neurosurgeon explained his apology to Donald Trump in a new interview, saying that he was not questioning the real estate mogul's faith but rather talking about his own.

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis won't authorize licenses  —  LOUISVILLE — In returning to work Monday, Kim Davis, the embattled Kentucky county clerk at the center of the dispute over gay marriage and religious liberty, indicated that she will not interfere with any deputy clerk who issues marriage licenses …

The GOP at war  —  Forget presidential politics.  —  The real action in American politics these days is the in-house feud among Republicans.  It features the center-right GOP establishment in one corner and the talk show hosts and Tea Party activists in the other.

Is Trump killing justice reform?  —  Don't look now, but The Donald is actually shaping American policy.  —  Criminal justice reform, a perennial lost cause for civil rights lefties, had its surprise bipartisan moment this year.  Conservative Republican voices like anti-tax activist Grover Norquist …

Debt-Ridden Donald Trump Lost His “Ship Of Jewels” To A Saudi Prince  —  I'm sailing awaaaaay...  Donald Trump has made a habit of criticizing the United States for allowing foreign countries to continue “eating our lunch,” a message he has pushed for nearly-thirty years.

Biden Secretly Meets With Top Obama Bundler During New York Swing  —  The 28 hours Joe Biden spent in New York City at the end of last week were a whirlwind of activity—much of it feeding the mounting speculation that he is inching ever closer to launching a late-starting presidential campaign.

Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper  —  A man suspected of fatally shooting a Kentucky trooper was shot and killed by state police early Monday morning, cops confirmed to FoxNews.com.  —  Authorities said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks …

Inside Ethel Kennedy's cruel neglect of her troubled kids  —  Ethel Kennedy in 1969.  —  Since Robert F. Kennedy's assassination on June 6, 1968, his widow, Ethel, has been his torchbearer.  Unlike her late sister-in-law, Jackie, she never remarried, never sought a path or identity that was hers alone.

Now-classified Clinton emails sitting on Google servers  —  Aides to the former secretary of state sent sensitive messages through Gmail and other private email services.  —  Classified emails passed through commercial email services like Google and AOL on their path to or from a private server maintained …

John Oliver Announces The Shuttering Of His Megachurch, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption  —  John Oliver announced the inevitable in a letter on Sunday: He's closing his month-old church, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption.  —  Oliver established his own church in mid-August after realizing …

HIGHLIGHTS OF WALKER'S ANTI-UNION PROPOSALS  —  Highlights of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposed changes to federal labor law affecting unions, which the Republican presidential hopeful plans to lay out on Monday in a town hall meeting in Las Vegas:  —Make it illegal for federal workers to form unions.

JACK WHITE RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS HE TRIED TO FIGHT BLACK KEYS DRUMMER PATRICK CARNEY IN NYC BAR (UPDATE)  —  UPDATE: Patrick Carney responded to Jack White's statement about the alleged fight that took place between the two musicians in New York Sunday night.

Cleaning Up After the Obama Team's Iran Deal  —  Show Tehran the ways it may lose what it won at the gaming tables in Vienna.  —  By  —  'We couldn't have negotiated a better deal.  " That is one of the two pillars of the Obama administration's argument in favor of its nuclear arrangement with Iran …