Poll: Public wants to avoid shutdown over Planned Parenthood  —  A huge majority wants Congress to keep the government open, regardless of whether that means providing funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Monday.  —  The poll finds that 71 percent of adults …

Anthony Weiner's so gross even PR flacks are disgusted by him  —  Anthony Weiner is so toxic that the powerhouse public-relations firm that hired him is losing top-flight talent, sources tell The Post.  —  Arthur Schwartz, one of the top executives at MWW, quit after the p.r. firm put …

Why Late-Night Television Is Better than Ever  —  Late-night comedy has seen a disorienting—some feared fragmenting—shuffle over the last two years as Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Jon Stewart gave up their chairs.  But, writes David Kamp, a mix of new faces, shows, and platforms has only revitalized the format.

Devo Co-Founder — 9/11 Themed Wedding ... Box Cutters Anyone?  —  9/11 THEMED WEDDING  —  ... Box Cutters Anyone?  —  9/14/2015 8:16 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The co-founder of Devo and his bride hung their faces off a Twin Towers cake to celebrate their marriage with the most bizarre …

Mark Cuban: I could beat Trump AND Clinton  —  Mark Cuban to CNBC: I would crush Donald  —  Republican candidates will hit the stage Wednesday night in their next debate.  CNBC's Eamon Javers reports Mark Cuban said he would crush Donald Trump if he were head to head with him in a race.

Arnold Schwarzenegger to take over for Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  “You're terminated”?  “You won't be back”?  “Hasta la vista, job seeker”?  —  Arnold Schwarzenegger is to replace Donald Trump as the host of the NBC reality show …

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.

Poll: Sharp erosion in Clinton support among Democratic women  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hillary Rodham Clinton is suffering rapid erosion of support among Democratic women — the voters long presumed to be her bedrock in her bid to become the nation's first female president.

Democrats Lay Groundwork to Expand Use of ‘Super PACs’  —  Democrats are laying the groundwork for an ambitious reorganization of their struggling network of “super PACs” that would exploit the loopholes and legal gray areas that Republicans have already used to raise hundreds of millions …

Why is the media more interested in Hillary's email than in Jeb's profoundly dishonest tax pitch?  —  The formative experience of my political life was the 2000 presidential campaign, in which the media mercilessly persecuted Al Gore over a series of trivial exaggerations and now-forgotten pseudo-scandals …

Important Win for Fair Use in ‘Dancing Baby’ Lawsuit  —  Appeals Court Affirms That Copyright Owners Must Consider Fair Use in Online Takedowns  —  San Francisco - A federal appeals court in San Francisco today affirmed that copyright holders must consider whether a use of material is fair before sending a takedown notice.

What Kim Davis Is Saying Now About Marriage Licenses  — Shares-  —  Play

Judicial Watch: New State Department Documents Reveal Hillary Clinton Email Gap  —  (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch today released newly obtained Department of State documents showing a nearly five-month total gap in the emails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decided to return to the State Department late last year.

Russia shipping tanks into Syria, in ‘first clear sign of offensive weapons’  —  Russia's military build-up in Syria has grown to include the shipment of a half-dozen highly sophisticated battle tanks — and more troops — a defense official told Fox News, in what the source called the …

The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration  —  Never marry again in slavery.  — Margaret Garner, 1858 Wherever the law is, crime can be found.  — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1973 Chapters “Lower-class behavior in our cities is shaking them apart.”  “We are incarcerating too few criminals.”

A pregnant woman wanted her tubes tied.  Her Catholic hospital said no.  —  It was painful to hear but ultimately seemed the best course to Jessica Mann and her family.  Because of a dangerous tumor in her brain, her doctor gently suggested that she take steps to make sure that she could not get pregnant again.

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.

My Police Academy Teaches the ‘War on Cops’ Myth  —  In my rural red state police academy, instructors preach about ‘officers dying left and right’—even though the numbers show this isn't happening.  —  The trumpets of the thin blue line and right-wing news sources have been sounding, piping out warnings of a “War on Police.”