Carson closes in on Trump in NH poll  —  Ben Carson is catching up to Donald Trump in the race for next year's GOP presidential nomination, according to a new poll in New Hampshire.  —  The WBUR survey released on Wednesday said that Trump now leads the retired neurosurgeon by just 4 points in the Granite State.

Irving 9th-grader arrested after taking homemade clock to school: ‘So you tried to make a bomb?’  —  IRVING — Ahmed Mohamed — who makes his own radios and repairs his own go-kart — hoped to impress his teachers when he brought a homemade clock to MacArthur High on Monday.

McConnell threatens to bring Israel amendment into Iran debate  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning Democrats that if they block a resolution disapproving the Iran nuclear deal, he will force a vote on a contentious amendment related to Israel and U.S. prisoners.

Joe Biden Decries Donald Trump's ‘Sick Message’ on Hispanic Immigrants  —  Vice President Joe Biden took aim at Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday, blasting the real estate mogul for “absolutely denigrating an entire group of people.”

Conservatives need to say what we are thinking: Donald Trump is a madman who must be stopped.  Failure to speak out against Trump is an endorsement of Clinton.  —  We do need to Make America Great Again.  We do need to burn down Washington.  We do need to eradicate political correctness.

FINALLY: You'll soon be able to ‘dislike’ things on Facebook, says Mark Zuckerberg  —  Mark Zuckerberg announced today that Facebook is finally working on a “Dislike” button.  —  " I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years.  Today is a special day because today …

Intelligent machines: Call for a ban on robots designed as sex toys  —  A campaign has been launched calling for a ban on the development of robots that can be used for sex.  —  Such a use of the technology is unnecessary and undesirable, said campaign leader Dr Kathleen Richardson.

Study: 53 percent of Jeb Bush's tax cuts would go to the top 1 percent  —  Jeb Bush's tax plan would cut individual income taxes for almost all Americans, but would not do so equally.  In fact, according to a new analysis from Citizens for Tax Justice, more than half the dollar value …

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Cable TV News Binges on Trump Coverage  —  CNN, more than rivals, focuses on the candidate; all get a ratings boost  —  Cable news can't get enough of Donald Trump.  —  Since announcing his run for president in June, the real-estate developer and reality-TV star has dominated coverage of the 2016 race …

Trump, Sanders, Corbyn, Syriza, and Scottish Nationalists  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Donald Trump, the brash, often incoherent leftist-turned-Republican, leads all polls for the GOP presidential nomination.  Jeremy Corbyn, the socialist buddy of Hamas who wants …

Jeb Bush video about America uses stock footage from foreign countries  —  Jeb Bush's super PAC Right to Rise used stock video images from England and Asia for its new video, which seeks to contrast the former Florida governor's optimism about America's future with Donald Trump's pessimism about its present.

Was Sanders Actually Fishing For Votes at Liberty University?  —  When I heard about Bernie Sanders choosing to speak at one of Liberty University's famous “convos” where so many right-wing figures have spoken in the past, my initial reaction was probably the same as pretty much everybody's: “Huh!

Remember Jade Helm 15, the controversial military exercise?  It's over.  —  The military exercise Jade Helm 15 generated enough conspiracy theories this year that it garnered mockery on late-night television, commentary from presidential candidates and reaction from the Texas governor.