Poll: 69 percent oppose shutdown over Planned Parenthood  —  <p>Nearly seven in 10 Americans — 69 percent — oppose shutting down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood, according to the results of a new national <a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/ images/polling/us/us09282015_um96cvr.pd f" …

Trump gets down to business on 60 Minutes  —  Scott Pelley interviews Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who lays out key policy details and reveals a major part of his tax proposal  —  The following script is from “Trump” which aired on September 27, 2015.  Scott Pelley is the correspondent.

John Boehner Quit Because He Was Going To Be Fired  —  Let's be clear about one thing: John Boehner quit because he was going to get fired.  It's all fine and dandy to describe the Speaker as an “institutionalist” - a word we have not heard so frequently used since the Beltwaysplaining …

Carly Fiorina defends Bush-era torture and spying, calls for more transparency  —  Positioning herself as a steely advocate of aggressive counterterrorism programs, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina offered a vigorous defense of CIA waterboarding as a tactic that helped “keep our nation safe” in the aftermath of 9/11.

Megyn Kelly doesn't want to talk about Donald Trump  —  <p>Fox News anchor and show host Megyn Kelly, who has been lambasted by presidential frontrunner Donald Trump since the first Republican national debate, said she was done talking about her feud with the candidate during a one-on-one discussion …

Govt. workers have right to refuse gay marriage licenses: pope  —  Pope Francis said on Monday government officials have a “human right” to refuse to discharge a duty, such as issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals, if they feel it violates their conscience.

NASA Says Signs of Water Flowing on Mars, Possible Niches for Life  —  Despite its reputation as a forebodingly dusty, desolate and lifeless place, Mars seems to be a little bit wet even today.  —  Scientists reported on Monday definitive signs of liquid water on the surface of present-day Mars …

Why The Most Urgent Civil Rights Cause Of Our Time Is The Supreme Court Itself  —  The future composition of the Supreme Court is the most important civil rights cause of our time.  It is more important than racial justice, marriage equality, voting rights, money in politics, abortion rights, gun rights, or managing climate change.

‘None of your business’ Facebook post goes viral  —  Ann Arbor woman's plea: Stop asking the young and childless about their plans for procreation.  It's insensitive.  —  An Ann Arbor woman's Facebook post lamenting rude questions about 20- and 30-somethings' plans to have children went viral …

Modern Immigration Wave Brings 59 Million to U.S., Driving Population Growth and Change Through 2065  —  Views of Immigration's Impact on U.S. Society Mixed  —  Fifty years after passage of the landmark law that rewrote U.S. immigration policy, nearly 59 million immigrants have arrived in the United States …

CNN debate criteria would allow Joe Biden to participate  —  (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden will be invited to participate in the first Democratic presidential primary debate if he declares his intention to seek his party's nomination as late as the day of the debate, eligibility criteria released Monday by CNN shows.

Hillary comes out against pumpkin spice  —  Hillary Clinton may have just lost the pumpkin spice latte lovers' vote.  —  The Democratic presidential candidate revealed in a Facebook Q&A on Monday that she used to be a fan of Starbucks' popular autumn-timed drink.  That is, she says, until she eyed the nutrition facts.