Cruz sternly rebuked by GOP  —  <p>Ted Cruz can't even get a protest vote in the Senate anymore. </p><p>On Monday night, Cruz's colleagues ignored his attempt to disrupt Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's efforts to fund the government without attacking Planned Parenthood.

Donald Trump Is Not Going Anywhere … don't worry about anything," Donald J. Trump told me aboard his 757 as we were flying to the recent Republican debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. He was dividing his attention between the brick-size slice of red-velvet cake …

Jim Carrey — Girlfriend Cathriona White Commits Suicide  —  GIRLFRIEND COMMITS SUICIDE  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  9:43 AM PT — Jim Carrey released a statement — “I am shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of my sweet Cathriona.  She was a truly kind and delicate Irish flower …

NBC/WSJ Poll: Anger Defines 2016 Electorate  —  One word seems to define the American public's mood more than 13 months until Election Day 2016 — anger.  —  According to the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 62 percent of respondents believe the country is headed in the wrong direction …

Obama has turned Putin into the world's most powerful leader  —  Barack Obama extends his hand to Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the United Nations General Assembly.  —  The baton was officially transferred Monday to the world's new sole superpower — and Vladimir Putin willingly picked it up.

Ta-Nehisi Coates  —  Journalist  —  Ta-Nehisi Coates is a journalist, blogger, and memoirist who brings personal reflection and historical scholarship to bear on America's most contested issues.  Writing without shallow polemic and in a measured style, Coates addresses complex …

Bush camp moves to ease donor angst  —  Assessing the state of anxiety on a scale of one to 10, one donor puts the panic level at a ‘six or seven.’ … For the past week, Jeb Bush's campaign advisers have been using a new data point to convince nervous donors that he's still the candidate to beat …

Schumer in talks with Ryan on major tax, infrastructure deal  —  The two, along with Sen. Rob Portman, are trying to hash out a sweeping bipartisan package. … Three years ago, Chuck Schumer called Paul Ryan's plans for deficit reduction a “fraud.”  Now the future Democratic leader wants to cut a deal with him.

How Sweden's negative interest rates experiment has turned economics on its head  —  Nordic experimentation with sub-zero interest rates has changed the way central bankers think about fighting recessions  —  It has long been believed that when it comes to interest rates, zero is as low as you can go.

Hillsboro fugitive nabbed in Mexico  —  HILLSBORO, Ore ... A fugitive who had been on the run for more than 20 years is behind bars after federal agents found him in Mexico.  —  Paul Jackson and his brother, Vance Roberts, were suspected of holding two young women captive in the basement of their Hillsboro home.

EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn judge says ex-con's assault victims were ‘not angels’  —  An ex-con charged with assaulting two women while on federal supervised release got the break of his life when his violation hearing was heard by a controversial Brooklyn judge who said the victims “weren't angels” …