Clinton Camp Senses Moment to Expose Benghazi Committee  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy unleashes the perfect talking point for Democrats pushing for the panel to be dismantled and investigated.  —  Hillary Clinton and her fiercest defenders couldn't have said it better themselves.

Secret Service Tried to Discredit US Lawmaker, Investigation Finds  —  Scores of U.S. Secret Service employees improperly accessed the decade-old, unsuccessful job application of a congressman who was investigating scandals inside the agency, a new government report said Wednesday.

Crunch time for candidates  —  <p>Rand Paul has a place on the GOP debate stage — for now.</p><p>But the debate rules announced Wednesday by CNBC could end up spelling disaster for the Kentucky senator and several other high-profile candidates — including Gov. Chris Christie and former …

Obama administration scrambles as Russia attempts to seize initiative in Syria  —  UNITED NATIONS — Blindsided by the unexpected swiftness of Russia's air attacks in Syria, the Obama administration scrambled Wednesday to retake the diplomatic and military initiatives, saying that it would not be bullied …

Kentucky Governor: Kim Davis' Statements Show ‘Absurdity’  —  Kentucky Gov. Steven Beshear, urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, says her legal claims “demonstrate the absurdity” of her position.  —  In court documents filed late Tuesday …

'This wasn't an abortion': CNN forces anti-Planned Parenthood group to admit Fiorina was wrong  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  David Daleiden, the project lead Center for Medical Progress' anti-Planned Parenthood campaign, admitted on Wednesday that an alleged fetus on a table …

Trump: If I win, I'll send Syrian refugees back  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says if he takes the White House, he will send back Syrian refugees coming to the U.S.  —  “I'm putting the people on notice that are coming here from Syria as part of this mass migration,” he told an audience in Keene, N.H.

Improving Mobile Profiles  —  People visit Facebook profiles more than four billion times per day, and we're continually looking for ways to make profiles the best place for people to curate their online identities and connect with others.  —  Today, we're unveiling some new, mobile-friendly features for Facebook profiles.

Everyone you know will be able to rate you on the terrifying ‘Yelp for people’ — whether you want them to or not  —  You can already rate restaurants, hotels, movies, college classes, government agencies and bowel movements online.  —  So the most surprising thing about Peeple …

Kissinger Biography Is Great, Says Pal of Author and Kissinger in New York Times  —  This Sunday, the New York Times Book Review will publish a review of the first volume of Niall Ferguson's authorized biography of Henry Kissinger, Kissinger: The Idealist.  The reviewer is Andrew Roberts.

Cougar sightings rattle residents  —  Big cats seen in Lucerne Valley, Hesperia

Melania Trump, the Silent Partner  —  Lying prone on a rug adorned with the Great Seal of the United States, the woman who might someday be first lady is wearing high-heeled sandals and a crimson bikini.  —  The date is February 2000.  Donald J. Trump hasn't yet thrown his hat into the ring …

Congress averts government shutdown, Obama signs funding measure  —  Ending weeks of infighting, the U.S. Congress on Wednesday voted to avert a government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline, passing a stop-gap measure to extend funding for federal agencies until Dec. 11.

The Data Are Damning: How Race Influences School Funding  —  PHILADELPHIA—In America, schools with a lot of minority students are chronically underfunded.  Is that the case because these students are poor, and poor communities have fewer resources for funding their schools?

Indiana GOP's House Leader resigns after texting sexually explicit video of himself cheating on wife to everyone on his “Contacts” list  —  The family-values friendly Jud McMillin claimed his phone was “stolen in Canada,” but resigned in disgrace anyway  —  The controversial House Majority Leader …

Sexually Explicit Casting Contract for HBO's ‘Westworld’ Extras Has SAG-AFTRA Concerned  —  Fully-nude bareback riding and “genital-to-genital touching” are among the acts that background performers on the show may be tasked with at a Wednesday shoot.  —  Background actors — extras …