Oregon gunman singled out Christians during rampage  —  Authorities carry a shooting victim away from the scene after a gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. on Oct. 1.  —  The gunman who opened fire at an Oregon community college was forcing people to stand …

Pope Francis' Meeting Wasn't an Endorsement of Kim Davis's Views, Vatican Says  —  ROME — Pope Francis' encounter with Kim Davis last week in Washington, which was interpreted by many as a subtle intervention in the United States' same-sex marriage debate, was part of a series of private meetings …

Voodoo Never Dies  —  So Donald Trump has unveiled his tax plan.  It would, it turns out, lavish huge cuts on the wealthy while blowing up the deficit.  —  This is in contrast to Jeb Bush's plan, which would lavish huge cuts on the wealthy while blowing up the deficit, and Marco Rubio's plan …

Obama: Mass shootings are ‘something we should politicize’  —  President Obama on Thursday made an impassioned case that gun violence is “something we should politicize” following a mass shooting at a community college in Oregon.  —  A visibly angry Obama blasted Congress for being unwilling …

Employment Situation Summary  —  Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-15-1912 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, October 2, 2015  —  Technical information:  —  Household data: (202) 691-6378  • cpsinfo@bls.gov  • www.bls.gov/cps

Rubio campaign boots Bush-backing tracker from Iowa event  —  MIAMI — The Florida family feud between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio took a surprising turn on Thursday night when a tracker for a super PAC supporting the former governor tried to slip into an Iowa event for Rubio, whose staff quickly spotted and removed him.

Oregon college gunman Chris Harper Mercer liked target shooting, ex-neighbors say  —  Neighbors at a sprawling apartment complex in Torrance thought it was odd a few years ago when they saw Chris Harper Mercer and his mother carrying black cases that they suspected held firearms.

Bill Clinton's mission creep  —  <p>BOSTON — Did you really think Bill Clinton was going to sit on the sidelines and let Bernie Sanders ruin everything?</p><p> Hillary Clinton's campaign had always planned to deploy the former president as a rainmaker this fall, and people involved …

Obama Pulled John Kerry and Samantha Power From Netanyahu UN Speech  —  Breitbart News has learned that President Obama called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power into a video conference before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Speech …

27 Ways to Be a Modern Man  —  Being a modern man today is no different than it was a century ago.  It's all about adhering to principle.  Sure, fashion, technology and architecture change over time, as do standards of etiquette, not to mention ways of carrying oneself in the public sphere.

McCarthy's comments on Benghazi probe may be a political gift to Clinton  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's upcoming appearance before the U.S. House Select Committee on Benghazi was supposed to be a crucible: a chance for Republicans to prosecute the former secretary of state for her handling …