Chaffetz enters speaker's race, pans McCarthy  —  <p>Rep. Jason Chaffetz has officially launched his dark-horse campaign for House speaker, arguing he's a better choice to unite the fractious Republican conference and that Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy lacks the communication skills …

Biden celebrates gay rights activists for changing course of America  —  Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday praised gay rights activists for the progress they have made in recent years.  —  The vice president gave the keynote address at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner …

Polls: Trump Still Leads in IA and NH, But Loses Ground  —  Donald Trump remains ahead in the early Republican nominating contests of Iowa and New Hampshire, but his lead has shrunk from a month ago, according to brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls of these two states.

Trump: Teachers with guns could have prevented Oregon shooting  —  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said armed teachers could have protected the students who were killed in a mass shooting at a community college in Oregon this week.  —  “This is in light of what's gone on in Oregon …

Clinton mocks Trump in SNL premiere  —  <p>For the first time since her 2008 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton on Saturday evening returned to the set of “Saturday Night Live," starring in a skit as “Val,” an easy-to-talk-to barkeep giving advice to the former secretary of state …

An Instance of Warmist Corruption  —  We have often written about the fact that the world's governments pour billions of dollars annually into the global warming project, the object of which is to increase the powers of government.  And yet governments, the main parties that stand to benefit …

A New Way to Tackle Gun Deaths  —  We've mourned too often, seen too many schools and colleges devastated by shootings, watched too many students get an education in grief.  It's time for a new approach to gun violence.  —  We're angry, but we also need to be smart.

Guns, Campuses and Madness  —  Austin, Tex. — I'M not sure if this meets the exact definition of irony, but it definitely meets the exact definition of insanity:  —  Across the country, there's so much concern for college students' emotional safety that some schools add “trigger warnings” to novels and other texts.

Supreme Court Prepares to Take On Politically Charged Cases  —  WASHINGTON — The last Supreme Court term ended with liberal victories, conservative disarray and bruised relations among the justices.  The new one, which starts on Monday, marks the start of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.'s second decade …