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 …

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.

‘Saturday Night Live’ Premiere Basically a Hillary Clinton Campaign Ad  —  Miley Cyrus may have hosted the SNL Season 41 premiere, but the show was all about applauding Hillary Clinton—and not just when she appeared.  —  Live From New York...it's a Hillary Clinton campaign ad.

Doctor ‘strangled to death’, left in doorway of Chelsea apartment  —  NYPD detectives at the scene of the crime.  —  A 38-year-old doctor from Long Island was found dead with bruising around her neck in the doorway of a Chelsea apartment building Sunday morning, law-enforcement sources said.

Ore. Shooter's Dad: If He Hadn't Had Access To The Guns, It Wouldn't Have Happened  —  Ian Mercer, the father of the man who shot and killed nine people and injured nine others at a community college in Oregon last week told CNN Saturday that, had gun laws prevented his son from accessing the guns, the incident wouldn't have happened.

Most of 177 Twin Peaks bikers no longer wearing ankle monitors  —  Of the 177 bikers jailed after the May 17 Twin Peaks shootout, none remain in McLennan County jails and 135 of those were fitted with GPS ankle monitors after negotiating reduced bonds.  —  Almost five months later …

Kinky Orthodox priest brought down by ‘cake porn’ sex tape  —  Fr. George Passias and Edith Bouzalas leaving St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in 2013.  —  A high-ranking Greek Orthodox priest starred in kinky sex tapes with his much-younger parish-school principal and was forced to resign …

Thousands attend funerals for Jerusalem terror victims  —  President urges Israelis to continue visiting Old City, where fatal attack took place; Nehemia Lavi's father praises son's bravery  —  Thousands of Israelis attended the funerals Sunday of Rabbi Nehemia Lavi and IDF soldier Aharon Banita …

Philip Chism is charged with raping and killing teacher Colleen Ritzer  —  NEW The 9th grader charged with raping and murdering his teacher has told police he turned on 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer (left) when she ‘insulted’ him.  'After she insulted me, that's when I became the teacher …

4 students arrested for Calif. school shooting plot  —  Four students were arrested Saturday after police discovered a shooting plot involving Summerville High School in Tuolumne, Calif.  —  Among the evidence, deputies said they found a list of the names of the targeted victims.

Biden Backs Transgender Military Service As US Considers Policy  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is throwing his unequivocal support behind letting transgender people serve openly in the U.S. military, as the Obama administration considers whether and when to lift the longstanding ban.

She was a conservative pundit.  He was a liberal activist.  At home, none of that mattered.  —  It was so Washington, the way they met.  She was on the dais at a panel discussion on media and politics, holding forth knowledgeably; he was in the audience, smitten.

Texas mom calls out textbook publisher for interpreting slavery as immigration  —  Book publishing giant McGraw-Hill is saying it will rewrite a textbook after a Pearland mother voiced concerns on YouTube about the portrayal of slaves as immigrant “workers” in her son's school book.