Dems release closed-door Benghazi testimony  —  Democrats on the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Monday revealed portions of the transcript of previously secret testimony from a closed-door briefing with a former top aide to Hillary Clinton in an escalation of the partisan bickering on the panel.

Clinton Proposes New Gun Measures, Staking Claim Vs. Sanders  —  The front-runner is calling for repeal of a law that gives legal protection to gun manufacturers and dealers whose guns are used for criminal activity.  —  jeneps  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday …

Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Is Reached  —  ATLANTA — The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations on Monday agreed to the largest regional trade accord in history, a potentially precedent-setting model for global commerce and worker standards that would tie together 40 percent …

Exclusive: Biden eyes weekend decision  —  He's finally close.  Confidants of Vice President Joe Biden expect him to make a decision next weekend, or shortly thereafter, on whether to launch an epic battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Carly Fiorina's first political campaign had a surprising problem: Money … Famed California pollster Joe Shumate was found dead in his home one month before Election Day 2010, surrounded by sheets of polling data he labored over for the flailing Senate bid of Carly Fiorina.

‘Workers’ or slaves?  Textbook maker backtracks after mother's online complaint  —  Mothers of teenagers are used to getting frustrating text messages, but the one that Roni Dean-Burren received from her 15-year-old son last week wasn't about alcohol, dating or money for the movies.  —  It was about history.

Civilians ‘accidentally struck’ in Afghan hospital bombing, U.S. commander says  —  (CNN)A Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan was struck accidentally after Afghan forces called for air support from the American military, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan says.

Police, Community React To Dunkin' Donuts Worker's Refusal To Serve West Hartford Cop … WEST HARTFORD — The day after a West Hartford police officer was refused service at a Dunkin' Donuts, people from Connecticut and across the country reacted on social media.

4 students arrested in Tuolumne County school shooting plot  —  Investigators say plan was in early stages; no students, faculty hurt  —  An investigation into a planned shooting at a Tuolumne County school led to the arrests of four male students, deputies said Saturday.

Carly Fiorina's Mystery Foundation  —  The Fiorina Foundation is run by an organization that has distributed funds to Planned Parenthood.  Oh, and the Fiorina Foundation doesn't appear to exist.  —  Carly Fiorina is so opposed to Planned Parenthood, which she believes is …

Pollsters: Don't trust us to winnow GOP field  —  <p>Pollsters surveyed by POLITICO have a unanimous warning for the Republican National Committee and the TV networks who are using public-opinion surveys to exclude presidential candidates from debates: Don't trust polls to detect often-tiny grades …

Donald Trump Sees a ‘Collapse’ in a G.O.P. Campaign Without Him  —  Donald J. Trump predicts a “major collapse” in the Republican campaign and a “depression” for the television industry should he prematurely exit the presidential race.  —  In a recent interview, Mr. Trump offered …

To be blunt  —  She was the waspish PA in The Devil Wears Prada who recently made headlines after disparaging remarks about her new US citizenship.  Next up, she's the boozy Brit in The Girl on the Train.  Meet Emily Blunt  —  For many reasons, Emily Blunt has been top on my list of fantasy friends for years.

Pitched battle under the Channel as dozens of migrants storm the Eurotunnel and get TEN miles down tracks before clashing with security guards in a ‘mass invasion co-ordinated by BRITISH anarchists’  —  Invading migrants who stormed the Channel Tunnel in a desperate bid to break into Britain …