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.

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 …

To Curb Gun Violence, Hillary Clinton Has a Plan for Possible Executive Action  —  On the heels of the nation's latest mass shooting, Hillary Rodham Clinton will issue proposals on Monday to curb gun violence, including holding out the potential of using executive actions.

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 …

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.

MSNBC to Undergo More Changes, NBC News Chief Andrew Lack Says  —  Senior TV Editor @bristei  —  NBCUniversal isn't finished tinkering with MSNBC.  —  While the cable-news network's daytime schedule has largely been reworked since February, there are likely more changes to come …

Donald Trump and Jeb Bush Find Common Ground on Washington's Football Team  —  After months of name-calling, Jeb Bush and Donald J. Trump have finally found a name that they can agree on: the Washington Redskins.

Obama Not Welcome In Roseburg, Says Local Newspaper Publisher  —  David Jaques, the publisher of the conservative newspaper the Roseburg Beacon, says he believes that President Obama would not be welcome to the town after making remarks politicizing the shooting that left nine dead and nine injured …

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.

Air France Workers Rip Shirts From Top Managers in Jobs Protest  —  HR, long-haul executives escape over fence as meeting stormed  —  Air France executives were forced to flee with their clothes in tatters after workers stormed a meeting at Charles de Gaulle airport in protest at 2,900 planned job cuts.

‘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.

Gov. Brown signs controversial assisted-suicide bill  —  Caught between conflicting moral arguments, Gov. Jerry Brown, a former Jesuit seminary student, on Monday signed a measure allowing physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients who want to hasten their deaths.

Welcome, Leon  —  The post title is somewhat facetious.  Leon has been here for a number of years now.  I remember when people on the front page started agitating for him to be on the front page.  There was no way on earth I was going to allow him on the front page with a user name like “LeonMachoNacho”.

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.

Gun control and magical thinking  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  No television appearance elicits more angry comments from viewers than one in which the simple point is made that the “common sense gun control measures” (advocated petulantly by a president without …

F-35 Fatal Ejection Fear Riles Congress  —  WASHINGTON — Concern is mounting on Capitol Hill after recent tests revealed a lightweight F-35 pilot's neck could snap when ejecting at certain speeds.  —  The fears focus on the Martin-Baker US16E ejection seat.

Edward Snowden: US has not offered me plea deal  —  Whistleblower says he has offered to do time in prison as part of a deal to return to US, but ‘we are still waiting for them to call us back’  —  The US justice department has made no effort to contact Edward Snowden to discuss a plea deal …

Carly Fiorina Says Medieval History Degree Will Help Her Defeat ISIS  —  For over three decades, Carly Fiorina's bachelor's degree from Stanford University in medieval history and philosophy has had little real-world application.  —  But as she mounts a presidential bid …

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.