Trump: 9/11 happened on George W. Bush's watch  —  <p>Donald Trump slammed former President George W. Bush for the 9/11 attacks happening "during his reign" in an interview aired Friday, prompting a strong rebuke from a certain GOP presidential rival.</p><p>Asked by Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle …

Biden would run ‘optimistic campaign’  —  A top adviser to Vice President Biden sent a letter to former staffers Thursday indicating his decision on 2016 will happen soon and laying out the themes of a possible presidential campaign, according to The Associated Press.

EXCLUSIVE: Malia, The Only Cool Obama, Plays Beer Pong During College Visit [PHOTOS]  —  Malia Obama was visiting Brown University in Rhode Island for a campus tour last weekend, and while she was there, the 17-year-old finally proved that there's at least one cool person in the Obama family.

Abedin says she answered Benghazi questions ‘to the best of my ability’  —  Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin emerged from a nearly eight-hour closed-door meeting of the House Select Committee on Benghazi late on Friday afternoon, claiming to have done her best to answer the panel's extensive questions.

The Paranoid, Supremacist Roots of the Stabbing Intifada  —  In September of 1928, a group of Jewish residents of Jerusalem placed a bench in front of the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, for the comfort of elderly worshipers.  They also brought with them a wooden partition, to separate the sexes during prayer.

Rand Paul Warns Sanders Presidency Could Lead To ‘Mass Genocide’  —  Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joined South Carolina radio host Vince Coakley yesterday to discuss the first Democratic presidential debate, where he said the candidates were “all trying to outdo each other in their disdain …

Former Cable News Commentator Arrested and Charged with Fraud  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Wayne Shelby Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, a former occasional on-air commentator who appeared on a cable news network, was arrested today after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges …

Dem proposes exec action to curb gun violence  —  Rep. Alcee Hastings, a 12-term Florida Democrat, is pressing President Obama to use his executive pen in an effort to stem gun violence.  —  In a Thursday letter to the president, Hastings laid out three reforms he thinks the administration …

Russian Hackers of Dow Jones Said to Have Sought Trading Tips  —  FBI, Secret Service and SEC said to be probing incursion  —  Hacking investigation said to have begun at least a year ago  —  A group of Russian hackers infiltrated the servers of Dow Jones & Co., owner of the Wall Street Journal …

RNC Chief Priebus: Republican Party “Cooked” If We Lose 2016  —  The Republican Party was “cooked” a long time ago when they started treating their base with outright contempt.  —  GOP leader Reince Priebus told The Washington Examiner the Big Tent party is “cooked” if they don't win the 2016 election.

Guess Who Else Is a Socialist?  —  One of the side benefits of a well-watched national political debate is the exposure it brings to something obscure and forgotten — like Denmark.  Who doesn't love a country that gave us a dish of frikadeller and rugbrod to go with paid parental leave and universal health care?

What Could Raising Taxes on the 1% Do?  Surprising Amounts  —  When it comes to paying taxes, most Americans think the wealthy do not pay their fair share.  —  There is a sharp divide, however, between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to taxing the rich, who provide most of the cash for political campaigns.

Sweden opens world's first male rape centre  —  A hospital in Stockholm is understood to be first in the world to set up an emergency department specifically for male rape victims.  The clinic at Södersjukhuset opened on Thursday as part of a strategy to ensure “gender equal” patient care.

The American boy arrested for making a clock meets Sudan's president, an accused war criminal … The arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Texas student, in mid-September for bringing a homemade clock to his high school created a nationwide debate about racism and Islamophobia in the United States.