George W. Bush unleashes on Ted Cruz  —  <p>Inside a sleek Denver condominium, George W. Bush let a hundred donors to his brother's campaign in on a secret.  Of all the rival Republican candidates, there is one who gets under the former president's skin, whom he views as perhaps Jeb Bush's …

Fiorina's support collapses, Trump leads in CNN poll  —  <p>Carly Fiorina's time near the top of the Republican polls may have come to an end, as another national<a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/ 2015/images/10/19/rel11b.-.republicans. pdf"> CNN/ORC poll</a> out Tuesday suggests.

Justin Trudeau to be prime minister as Liberals surge to majority  —  Harper expected to resign as Conservative leader  —  Canada Votes 2015: CBC election special 0:00  —  Justin Trudeau will be Canada's next prime minister after leading the Liberal Party to a stunning majority government win …

The Benghazi Witch-Hunt Against Hillary Is Backfiring Just Like Bill Clinton's Impeachment  —  And its chairman, Trey Gowdy, just got caught red handed  —  The House Select Committee on Benghazi has had glaring credibility problems from its inception.  Even if you ignore the thicket …

GOP right wing acts like its own party  —  Is the Freedom Caucus moving the United States toward a European-style coalition government?  —  At the moment, the 40-plus hard-right conservatives in the Freedom Caucus have all but created their own political party by blocking the majority …

“Wouldn't wish this on anyone:” Bucks forward claims he was racially profiled at jewelry store  —  MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Bucks forward John Henson is claiming he was racially profiled at a jewelry store in Whitefish Bay on Monday, October 19th.  The claim resulted in Whitefish Bay police …

Donald Trump Fan Anthony Mackie Believes Trump “Worked His Way Up From Nothing”  —  Anthony Mackie is a famous actor.  A famous actor who is currently appearing in a movie about political consulting.  A famous actor who presumably has access to every news source in the world.

A New Attack on Health Care Reform  —  In recent months, several nonprofit insurance plans that were created to compete with for-profit insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act have run into financial difficulties.  Republicans and other critics of health care reform are cynically pointing …

Americans' Desire for Stricter Gun Laws Up Sharply  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five percent of Americans say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter than they are now, a distinct rise of eight percentage points from 2014.

This Column Is Gluten-Free  —  LONDON — I was in Venice a few weeks ago and friends reported seeing a restaurant menu with the following important message emblazoned it: “We do NOT serve gluten-free food.”  —  It was easy to imagine an exasperated Italian proprietor, driven to frenzy …

Man shuts down cheating ex with one word text message  —  ORANGE COUNTY, CA - A man found out his ex-fiancée was cheating on him and ended his 5-year long relationship.  He got the last word when she started text messaging him, trying to rekindle their love.

Mike Murphy of Right to Rise Explains His Theory That Jeb Bush Is Still the Candidate to Beat  —  When Mike Murphy in June took the helm of his longtime friend and client Jeb Bush's super-PAC, Right to Rise USA, he disappeared from the media, part of a concerted effort not to draw attention away from the candidate.

POLITICO Playbook, presented by Altria - BIDEN'S BURDEN: would need swift poll movement, vast hiring, buckets of money - WASHPOST's 1,600-word B-matter on the V.P. running - FIORINA collapses; JEB tanks in Fla. — MIKE MURPHY's theory of the case  —  <p><b>By Mike Allen </b>(@mikeallen …