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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …