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 …

Poll: Trump Hits Highest Mark Yet, But Carson Is Close Behind  —  Real estate mogul Donald Trump remains the front-runner in the Republican presidential field, while former neurosurgeon Ben Carson holds a close second place, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows.

Democrats are in denial.  Their party is actually in deep trouble.  —  The Democratic Party is in much greater peril than its leaders or supporters recognize, and it has no plan to save itself.  —  Yes, Barack Obama is taking a victory lap in his seventh year in office.

Gowdy appears to accidentally release CIA source's name  —  <p>House Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy appears to have accidentally released the name of a CIA source in the midst of a back-and-forth with Democrats about how sensitive the information was and whether its presence …

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.

Jim Webb to consider running as an independent  —  Jim Webb, the longshot Democratic presidential candidate, may run as an independent, his campaign said in an email to reporters on Monday evening.  —  The former Virginia senator, who complained last week about not having enough talking …

Joe Biden: Speculation About 2016 Bid Reaches Fever Pitch  —  The speculation about whether Vice President Joe Biden will enter the 2016 race reached a fever pitch Monday as supporters, reporters and political prognosticators weighed in on his intentions.  —  One Democratic congressman …

Anthony Mackie Endorses Donald Trump: He Worked His Way Up From Nothing  —  The Our Brand Is Crisis actor said he is “drinking the Kool-Aid.” … Looks like we might see Anthony Mackie on the campaign trail with Donald Trump.  During a sit-down chat with BET.com during the promotional trail …

What The New York Times Didn't Tell You  —  “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.”  —  If you read the recent New York Times article about Amazon's culture, you remember that quote.  Attributed to Bo Olson, the image of countless employees crying at their desks set …

Canada election: Trudeau promises change after Liberals rout Conservatives  —  We're wrapping up this live blog now, but keeping up with all the fallout and reaction over on our new blog here:  —  Before you go, here's how the night panned out:  — The Liberal party has won a convincing majority, taking 185 seats.

GOP Rep. Mo Brooks: Hillary Clinton will be first president ‘subject to impeachment’ on her first day  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton hasn't even clinched the nomination, but Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) is already floating impeachment for the former secretary of state.

Memo to GOP: Curb Immigration or Quit |  Commentary  —  America is about to break every known immigration record.  And yet you are unlikely to hear a word about it.  —  The Census Bureau projects that the foreign-born share of the U.S. population will soon eclipse the highest levels ever documented …

Trump Is Right About 9/11  —  Donald Trump utters plenty of ugly untruths: that undocumented Mexican immigrants are “rapists,” that Syrian refugees are committing “all sorts of attacks” in Germany and represent a “Trojan Horse” for ISIS.  But he tells ugly truths too: that “when you give …

Reframing the Debate about Payday Lending  —  Robert DeYoung, Ronald J. Mann, Donald P. Morgan, and Michael R. Strain  —  Except for the ten to twelve million people who use them every year, just about everybody hates payday loans.  Their detractors include many law professors …