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 …

Jim Webb to drop out of Democratic race  —  <p>Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb will announce Tuesday that he will drop his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.</p><p> In an<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/ 2015/10/jim-webb-democrats-independent- 214929"> email to reporters </a>on Monday evening …

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 …

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 Note: Joe Biden Prompts (In)Decision Frenzy  —  NOTABLES  —TESTING OUT THE MESSAGE?  Biden's supporters have acknowledged the odds would be stacked against him — starting so late with no money, no campaign organization and way behind in the polls.

Republicans votes scarce in House on debt-ceiling hike  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has his work cut out for him in passing a bill to raise the $18.1 trillion debt ceiling.  —  The lame-duck Speaker needs to win 30 Republican votes to lift the government's borrowing limit …

“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 …

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.

Donald Trump backtracks on Afghanistan war: Not a mistake  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. was right to invade Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks — a reversal of his position earlier this month when he called the war a “mistake.”  —  “We made a mistake going into Iraq.

Author: Hillary flooded Amazon with negative reviews of my book  —  Dirty trickster Roger Stone seems to be the victim of dirty tricks.  —  The political consultant's new book, “The Clintons' War on Women,” is the top-rated political history seller on Amazon, but the online retailer was flooded last week with one-star reviews.

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 …