The GOP on Economics  —  The good, the bad, and the ugly at the fourth presidential debate.  —  Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate wasn't the most entertaining, but it was by far the most educational.  The two-hour session gave the candidates a chance to critique the Obama record …

Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Maintaining Lead Over Bernie Sanders  —  Despite a month of sharpened attacks, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has failed to significantly dent Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to a New York Times/CBS News survey released on Thursday.

Populism on the Rise in GOP Race for President  —  Candidates bash big banks, the Fed, corporations and international trade deals in their latest debate  —  The latest presidential debate vividly captured how the 2008 financial crisis has reshaped the Republican Party by unleashing …

FBI expands probe of Clinton emails, launches independent classification review  —  The FBI has expanded its probe of Hillary Clinton's emails, with agents exploring whether multiple statements violate a federal false statements statute, according to intelligence sources familiar with the ongoing case.

Trump talks Clinton's ‘massive’ new hairdo  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Wednesday he was shocked to see Hillary Clinton's latest hairdo, calling it “massive” in an interview on conservative talk radio.  —  Asked by host Mark Levin what Clinton's appeal to voters is, Trump simply said …

Charles Koch: We are doling out welfare for the wealthy  —  Billionaire Charles Koch said Wednesday that the federal government is widening the gap between America's rich and poor.  —  “For most of this nation's history, our country has been characterized by opportunity …

Chris Christie: College unrest a product of ‘lawlessness’ that Obama allows  —  MUSCATAINE, Iowa — In his first campaign stops after a well-received performance in Fox Business's “undercard” GOP presidential primary debate, Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) mixed raw talk about addiction …

Missouri student files complaint against professor who called for ‘muscle’  —  The University of Missouri student who filmed assistant professor Melissa Click call for “muscle” to eject him from a protest site on campus says he has filed a complaint with police alleging simple assault.

Promised Bipartisanship, Obama Adviser Found Disappointment  —  WASHINGTON — When President Obama first won the White House, he recruited Ray LaHood, a Republican congressman, to join his cabinet.  The appointment, Mr. Obama declared, “reflects that bipartisan spirit” that would distinguish his presidency.

Mizzou, Yale and Free Speech  —  On university campuses across the country, from Mizzou to Yale, we have two noble forces colliding with explosive force.  —  One is a concern for minority or marginalized students and faculty members, who are often left feeling as outsiders in ways that damage everyone's education.

Hillary Clinton's claim that she tried to join the Marines  —  “He looks at me and goes, 'Um, how old are you.  And I said, ‘Well I am 26, I will be 27.’ And he goes, ‘Well, that is kind of old for us.’ And then he says to me, and this is what gets me, ‘Maybe the dogs will take you,’ meaning the Army.”

Utah judge removes child from lesbian foster parents  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah state child welfare officials on Wednesday were reviewing a ruling by a juvenile court judge who ordered a baby to be taken from lesbian foster parents and instead placed with a heterosexual couple for the child's well-being.

Boehner resignation leads to election oddity  —  Scroll to the bottom of this story for a complete breakdown of important upcoming election dates.  —  It's unlikely to happen, but voters could elect two different congressmen to fill John Boehner's vacated seat in the March primary.

The United States Doesn't Spend Enough on Its Military  —  Our future, and the future of our allies, depends on it.  —  At Tuesday's GOP presidential debate in Milwaukee, Rand Paul railed against Marco Rubio for calling for increases to the military budget: “How is it conservative to add a trillion dollars in military expenditures?

Driven to hospital, Virginia man tased, shackled and dies in police custody  —  When three Virginia police officers put Linwood Lambert in a squad car around 5 a.m. on May 4, 2013, they said they were taking him to the ER for medical attention because he was speaking delusionally.