Time for GOP panic?  Establishment worried Carson or Trump might win  —  Less than three months before the kick-off Iowa caucuses, there is growing anxiety bordering on panic among Republican elites about the dominance and durability of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and widespread bewilderment over how to defeat them.

The Hillary Clinton Living Inside the Republican Brain  —  Imagine a police sketch artist drawing a picture of Hillary Clinton based only on descriptions from the Republicans at the Fox Business Network debates on Tuesday night.  The sketch would be unappealing, obviously, but also weird and contradictory.

The Pundits Have It All Wrong.  Ted Cruz Is a Real Threat For the Nomination.  —  Ted Cruz gets no respect.  At least no respect in keeping with the impressiveness of the campaign he's built and his increasing odds of winning the Republican nomination.  —  The press and the political class …

Jennifer Lawrence: GOP 'doesn't support women's basic rights'  —  Actress Jennifer Lawrence says she has trouble staying true to her Republican upbringing because of the GOP's treatment of women.  —  “I was raised a Republican but I just can't imagine supporting a party …

A Six-Figure Settlement on Campus Free Speech  —  As debates roil over free speech on American college campuses and as mechanisms that critique Israeli policies continue to divide, the universe delivered a perfect enmeshing of both stories in the Land of Lincoln.

Springfield Woman Goes Viral After Attending Trump's Speech  —  Donald Trump's visit to Springfield is getting a lot of attention thanks to a Springfield woman who sat right behind the GOP front runner.  —  Donald Trump spoke for more than a hour during his visit to the Prairie Capital Convention Center …

In new shock poll, Sanders has landslides over both Trump and Bush  —  In a new McClatchy-Marist poll, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads Republican candidate Donald Trump by a landslide margin of 12 percentage points, 53 to 41.

Russia reveals giant nuclear torpedo in state TV ‘leak’  —  The Kremlin says secret plans for a Russian long-range nuclear torpedo - called “Status-6” - should not have appeared on Russian TV news.  —  The leak happened during a report on state-run Channel One about President Vladimir Putin …

Secret Service Agent Charged With Sexting 14-Year-Old From White House  —  A uniformed Secret Service officer was arrested for allegedly sending nude photos to a contact he thought was a 14-year-old girl, with some texts sent while on the job at the White House, CNN reported Thursday.

Clinton Campaign Releases New Television Ad, Praised For Its Honesty  —  The Clinton campaign released a new television ad, which has been praised by many for its honesty.  The issue of trustworthiness and honesty have been areas that have plagued the campaign since the revelation …

Dear Claremont McKenna College Community  —  Dear CMC Community: Students, Faculty, Staff, Friends, Family:  —  I made a statement 24 hours ago, stating that because of Dean Spellman's failure to address her comment about the “CMC mold”, I felt uncomfortable as a student of color expressing …

Uterus Transplants May Soon Help Some Infertile Women in the U.S. Become Pregnant  —  CLEVELAND — Six doctors swarmed around the body of the deceased organ donor and quickly started to operate.  —  The kidneys came out first.  Then the team began another delicate dissection …

A Plague of Racial Hoaxes on Campus  —  The two well-publicized incidents of racism on the University of Missouri campus, consisting of offensive slurs directed at African-American students, have not been independently confirmed.  That does not indicate that these events never happened …

EXCLUSIVE: Apparently John Bel Edwards Hosted A ‘Meet And Greet’ At A New Orleans Club  —  Gubernatorial candidate State Rep. John Bel Edwards (D-Amite) apparently hosted a “meet and greet” at a New Orleans night club, according to the Lyve New Orleans Instagram account.

Utah judge removes lesbian couple's foster child, says she'll be better off with heterosexuals  —  Last year, Utah couple Beckie Peirce and April Hoagland decided to get married.  Last summer, in a decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, the Supreme Court confirmed that this was okay.

Missouri state senator aims to block student's dissertation on abortion  —  Exclusive interview: Missouri grad student defends research on how state's required abortion wait affects women  —  A University of Missouri doctoral student plans to continue research for her dissertation on the effects …

Nativity scene in Wadena comes down after complaint  —  WADENA, Minn. — The Wadena city council voted unanimously but hesitantly to remove a beloved nativity scene from a city park Tuesday night.  —  Mayor George Deiss says for as long as anyone in Wadena can remember the nativity scene has been displayed at Burlington Northern Park.