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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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 …

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 …

Ben Carson: If Russian Planes Enter No-Fly Zone, “You Shoot Them Down, Absolutely”  —  Ben Carson says if the United States were to establish a no-fly zone in Syria and Russian planes were to enter it, then those planes would have to be shot down.  —  The Republican presidential candidate …

Republicans divided over how far to go with ObamaCare repeal  —  Senate Republicans are divided over how far to go with an ObamaCare repeal bill they plan to send to the president's desk by year's end.  —  Senate GOP leaders have told their members they will repeal as much of the 2010 healthcare reform law …

Students across U.S. to march over debt, free public college  —  Students were set to walk out of classrooms across the United States on Thursday to protest ballooning student loan debt for higher education and rally for tuition-free public colleges and a minimum wage hike for campus workers.

Mizzou Demonstrators Segregate White Allies to Form ‘Black Only Healing Space’  —  Student protesters at the University of Missouri asked white supporters to leave Wednesday night in order to create a “black only healing space.”  —  Steve Schmidt, an activist who was at the protest …

Ben Carson Adviser: We Have ‘Intelligence’ About Chinese In Syria (VIDEO)  —  Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson's business manager and adviser Armstrong Williams attempted to support Carson's bizarre debate claims on Syria during a Wednesday interview with MSNBC by assuring the anchor that the Chinese are, in fact, in Syria.

Democrats scheduled debates on days when no one will watch  —  The Democratic National Committee, which organizes the party's primary debates, has faced accusations of scheduling them on dates that will receive poor viewership in an attempt to protect frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

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.

David Vitter's Race for Governor Could Bring the Senate Together  —  After a rough and highly personal debate in the Louisiana governor's race on Tuesday night, all eyes in the Senate are on David Vitter, the Louisiana Republican who is in a pitched battle to win the governor's mansion back home.