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 …

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.

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 …

First on CNN: Secret Service officer arrested in child sex sting  —  Washington (CNN)A Secret Service officer assigned to the White House was arrested after he was caught in a sting sending naked pictures of himself to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl from Delaware, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday.

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.

What You Need To Know About The Huge Student Protest Sweeping The Country Today  —  On Thursday, students across the country will walk out of their classrooms and march for the right to a free college education.  According to organizers, 110 college campuses across the country are expected to participate in the grassroots event.

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 …

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.”

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.

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 …

A new trigger warning for college kids: How to prepare them for the intellectual discomforts of a university  —  Though I'm as strong an advocate as you'll find of free speech and thick skins, I feel some sympathy for the Yale student whose meltdown in a university courtyard went viral …

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.

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.

Jennifer Lawrence Is Determined, Hilarious, and—Above All—Real  —  Hollywood's blockbuster blonde comes to town this month with the final Hunger Games and David O. Russell's Joy.  So what's next for Jennifer Lawrence?  Buck the system, set up home, and try to find a date.

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 …

A Solid StartNovember 12, 2015By: Sylvia Mathews Burwell, HHS Secretary  —  In the first week of the third Open Enrollment, more than 540,000 people selected a health insurance plan through the HealthCare.gov platform and more than 1.15 million consumers were included on applications submitted to the Marketplace.

Vincent Asaro, Accused in Lutfhansa Heist, Is Found Not Guilty  —  Vincent Asaro, the reputed mobster charged in connection with the notorious 1978 Lufthansa robbery, walked out of federal court in Brooklyn on Thursday a free man after a jury cleared him of racketeering and other charges.

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.

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 …