Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries  —  Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington.  —  The video, which appeared on a site used …

Fearing Fear Itself  —  Like millions of people, I've been obsessively following the news from Paris, putting aside other things to focus on the horror.  It's the natural human reaction.  But let's be clear: it's also the reaction the terrorists want.  And that's something not everyone seems to understand.

9/11 hero's husband returns award given to late wife after Caitlyn Jenner gets same award  —  Yanan Wang  —  After the 9/11 attacks, no one disputed that Moira Smith was a hero.  The 38-year-old police officer led over a hundred bleeding people out of the World Trade Center, one after another …

Calling in to MSNBC's Morning Joe on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would “strongly consider” shutting down mosques with suspected terrorist ties and slammed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for discontinuing surveillance of them.

Hillary Clinton Botches Wall Street Questions  —  Hillary Clinton should have seen that Wall Street shot coming.  Instead, she compounded the damage.  —  The former secretary of state was off to a sound outing in Saturday night's debate against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Gov. Martin O'Malley of Maryland.

Rival campaigns starting to fear Ted Cruz  —  He has more cash than any other Republican candidate.  He is organized in every county in the first four voting states.  And he has served up one strong debate performance after the next.  —  Now, not three months from primary season …

The Belgian radicals' den  —  Paris investigation leads to run-down Brussels neighborhood notorious for jihadi recruitment. … “We don't have a grip on the situation in Molenbeek.”  —  A confession — a mea culpa almost — summed up the Belgian government's reaction to the links discovered between …

John Dickerson keeps Democratic debate on track despite last-minute shuffle  —  CBS News political director John Dickerson had just finished his first rehearsal Friday for the Democratic primary debate when the words “this just in” came through his earpiece.

Aaron Rodgers praised for criticizing fan's anti-Muslim comments  —  It was not a red-letter day for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.  Though he led a late rally, many of his passes went wide, and the Packers were trounced by the Detroit Lions, giving that team just its second victory of the season.

Why Can't the Dems Say ‘Radical Islam’?  —  How Saturday night's debate displayed a party both at odds with reality and the popular will when it comes to terrorism.  —  Saturday night's Democratic presidential debate offered the country a moment of clarity that exposes just how brittle …