Bloomberg Poll: Most Americans Oppose Syrian Refugee Resettlement  —  Americans agree with Republican presidential candidates on refugees, but are divided on whether to send U.S. troops to Iraq and Syria to fight the Islamic State, according to the poll.  —  margarettalev

George Takei has the perfect response to a mayor who praised Japanese internment  —  On Wednesday, the mayor of Roanoke, VA, wrote a controversial letter explaining why his administration won't be welcoming Syrian refugees.  The letter from Mayor David Bowers invoked America's history …

Ben Carson's campaign made a U.S. map and put a bunch of states in the wrong place … Happy Geography Awareness Week!  Recognizing that “too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens,” …

Senate Dems prep separate response to Paris attacks  —  A core group of Senate Democrats are preparing a response to the terrorist attacks in Paris, in an effort to focus attention on what the Democrats say are more pressing potential security threats even as Congress remains largely focused on the nation's refugee resettlement program.

2 terror suspects dead after French police raid north of Paris  —  PARIS — A woman triggered a suicide blast Wednesday as more than 100 police and soldiers stormed an apartment in northern Paris, acting on tips that the suspected ringleader of last week's bloodshed could be hiding in the tense French capital.

Jewish Teacher Stabbed By ‘IS Supporters’  —  Police on the streets of Marseille this week  —  A Jewish teacher has been stabbed in Marseille by three people claiming to be Islamic State supporters, say prosecutors.  —  Three people on two scooters approached the teacher in the street …

ISIS New York video: Terror group releases warning of Times Square attack  —  NEW YORK - Terror group ISIS released a propaganda video Wednesday that makes threats against New York.  —  The video shows several scenes in Manhattan including Times Square, a Gap in Herald Square, T.G.I. Friday's and yellow taxi cabs on city streets.

Russia Pounds ISIS With Biggest Bomber Raid in Decades  —  Putin's air force just used its nuclear bombers to lay waste to the capital of the ‘Islamic State.’  —  The Russian air force just pulled off one of the biggest and most complex heavy bomber missions in modern history …

Our Bitter and Graceless President  —  We all know people of towering arrogance and we all know people of staggering incompetence, but Barack Obama is quite possibly the perfect package.  No one on the scene today combines these two qualities in quite the same way as Mr. Obama.

My plan to defeat the Islamic State  —  Make no mistake about it: We are at war, and we can't win it with a strategy of containment.  — By Ben Carson-  —  Columns  —  Columns … The Post's View  —  The Post's View … PostEverything  —  PostEverything  —  Paris is a city.

EXCLUSIVE — REPORT: 8 Syrians Caught at Texas Border in Laredo  —  Two federal agents operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are claiming that eight Syrian illegal aliens attempted to enter Texas from Mexico in the Laredo Sector.

Turkish soccer fans disrupt moment of silence for Paris attack victims  —  Turkish soccer fans disrupted a moment of silence honoring the victims of the Paris attacks before their team drew, 0-0, against Greece in a friendly on Wednesday. … This is at least the second time this year …

Our two Americas, in 1 map  —  Want to understand the bifurcated nature of our politics?  Try this map, released Tuesday by the Federal Election Commission, that documents which party controls a majority of seats in each state's congressional delegation.  —  Pretty remarkable no?

The Syrian passports to terror: EIGHT migrants have got into Europe with same papers as those found on stadium suicide bomber  —  The full scale of the trade in false passports that allows terrorists to slip into Europe was exposed last night.  —  It lets Islamic State fanatics who are bent …

Martin O'Malley Likely To Accept Public Funding, Campaign Says  —  Martin O'Malley is poised to become the first major candidate in eight years to publicly finance his presidential campaign.  —  The former Maryland governor will likely accept matching payments once the Federal Election Commission deems …