The media has no idea how to deal with Donald Trump's constant lying  —  Donald Trump's interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week (above) is a great distillation of why covering the Republican frontrunner is proving so difficult for mainstream press outlets.  —  On the one hand, he demands coverage.

Trump takes heat for tweet about black murder rates  —  Donald Trump is taking heat on social media for a Sunday afternoon tweet of statistics purporting to show that the vast majority of murdered black people in the U.S. are killed by other black people.  —  The tweet was apparently Trump's response …

Beyond Distrust: How Americans View Their Government  —  Broad criticism, but positive performance ratings in many areas  —  Overview  —  A year ahead of the presidential election, the American public is deeply cynical about government, politics and the nation's elected leaders in a way that has become quite familiar.

Letters demand $15 million, say Irving officials worked to smear Ahmed Mohamed after clock arrest  —  Former Irving MacArthur High School student Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was arrested and interrogated by Irving Police officers after bringing a homemade clock to school.  (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)

Clinton criticizes Pfizer-Allergan merger, calls for inversions crackdown  —  Hillary Clinton said she has “deep concerns” with the $160 billion Pfizer and Allergan merger announced this morning and called on Congress to take quick action to prevent large corporations from shifting …

ObamaCare's imploding even without repeal  —  It's looking like ObamaCare won't survive even if Congress can't manage to repeal it.  —  The nation's largest health insurer, UnitedHealth Group, said last week that it's losing too much — $425 million — from policies sold on the health exchanges, and may have to pull out by 2017.

Pew: White Christians no longer a majority  —  White Christians now make up less than half of the U.S. population, largely receding from the majorities of most demographic groups, with one notable exception: the Republican Party.  —  According to the latest results from Pew Research Center's …

Telling the Truth About ISIS and Raqqa  —  On Saturday night, five young Syrians slouched into a dive bar in New York and ordered drinks.  When the bartender asked if off-brand vodka was O.K., they had to smile.  They were all exiles from Raqqa, the provincial city in northern Syria that ISIS …

John Oliver's excellent takedown of the fearmongering about Syrian refugees  —  On Last Week Tonight's last episode of the year on Sunday, John Oliver walked through the very, very rigorous vetting process that Syrian refugees go through — debunking the idea that a terrorist could easily infiltrate the US by posing as a refugee.

The Opportunist  —  On the morning of October 10th, Marco Rubio, Florida's junior senator, mounted a small stage at the Elks Lodge in Boulder City, Nevada, a popular retirement spot near Las Vegas.  In his twenties, as an obscure Republican state legislator, Rubio exhibited such innate political skill …

Costumed Dark Lord overcome by the ‘force’ of a jar of salad dressing in Jacksonville Beach  —  The all-encompassing Force made famous in the fictional “Star Wars” universe didn't extend to a Dark Lord wanna-be in Jacksonville Beach Sunday.  —  Instead, the Darth Vader-costumed would-be robber …

Muslim UC student says she was attacked because of her religion  —  'I'm terrified to cross the street now,' woman says  —  A Muslim woman is speaking out after she says she was called a terrorist and almost run over by an angry man in Clifton Monday night.

Ben Carson, author of book about the Constitution, incorrectly states that Thomas Jefferson crafted it  —  It's a common misconception that Thomas Jefferson participated in drafting the United States Constitution in 1787.  But as Republican presidential candidate and retired pediatric …

This TV presenter's life was saved by a viewer who spotted a cancerous lump in his neck  —  A TV presenter who was diagnosed with cancer after a viewer spotted a lump in his neck has described how his life has changed since his cancer went into remission.  Tarek El Moussa co-hosts HGTV's …

Ex-Benghazi investigator sues Trey Gowdy for discrimination and defamation  —  A former investigator for the House Benghazi Committee filed a federal lawsuit against the committee Monday, opening a new chapter in legal skirmishes over the Benghazi attacks and subsequent investigations.

Rand Paul: Boston Bombers Were “Coddled,” Given “Free Stuff” As Refugees  —  Rand Paul said on Friday that the Boston bombers came to America as refugees and were “coddled” and given “free stuff,” before they “decided to attack us.”  —  “The Boston bombers came here and as refugees …