Dear Media, Stop Freaking Out About Donald Trump's Polls  —  Lately, pundits and punters seem bullish on Donald Trump, whose chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination recently inched above 20 percent for the first time at the betting market Betfair.

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.

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)

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.

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 …

TV networks unite to fight Trump's restriction on journalists' access  —  Network TV news representatives will confer Monday to hash out demands about access to Donald Trump's presidential campaign after Trump officials last week threatened to “blacklist” reporters who left a designated media …

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 …

Americans say Trump Most Likely to Ruin Thanksgiving Dinner; GOP Opposes Obama on Turkey Pardons  —  Donald Trump leads PPP's newest poll by a wide margin...on which candidate Americans think would be the most likely to say something inappropriate at the table and ruin Thanksgiving Dinner.

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 …

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.

Emails show DOD analysts told to ‘cut it out’ on ISIS warnings; IG probe expands  —  Analysts at U.S. Central Command were pressured to ease off negative assessments about the Islamic State threat and were even told in an email to “cut it out,” Fox News has learned - as an investigation expands …

Should The MTA Allow These Nazi Insignias On Subway Cars?  —  Seats on 42nd Street subway Shuttle cars are wrapped with symbols from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, intended to carry commuters into the alternate history of the Amazon TV series, The Man in the High Castle, in which the Axis Powers were victorious.

NBC Reaches Agreement on Equal Time After Trump's ‘SNL’ Gig  —  NBC has come to an agreement with the campaigns of John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, James Gilmore and Lindsey Graham for equal time following Donald Trump's “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig on Nov. 7, the network said.

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 …

$4.9-million settlement in death of mentally ill homeless man Kelly Thomas  —  Ron Thomas, center, is flanked by attorney's Garo Mardirossian, left and Dale Galipo during a press conference Monday after a $4.9-million settlement was reached in the death of Thomas' mentally ill homeless son, Kelly Thomas Monday, November 23, 2015.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …