The Ecstasy of Donald Trump  —  MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina—All politicians, if they are any good at their craft, know the truth about human nature.  —  Donald Trump is very good, and he knows it better than most.  —  Trump stands alone on a long platform, surrounded by a rapturous throng.

Four new Laquan McDonald shooting videos raise more questions  —  Activists take to the streets in reaction to the release of a Chicago police dash-cam video showing the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald, 17, by an officer in October 2014.  —  Newly released videos from four additional police vehicles …

LA City Council proposal would send john letters to owners of cars in prostitution areas  —  A California privacy group is concerned about a Los Angeles City Hall proposal to send warning letters to the owners of cars seen driving in areas known for prostitution.

Google deems Bernie Sanders' economic plan a ‘phishing scam’  —  Democratic presidential hopeful Bernard Sanders' economic plan triggered Gmail's “phishing scam” antenna, with the mail system saying the senator's liberal campaign promises — including lower prescription drug prices and free college for all — sound like frauds.

Smithsonian: Statue of Liberty was originally a Muslim woman  —  The Statue of Liberty was originally designed to be a Muslim woman, the Smithsonian Institution's magazine says.  —  An article on the government-administered museum's blog, Smart News, claims one of the designers …

End of daily injections for diabetes as scientists restore insulin production  —  Injecting billions of immune cells back into the body boosts insulin production, preventing the need for daily injections  —  The end of daily injections for diabetes sufferers could be in sight after scientists showed …

Obama: Syrian refugees are like pilgrims on the Mayflower  —  This Thanksgiving, President Obama is calling for Americans to lend a helping hand to another group of pilgrims fleeing persecution.  —  “Nearly four centuries after the Mayflower set sail, the world is still full of pilgrims …

How to BE the Crazy Uncle This Thanksgiving  —  Every year at the holidays, millions of Americans partake in a whole parallel tradition: avoiding the “crazy uncle,” that one exhausting relative who treats every event as a chance to assault you with their fringe political ideas …

GOP rider would boost party spending  —  Senate Republicans plan to insert a provision into a must-pass government funding bill that would vastly expand the amount of cash that political parties could spend on candidates, multiple sources tell POLITICO.  —  The provision, which sources …

The Threat from ‘Minnesota Men’  —  Where ISIS goes for American recruits.  —  If you get your news from the headlines, you can be excused for thinking that “Minnesota men” pose a special risk of taking up the terrorist jihad at home and abroad.  As the Wall Street Journal reported this past April …

America's higher education brought low  —  Give thanks this day for some indirect blessings of liberty, including the behavior-beyond-satire of what are generously called institutions of higher education.  People who are imprecisely called educators have taught, by their negative examples, what intelligence is not.