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.

Video Is Never Enough … On October 20, 2014, a white Chicago Police Department officer named Jason Van Dyke fired 16 shots at a black Chicago resident, a 17-year-old named Laquan McDonald.  Van Dyke started shooting McDonald while he had his back turned on the officer, and he continued firing after McDonald had fallen to the ground.

Will Putin begin carving a little Turkey after the ‘stab in the back’?  —  As Americans prepare to sit down with family and friends on Thanksgiving, a different sort of Turkey carving may soon begin to emerge.  This could easily degenerate into a major challenge for the future of NATO …

FBI using elite surveillance teams to track at least 48 high risk ISIS suspects  —  With as many as 1000 active cases, Fox News has learned at least 48 ISIS suspects are considered so high risk that the FBI is using its elite tracking squads known as the mobile surveillance teams or MST to track them domestically.

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.

Tighter Lid on Records Threatens to Weaken Government Watchdogs  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Department watchdogs ran into an unexpected roadblock last year when they began examining the role of federal drug agents in the fatal shootings of unarmed civilians during raids in Honduras.

Inside secret underground ISIS bomb-making lair found littered with US-made guns and drugs  —  AN ASTONISHING series of secret tunnels carved by hand by ISIS militants have been found littered with drugs, copies of the Quran and US-made ammunition.  —  The underground tunnels were used by ISIS militants to hide from bomb raids

Ben Carson to Visit Refugees in Jordan Amid Scrutiny of His Foreign Policy Credentials  —  Ben Carson, who is facing increasing scrutiny over his grasp of foreign policy, is traveling to Jordan on Friday to visit Syrian refugees, in order to gain an understanding of the pressing issue and to polish his candidacy.

Canada gets it right on Syrian refugees  —  WHEN THE photo appeared Sept. 2 of Alan Kurdi, a lifeless 3-year-old boy facedown on a beach, the plight of refugees from Syria's civil war shocked the world.  In Canada's election campaign, rivals responded with pledges to accelerate their resettlement.

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.

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 …

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 …