Ted Cruz: GOP isn't ‘condom police’  —  Bettendorf, Iowa (CNN)Iowans at a town hall waded into awkward territory on Monday evening as Ted Cruz tackled a question on contraceptives.  —  During a question and answer session at the final stop of a three-day Iowa campaign swing …

How the Planned Parenthood Attack Could Reverse the Politics of Abortion  —  The Democrats are no longer treating it like a dirty word.  —  Pin It  —  On November 13, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, a challenge to Texas's 2013 omnibus abortion bill enforcing an array of abortion-clinic regulations.

Ferguson mom's body found nude in pool of blood after meeting Facebook friend  —  FERGUSON, MO (KTVI) - The Major Case Squad is activated in Ferguson after a young mother is found dead in her home.  Was the killer caught on camera?  That's what her relatives believe.

Trump mulls debate boycott unless CNN donates $5M  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Macon Centreplex, Nov. 30, 2015, in Macon, Ga. (Photo: Branden Camp, AP)  —  Donald Trump proposed demanding $5 million from CNN in order for him to participate …

Clinton emails show Benghazi response, back-patting after contentious hearing  —  As the number of classified Hillary Clinton emails grew to nearly 1,000, they also reveal how freely she and her staff shared information on the Benghazi attacks including confirming the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens …

Remarks by President Obama at the First Session of COP21  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: President Hollande, Mr. Secretary General, fellow leaders.  We have come to Paris to show our resolve.  —  We offer our condolences to the people of France for the barbaric attacks on this beautiful city.

Cover-Up in Chicago  —  THERE'S been a cover-up in Chicago.  The city's leaders have now brought charges against a police officer, Jason Van Dyke, for the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.  But for more than a year, Chicago officials delayed the criminal process …

When in Paris... President Obama has a ‘working dinner’ at three-star eatery  —  As working dinners go, President Obama's meal Monday night in Paris with French President Francois Hollande, Secretary of State John Kerry and others wasn't too shabby.  —  No cartons of takeout — instead …

Elizabeth Warren Only Female Democratic Senator Missing From Hillary Clinton Endorsement Event  —  One by one tonight, 13 female Democratic senators took the stage inside the packed ballroom at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC to raise money and announce their support for Hillary Clinton.

President Obama ‘Confident’ US-led Coalition Has Momentum to ‘Degrade and Destroy’ ISIS  —  A week after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet near the Syria border, President Obama continued his effort to refocus the battle against the Islamic State, while deescalating tensions between Russia and Turkey.

Black Pastor: Donald Trump Isn't Telling The Whole Truth About Closed-Door Meeting  —  In the minutes following a closed-door meeting with black pastors on Monday afternoon, billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump touted the event as a huge success.  More than 100 leaders …

Scans prove there's no such thing as a ‘male’ or ‘female’ brain  —  You may have read that having a male brain will earn you more money.  Or maybe that female brains are better at multitasking.  But there is no such thing as a female or male brain, according to the first search for sex differences across the entire human brain.

Why Congress stopped gun control activism at the CDC  —  History is not always written by the victors.  In a Nov. 20 letter to the Labor, Health, Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, House Democrats urged repeal of the 1996 ban on funding for gun control advocacy …

Aide reached out to NFL commish after Clinton head injury  —  A longtime Hillary Clinton aide reached out to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) after the former secretary of State sustained a head injury in late 2012.

A Path for Climate Change, Beyond Paris  —  The pledges that countries have signaled they will make in Paris over the next two weeks to cut emissions will inevitably fall short of what is needed to solve the problem of climate change.  —  But many political leaders gathering there …

Clinton can't “conceive” any condition for combat troops in Iraq, Syria  —  Hillary Clinton on Monday told CBS News that she could not imagine any circumstance in which the U.S. would deploy troops on the ground in the battle against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

On Ukraine's front lines, U.S.-supplied equipment is falling apart  —  The United States has delivered more than $260 million in non-lethal military equipment to help the government of Ukraine in its fight against a Russian-backed insurgency, but some of the U.S.-supplied gear meant to protect …