Emanuel fires McCarthy  —  Chicago Police Supt.  Garry McCarthy has been fired by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the mayor confirmed Tuesday.  —  McCarthy was called into City Hall on Monday and when he left City Hall he still had a job.  But overnight, the mayor called McCarthy to tell him he was out …

MTV News posts 2001 clip that sparked Trump 9/11 claim  —  As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to offer newspaper clippings and soundbites he says are proof of his claim that he saw “thousands and thousands” of Muslim Americans cheering the terror attacks of Sept. 11 …

Clerical glitch causes speculation about Colorado Springs shooting suspect's gender identity  —  An El Paso County clerical error was apparently to blame for Planned Parenthood shooting suspect Robert Lewis Dear Jr. being listed as a woman on his voter registration card …

Cruz Excoriates Rubio on Foreign Policy, Links Him to Clinton  —  In an exclusive interview, the Texas Republican positions himself as a third way between “neo-con” interventionism and isolationism.  —  Ted Cruz on Monday offered his strongest denunciation so far of Marco Rubio's foreign policy views …

Joint Chiefs chairman: ‘We have not contained’ ISIS  —  The United States has “not contained” the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the nation's top military officer said Tuesday, contradicting President Obama's remarks last month about the terror group.

You won't believe why N.H.'s top paper endorsed Christie |  Moran  —  If you haven't read the fulsome endorsement of Gov. Chris Christie from New Hampshire's most influential paper, take a minute.  This could be important.  —  Know two things about this endorsement from the Manchester Union-Leader.

Trump mulls debate boycott unless CNN donates $5M  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (Steven Senne, AP)  —  Donald Trump proposed demanding $5 million from CNN in order for him to participate in the next Republican presidential debate during a rally in Macon, Ga. on Monday.

The Reagan Administration's Unearthed Response to the AIDS Crisis Is Chilling  —  A new short film, When AIDS Was Funny, unearths never-before-heard audio reaction to the escalating AIDS crisis.  —  One of the most prominent stains on the reputation of the much-mythologized Reagan administration …

Marco Rubio: 9/11 terror attacks were part of God's plan for the universe  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio thinks the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the recent massacre in Paris were part of God's plan.

Planned Parenthood and those villainous Christians  —  If we can't condemn Islam for Muslim terrorists, why do we condemn Christians?  —  In the wake of the Colorado Springs shooting, I read a great deal about so-called Christian terrorism from liberals.  I don't think they've thought this through.

The Revenant: Leonardo DiCaprio Molestation By Grizzly Bear Depicted in Spectacular Detail from the Novel It's Based On  —  Advance screenings of Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu's epic “The Revenant,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, are producing all kinds of reactions, all wildly favorable, albeit with caveats.

‘Exploding’ hoverboard blamed for destroying Lafitte family's home  —  LAFITTE, La. (WGNO)- Jessica Horne can't believe that the hoverboard her son couldn't wait to get— could have killed him.  Now she blames the toy for a fire that destroyed her home.  —  Just five days before Thanksgiving …

Migrants Beat Up Locals In Restaurant In Germany  —  Migrants and locals got into a fight in a restaurant in Bavaria on Sunday, resulting in a 50-year-old German man receiving serious head injuries.  —  The brawl, which began as an argument between a small group of migrants and local residents eating …

Yale Faculty Defend Freedom of Speech, Express Support for Christakises in Open Letter  —  Forty-nine current or emeritus faculty members at Yale University have signed an open letter of support for Erika and Nicholas Christakis' right to “free speech and freedom of intellectual expression.”

Wary of Donald Trump, G.O.P. Leaders Are Caught in a Standoff  —  WASHINGTON — For months, much of the Republican Party's establishment has been uneasy about the rise of Donald J. Trump, concerned that he was overwhelming the presidential primary contest and encouraging other candidates to mimic his incendiary speech.

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 …

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.

Donald Trump Is Not a Liar  —  He's something worse: a bulls**t artist.  —  Falsehoods fly out of Donald Trump's mouth with such unstoppable frequency that it's tempting to describe him as a liar.  Among the recent Trumpian untruths is his claim to have seen a video showing “thousands and thousands” …

FBI chief is wild card for Clinton  —  FBI Director James Comey is the pivotal figure in the 2016 presidential race that no one is talking about.  —  Comey, a Republican appointed by President Obama who enjoys a stellar reputation on both sides of the aisle, is investigating Hillary Clinton's use …

Speaker Paul Ryan eyes strategy for government shutdown fight  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) strategy for avoiding a government shutdown is taking shape, with his leadership team seeking a clean break from the divisive intraparty warfare that plagued John Boehner's (R-Ohio) tenure.

You Can't Understand American Politics Without Reading This Study  —  I don't say this lightly or often.  But this is one of the most important studies in years in terms of understanding the current state of American politics and society.  The study is the work of two Princeton University scholars …