Obama Actually Thought He Was Being Reassuring Last Night  —  President Obama's Sunday night speech was about three-quarters of what the cynics and his critics expected.  The lone bits of good news were the president's belated acknowledgement that the Fort Hood shooting was terrorism - not …

Clinton Thumps Trump in Latest Head-to-Head Poll  —  Hillary Clinton leads the Republican presidential field in hypothetical general-election match-ups, with Ben Carson and Marco Rubio running the closest to her, according to a new national MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll.

How the Democrats Flubbed San Bernardino  —  The response of President Obama and his media allies to the terror attack in California should have liberals worried.  —  Has there ever been a better example of liberal overreach than the coverage that followed the shooting in San Bernardino?

How I'd Rein In Wall Street  —  SEVEN years ago, the financial crisis sent our economy into a tailspin.  Over five million people lost their homes.  Nearly nine million lost their jobs.  Nearly $13 trillion in household wealth was wiped out.  —  Under President Obama, our economy has come a long way back.

Poll: Most Americans Say Send Ground Troops to Fight ISIS  —  Washington (CNN)With President Barack Obama set to address the nation on ISIS and terrorism tonight, a new CNN/ORC Poll finds Americans increasingly displeased with the President's handling of terrorism and more willing to send U.S. ground troops into the fight against ISIS.

Coca-Cola Pulls Offensive Ad, but the Damage Is Already Done  —  In an ad distributed by Coca-Cola Mexico, pretty, young white people do their holiday good deed by bringing bottles of soda to a remote village and build a wooden Christmas tree in the town square.

Gun Advocates Rejected by U.S. High Court on Assault Weapons  —  Justices won't question Chicago suburb's ban on some guns  —  Top court avoids intensifying debate over gun control  —  A divided U.S. Supreme Court steered clear of a politically charged fight over gun rights …

Bernie Sanders Wins Readers' Poll for TIME Person of the Year  —  Ahead of rivals and world leaders  —  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has won the online readers' poll for TIME Person of the Year, topping some of the world's best-known politicians, activists and cultural figures …

U.S. Intel to Obama: ISIS Is Not Contained  —  A new report stands in stark contrast to earlier White House assurances that ISIS had been “contained.”  And it is already spurring changes in how the U.S. grapples with ISIS.  —  A new U.S. intelligence report on ISIS, commissioned by the White House …

Front National wins opening round in France's regional elections  —  Marine Le Pen's party capitalises on Paris attacks to win 27-30% of national vote, the highest the party has ever scored in a local election  —  The far-right Front National has made a significant breakthrough in the wake …

Statement on The President's Oval Office Address  —  WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement tonight in response to President Obama's Oval Office address on terrorism:

Marco Rubio's ‘water thing’  —  In May 2008, when Marco Rubio retired as Florida's House speaker, he bid his colleagues farewell with a passionate defense of American exceptionalism.  Standing on the floor in front of the speaker's rostrum, Rubio invoked boatloads of refugees washing up on American shores …