Bloomberg Politics Poll: Nearly Two-Thirds of Likely GOP Primary Voters Back Trump's Muslim Ban  —  More than a third say it makes them more likely to vote for him, according to an online PulsePoll conducted by Purple Strategies on Tuesday.  —  McCormickJohn

Scalia: Affirmative Action Sends Blacks To Schools Too Advanced For Them  —  In the oral arguments Wednesday for a Supreme Court affirmative action case, Justice Antonin Scalia—a well known critic of affirmative action—suggested that the policy was hurting minority students by sending …

Netanyahu set to meet Trump, as MKs urge candidate be shunned  —  Sources say December 28 powwow was scheduled two weeks ago, before GOP front-runner's call to ban Muslims from entering US; Arab-Israeli MK seeks to bar Trump from Israel  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set …

San Bernardino Suspects Spoke of Attacks in 2013, F.B.I. Says  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said Wednesday that the couple who waged a shooting rampage in San Bernardino, Calif., last week had been talking of an attack as far back as two years ago …

Trump Proves That Liberals Have Been Right All Along  —  The left nailed the pathology of the conservative movement years ago.  The Donald is just making that impossible to deny.  —  If you've been following Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and his effect on the Republican primary closely …

Gun rights groups to stage mock mass shooting at UT  —  Gun rights groups say they will conduct a mock mass shooting this weekend at the University of Texas campus as they try to end gun-free zones.  —  The Open Carry Walk and Crisis Performance Event will involve actors “shot” …

Scientific Evidence Doesn't Support Global Warming, Sen. Ted Cruz Says  —  There's a huge partisan divide on the issue of global warming in the U.S. Steve Inskeep talks to the Texas senator and GOP presidential candidate about his views on climate change.  —  STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Why I Caved on Guns When I Ran for Governor of Texas  —  I am a lifelong Democrat.  I proudly boast an “F” rating from the NRA.  And, yet during my 2014 gubernatorial campaign in Texas, I supported the open carry of handguns in my state.  —  It is a position that haunts me.

“I. Will.  Never.  Leave.  This.  Race.”  —  Donald Trump came down the stairs, stopped in the middle of the clubhouse restaurant, thrust his arms out and proclaimed: “How great is this?”  —  It was his way of saying hello and also a declaration of how America's boss planned to try to own the room …

The Polls May Be Underestimating Trump's Support  —  Donald Trump's persistent lead in the GOP presidential-preference polls has been a great source of confusion for the chattering classes.  But Trump is actually just the latest manifestation of a more global trend: Data suggests the appeal …

The American Middle Class Is Losing Ground  —  No longer the majority and falling behind financially  —  After more than four decades of serving as the nation's economic majority, the American middle class is now matched in number by those in the economic tiers above and below it.

The Troubling Climate at Yale  —  In October, Erika Christakis, a Yale University instructor, wrote a mild email to students in Silliman College, the house for which she serves as associate master.  A little over a month later, amid accusations of racial insensitivity, Erika Christakis …

Carter Banned Iranians from Coming to US During Hostage Crisis  —  Trump is a monster, a madman and a vile racist.  He's just like Hitler.  Or Jimmy Carter.  —  During the Iranian hostage crisis, Carter issued a number of orders to put pressure on Iran.  Among these, Iranians were banned …

Clinton intervened for firm after request to son-in-law  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton intervened in a request forwarded by her son-in-law on behalf of a deep-sea mining firm to meet with her or other State Department officials after one of the firm's investors …

Know Your Fascist Dictators  —  As long as we're on to the subject of fascist dictators and Donald Trump is now being compared to Adolf Hitler in major urban newspapers, I thought I should speak up on behalf of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini as the true proto-Trump.  —  Mussolini wasn't just a fascist dictator.

Walmart's Imports From China Displaced 400,000 Jobs, a Study Says  —  Imports from China by Walmart, the nation's largest retailer and biggest importer, eliminated or displaced over 400,000 jobs in the United States between 2001 and 2013, according to an estimate by the Economic Policy Institute …