Ted Cruz Questions Donald Trump's ‘Judgment’ to Be President  —  Senator Ted Cruz raised questions on Wednesday at a private fund-raiser about whether Donald J. Trump, his bombastic rival for the Republican presidential nomination, has the “judgment” to be president and mused about “strength …

White House Readies Executive Action On Gun Control  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval.  —  White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says the president has asked his team …

GOP preparing for contested convention  —  Republican officials and leading figures in the party's establishment are now preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention as Donald Trump continues sit atop the polls and the presidential race.  —  More than 20 of them convened Monday …

Actor Kurt Russell Fiercely Pushes Back Against Anti-Gun Hollywood Interviewer: ‘What Are You Going to Do, Ban Everything?’  —  Legendary actor Kurt Russell said in a recent interview with Hollywood reporter Jeffery Wells that it's “absolutely insane” to believe that more gun control will curb terrorist attacks.

Democratic Congresswoman: “Between 5 And 20%” Of Muslims Willing To Use Terrorism To Institute Caliphate  —  “We know that there is a small group, and we don't know how big that is — it can be anywhere between 5 and 20%, from the people that I speak to — that Islam is their religion …

‘Suspension proceedings’ begin after photos of Citadel cadets in white hoods posted online  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After photos surfaced on social media showing Citadel cadets in white Klan hoods and reportedly singing Christmas carols, a source close to the school said all of the members of the group have been identified.

Russell Taylor gets 27 years in child porn case  —  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A judge sentenced the former head of Jared Fogle's charity to 27 years in prison Thursday afternoon.  —  Russell Taylor pleaded guilty to 13 federal crimes during his sentencing hearing — 12 counts of child exploitation …

Putin's Quagmire in Syria Proves Obama Prescient  —  Officials in Moscow no longer talking about war lasting months  —  Russia's mid-November surge doubled cost of military campaign  —  U.S. President Barack Obama, facing criticism at home over his Islamic State strategy …

Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on the Every Student Succeeds Act  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the conference report of the Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177), currently under consideration in the Senate:

Millennials Want To Send Troops To Fight ISIS, But Don't Want To Serve  —  In the wake of the Paris attacks, a majority of young Americans support sending U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS, according to wide-ranging new poll from the Harvard Institute of Politics.

Democrats demand end to ban on gun violence research  —  House Democrats are adding a controversial new demand to the government funding talks: ending a 19-year old ban on gun violence research by the federal government.  —  Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday …

The Evil That Cannot Be Left Unanswered  —  This is an article from Turning Points, a magazine that explores what critical moments from this year might mean for the year ahead.  —  Just outside Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey, there is a refugee camp where more than 2,700 Yazidis languish …

Landlord claims tenants illegally turned three-bedroom apartment in Queens into 10 bedrooms  —  ELMHURST, Queens — Eddie Shiew owns a three-story home in Elmhurst, Queens, as a rental property.  He recently rented the third floor, a three-bedroom apartment, to Burak Firik and Dogan Kimilli for $2,500 a month.

Last Slide  —  Ted Cruz nailed an endorsement from a well-known Christian conservative newsmaker Thursday, one more step toward locking up the influential evangelical conservative voting bloc in Iowa.  —  “At the end of the day, we truly believe that Ted Cruz is the most consistent …

Marco Rubio's claim that no recent mass shootings would have been prevented by gun laws  —  “None of the major shootings that have occurred in this country over the last few months or years that have outraged us, would gun laws have prevented them.”  —  A colleague pointed out this statement …