Trump campaign: Hillary bullied women to hide Bill's ‘sexist secrets’  —  Donald Trump's campaign is escalating its war of words with Hillary Clinton, claiming that the Democratic front-runner bullied women to hide her husband's “sexist secrets” and accusing her campaign of “acting like 9-year-old little girls.”

ATF: Cause of fire at Houston mosque is suspicious  —  Officials said Friday evening the two-alarm fire that damaged a southwest Houston mosque Christmas morning may not have been an accident.  Investigators discovered the fire had multiple points of origin.  —  CONNECT

Sanders campaign hints ‘hacker’ who accessed Clinton data may have been a DNC plant  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  In an interview with Yahoo Politics, an adviser to the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders hinted that the data breach that resulted in the campaign losing access …

EXCLUSIVE: Trey Gowdy to Endorse, Campaign With Marco Rubio  —  Townhall has confirmed rumors that Rep. Trey Gowdy — widely admired as a principled fighter among many grassroots conservatives — will join Sen. Marco Rubio on the campaign trail in Iowa next week: … It's an endorsement:

Police responding to domestic call shoot 2 to death on West Side  —  Janet Cooksey holds a photo of her son Quintonio LeGrier, who was fatally shot by police at a West Garfield Park residence Dec. 26, 2015.  —  A man and woman were killed in an early morning police-involved shooting following …

Bergdahl: Taliban asked me if Obama is gay  —  Bowe Bergdahl compared his first year in Taliban captivity — starved, stinking and chained to a bed — to being tossed in a closet and forgotten.  —  “Picture someone taking a bag, throwing it into the closet, shutting the door and just forgetting about it.

Islamic State leader Baghdadi goads West in rare audio statement  —  In what is believed to be his first public message in seven months, Isil chief warns Israel attacks are imminent  —  The leader of the self-declared Islamic State issued a defiant message to the West last night, saying that “Crusader” did not dare fight on his turf.

Our next commander in chief must define a strategic vision for the country and accept accountability for past actions.  Hillary Clinton should be called to account for her inept leadership that brought about the chaos in Libya, and the power vacuums that resulted in the rest of the region.

Christie Spins His Version of Security Record on Trail  —  As a presidential candidate, Gov. Chris Christie has sought to differentiate himself by spotlighting his tenure as the United States attorney for New Jersey, framing it as a time when he spent his “life protecting our country” against terrorism.

Syria peace talks to commence in January  —  The United Nations on Saturday said it is planning to bring warring factions in the Syrian civil war to the table for peace talks on Jan. 25 in Geneva, Reuters reported.  —  A spokesman for U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura said in a statement …