The GOP's New Hampshire nightmare  —  BERLIN, N.H. — Chris Christie is mocking Marco Rubio for not showing up.  An hour's drive up the road, Jeb Bush is hammering away at Donald Trump—oh, and there he goes attacking Christie, too.  Just a few blocks up the road, Rubio is quietly lashing Ted Cruz …

Trump's fans are excited to rally — but they're not sure they'll show up to vote  —  DES MOINES — When Donald Trump held one of his boisterous rallies at the state fair grounds this month, Bonnie and Randy Reynolds arrived two hours early to make sure they could snag some seats.

Cracks in the Liberal Order  —  IN the twenty-five years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the architecture of liberal modernity has looked relatively stable.  Not flawless or wonderful or ideal, to be sure; not free of discontents and decadence.  But it's been hard to imagine …

Stabbing of 9-year-old boy eyed as ISIS tryout  —  An alleged jihadist arrested in June on charges that he plotted to blow up Times Square may also be the fiend who stabbed a 9-year-old Staten Island boy in the neck five months earlier in what some investigators now believe was a botched ISIS audition.

Webb Attacks Clinton With Eye on Independent Run  —  If he declared an outsider presidential bid, the former Democratic candidate could have an outsize effect on the race.  —  When Jim Webb quit the Democratic presidential race on Oct. 20 amid low poll numbers and a minimal debate presence …

Trump fires back, hitting Bill Clinton's ‘penchant for sexism’  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump late Saturday blasted the announcement that former President Bill Clinton will campaign for his wife, Hillary Clinton.  —  The real estate mogul said the former president has a “penchant for sexism” in a tweet.

UN chief: Bush deserves credit for climate change ‘success’  —  President George W. Bush deserves credit for kickstarting talks that led to a landmark international agreement on climate change, according to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.  —  Ban pointed to a 2007 U.N. climate conference in Bali …

Don't Abandon Puerto Rico  —  The leaders of Puerto Rico could soon have to choose between cutting essential services like the police, hospitals and education, and paying bondholders.  To avoid this catastrophe, Congress needs to help the island, which is home to 3.5 million American citizens …

The Real Victims of Victimhood  —  BACK in 1993, the misanthropic art critic Robert Hughes published a grumpy, entertaining book called “Culture of Complaint,” in which he predicted that America was doomed to become increasingly an “infantilized culture” of victimhood.

Explosive Documentary Links Peyton Manning, Major Athletes To Doping Ring … An Indianapolis anti-aging clinic supplied quarterback Peyton Manning with human growth hormone, a performance-enhancing drug banned by the NFL, a pharmacist who once worked at the clinic asserts in a new special report from Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit.

Phoenix police officer shoots, kills rock-wielding man  —  A Phoenix police officer shot and killed a man outside a precinct station after he attacked a police vehicle and officer with a heavy object Saturday morning, officials said.  —  The man, described by police as being in his 30s …

2 SHOT IN CHICAGO OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING  —  A Chicago police officer opened fire in West Garfield Park on the city's West Side early Saturday morning, officials confirm.  —  TECHNOLOGY  —  Oops: UK astronaut Tim Peake calls wrong number from space

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: