Obama's team says the GOP earned Donald Trump  —  Inside the White House, poetic justice looks a lot like Donald Trump.  —  Past and present aides to President Barack Obama are gloating that a Republican leadership they say defined itself by blustery opposition — and used it to win the House …

Documentary links Peyton Manning, other pro athletes to use of PEDs  —  Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has been listed in an Al Jazeera undercover probe as one of several prominent professional athletes who were supplied illegal performance-enhancing drugs from an Indiana-based anti-aging clinic.

Uncle accidentally shoots 2-year-old niece in the face while trying out new Christmas gift  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A 2-year-old girl in Oregon was rushed to the hospital after being shot in the face on Christmas morning by her uncle.

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.

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 …

Pornographic email scandal roils Pennsylvania politics  —  PHILADELPHIA — Over the past 15 months, beleaguered Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has released a steady stream of messages retrieved from a state email server that show state officials and employees trading pornographic, racist and misogynistic messages.

End gerrymandering, Kasich says  —  Gov. John Kasich says he wants to change the way Ohio draws congressional districts, but other supporters of the idea say it will take a change of heart by Ohio's federal lawmakers to make it happen.  —  Ohio's congressional districts are currently drawn …

Supreme Court Justice Doubts Mass Internment Would Happen Again in US  —  In a rare sit-down interview with ABC News, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer said he doubts mass internment would happen again in the U.S. Even though the Supreme Court has never technically overturned …

Ted Cruz: Republicans Love Him in Iowa, Loathe Him in D.C.  —  Gap in perception fuels Texas senator's 2016 outsider strategy  —  Sen. Ted Cruz is getting rock-star treatment at his 2016 presidential-campaign events.  In Iowa, the state he has visited more than any other …