Ben Carson's top staffers resign in a delayed campaign shake-up  —  Two of Ben Carson's top advisers, including campaign manager Barry Bennett, quit Thursday following an internal power struggle, a sharp decline in the polls and a week of confusion about who would remain on the former neurosurgeon's presidential campaign team.

Clinton emails: Billionaire Soros said he regretted backing Obama  —  George Soros, a billionaire Democratic donor, told a close Hillary Clinton ally that he regretted voting for President Obama over her in the 2008 Democratic primary, according to an email released Thursday by the State Department.

Obama to announce new executive action on guns  —  (CNN)President Barack Obama is expected to announce in the coming days a new executive action with the goal of expanding background checks on gun sales, people familiar with White House planning said.  —  Described as “imminent,” …

Donald Trump's Strongest Supporters: A Certain Kind of Democrat  —  Donald Trump holds a dominant position in national polls in no small part because he is extremely strong among people on the periphery of the Republican coalition.  —  He is strongest among Republicans who are less affluent …

Federal Bureau Of Investigation News  —  Terror Threats in Munich, Germany and Rochester, New York  —  In Germany, police warn of possible imminent threat and a suspect in Rochester is charged with material support for ISIS.

ISIS Lover Emanuel Lutchman Planned New Year's Machete Attack:FBI  —  Federal officials in Rochester, New York, have arrested and charged a local man who was allegedly plotting a New Year's Eve machete attack on diners at a local restaurant in the name of ISIS.

Couple witnesses horrific cruise ship death  —  ‘Bloody mystery’ on Carnival Cruise ship  —  (CNN)A crew member on a Caribbean cruise ship died while working on an elevator, the company said.  —  Passengers aboard the Carnival Ecstasy witnessed part of the horrifying incident Sunday evening …

What You Need to Know About “The Big Short”  —  One of the most intriguing movies I've seen in a long time is The Big Short.  It's about the housing bubble and what we now call the Great Recession, based on Michael Lewis's bestselling book “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.”

Five Words?  Next Year Will Be Worse  —  It was a great year for the Obama administration's foreign policy .  .  . says the Obama administration.  The State Department even created a new hashtag to celebrate the White House's annus mirabilis—#2015in5Words.