Top Items:

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.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Hullabaloo, NBC News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, BuzzFeed, U.S. News and Business Insider
RELATED:


Discussion:
Yahoo! News, addictinginfo.org, Raw Story and The Last Refuge


Ben Carson Looks to Reset Amid Campaign Turmoil — Republican Ben Carson's presidential campaign is looking to reset in Iowa after reports of the resignations of two of his top advisers. — Campaign manager Barry Bennett and communications director Doug Watts have left, Watts said in a statement Thursday.
Discussion:
RedState, Jezebel, Young Conservatives and Des Moines Register


Top Carson staffers resign
Discussion:
Hot Air, Yahoo Politics, Taylor Marsh and Daily Kos

Chaos in Carson campaign as top aides resign
Discussion:
ABC News, Outside the Beltway, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Bloomberg.com news

A Shakeup in Ben Carson's Campaign: Top 3 Aides Resign
Discussion:
abc7chicago.com, abc13.com and Bloomberg.com news


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.
Discussion:
Politico, The Gateway Pundit and The Last Refuge
RELATED:


State Dept. set to release nearly 9,000 pages of Clinton emails
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit

Clinton talks Iraq and Benghazi with the Sun ed board
Discussion:
RedState and The Daily Caller

More than 1,200 Clinton emails now deemed classified
Discussion:
RedState, America Rising, NBC News and ABC News


White House Delays Imposing New Sanctions on Iran for Missile Program — No timeline for when new penalties may be imposed on Tehran — WASHINGTON—The White House has delayed its plan to impose new financial sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile program, according to U.S. officials …
Discussion:
Algemeiner.com, Politico, CNN, The Daily Caller and Business Insider
RELATED:

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.
Discussion:
Power Line


Coming 2016: All-Out War On So-Called ‘Social Justice’ — In 2016, battle lines will be drawn. On one side, people of all colours, genders and orientations are rallying around the flag of freedom of speech. On the other, a nasty set of authoritarians are rallying around a flag that identifies …
Discussion:
Vox Popoli


Sen. Ted Cruz Tells Volunteers: We Can Win 'If We Awaken And Energize The Body Of Christ" — “If we awaken and energize the body of Christ- if Christians and people of faith come out and vote our values- we will win and we will turn the country around,” Cruz told volunteers on a conference call Tuesday.
Discussion:
John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Last Refuge


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.
Discussion:
Vlad Tepes, abc13.com and Associated Press


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.
Discussion:
Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, The Last Refuge and Hullabaloo

Obama set to unveil curbs on gun sellers — President Barack Obama's bid to assert himself in his final year will begin with long-awaited executive actions on gun control, expected to be released next week, shortly after he returns to Washington. — The White House is putting finishing touches …
Discussion:
The White House, The Hill, addictinginfo.org and Bearing Arms
RELATED:


Even Europe's humanitarian superpower is turning its back on refugees — MALMO, Sweden — When the small, crumpled body of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi washed up on the Aegean coast Sept. 2, Europe's humanitarian superpower sprang into action. — Sweden's prime minister headlined gala fundraisers …
Discussion:
The Last Refuge and The Daily Signal


If Carrie Fisher doesn't like being judged on looks, she should quit acting — Pity Carrie Fisher, who said she felt “pressured” to lose 35 pounds to reprise her role as Leia in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” — It's shameful of Hollywood to have done that. — One pictures similarly gruesome headlines for other entertainers.