How the Leader of the Oregon Armed Protest Benefited From a Federal Loan Program  —  Ammon Bundy decries federal “tyranny,” but he sought aid from the government to help his company.  —  As one of the leaders of a band of armed, anti-government activists who have taken over a National Park Service building …

FACT SHEET: New Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities  —  Gun violence has taken a heartbreaking toll on too many communities across the country.  Over the past decade in America, more than 100,000 people have been killed as a result of gun violence …

Woman, 11 kids held hostage in motel standoff  —  DEKALB, Ga. — A woman and 11 children are being held hostage at a motel on Snapfinger Woods Dr.  —  The stand off is underway after a domestic dispute call that came in around the two o'clock hour.  The SWAT team is on the scene negotiating …

Donald Trump: A Trump television ad shows Mexicans swarming over “our southern border.”  —  The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire!  Donald Trump's first TV ad shows migrants ‘at the southern border,’ but they're actually in Morocco  —  In a new television ad — his campaign's first …

What the 2016 Presidential Candidates Must Do to Win  —  Can a Republican win without succeeding in Iowa or New Hampshire?  Can Clinton avoid a stumble?  —  michaelcbender  —  aritbenie  —  Less than four weeks before Iowans kick off the 2016 presidential contest with their Feb. 1 caucuses …

Clinton: Aliens may have visited us already  —  Hillary Clinton says that aliens may have already visited humanity.  —  “I think we may have been [visited already].  We don't know for sure,” the Democratic presidential front-runner told The Conway Daily Sun during a campaign stop in New Hampshire last week.

The Left May Come to Loathe Obama  —  As we glide with trepidation into another presidential election year, the American mood might be best characterized as apprehensive.  The right, which has for nearly seven years eagerly anticipated the last moments of Barack Obama's presidency …

Trump Has Highest Support Among White Evangelicals: Poll  —  With the presidential primaries in full swing, Donald Trump maintains his sizable lead over the rest of the Republican field.  Among Republican or Republican-leaning registered voters, Trump has 35% support compared to 18% for Ted Cruz …

Yahoo Shutters Video Service Yahoo Screen (Exclusive)  —  Yahoo has shut down Yahoo Screen, the video hub the beleaguered company launched over two years ago to unite its many original and syndicated programming under one roof.  —  Yahoo Screen was home to everything from the recent streaming …

EFF Confirms: T-Mobile's Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Applies Indiscriminately to All Video  —  Back in November, T-Mobile announced a new service for its mobile customers called Binge On, in which video streams from certain websites don't count against customers' data caps.1 …

Here Are the Five Most Interesting Anecdotes From Candy Carson's New Book  —  Ben Carson and his wife Candy were college sweethearts.  The two met at Yale, and have stayed together through Ben's time in medical school, his brutal 20-hour shifts as a pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins …

Trump and Cruz send shivers down GOP spines  —  With only weeks before GOP primary voters first cast their ballots, the level of alarm among establishment Republicans about the enduring dominance of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz is reaching new heights.  —  In private conversations with several former aides …