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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Saudi Arabia's allies Bahrain, Sudan and UAE act against Iran  —  A number of Saudi Arabia's allies have joined diplomatic action against Iran after the Saudi embassy in Tehran was attacked amid a row over the execution of a Shia Muslim cleric.  —  Bahrain and Sudan have both severed relations with Iran …

Jeb Bush Has “Mistaken And Conflated” Story About Receiving NRA Award, Campaign Admits  —  Bush has repeatedly claimed that he received the NRA's “statesman of the year” award.  —  A spokesman for Jeb Bush's campaign told BuzzFeed News on Monday that Bush had “mistaken and conflated” …

Exclusive: Rubio PAC to Hit Christie in New Hampshire  —  Marco Rubio has his eyes on Chris Christie, who is increasingly viewed as the dark horse who could, with an impressive showing — even a victory — in New Hampshire, become the GOP's surprise establishment favorite.

AMERICAN RAGE: THE ESQUIRE/NBC NEWS SURVEY  —  WE THE PEOPLE ARE PISSED.  THE BODY POLITIC IS BURNING UP.  AND THE ANGER THAT COURSES THROUGH OUR HEADLINES AND NEWS FEEDS—ABOUT INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY, ABOUT MARGINALIZATION AND DISENFRANCHISEMENT, ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO US—SHOWS NO SIGN OF ABATING.

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.