Is the Oregon Standoff Evidence of a Racial Double Standard?  —  Not really.  And we are in danger of drawing the wrong lessons from the fact that these armed militiamen are white.  —  In April 2014, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy made headlines when he (and his armed allies) …

Woman, children safe after standoff at hotel comes to an end  —  A standoff at an area hotel involving two adults and 11 children has come to an end after the suspect stabbed himself.  —  A SWAT team had been deployed to the standoff inside a room at the Rite4Us Inn & Suites location …

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 …

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 …

Hillary: Elect me and I'll get to the bottom of UFOs and Area 51  —  Old and busted: Donald Trump actively appeals to the fringies!  New hotness: Media to salute Hillary Clinton's inclusiveness in 4, 3, 2 ...  Ahem.  These two had eight years to pursue any curiosity they had about UFOs and Area 51.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …