Obama wipes away tears as he calls for new gun measures  —  President Barack Obama wept openly Tuesday as he delivered a forceful defense of new executive actions on gun violence, a set of modest proposals to tighten loopholes that likely face quick legal challenges and could be vulnerable to reversal by a Republican White House.

Last Slide  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, said while campaigning in Iowa on Monday that he had no knowledge about a standoff in eastern Oregon where armed anti-government protesters have taken over a federal wildlife refuge.

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) …

Ted Cruz: Trump Will Let Deported Immigrants Back In, I Won't  —  “He's advocated allowing folks to come back in and become citizens.  I oppose that.”  —  youtube.com  —  Ted Cruz said during an appearance in Iowa on Monday that there's a difference between him and Donald Trump on immigration.

Cover-up claim over NYE mass sexual assaults  —  Men of ‘Arab background’ were likely responsible for sexual assaults on dozens of women in central Cologne over the New Year, police said on Monday - as a social media storm accused police and media of a cover-up.

Coordinated Attacks on Women in Cologne Were Unprecedented, Germany Says  —  BERLIN — German authorities said on Tuesday that coordinated attacks in which young women were sexually harassed and robbed by hundreds of young men on New Year's Eve in the western city of Cologne were unprecedented in scale and nature.