SMOKING GUN.  Hillary Committed A Federal Crime Handling Classified Information  —  One of the ongoing skirmishes over Hillary Clinton's use of her personal email server to handle official correspondence was the issue of handling classified information.  To date, Hillary's defense has been two-fold a) …

The GOP Establishment's Civil War  —  A free-for-all between Christie, Rubio, Cruz and others, while Trump hovers above it all.  —  What everyone's waiting for is the winnowing.  New Hampshire and Iowa will force some Republican candidates out.  When we know who's still in we'll have a surer sense of the contours of the race.

Sources: Suspect Confesses To Shooting Officer, Says He Did It In Name Of Islam  —  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer is recovering after he was shot several times during an ambush late Thursday night in West Philadelphia.  —  Philadelphia police commissioner …

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — DECEMBER 2015  —  Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 292,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  Employment gains occurred in several industries, led by professional and business services …

Trump tells security to take protesters' coats: ‘Throw them out into the cold’  —  Republican front-runner Donald Trump directed security to kick out Bernie Sanders supporters from his Vermont rally and to confiscate their coats.  —  “Throw them out into the cold,” Trump ordered security, as protesters shouted “Bernie!

Unprecedented sex harassment in Helsinki at New Year, Finnish police report  —  Finnish police ‘tipped off’ about plans by groups of asylum seekers to sexually harass women  —  Asylum seekers who gathered in central Helsinki on New Years's Eve “had similar plans” to commit sexual assault …

Feds arrest two Middle East refugees on terror-related charges  —  (CNN)U.S. federal authorities arrested two refugees on terror-related charges Thursday.  —  The arrests in Sacramento and Houston did not appear to be directly related, but the cases had several similarities.

LePage makes racially charged comment at Bridgton meeting  —  A Republican critic of the governor calls the remark during a town hall meeting with residents Wednesday ‘one of the most offensive statements yet from this Governor.’  —  Gov. Paul LePage made a racially charged comment in Bridgton …

Trump likes to sleep in his own bed and it may cost him votes  —  U.S. presidential candidates are spending long days on the campaign trail and their nights in a succession of budget hotels, often in small towns.  Not Donald Trump.  —  After nearly every rally, the billionaire real estate developer hops …

Obama vetoes health bill repeal  —  President Obama on Friday vetoed legislation that would repeal much of ObamaCare, the first such measure to reach his desk since it became law in 2010.  —  Obama used his veto pen without fanfare on a legislative package rolling back his signature healthcare law …

Lunch with the FT: Charles Koch  —  Over a pulled-pork sandwich in the staff canteen of Koch Industries, the businessman at its helm talks about power-broking for the Republicans and reshaping his ‘evil guy’ image  —  Eleven o'clock is not my definition of lunchtime but that is when Charles Koch makes …

Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility  —  THE epidemic of gun violence in our country is a crisis.  Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people.  Every year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns.

Rahm Emanuel is a national disgrace: Why he represents every worst instinct of the Democratic Party  —  The Chicago mayor's ties to a shocking police cover-up get stronger by the day.  This should come as no surprise  —  The scandal surrounding Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel's grossly corrupt …

At Bundy encampment, outsider says militants ‘attacked’ his group  —  BURNS — Violence broke out at the Bundy compound Wednesday night between its militant occupants and members of an outside group whose leader says he wants to get women and children out of the compound.