Heavily armed ‘security detail’ shows up at Oregon standoff encampment  —  Update at 2 p.m.: Armed members of the Pacific Patriot Network are leaving the occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.  —  Joseph Rice, a spokesman for the network, told reporters that his group presented occupation …

How New Year's Eve in Cologne Has Changed Germany  —  New Year's Eve in Cologne rapidly descended into a chaotic free-for-all involving sexual assault and theft, most of it apparently committed by foreigners.  It has launched a bitter debate over immigration and refugees in Germany — one that could change the country.

For Republicans, Mounting Fears of Lasting Split  —  The Republican Party is facing a historic split over its fundamental principles and identity, as its once powerful establishment grapples with an eruption of class tensions, ethnic resentments and mistrust among working-class conservatives …

El Chapo Speaks  —  A secret visit with the most wanted man in the world … It's September 28th, 2015.  My head is swimming, labeling TracPhones (burners), one per contact, one per day, destroy, burn, buy, balancing levels of encryption, mirroring through Blackphones, anonymous e-mail addresses …

Clinton's gamble on Muslims  —  Hillary Clinton is doubling down on slamming Republicans on their anti-Muslim rhetoric at campaign events in both Iowa and New Hampshire.  —  The attacks are mostly aimed at Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner who has said he would impose a temporary ban …

Roger Goodell calls NFL stadium proposals in Oakland, St. Louis and San Diego ‘unsatisfactory’  —  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, addressing the media on Dec. 2, has cleared the way for a vote on possible relocation to Los Angeles.  —  The proposed stadium solutions in Oakland …

Notes on a Phenomenon  —  On Tuesday night, my daughter and her friends went down to Claremont, New Hampshire to see Donald Trump in action.  She and her chums range from the not terribly political to those with the usual enthusiasms of youth, so they went mainly because Trump's a hot ticket …

To the man I sat next to on the train: I am the gun owner you hate  —  TO THE man I sat next to on my way in to Boston:  —  When I boarded the commuter rail, you were already in the midst of a spirited phone conversation and didn't seem to care about how loud you were talking.

TSA to stop accepting some states' drivers licenses in 2018  —  Airline passengers in five states and a U.S. territory will be unable to present their current driver's licenses at airport checkpoints after Jan. 22, 2018, under new rules announced on Friday by the Department of Homeland Security.

Surveillance video shows suspects in Brownsville gang rape of 18-year-old  —  BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn —Police have released surveillance video of five men accused of holding a teenager at gunpoint and raping her inside of a playground Thursday in Brooklyn.  —  The woman was walking …

White Nationalist PAC Blankets Iowa With Robocalls For Trump  —  Some registered voters in Iowa received robocalls Saturday from a white nationalist super PAC that urged them to support Donald Trump in the 2016 election.  —  “I urge you to vote for Donald Trump because he is the one candidate …