Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina Cut From Next Republican Mainstage Debate  —  Republican presidential candidates Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina have been cut from the next mainstage debate on Thursday.  —  According to a newly-announced lineup by debate host Fox Business Network …

Bernie Sanders: Clinton is not as ‘inevitable’ as she once was  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders accused Hillary Clinton of taking an increasingly aggressive stance against him because she's nervous that he is beating her in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Journalists: Stop Complaining About Sean Penn  —  Awakened from its holiday hibernation, the journalistic orthodoxy massed yesterday to attack Sean Penn and Rolling Stone for their 11,000-word story/interview with Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera—aka El Chapo.

Supreme Court conservatives appear ready to overturn mandatory union fees  —  People participate in a Jan. 11 rally at the Supreme Court in Washington as the justices heard arguments in Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Assn.  —  Reporting from Washington

Father of Koch Brothers Helped Build Nazi Oil Refinery, Book Says  —  The father of the billionaires Charles G. and David H. Koch helped construct a major oil refinery in Nazi Germany that was personally approved by Adolf Hitler, according to a new history of the Kochs and other wealthy families.

Clinton Considered Secret Plan to Spark Palestinian Protests  —  Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton considered a secret plan created by her then-advisers to foment unrest among Palestinian citizens and spark protests in order to push the Israeli government back to the negotiating table …

Another View — John H. Sununu: Don't drink the Trump Kool-Aid  —  Most of us know “Drinking the Kool-Aid” refers to a commitment to an idea without comprehending the implications of that commitment.  We remember that this phrase derives from the horrible tragedy of 1978 where 900 followers …

Cologne aftermath: Pakistanis, Syrian attacked in wake of New Year's assaults  —  Backlash in Germany after gang sex assaults  —  (CNN)Gangs of men have attacked and injured two Pakistanis and a Syrian man in Cologne, Germany, in the aftermath of an unprecedented wave of mob sex assaults on women in the city on New Year's Eve.

Obama, with an eye toward history, will give a different kind of State of the Union  —  The White House is billing President Obama's seventh and final State of the Union address as “untraditional,” an opportunity to move beyond the usual laundry list of policy proposals and ambitions toward …

Google Chairman Thinks AI Can Help Solve World's ‘Hard Problems’  —  AI could help with population growth, education, Schmidt says  —  Field getting crowded with Facebook, Microsoft also investing  —  Google's chairman thinks artificial intelligence will let scientists solve some of the world's …

Michelle King is new superintendent for Los Angeles Unified School District  —  Michelle King served as L.A. Unified's No. 2 administrator under the two previous superintendents before applying for the top job herself.  —  The Los Angeles Board of Education on Monday named Deputy Supt.

New Republic Owner Chris Hughes Puts Magazine Up For Sale  —  Facebook co-founder, who purchased the title in 2012, says magazine needs a new business model  —  The New Republic, the century-old magazine that was rocked a year ago by the mass exodus of its staff following an effort by its owner …

Exclusive: North Korea reveals alleged U.S. prisoner to CNN in Pyongyang  —  Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN)Is North Korea holding an American prisoner?  That's what a man CNN spoke to in Pyongyang claims.  —  As tensions on the Korean peninsula continued to rise and Seoul and Washington officials discussed …

‘Star Wars’ Han Solo Spinoff: Actor Shortlist Revealed (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Disney and Lucasfilm are inching closer to finding their young Han Solo for the upcoming untitled “Star Wars” spinoff.  —  Sources tell Variety that after seeing thousands of actors, execs have cut the list …

Bush super PAC seeks to blunt Rubio's momentum  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Jeb Bush's super PAC turned up the heat on Marco Rubio on Monday, unveiling a new $3 million-plus television spot to the Washington Examiner that accuses the Florida senator of being an immigration flip-flopper who supports amnesty.

David Bowie dies of cancer aged 69  —  Singer David Bowie, one of the most influential musicians of his era, has died of cancer at the age of 69.  —  A statement was issued on his social media accounts, saying he “died peacefully, surrounded by his family” after an “18-month battle with cancer”.