Clinton calls for new sanctions on Iran  —  Hours after the U.S. dropped sanctions on Iran as part of the nuclear deal, Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton called for new sanctions on the nation for its ballistic missile program.  —  Clinton on Saturday praised President Obama …

Clinton surrogate to demand Sanders release medical records  —  A top surrogate for Hillary Clinton is prepping a new attack in an intensifying and increasingly personal war against rival Bernie Sanders — calling on the 74-year-old to release his medical records before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1.

Reigning Cats and Dogs  —  WASHINGTON — AFTER running as a man last time around, Hillary Clinton is now running as a woman.  —  Matthew Dowd, the former W. strategist who became an independent, says Hillary got it backward: She should have run as a woman in 2008, when she was beating back a feminized antiwar candidate.

The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You're a Trump Supporter  —  If I asked you what most defines Donald Trump supporters, what would you say?  They're white?  They're poor?  They're uneducated?  —  You'd be wrong.  —  In fact, I've found a single statistically significant variable …

The yuan and the markets  —  Strains on the currency suggest that something is very wrong with China's politics  —  “WHAT if we could just be China for a day?” mused Thomas Friedman, an American columnist, in 2010.  “...We could actually, you know, authorise the right solutions.”

Ted Cruz taunts Donald Trump over his slipping lead and Twitter habits  —  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—Hours before Ted Cruz and Donald Trump were slated to appear here at a tea party gathering, Cruz unloaded on Trump, taunting him over his poll numbers and ratcheting up attacks on his conservative credibility.

DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Despite his earlier criticism of Ammon Bundy taking over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in support of imprisoned Dwight and Steven Hammond, the founder of the anti-government militia group Oath Keepers warned federal authorities …

Some Inconvenient Gun Facts for Liberals  —  FOR those of us who argue in favor of gun safety laws, there are a few inconvenient facts.  —  We liberals are sometimes glib about equating guns and danger.  In fact, it's complicated: The number of guns in America has increased …

Cologne's aftershocks  —  The ultimate victim of sexual assaults by migrants could be Angela Merkel's liberal refugee policy  —  FOR a brief moment at the turn of the year, Angela Merkel seemed to have recaptured control of Germany's careering debate over refugees.