Trump takes credit for Iran prisoner release  —  Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday said his rhetoric condemning the Iranian regime played an integral part in securing the release of four U.S. prisoners.  —  “So I've been hitting them hard, and I think I might …

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.

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.

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 …

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.”

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.

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 …

ABC producer was ‘murdered and sexually assaulted while on vacation in Belize’  —  An ABC producer was killed while vacationing in Belize this week.  —  Executive producer of online operations, Anne Swaney, 39, arrived last Saturday to Nabatunich Resort, Benque Viejo, according to ABC.

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.