Palin tweets: 'Is THIS Why People Don't like Cruz?'  —  As rumors swirled on Tuesday over her possible endorsement of GOP poll-leader Donald Trump, Sarah Palin tweeted a link to a blog post by her daughter Bristol with the headline, “Is THIS Why People Don't like Cruz?”

How Donald Trump defeats Hillary Clinton  —  If Donald Trump becomes the next president of the United States, there will be plenty of surprises along the way.  One of the biggest will be the help he gets from black voters.  —  According to Republican pollsters and Trump's allies …

Judge rejects Obama's executive privilege claim over Fast and Furious records  —  A federal judge has rejected President Barack Obama's assertion of executive privilege to deny Congress access to records pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious, a gunrunning probe that allegedly allowed thousands …

Inspector General: Clinton emails had intel from most secretive, classified programs  —  EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton's emails on her unsecured, homebrew server contained intelligence from the U.S. government's most secretive and highly classified programs, according to an unclassified letter …

On bitterly cold night, Birmingham's homeless warming station used for Sanders rally  —  With temperatures in Birmingham expected to dropped to 20 overnight Monday — the lowest temperature thus far in 2016 — the place where the city's homeless usually go to seek shelter from the cold was unavailable.

Last Slide  —  Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said Tuesday he would like to see Texas Republican Ted Cruz defeated in Iowa.  —  Speaking to reporters at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit, Branstad said Iowans would make a mistake in supporting Cruz, the current Iowa frontrunner and staunch opponent of the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Flint mayor meeting with Obama  —  The White House expects President Barack Obama to meet with Flint, Michigan, Mayor Karen Weaver later Tuesday, press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.  —  Weaver, who is visiting the White House for a conference of U.S. mayors, has already met with Valerie Jarrett …

Time for a Republican Conspiracy!  —  Members of the Republican governing class are like cowering freshmen at halftime of a high school football game.  Some are part of the Surrender Caucus, sitting sullenly on their stools resigned to the likelihood that their team is going to get crushed.

Film Shows Clinton Aide's Own Struggle With Anthony Weiner Scandal  —  In May 2013, Huma Abedin and Anthony D. Weiner allowed filmmakers full access to his mayoral campaign with the hopes that the end result would document a spectacular political comeback, with Mr. Weiner being sworn in as mayor …

At Liberty University, Donald Trump again stumbles when discussing religion  —  If you grew up going to an evangelical church, as I did, chances are you attended youth groups at which a leader asked everyone to name their favorite Bible verse.  —  When I was in middle school …

Middle-aged white death trends update: It's all about women in the south  —  Jonathan Auerbach and I wrote up some of the age-adjustment stuff we discussed on this blog a couple months ago.  Here's our article, a shorter version of which will appear as a letter in PPNAS.  —  And here's the new analysis we did:

State lawmaker in Olympia asks visiting teens if they're virgins  —  Walking into a meeting with state Rep. Mary Dye, a group of high school students visiting Olympia with Planned Parenthood didn't expect to be asked if they were virgins.  —  OLYMPIA — Walking into a meeting Monday morning …

Ben Carson Suspends Events After Campaign Workers Injured in Accident  —  Three student volunteers and a staffer for Ben Carson's campaign were injured — including one “gravely” — during an accident in Iowa today, leading the Republican candidate to temporarily suspend his campaign activities.