Clinton Seen as Winner in November; Trump Inspires Anxiety  —  Most Americans expect that Hillary Clinton would prevail against her leading GOP opponent in November, while Bernie Sanders' chances are rated less well.  The thought of Donald Trump as president inspires high levels of public anxiety …

The Trumph of the Will  —  I wanted to make a couple related observations about this Donald Trump debate drama.  —  First, an admission.  —  When I heard last night that Trump was pulling out of the Fox News GOP primary debate I was quite certain he had every intention of finally attending tomorrow night's event.

More Arrests As FBI Negotiates With Remaining Militants  —  The FBI took three additional militants into custody Wednesday, as occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge began to trickle away from the site they have held for 26 days, and as the militants arrested Tuesday faced indictment in federal court.

Bernie Sanders's fiction-filled campaign  —  SEN. BERNIE Sanders (I-Vt.) is leading in New Hampshire and within striking distance in Iowa, in large part because he is playing the role of uncorrupted anti-establishment crusader.  But Mr. Sanders is not a brave truth-teller.

Barbie's dress won't fit.  —  I'm sitting in a bright pink room at Mattel's headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., playing with a Barbie that only 20 people in the world know exists.  Her creation has been kept so secret that the designers code-named the endeavor Project Dawn so that even their spouses …

Ted Cruz Gathers Hundreds To Oppose Abortion  —  DES MOINES, IOWA — Banning abortion and withdrawing federal funding for Planned Parenthood were the main themes of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's rally Wednesday night in West Des Moines, where several hundred Iowans literally spilled …

US father tried for THEFT after he took his 12-year-old daughter's mobile phone away as a punishment  — He had been charged with theft of property after taking his daughter's iPhone 4 when he found an inappropriate text in September 2013  — Teen's mom, Michelle Steppe …

Campaigning in style: How Jeb Bush blew through his warchest  —  There were stays at boutique hotels featuring rooftop pools, private soirees at members-only, jacket-and-tie clubs and fundraisers at the Four Seasons, the St. Regis and the Mandarin Oriental.  —  In the world of Jeb Bush …

It's Still Bill Clinton, but the Old Magic Seems Missing  —  MASON CITY, Iowa — Bill Clinton came to the vote-rich city of Mason City on Wednesday night and recounted his wife's life experiences, recited her policy ideas, and ripped into the Republicans a bit.

An Unprecedented Threat to Privacy … Throughout the United States—outside private houses, apartment complexes, shopping centers, and businesses with large employee parking lots—a private corporation, Vigilant Solutions, is taking photos of cars and trucks with its vast network of unobtrusive cameras.

The Emerging Zika Pandemic  —  Enhancing Preparedness  —  FREE ONLINE FIRST  —  Daniel R. Lucey, MD, MPH1; Lawrence O. Gostin, JD2  —  JAMA.  —  The Zika virus (ZIKV), a flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis, originated in the Zika forest …

Anne Frank's stepsister: ‘Donald Trump is acting like Hitler’  —  Eva Schloss, 86, is an Auschwitz survivor and the stepsister of Anne Frank.  Both Frank and Schloss were Jewish refugees in Amsterdam together and the pair played together as children until their families were forced into hiding in 1942.

Jeb Bush Hopes to Have George W. Bush on Trail Next Month  —  Many South Carolina Republicans have been urging Jeb Bush to bring his brother to the state he won twice.  —  michaelcbender  —  George W. Bush left the White House with an approval rating of 34 percent, and he remains …

Trump endorsed by key SC politician  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Wednesday picked up the endorsement of South Carolina Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, his highest profile elected official to date.  —  McMaster introduced Trump ahead of his rally Wednesday night in South Carolina …

Lunch between the French and Iranian leaders is CANCELLED after President Hollande refused to take wine off the menu for his meeting with Muslim counterpart Rouhani  —  A lunch between the French and Iranian presidents in Paris was scrapped today because France refused to remove wine from the menu.