Bush Doing Whatever It Takes to Stay Relevant  —  Jeb Bush's supporters have spent $15 million on slickly produced ads to win over Iowa voters.  Barely registering in the polls and increasingly desperate in the shadow of the Iowa caucuses, he's now trying a cost-free, personal tactic: hugs.

GOP braces for a post-Iowa collision  —  DES MOINES, IOWA - The bruised and battered Republican Party establishment is bracing for a collision - with the candidates running under its banner.  —  With the GOP political class growing increasingly worried that insurgents Donald Trump and Ted Cruz …

Franklin Pierce-Herald Poll: Rivals need Iowa win to catch Trump, Sanders in N.H.  —  GOP presidential challengers Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Clinton desperately need breakthroughs in Iowa tomorrow to overcome expanding leads held by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire …

Fox host shreds Ted Cruz over Obamacare falsehoods: ‘More people have jobs and health insurance’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Fox News host Chris Wallace cornered Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Sunday about his claim that President Barack Obama's health care reform law had cost jobs.

Iowa poll reveals a line of attack that could sink Trump  —  DES MOINES — The final poll ahead of Monday's caucuses showed Donald Trump rallying to a five-point lead over Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, with two days to go before voting, but it also revealed a line of attack that could sink Trump.

Ted Cruz's Iowa Mailers Are More Fraudulent Than Everyone Thinks  —  Ted Cruz's Presidential campaign prides itself on being data-centric and on integrating insights from political science into its tactics.  In 2008, academics at Yale published an influential paper showing …

This is the atheist capital of America  —  If you don't believe in God, you might want to move to the Pacific Northwest.  —  Portland, Ore., is No. 1 on the list of metropolitan areas with the most religiously unaffiliated residents (42%), according to the nonpartisan and nonprofit Public …

Don't Shoot the Messenger, Israel  —  United Nations — IN Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, 2016 has begun much as 2015 ended — with unacceptable levels of violence and a polarized public discourse.  That polarization showed itself in the halls of the United Nations last week …

Wind, Sun and Fire  —  So what's really at stake in this year's election?  Well, among other things, the fate of the planet.  —  Last year was the hottest on record, by a wide margin, which should — but won't — put an end to climate deniers' claims that global warming has stopped.

Donald Trump Field Organizer Accuses Campaign of Sex Discrimination  —  DAVENPORT, Iowa — A former paid organizer for Donald J. Trump who was fired this month has accused his presidential campaign of sex discrimination.  —  Elizabeth Mae Davidson, 26, who was the Trump campaign's field organizer …

Iowa town embodies immigrant divide  —  MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - At the 3 p.m. shift change Friday, compact cars rimmed with road salt and dirt rolled up to the JBS Swift meatpacking plant, ranchera and salsa music trickling from a few rolled-down windows.  —  Hundreds of mostly brown-skinned …

This election could be the birth of a Trump-Sanders constituency  —  It's time for the Washington elite to wake up and listen to what these voters are responding to.  —  Primary voters going to the polls starting next week face the prospect of voting for candidates who have been unseen …

George Soros donates $8 million to boost Hillary  —  George Soros in December donated $6 million to the leading super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, marking the return of the billionaire financier as among the biggest givers in all of American politics.