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.

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 …

Microsoft on the hot seat in Iowa  —  Microsoft volunteered to provide the technology to help tally up the results of Iowa's caucus, free of charge.  Now it will be put to the test Monday night.  —  The contests in both parties are expected to go down to the wire.

Bernie Sanders's latest eye-popping crowd in Iowa  —  With just 48 hours left before Iowans head to their caucuses, Bernie Sanders held a massive rally in Iowa City on Saturday night.  —  Here's what it looked like: … Here's another view: … That is a massive amount of people.  Now, two caveats:

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

OMG: NAACP leader uses F-word to apologize for using T-word after N-word meeting  —  The NAACP's mission of political correctness and equality careened off the rails this week when a local president complimented a TV reporters breasts during an interview.  —  Don Harris, the president …

Dem candidates to attend New Hampshire town hall  —  Watch CNN's New Hampshire Democratic town hall live at 8:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday  —  (CNN)The Democratic presidential hopefuls will make closing arguments to New Hampshire voters Wednesday during a prime-time CNN town hall in Derry …