Republicans Show Signs of Division on Supreme Court Tactics  —  The “no hearings, no votes” stance for potential Obama nominees becomes a little less absolute for those wary of an electoral blowback.  —  After Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday, many Republican senators categorically ruled …

Bush campaign: CBS News should apologize for ‘inexcusable’ report  —  Jeb Bush's campaign is calling on CBS News to apologize for a report that cited jokes about the Republican presidential hopeful committing suicide.  —  “The network should apologize,” Kristy Campbell, Bush's press secretary …

Cops surround home, find ‘The Walking Dead’  —  A Great Falls family gave their neighbors quite a scare while enjoying a favorite TV show Sunday evening.  —  A 911 call came in at 7:28 p.m. from a neighbor who heard “screaming from a house about someone having a gun,” according to Great Falls Police Department notes from the call.

EXCLUSIVE: Twitter Shadowbanning ‘Real and Happening Every Day’ Says Inside Source  —  Rumours that Twitter has begun ‘shadowbanning’ politically inconvenient users have been confirmed by a source inside the company, who spoke exclusively to Breitbart Tech.  His claim was corroborated by a senior editor at a major publisher.

Crazy Nut Donald Trump Thinks George W. Bush Was President on 9/11  —  Lying about Muslims is one thing, but accusing Bush of holding office in 2001 is beyond the pale.  —  Last fall, Donald Trump claimed that, on September 11, 2001, thousands of Muslims cheered the fall of the World Trade Center.

Judge Forces Apple to Help Unlock San Bernardino Shooter iPhone  —  A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Apple to give investigators access to encrypted data on the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, assistance the computer giant “declined to provide voluntarily,” according to court papers.

Thomas Piketty on the rise of Bernie Sanders: the US enters a new political era  —  The Vermont senator's success so far demonstrates the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan at the 1980 elections  —  ow can we interpret the incredible success of the …

Coburn: Trump-circulated quote attacking Cruz ‘absolute fabrication’  —  Former Sen. Tom Coburn is angry about being quoted in the latest Donald Trump attack on Ted Cruz.  —  Coburn called the quote an “absolute fabrication.”  —  As part of his never-ending criticism of Cruz …

Lessons from the Crisis: Ending Too Big to Fail  —  Thank you, David, for that kind introduction.  It is great to be back at the Brookings Institution.  Before I begin, I just want to remind everyone that the views I express today are my own and not necessarily those of the Federal Open Market Committee …

Man arrested for Facebook posts about Syrian refugees in Scotland  —  Offensive comments related to refugees on Isle of Bute and police say arrest shows social media abuse will not be tolerated  —  Police Scotland have said the arrest of a man responsible for a series of offensive Facebook posts …

Hedge-Fund Magnate Mercer Backs Group Attacking IRS  —  The group says the gift is unrelated to a lawsuit against the IRS, which has a long-running dispute with Mercer's firm.  —  zachmider  —  The New York hedge-fund manager Robert Mercer, one of the biggest conservative donors in the country …

FBI finds trench of human feces at cultural site on Oregon refuge  —  The FBI said it has found a trench of human feces and a road excavated on or next to a sensitive cultural site with artifacts at the Oregon wildlife refuge where armed men staged a standoff with authorities, according to court records filed on Tuesday.

George Gaynes, a Versatile Character Actor, Dies at 98  —  George Gaynes, who played a grouchy foster parent on the 1980s sitcom “Punky Brewster,” the beleaguered commandant in seven “Police Academy” films and a soap opera star with a crush on Dustin Hoffman in drag in the Hollywood hit …