Ted Cruz tells O'Reilly he would round up and deport all 12 million who are in U.S. illegally  —  Updated at 10:30 p.m. Monday with comment from Cruz spokeswoman and Tuesday morning with Trump comment.  —  WASHINGTON -Ted Cruz said Monday night that he would use federal immigration officers …

VIDEO: OBAMA CRACKS JOKE ABOUT SCALIA'S DEATH  —  President grins after making joke at late Supreme Court justice's expense  —  During his National Governors Association speech Monday, President Obama joked there was a lot to get done during his final days in office, including “appointing judges.”

Bill Gates backs FBI iPhone hack request  —  Bill Gates has broken ranks with Silicon Valley in the stand-off between Apple and the US government, saying technology companies should be forced to co-operate with law enforcement in terrorism investigations.  —  The Microsoft founder took issue …

“Dishonest” and “Socialist” Lead U.S. Reactions to Dems  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have multifaceted images among the American public.  But the most common responses Americans give when asked to say what comes to mind when they think of each are “dishonest” …

Ben Carson: Obama was ‘raised white’  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. - Ben Carson is the only person in the 2016 presidential field who is vying to become the country's second African-American president.  —  If truth be told, however, he's not entirely sure he wouldn't actually be the first.

Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Submission of Guantanamo Closure Plan  —  Press Operations Release No: NR-062-16  —  The Department of Defense formally submitted the administration's plan for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Congress today.

UT/TT Poll: Cruz Leads Trump in Texas; Rubio Lags Behind … UT/TT Poll, February 2016 - Methodology UT/TT Poll, February 2016 - Summary  —  With a week remaining before the Texas Republican primary, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has an 8-percentage-point lead over Donald Trump, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

EXCLUSIVE: ICE Officer to Rubio: ‘You Lied to American Public on FOX News,’ Challenges Him to Meet  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Council President Chris Crane is issuing a challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) following Rubio's attack on the officer.

How Obama Lost the Mideast to Putin  —  Vision, strategy, and courage might have prevented the disaster we see today in Syria.  But those elements were nowhere to be found.  —  LONDON — The Middle East is in flames.  Just as Iraq was President George W. Bush's catastrophic legacy, Syria will be Obama's.

Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 Centuries  —  The oceans are rising faster than at any point in the last 28 centuries, and human emissions of greenhouse gases are primarily responsible, scientists reported Monday.  —  They added that the flooding that is starting to make life miserable …

Reporter's Notebook: Voters Might Not Miss Jeb Bush, but Campaign Reporters Will  —  Voters Might Not Miss Jeb Bush, but Campaign Reporters Will  —  Jeb Bush was like a goofy dad, an awkward uncle.  He spoke to children like adults and told jokes that made no sense.