Obama's Remarks on Syria  —  Following is the complete text of President Obama's speech about Syria from the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, as transcribed by Federal News Service.  —  MR. OBAMA: My fellow Americans, tonight I want to talk to you about Syria, why it matters and where we go from here.

COLORADO SENATE PRESIDENT JOHN MORSE, STATE SEN. ANGELA GIRON OUSTED  —  An epic national debate over gun rights in Colorado on Tuesday saw two Democratic state senators ousted for their support for stricter laws, a “ready, aim, fired” message intended to stop other politicians for pushing for firearms restrictions.

De Blasio First in Mayoral Primary; Unclear if He Avoids a Runoff  —  Bill de Blasio, whose campaign for mayor of New York tapped into a city's deepening unease with income inequality and aggressive police practices, captured far more votes than any of his rivals in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, according to exit poll results.

Sydney Leathers, former sexting partner of Anthony Weiner, attempts to crash his election night party  —  The 23-year-old, clad in a tight red dress and platform heels, said that she wanted to finally meet the man who ‘manipulated’ her into a months-long relationship.

Who Do You Trust?  —  WASHINGTON — Vladimir Putin, who keeps Edward Snowden on a leash and lets members of a riotous girl band rot in jail, has thrown President Obama a lifeline.  —  The Russian president had coldly brushed back Obama on Snowden and Syria, and only last week called John Kerry a liar.

Barack Obama's Syria speech was an incoherent mess - he is outperforming Jimmy Carter as the most feeble US president of modern times  —  Billed as a game-changer on Syria, the President's White House address landed with a thud that could be heard as far away as Damascus.

CNN Instant Poll: Did Obama move the needle on Syria?  —  Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans who watched President Barack Obama's prime time address to the nation on Tuesday said they favor the approach to Syria that the president spelled out in his speech, according to an instant poll.

Making Sense of Syria  —  This is what I think we're seeing:  —  The president has backed away from a military strike in Syria.  But he can't acknowledge this or act as if it is true.  He is acting and talking as if he's coolly, analytically, even warily contemplating the Russian proposal and the Syrian response.

DNI Clapper Declassifies Intelligence Community Documents Regarding Collection Under Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)  —  In June of this year, President Obama directed me to declassify and make public as much information as possible about certain sensitive …

George Zimmerman's Lawyer Mark O'Mara Quits … George Zimmerman's lawyer said today he will no longer represent the man acquitted of murder in the death of teenager Trayvon Martin.  —  The announcement came one day after Zimmerman's wife, Shellie, called police to say that Zimmerman …

Richard Dawkins defends “mild pedophilia,” says it does not cause “lasting harm”  —  The biologist and author described the sexual abuse that occurred among his former classmates as “mild touching up”  —  In a recent interview with the Times magazine, Richard Dawkins attempted to defend what he called …