Rep. Trey Radel charged with cocaine possession  —  Rep. Trey Radel, a freshman Republican from Florida, was arrested on Oct. 29 for possession of cocaine in the District of Columbia, according to D.C. Superior Court documents.  —  Radel, 37, was charged with misdemeanor possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday.

Healthcare plan enrollment surges in some states after rocky rollout  —  Healthcare insurance enrollment increases in some states that run their own exchanges, boosting hopes of Obamacare backers.  —  Peter Lee, director of the Covered California health insurance exchange, discusses enrollment.

Rude Awakening for Federal Way Woman Who Got Shout-Out From President - Can't Afford Obamacare Policy After All  —  After Jessica Sanford Sends Fan Letter to Obama for Making Insurance Affordable, State Says She Must Pay Full Ticket  —  Jessica Sanford, the Federal Way woman who got a shout …

State Rep. Uses Sledgehammer To Destroy Homeless People's Possessions  —  State Rep. Tom Brower (D) destroying a homeless person's possessions.  —  Much like Batkid, Hawaii has found its own superhero.  Except that instead of protecting the powerless from harm, he roams the streets …

Obama Snubs 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg Address  —  His decision is doubly surprising because he has so often tied himself to his fellow Illinoisan Lincoln.  —  A photographic portrait is displayed showing Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.  (Hulton/Archive/Getty Images)

Key Senate Democrats Flip, Now Ready For Filibuster Reform Via ‘Nuclear Option’  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats who were previously opposed to changing filibuster rules via the “nuclear option” are so fed up with GOP obstruction of the president's nominees that they now say they want to go nuclear.

Va. Sen. Creigh Deeds Stabbed in Bath County Home  —  Sources say Deeds' son stabbed his father, then shot himself  —  Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds was stabbed by his son, Austin “Gus” Deeds, before the son fatally shot himself, Democratic sources tell News4.

No, Arne Duncan, ‘White Suburban Moms’ Aren't The Problem.  (But you might be)  —  Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their “critical thinking.”  —  That didn't stop Education …

Census ‘faked’ 2012 election jobs report  —  In the home stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign, from August to September, the unemployment rate fell sharply — raising eyebrows from Wall Street to Washington.  —  The decline — from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September — might not have been all it seemed.

Vancouver man: Joe Biden owes me an apology  —  Jeffrey Barton faces a charge of illegal discharge of a firearm  —  Jeffrey Barton, 52, of Vancouver says that Vice President Joe Biden owes him an apology for advice he gave about fending off intruders with blasts from a gun.

Husband of former FL Sec. State Katherine Harris commits suicide  —  The husband of former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris committed suicide Tuesday morning.  Anders Ebbeson was 68 years-old.  —  Police officers responded to a report of a possible suicide at the home at 1420 Bay Point Drive around 7:30 a.m..

Monty Python Troupe to Reunite for Live Shows  —  A certain Norwegian Blue parrot is still dead, nearly 44 years after it shuffled off its mortal coil and joined the choir invisible in a famous television comedy sketch.  But there is life yet in Monty Python, the singularly influential British troupe …

A Diver's Rise, and Swift Death, at the Limits of a Growing Sport  —  Brooklyn Diver Dies After Record Attempt: Nicholas Mevoli rose from novice to free-diving record holder in less than a year.  His life and death reflect both the spirit of a niche sport that has grown exponentially as well as its dangers.

John Kerry Repudiates the Monroe Doctrine  —  Just when you were getting used to U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East, he comes our formal withdrawal from the Western Hemisphere.  Yesterday, November 18, Secretary of State Kerry repudiated the Monroe Doctrine in a speech to the Inter-American Dialogue.

DHS Still Hasn't Fired Black Supremacist Who Called for Mass Murder of Whites  —  Almost four months after he was unmasked as a militant black nationalist who called for murdering “Uncle Tom race traitors,” Ayo Kimathi is still employed.  —  The black-nationalist Department of Homeland Security employee …