Exclusive: Russia Will Sanction U.S. Senators  —  Putin is set to respond to Obama's sanctions of Russian officials with his own list.  Several U.S. Senators and officials will be banned from visiting Russia, including Sen. Dick Durbin.  —  U.S. senators, congressmen and top Obama administration officials …

What the Fox Knows  —  FiveThirtyEight is a data journalism organization.  Let me explain what we mean by that, and why we think the intersection of data and journalism is so important.  —  If you're a casual reader of FiveThirtyEight, you may associate us with election forecasting …

Defying Sanctions, Putin Declares Crimea Independent  —  MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a decree late Monday night formally recognizing Ukraine's Crimea region as a “sovereign and independent state,” defying the United States and Europe just hours after they imposed …

Marketplace Enrollment Hits 5 Million Milestone  —  As this historic open enrollment period enters its final weeks, millions of Americans are finding quality, affordable coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act.  Fernando Valdez and Denise Schroeder were part of a weekend wave of consumers signing …

It's official: Edwin Edwards is running for Congress  —  Just three years after his release from federal prison, former Gov. Edwin Edwards is throwing his hat into the open race for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District.  —  The 86-year-old Silver Fox, known for his memorable …

Phil Jensen: South Dakota's most conservative lawmaker?  —  It was July 10, 2003, and Phil Jensen, a life-long Kansas boy and red-blooded Republican, was set for a big move.  —  Jensen and his wife were relocating from Wichita to Rapid City to live closer to family.

Koch Group Abandons Obamacare ‘Horror’ Stories After Fact-Check Backlash  —  Have we heard the last Obamacare “horror” story?  If new ads from the Koch Brothers-backed group are any indication, we might have.  —  Americans for Prosperity, the well-funded conservative group …

Malaysia Backtracks on When Airliner's Communications Were Disabled  —  SEPANG, Malaysia — As the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stretched into a 10th day, the Malaysian authorities on Monday identified the plane's first officer as the last person in the cockpit to speak to ground control.

L'Wren Scott dead: Fashion designer and Mick Jagger girlfriend found dead in apparent suicide  —  Mick Jagger is ‘completely shocked and devastated by the news,’ spokesperson says in statement.  Scott's body, discovered hanging from a scarf tied to a doorknob in her apartment on 11th Avenue …

All you need to know about gravitational waves  —  A beginner's guide to the BICEP2 discovery of primordial gravitational waves.  —  Rights & Permissions  —  Astronomers have announced the detection of the imprint of primordial ‘gravitational waves’ that originated in the Big Bang that created our Universe 13.8 billion years ago.

Stenographer: ‘Assignment’ From Holy Spirit Prompted Outburst On House Floor  —  The stenographer who was carried off the House floor in October for an outburst in which she yelled into a microphone about God, Freemasons and a divided government explained in a video published Sunday that she acted on “assignment” from the Holy Spirit.

The 1930s are calling  —  Commentators with a cruel memory have recalled the moment from one of the 2012 president debates when President Obama cited Mitt Romney's warning about the growing threat from Russia and dismissed it with a superficially sophisticated one-liner: “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back.”

New set of emails, texts on N.J. bridge scandal turned over to judge  —  (CNN) - Newly revealed emails between key figures in a political scandal roiling the administration of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were turned over to a state court judge on Monday.  —  Members of a legislative …

Mississippi Will Drug Test Welfare Recipients  —  Last week, Mississippi's state Senate passed a bill to drug test some welfare recipients after it passed the House earlier this year.  It's now waiting for a signature from Gov. Phil Bryant (R), who praised its passage.  It will take effect July 1.

Scott Brown pans ‘self-serving’ pledge  —  Scott Brown on Saturday blasted Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's (D-N.H.) challenge to limit outside spending in the New Hampshire Senate race as “self-serving and hypocritical.”  —  Brown, the former Massachusetts senator who is gearing up for a run in New Hampshire …

Hunger crisis: Charities are strained as nearly 1 in 5 New Yorkers depend on aid for food  —  In a city of wealth, 1.4 million people rely on a network of 1,000 food pantries and soup kitchens to eat.  That's an increase of 200,000 people in five years, and the city's programs are struggling to keep up with that need.

Amid Mayoral Missteps, Irish Eyes Are Rolling in New York City  —  He wants to close schools for the Chinese New Year, has pledged fealty to an Israeli political group, sprinkles Spanish and Italian phrases into his speeches and speaks frequently of his wife's Caribbean heritage.

Revenge of the Republican consultants  —  Ten of the consulting firms that formed the core of the push to elect Mitt Romney — reaping a combined $1 billion in the process — have survived a tea party assault and are again among the highest-grossing and best-positioned players in Republican politics.