Two midterm elections have hollowed out the Democratic Party  —  When President Obama was elected in 2008, his victory signaled a generational change and the prospect of renewal for the Democratic Party.  Instead, the opposite has occurred.  Over the past six years, the party has been hollowed out.

Romney ‘stunned’ by Obama's letter to Iran  —  Mitt Romney said Friday that he was stunned by reports of President Obama's letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.  —  “That the president would write a letter of this nature, in effect legitimizing a nation and a leadership …

Ebola nurse plans to leave Maine  —  The Maine nurse at the center of the Ebola quarantine debate plans to move away from the state next week, according to a report by the Portland Press Herald.  —  Kaci Hickox, a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders, announced plans to leave about a week …

Pricey Doughnuts, Pricier Homes, Priced-Out Readers  —  DAVID Gonzalez approached the South Bronx street-corner preacher and said he was from The New York Times.  —  “He had just been shouting fire, brimstone and eternal damnation,” recalled Mr. Gonzalez, at that time, in 1991, the Bronx bureau chief.

George W. Bush: Odds ‘50-50’ Jeb runs  —  Former President George W. Bush said in an interview broadcast Sunday that chances are “50-50” that his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) will run for president in 2016.  —  “You know, it's a lot of speculation about him,” the former president said on “Face the Nation.”

Can D.C. get something done?  Fat chance  —  What can actually get done over the next two years?  Even if you didn't get your hopes up, you should still lower them.  —  President Barack Obama and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are doing their best to sound positive.

Dark Money Helped Win the Senate  —  The next Senate was just elected on the greatest wave of secret, special-interest money ever raised in a congressional election.  What are the chances that it will take action to reduce the influence of money in politics?  —  Nil, of course.

With Fear of Being Sidelined, Tea Party Sees the Republican Rise as New Threat  —  WASHINGTON — As most Republicans were taking a victory lap the morning after the elections, a group of conservatives huddled anxiously in a conference room not far from Capitol Hill and agreed …

Alleged Bin Laden Shooter: Osama “Died Like a Pussy”  —  According to Robert O'Neill—the former Navy SEAL who claims he shot Osama bin Laden—the Al Qaeda leader “died like a pussy” and “knew that we were there to kill him.”  —  In a previously unreleased audio interview aired last night on CNN …

U.S. air strikes target Islamic State convoy in Iraq  —  (Reuters) - U.S. air strikes destroyed an Islamic State convoy near the Iraqi city of Mosul but U.S. officials said on Saturday it was unclear whether the group's top commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been in any of the 10 targeted vehicles.

Will YOUR job still exist in 2025?  New report warns 50 per cent of occupations will be redundant in 11 years time  —  From self-driving cars to carebots for elderly people, rapid advances in technology have long represented a potential threat to many jobs normally performed by people.