Dems' final insult: Landrieu crushed  —  Cassidy trounces incumbent with Republicans set to control 54 Senate seats in the next Congress.  —  AP Photo  —  In the final insult of a devastating 2014 election for Democrats, Sen. Mary Landrieu, the party's last remaining statewide officeholder …

Why we believed Jackie's rape story  —  Because it rang true for so many of us on the University of Virginia campus.  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.— It was a near-unanimous reaction: shock, but not surprise.  Disgust, but not doubt.  Those were the feelings that characterized the endless conversations …

What the Fate of The New Republic Reveals  —  SOMETIMES media events synchronize almost too neatly.  Last weekend, the entity known as Vox Media, whose array of properties includes this year's big liberal-journalism start-up, Vox.com, announced that its latest round of investment had raised …

NYTimes Fails to Disclose Clinton Paid for Interviews About Administration  —  In a five year span, the William J Clinton Foundation gave five grants totaling $851,250 to the University of Virginia's Miller Center.  One year in particular, 2007, the Clinton gift was specifically marked: “Oral history project of Clinton presidency.”

Arizona Cop Caught on Cam Brutally Attacking Teen Girl While Mother Begs Them to Stop  —  Mesa, AZ- A video was uploaded to Facebook on Friday of a Mesa, Arizona police officer repeatedly punching and attacking a 15 year old girl as her mother begged them to stop.

US to keep 1,000 more troops than planned in Afghanistan  —  The U.S. will keep as many as a 1,000 extra troops in Afghanistan early next year, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday.  —  Speaking in Kabul, Hagel said as many as 10,800 troops would be in Afghanistan for the first part of 2015, according to the Associated Press.

IMAGE 1 OF 72  —  Demonstrators toss out smoke bombs during a march in Berkeley, California on Saturday, December 6, 2014.  Demonstrators were responding to the grand jury verdicts in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York City …

Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General  —  The letter to the Environmental Protection Agency from Attorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma carried a blunt accusation: Federal regulators were grossly overestimating the amount of air pollution caused by energy companies drilling new natural gas wells in his state.

GOP Gains Largest House Majority Since Truman Administration  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will hold at least 246 House seats come January, according to election results Saturday, giving the GOP a commanding majority that matches the party's post-World War II high during Democratic President Harry S. Truman's administration.

Los Angeles Police Shoot, Kill Man Amid Crowd Of Tourists On Hollywood Walk Of Fame  —  Police taped off the scene of a fatal shooting on Los Angeles' Walk of Fame on Friday night.  —  CREDIT: KTLA  —  Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a man Friday night at a busy intersection …