Former Vice President Dick Cheney Says CIA Torture Report Is ‘Full of Crap’ … Former Vice President Dick Cheney says a declassified Senate report on the controversial post-9/11 CIA interrogation program is “full of crap.”  —  “I think it is a terrible report, deeply flawed,” …

Warren, left fume over deal  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday sought to rally opposition to the $1.1 trillion government funding bill, spearheading a revolt on the left that has put her influence in the Democratic Party to the test.  —  The Massachusetts liberal pleaded for House Democrats …

All Senate GOP staff going on ObamaCare  —  Senate Republican staffers will be required to obtain health insurance through ObamaCare's exchanges under a rule passed Wednesday by the GOP Conference.  —  The proposal from Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) means that Senate Republicans will designate their staff as …

They risked and persisted, sacrificed and saved.  Editor Nancy Gibbs explains why the Ebola Fighters are TIME's choice for Person of the Year 2014  —  Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, says the proverb, but rather the hero's heart.  —  Maybe this is true in any battle …

ISIS Is Trying To Sell The Body Of U.S. Hostage James Foley For $1 Million  —  Middlemen in touch with ISIS or its associates say the group has turned a grim new page in its deadly hostage trade âÂ" by trying to sell the remains of at least one of the U.S. citizens it has executed in Syria.

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea  —  Abstract  —  Plastic pollution is ubiquitous throughout the marine environment, yet estimates of the global abundance and weight of floating plastics have lacked data …

Growing Public Support for Gun Rights  —  More Say Guns Do More to Protect Than Put People at Risk  —  For the first time in more than two decades of Pew Research Center surveys, there is more support for gun rights than gun control.  Currently, 52% say it is more important to protect …

Government shutdown would not stop Obama on immigration  —  Even if Republicans shut down the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) next year, President Obama could still carry out his executive actions giving legal status to up to 5 million undocumented immigrants.

Americans remain divided in views on race relations  —  Shares -  —  Americans are divided in their assessments of race relations in the U.S, a new CBS News poll shows.  —  Some 45 percent think they are generally good, but 43 percent think they are generally bad.

Landrieu run again?  ‘Oh Lord, no’  —  Sen. Mary Landrieu pretty much dismissed any notion that she would run again for governor, the Senate or any other public office.  —  “Oh Lord, no,” the Louisiana Democrat said Wednesday.  —  Story Continued Below  —  “Well, let me say …

Fear and Torture  —  The tragic resonance, in the global war on terror, of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report on torture, released yesterday, will not, and probably should not, fade any time soon.  It reveals that Americans engaged in acts, on behalf of and with the approval …

Why I am ready for Hillary  —  Last week, on Dec. 4, I helped organize a Ready for Hillary fundraiser in Montgomery County, Md., in the immediate suburbs of Washington, D.C. The organization, an independent grassroots committee, has been at work for the past year gathering millions of names …

Richmond police chief a prominent participant in protest against police violence  —  RICHMOND — Amid the nationwide tumult over recent instances of police officers using deadly force against unarmed people, Bay Area cities like Berkeley and Oakland have been rived by impassioned protests that have at times turned violent.