Axelrod: Obama Misled Nation When He Opposed Gay Marriage In 2008  —  A striking admission of political dishonesty from the keeper of the Obama flame  —  Barack Obama misled Americans for his own political benefit when he claimed in the 2008 election to oppose same sex marriage for religious reasons …

American ISIS Hostage Is Dead, Family Says  —  American ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller has been confirmed dead, the 26-year-old's family confirmed in a statement.

Dem boycott of Netanyahu address to Congress grows  —  More than a dozen congressional Democrats say they plan to skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress amid conflicting signals over whether he will pull out from the March 3 address.

First 2016 presidential hopeful to open an Iowa office: Scott Walker  —  Scott Walker, the Republican who leads the presidential pack in Iowa polling, is the first of the 2016 White House aspirants to open an office here.  —  A political organization created by Walker, the governor of Wisconsin …

Axelrod: Obama knew Prayer Breakfast remarks would provoke  —  President Obama's comments referencing the Crusades and Jim Crow during the National Prayer Breakfast appeared intentionally “provocative,” former adviser David Axelrod said Monday.  —  Obama has faced heated criticism for the comments …

Jindal on gay marriage: 'We're a nation of laws'  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) says he wants Congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution if the Supreme Court decides to overrule state gay marriage bans.  —  “We're a nation of laws, that's why I said I want the Supreme Court …

School worksheet tells kids GOP thinks helping poor ‘waste of money,’ parent claims  —  A Wisconsin mother claims this quiz was administered to her 16-year-old son and his classmates in their 11th-grade U.S. government and politics class at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc.

Two couples who discovered they had been given the wrong babies TEN YEARS after their daughters were born are awarded 2million euros by French court  —  Two French couples who discovered they had been given the wrong babies ten years after their daughters were born due to a hospital mix …

Was Brian Williams a Victim of False Memory?  —  How reliable is human memory?  Most of us believe that our memory is like a video camera, capturing an accurate record that can be reviewed at a later date.  —  But the truth is our memories can deceive us — and they often do.

Feds won't release IRS targeting documents  —  The Obama administration is refusing to publicly release more than 500 documents on the IRS's targeting of Tea Party groups.  —  Twenty months after the IRS scandal broke, there are still many unanswered questions about who was spearheading …

Stripping a Professor of Tenure Over a Blog Post  —  Professor John McAdams is being stripped of tenure by Marquette University for writing a blog post that administrators characterize as inaccurate and irresponsible.  —  Academics all over the United States ought to denounce the firing of the 69-year-old …

Democrats suffering from Clinton fatigue say they're ready for Warren  —  AMES, Iowa — Thirteen Iowa Democrats wearily took their seats here this weekend and discussed among themselves the source of their angst: Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  “I'm utterly tired, tired of the Clintons …

Bobby Jindal vs. the world  —  He says elites can't stand the idea of an Ivy-League-educated pure conservative.  —  AP Photo  —  In the past few weeks, Bobby Jindal has been attacked for insisting that Europe allows Muslims to control special “no-go zones,” belittled by the Weekly Standard for offering a …

The Guardian hires Chelsea Manning  —  Chelsea Manning is joining The Guardian U.S. as a contributing opinion writer, the site's editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, announced on Tuesday.  —  Manning, previously known as Bradley Manning, was an Army private who was convicted in 2013 and is serving …

Rand Paul misses vaccines hearing  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was absent from a Senate hearing on vaccines Tuesday — one week after he came under criticism for suggesting a link between vaccines and mental disorders in children.  —  Paul was one of eight senators who missed the hearing of the Senate Health …

Western Illusions Over Ukraine  —  MUNICH — The most difficult thing for a communist, it has been observed, is to predict the past.  I was reminded of this as I listened to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in full Soviet mode at the Munich Security Conference, suggesting …