Take Down the Confederate Flag—Now  —  Last night, Dylann Roof walked into a Charleston church, sat for an hour, and then killed nine people.  Roof's crime cannot be divorced from the ideology of white supremacy which long animated his state nor from its potent symbol—the Confederate flag.

Charleston church shooting: Questions swirl around suspect Dylann Roof  —  Dylann Roof has confessed to authorities to shooting and killing nine people this week at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, two law enforcement officials said Friday.

Lindsey Graham: Charleston Shooter May Have Been ‘Looking for Christians to Kill’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) just happened to be scheduled to appear on The View Thursday morning.  But because of the deadly mass shooting at a black church in his home state last night …

For accused killer Dylann Roof, a life that had quietly drifted off track  —  GASTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof grew up in this rural town on the distant fringe of South Carolina's state capital, a quiet, shy boy who mostly kept to himself.  He didn't get into trouble.  He didn't especially stand out.

Voodoo, Jeb!  Style  —  On Monday Jeb Bush — or I guess that's Jeb!, since he seems to have decided to replace his family name with a punctuation mark — finally made his campaign for the White House official, and gave us a first view of his policy goals.  First, he says that if elected …

Republican Plan to Continue Health Subsidies Would Gut Obamacare  —  House Republicans say they are prepared to act swiftly on legislation to ensure Americans don't lose health-insurance subsidies if the Supreme Court rules that the funds are no longer available in more than half the U.S.