Senate smackdown: Ted Cruz, Mike Lee efforts squelched by leaders  —  The rift between Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz widens.  —  Ted Cruz arrives for the Sunday Senate session on Capitol Hill.  Ted Cruz just wanted a roll call vote on Sunday.  Instead, he got a smackdown.

'I'm No Longer Afraid': 35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the Culture That Wouldn't Listen … More has changed in the past few years for women who allege rape than in all the decades since the women's movement began.  Consider the evidence of October 2014 …

Bobbi Kristina Dead — Whitney Houston's Daughter Dies at 22  —  Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's daughter Bobbi Kristina has died at the age of 22.  —  She passed away outside Atlanta in the hospice care facility where she's been since June 24 ... when her family decided to take her off all meds.

Chief Keef's hologram concert shut down by police in Hammond  —  Rapper Chief Keef appeared — via hologram — at a Hammond music festival Saturday night, but his performance was shut down by police within minutes.  —  The concert, planned as a benefit for a toddler and a friend of the rapper's …

Huckabee: Obama Marching Israelis to ‘Door of Oven’  —  Presidential aspirant and former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee joined Breitbart's editor-in-chief Alexander Marlow in an interview on Saturday.  —  Appearing on Breitbart News Saturday, the governor demonstrated his keen ability …

Hillary Clinton Outlines Climate Change Proposals  —  Hillary Clinton on Sunday set two “bold national goals” to combat climate change, promising that if she's elected president, she would set the United States on a path toward producing enough clean renewable to power every home in America within a decade.

2 Stabbed, 1 Fatally, At Frederick Co. Prayer Counseling Center  —  FREDERICK, Md. (WJZ)—Authorities in Frederick County are investigating after a man was stabbed to death at a prayer counseling center on Sunday night.  —  The Frederick County Sheriff's Office described a gruesome scene …

We Need Optimists  —  MY wife, Ester, and I had just endured a difficult parent-teacher conference for one of our teenage children.  It was a grades issue.  The ride home was tense, until Ester broke the silence.  “Think of it this way,” she said.  “At least we know he's not cheating.”

NBC/Marist Polls Show Donald Trump Running Strong in Iowa, NH  —  Donald Trump is running strong in the early nominating states of Iowa and New Hampshire, according to two new NBC News-Marist polls.  —  Trump leads the Republican presidential field in New Hampshire, getting support from 21 percent of potential GOP primary voters.