Ben Carson explains why he apologized to Donald Trump  —  Ben Carson is turning the other cheek.  —  The retired neurosurgeon explained his apology to Donald Trump in a new interview, saying that he was not questioning the real estate mogul's faith but rather talking about his own.

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis won't authorize licenses  —  LOUISVILLE — In returning to work Monday, Kim Davis, the embattled Kentucky county clerk at the center of the dispute over gay marriage and religious liberty, indicated that she will not interfere with any deputy clerk who issues marriage licenses …

McConnell's fall mandate: Keep calm, avert catastrophe  —  In a POLITICO interview, the Senate leader says the GOP can do big things — in 2017.  Until then, his agenda is more modest.  —  Mitch McConnell wants his party playing the long game.  —  To hear the Senate majority leader tell it …

Is Trump killing justice reform?  —  Don't look now, but The Donald is actually shaping American policy.  —  Criminal justice reform, a perennial lost cause for civil rights lefties, had its surprise bipartisan moment this year.  Conservative Republican voices like anti-tax activist Grover Norquist …

Democrats Lay Groundwork to Expand Use of ‘Super PACs’  —  Democrats are laying the groundwork for an ambitious reorganization of their struggling network of “super PACs” that would exploit the loopholes and legal gray areas that Republicans have already used to raise hundreds of millions …

Biden Secretly Meets With Top Obama Bundler During New York Swing  —  The 28 hours Joe Biden spent in New York City at the end of last week were a whirlwind of activity—much of it feeding the mounting speculation that he is inching ever closer to launching a late-starting presidential campaign.

Arnold Schwarzenegger to take over for Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  “You're terminated”?  “You won't be back”?  “Hasta la vista, job seeker”?  —  Arnold Schwarzenegger is to replace Donald Trump as the host of the NBC reality show …

Inside Ethel Kennedy's cruel neglect of her troubled kids  —  Ethel Kennedy in 1969.  —  Since Robert F. Kennedy's assassination on June 6, 1968, his widow, Ethel, has been his torchbearer.  Unlike her late sister-in-law, Jackie, she never remarried, never sought a path or identity that was hers alone.

The Ferguson Commission Has Released its Long-Awaited Report.  Now What?  —  The Ferguson Commission wasn't built just to churn out a report.  —  Assembled by an executive order from Governor Jay Nixon, the commission's sixteen members have spent the past ten months compiling data, holding public hearings and listening to experts.

Debt-Ridden Donald Trump Lost His “Ship Of Jewels” To A Saudi Prince  —  I'm sailing awaaaaay...  Donald Trump has made a habit of criticizing the United States for allowing foreign countries to continue “eating our lunch,” a message he has pushed for nearly-thirty years.

Child victims partly to blame in priest sex-abuse cases, Syracuse bishop testified  —  SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The victims of child-molesting priests are partly to blame for their own abuse, the bishop of Syracuse said in a sworn deposition that revealed his views on the church's sex abuse scandal.

John Oliver Announces The Shuttering Of His Megachurch, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption  —  John Oliver announced the inevitable in a letter on Sunday: He's closing his month-old church, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption.  —  Oliver established his own church in mid-August after realizing …

Cleaning Up After the Obama Team's Iran Deal  —  Show Tehran the ways it may lose what it won at the gaming tables in Vienna.  —  By  —  'We couldn't have negotiated a better deal.  " That is one of the two pillars of the Obama administration's argument in favor of its nuclear arrangement with Iran …