Democrats are in denial.  Their party is actually in deep trouble.  —  The Democratic Party is in much greater peril than its leaders or supporters recognize, and it has no plan to save itself.  —  Yes, Barack Obama is taking a victory lap in his seventh year in office.

Gowdy appears to accidentally release CIA source's name  —  <p>House Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy appears to have accidentally released the name of a CIA source in the midst of a back-and-forth with Democrats about how sensitive the information was and whether its presence …

Poll: Trump Hits Highest Mark Yet, But Carson Is Close Behind  —  Real estate mogul Donald Trump remains the frontrunner in the Republican presidential field, while former neurosurgeon Ben Carson holds a close second place, a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll shows.

Obama Regains Majority Job Approval; Most See GOP Infighting as Dysfunction (POLL)  —  More than half of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll approve of Barack Obama's job performance, a first in nearly two and a half years.  That compares with 71 percent disapproval of the Republicans …

Over A Year Before 9/11, Trump Wrote Of Terror Threat With Remarkable Clarity  —  “I really am convinced we're in danger of the sort of terrorist attacks that will make the bombing of the Trade Center look like kids playing with firecrackers.”  —  Al Bello / Getty Images

What The New York Times Didn't Tell You  —  “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.”  —  If you read the recent New York Times article about Amazon's culture, you remember that quote.  Attributed to Bo Olson, the image of countless employees crying at their desks set …

VP Joe Biden to enter presidential race, reports FOX News  —  NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - Sources tell FOX News Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry that Vice President Joe Biden will enter the presidential race. … There has been heavy speculation that Biden would run for the Democratic nomination.

Americans' Desire for Stricter Gun Laws Up Sharply  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five percent of Americans say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter than they are now, a distinct rise of eight percentage points from 2014.

Jim Webb to consider running as an independent  —  Jim Webb, the longshot Democratic presidential candidate, may run as an independent, his campaign said in an email to reporters on Monday evening.  —  The former Virginia senator, who complained last week about not having enough talking …

Dramatic motorcycle crash caught on video; DPS investigating  —  GRANBURY - The road rash and deep cuts all over Eric Sanders' body only begin to tell the story.  —  “I've got a gouge in my elbow that is bone-deep,” Sanders said.  —  The video tells the rest.

‘I Will Take Something Good Out Of This’: Bride-To-Be's Family Turns Cancelled Wedding Into Banquet For Homeless  —  A California family has turned their bride-to-be's heartbreak into something positive.  —  Quinn Duane, 27, was looking forward to a lavish wedding at Citizen Hotel in Sacramento …

The women in the van  —  <p>A few dozen reporters who regularly cover Hillary Clinton gathered last August to watch the first GOP debate at her headquarters in Brooklyn.  MSNBC's Alex Seitz-Wald stopped for a moment and looked around.</p><p> A second later, he realized what seemed strange …

Stoner high school student says he hacked the CIA  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's e-mail scandal didn't stop the head of the CIA from using his own personal AOL account to stash work-related documents, according to a stoner high-school student who claims to have hacked into them.

Memo to GOP: Curb Immigration or Quit |  Commentary  —  America is about to break every known immigration record.  And yet you are unlikely to hear a word about it.  —  The Census Bureau projects that the foreign-born share of the U.S. population will soon eclipse the highest levels ever documented …

Anthony Mackie Endorses Donald Trump: He Worked His Way Up From Nothing  —  The Our Brand Is Crisis actor said he is “drinking the Kool-Aid.” … Looks like we might see Anthony Mackie on the campaign trail with Donald Trump.  During a sit-down chat with BET.com during the promotional trail …

Trump Is Right About 9/11  —  Donald Trump utters plenty of ugly untruths: that undocumented Mexican immigrants are “rapists,” that Syrian refugees are committing “all sorts of attacks” in Germany and represent a “Trojan Horse” for ISIS.  But he tells ugly truths too: that “when you give …

Finally - a change in course on drug policy  —  “Greatness comes in simple trappings,” Richard Nixon once said.  It seems appropriate to quote the man who started the failed war on drugs to applaud good efforts to end it.  —  In an as-yet unreleased statement circulated to the BBC …