GOP chair probes if Cruz unveiled classified info during debate  —  A key Senate Republican is looking into whether Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed classified information during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.  —  “I'm having my staff look at the transcripts of the debate right now …

Wheaton College Statement Regarding Dr. Larycia Hawkins  —  In response to significant questions regarding the theological implications of statements that Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Larycia Hawkins has made about the relationship of Christianity to Islam …

Mistrial declared in trial of Officer William Porter in death of Freddie Gray  —  A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter, after jurors told a judge it could not reach a verdict on any of the four charges against him.

For immediate release  —  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace.  Household spending and business fixed investment have been increasing at solid rates in recent months …

Harvard placemat serves up social justice for Christmas  — The placemat was created by the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in collaboration with the Freshmen Dean's Office and were distributed in an undergraduate dining hall.  —  The Office for Equity, Diversity …

Budget Deal Raises Spending, and the Deficit, Through Tax Breaks  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators introduced a sweeping year-end spending and tax-break package early Wednesday that busts through previously agreed budget limits with $66 billion in new spending for 2016 …

Administration nixed probe into Southern California jihadists  —  There are terrorists in our midst and they arrived here using legal means right under the noses of the federal law enforcement agencies whose mission is to stop them.  That is not due to malfeasance or lack of effort on the part …

“Blow-Me.org” Congressman: Clinton “An Idiot” And “A Liar” For Use Of Private Email Server  —  “To think that Mrs. Clinton could secure something like that in her home is ludicrous.”  —  Win Mcnamee / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas …

Dana Loesch Explodes on ‘Godless Left’ in Furious Rant: 'I Do Have a Problem...and I'm Not Watching My Language'  —  Dana Loesch tore into Democrats Tuesday night in a fiery rant on the “godless left,” taking aim elected officials and the New York Daily News for “mocking prayers” and “attacking” the National Rifle Association.

Fiscal deal winners and losers  —  The sweeping year-end tax and spending bills unveiled this week in Congress follow months of lobbying by industry and public interest groups and weeks of intense negotiations on Capitol Hill.  —  The final legislation, at nearly 2,250 pages …

Obama will travel to San Bernardino to mourn victims of massacre  —  President Obama speaks on Islamic State in the Pentagon briefing room on Dec. 14.  —  President Obama will travel to San Bernardino on Friday to join in mourning the 14 victims of the Dec. 2 mass shooting that he has called …

Rand Paul Didn't Win, But He Raised the Most Important Questions of the Debate  —  Namely, if we're willing to start World War III to look “strong.”  —  “It's time we punch Russia in the nose.”  —  That was noted Republican moderate John Kasich.  —  Almost entirely by accident …