Carson Telegraphs Major Campaign Shake-Up: ‘Everything Is On The Table’  —  UPPERCO, Md. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday he is moving toward a major shake-up of his struggling campaign, with just six weeks to go until early voting begins to select party nominees.

Facebook page linked to Taliban and Al Qaeda was registered to same address as British Muslim father whose Disneyland trip was blocked by Homeland Security  —  A British Muslim father whose planned Disneyland trip was ruined when he and his family were barred from boarding a flight to the U.S …

Kentucky's New Governor Strips Voting Rights For Felons And Lowers Minimum Wage In Sweeping Reforms  —  Kentucky's newly sworn-in Gov. Matt Bevin has issued a series of executive orders undoing much of his Democratic predecessor's work in one fell swoop.  —  Not only did Bevin strip …

In blockbuster poll, Sanders destroys Trump by 13 points  —  Stop the presses!  According to a new poll by Quinnipiac University on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) destroys Republican candidate Donald Trump in a general election by 13 percentage points.  In this new poll, Sanders has 51 percent to Trump's 38 percent.

Sorry, Conservatives, Obamacare Is Still Working  —  We will stop correcting you when you stop being wrong.  —  1.7k  —  1.3k  —  Two years ago this time, conservatives were giddily predicting that Obamacare would collapse, “a failure of the administrative state on a level unimagined …

Conservatives' biographies show that history can move right  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Biography is one way — often the most vivid way — in which people understand history.  The beautifully written biographies of Franklin Roosevelt that rolled off the presses …

Bush: Problem With Confederate Flag Is ‘What It Began To Represent Later’  —  GOP 2016er Jeb Bush defended his decision as Florida governor to take down the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol by arguing the controversy around Confederate monuments “isn't the 19th century issue, it's the 20th century issue.”

Brian Beutler  —  Hillary Clinton has an amazing plan to close every public school in America.  —  But she might want to sit in on a better-than-average math class before stating goals like this: “I wouldn't keep any school open that wasn't doing better than average.”

UPDATED!  That Deleted Ted Cruz Cartoon Wasn't The Worst Thing Wash Post Published This Week  —  Updated at 10:43 A.M.: Scroll down for cartoonist Ann Telnaes' comments on controversy.  —  By now, you've probably heard about the early Christmas gift that The Washington Post gave to Ted Cruz …

The Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles From Mom  —  Families traveling from far-flung places and returning home for the holidays.  That image of an American Christmas, retold in song and movies, fits the perception of Americans as rootless, constantly on the move to seek opportunity even if it means leaving family behind.

The Right's Post-Constitutional Moment  —  No one will ever mistake Donald Trump for a student of James Madison.  —  The real-estate mogul has demonstrated about as much familiarity with the U.S. Constitution as with the Bible, which is to say, none.  Trump has captivated a share …

President Obama's Christmas Wish for Christians Persecuted by ISIS  —  President Obama expressed his wishes during the Christmas season for persecuted Christians around the world, especially those in the Middle East who have experienced “brutal atrocities” at the hands of ISIS.

NH reporter: Marco Rubio is like “a computer algorithm designed to cover talking points”  —  Marco Rubio's relative lack of campaigning in early states like New Hampshire has been getting increasing attention in the national press — a Washington Post article this week asked whether he'd “work hard enough to become president.”