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Obama, Congress avoids government shutdownFacing a midnight deadline, Obama signed legislation Friday聽keeping government afloat through Wednesday,聽giving the White House and congressional bargainers more time to complete sweeping deals on taxes and federal spending.
Ben Carson talks of 'leaving' GOP. Big threat to party?After reports that GOP leaders discussed a brokered convention, the retired neurosurgeon threatened to bolt the party if there is a plan 'to subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elite.'
Paul Ryan sets out task: turn GOP into party of positive ideasDeeply divided Republicans could use a vision to unite them, political analysts say. Speaker Paul Ryan has said he is going to attempt to do it.
How Donald Trump may attack Ted Cruz in IowaDespite the fact that the two of them have maintained cordial relations, it appears Donald Trump may be ready to go after Ted Cruz.
First LookMajority of Americans reject Trump's ban for Muslims entering the US, poll findsA new CBS News poll indicates that the majority of Americans do not support a travel ban for Muslims entering the United States, but the concept remains attractive among some segments of the Republican base.
Ted Cruz wins big Iowa endorsement. Can he top Trump?The endorsement from evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats added to the sense that Cruz is gaining momentum in Iowa and heading toward an inevitable clash with Trump for victory in a vote that鈥檚 now less than 60 days away.
First LookShould people on no-fly lists be allowed to buy guns? Connecticut says no.Connecticut is moving to keep people on government watch lists from obtaining gun permits, a move President Obama has urged Congress to take at the federal level. However, the idea has drawn criticism from both sides of the gun debate.
Why did Donald Trump postpone Israel visit?Donald Trump had scheduled a December trip to the Middle East. He's promised to reschedule.
What to do against ISIS? Congress largely agrees, Obama doesn't.Put aside the rhetoric, and Republicans and Democrats in Congress have a broadly similar worldview about how to take on ISIS. But rhetoric matters. And so does President Obama.
Is Donald Trump secretly planning independent bid?A USA Today/Suffolk University poll indicates that 68 percent of Trump's supporters would vote for him if launched a third-party candidacy.聽
Monitor BreakfastRep. McCaul: why US is in 'highest threat environment since 9/11'Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, on Wednesday also urged greater efforts to reach out to the Muslim community to spot signs of self-radicalization.
How, this time, Trump may actually have gone too farHis proposed ban on an entire religious class shocked members of the media and the political establishment. But will the intense blowback translate into an erosion of his support?
Why are some voters backing both Fiorina and Clinton?While the former secretary of State soars above the former Hewlett-Packard CEO in the polls, some voters are only concerned with electing a female president in 2016.聽
Bernie Sanders refuses to answer questions about ISIS. Bad move?As terrorist attacks and mass shootings raise public concerns over security, Senator Sanders prefers to talk about poverty and inequality.聽
Donald Trump's Muslim ban unites Dick Cheney, Arianna HuffingtonIn July, The Huffington Post opted to put all coverage of Donald Trump's presidential campaign in its entertainment section. But as the GOP presidential candidate's聽rhetoric against Muslims intensifies, the online news site is now taking him more seriously.- Trump proposal to ban Muslim entry: Is he playing the media?Donald Trump's vow to ban 'all Muslim entry' to the US fits a pattern: His most extreme words often come when he has suffered a bad poll or two.
Notes from the campaign trail: Why won't Lindsey Graham quit?There is something to admire in candidates like Lindsey Graham and George Pataki, moving from Elks Lodge to Legion Hall to public library, crisscrossing the state to passionately make the case for why they should be elected president.聽- Muslim ban: Donald Trump compares self to FDRDonald Trump said his ban on Muslims in America is "no different" than President Franklin Roosevelt 鈥� "who was highly respected by all." FDR sent Japanese-Americans in internment camps in the US during WWII.
Campaign 2016 and the gentle art of 'political jujitsu'How Hillary Clinton turned the marathon Benghazi hearings against her attackers, just by listening, and other canny twists.
Pearl Harbor heroes: the Medal of Honor 15In their resilience, these 15 men symbolized the nation itself. At a stroke, Pearl Harbor united America and brought it fully into the war.聽
