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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
Dinner party for four: Is Nevada a political game-changer or a primary wannabe?As Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for a group dinner in Nevada, a state whose early primary elections and growing Latino population could make it an important early battleground.
Pearl Harbor attack: How did Winston Churchill react?The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was appalling to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, but that night he 'slept the sleep of the saved and thankful.' The US would enter the war.
First LookBernie Sanders releases climate plan, continuing one-party debateWhile Democratic contenders for the White House continue an energetic debate on climate change, it is unlikely to factor heavily into the general election.
What Obama said about guns and ISIS: Credible solutions?President Obama offered no new strategies for gun control or ISIS terrorism Sunday evening. But neither did GOP presidential candidates.聽
Obama's Islamic State address marks shift in war on terrorPresident Obama talked about efforts to defeat the Islamic State in his Oval Office address Sunday. But for success, the US might have to fight very differently.
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz: Is this a second coming of Barry Goldwater?Some Republicans worry that if Donald Trump or Ted Cruz wins the nomination, the party will be crushed, as Barry Goldwater was in 1964. But times have changed.聽