Disgraced Former Justice Roy Moore Leads Poll For GOP Senate Nomination In Alabama

Roy Moore, the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who was twice removed from the bench due to his willful failure to follow the orders of a Federal District Court, is leading in a new poll of the Republican primary for the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore leads the crowded Republican primary field in the state's Senate race, according to a new poll. Moore has 30 percent support in the JMC Analytics and Polling survey.

Former Russian Ambassador Denies Discussing Sanctions With Flynn

In an interview with Russian state television, Kislyak - who left his diplomatic position last month - says he was instructed by his bosses at the Kremlin not to discuss sanctions with members of the Trump team. "I did not discuss sanctions with anyone, and rest assured that I carried out my instructions honestly," Kislyak told Russian 24 news channel .

NATO Troops Kill Suspected Afghan ‘Inside Attacker’

Romanian soldiers assigned to NATO's Resolute Support training mission foiled an insider attack Saturday, killing a member of the Afghan National Civil Order Police who had opened fire on a group of military advisers in southern Afghanistan. One of the Romanian troops was wounded in the shootout, which occurred following a training session in Kandahar province, according to a statement from Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul.

Republican Donor Sues GOP for Fraud Related to ObamaCare Repeal

A Republican donor from the state of Virginia filed a lawsuit against the national and Virginia Republican parties, with accusations of fraud and racketeering related to their raising of millions of dollars in donations while knowing full well they were not going to repeal ObamaCare. Thursday, Bob Heghmann , 70, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court stating that the national and Virginia Republican parties, as well as some GOP leaders, took in millions in donations in campaign funds while being fully cognizant of the fact that they were never going to be able to overturn ObamaCare.

Get Rid Of It

The mismatch theory, popularized by UCLA law professor Richard Sander and former Brookings fellow Stuart Taylor, Jr. , contends that racial preferences force students into academic environments for which they're unprepared. Research from Duke's Peter Arcidiacono, for instance, documented how African-American students who entered elite institutions intending to major in STEM fields initially struggled before moving toward humanities majors.

Senators Doubt Bill That Saves Mueller

Thursday, Republicans either doubted the success or were unaware of a bipartisan bill protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller that was previously put forth by Delaware Democratic Sen. Chris Coons and North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis. "The President would maintain the power to remove the special counsel, but we would just want to make sure that it had merit and have that back-end judicial process," Tillis said Thursday morning on CNN's "Newsroom ."

Report: Trump Campaign Adviser Was Under Secret Surveillance Much Earlier Than Previously Thought

Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page was the target of a secret surveillance warrant since at least 2014, much earlier than previously believed. That revelation, reported by CNN on Thursday, raises the possibility that Page, a Manhattan-based energy consultant, was under surveillance while he served on the Trump campaign.

Australian Community Bans Synagogue Construction Because Terrorists Might Target It

A member special French RAID forces secures the area for the visit by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket January 12, 2015 near the Porte de Vincennes in Paris, where four hostages were killed in a terror attack on Friday. Jewish schools and synagogues in France have been promised extra protection, by the army if necessary, after killings by Islamic militants in Paris, the head of the community's umbrella group said on Sunday after a meeting with the French President.

Liberal Stacked College Of Cardinals Asks Why HHS Mandate Still Exists

New cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of the U.S. leaves the altar after he received the biretta, a four-cornered red hat, from Pope Benedict XVI during the Consistory ceremony in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 24, 2007. Pope Benedict, elevating 23 prelates from around the world to the elite rank of cardinal, made a pressing appeal on Saturday for an end to the war in Iraq and decried the plight of the country's Christian minority.

You Can Thank Leakers for New Russia Sanctions

Why Doesn't Trump Just Unmask the Unmasking? - Trump has the authority to decide what intelligence information, and intelligence abuses, can be declassified and made public. - Is "unmasking" the Republican version of "collusion": dramatic huffing and puffing in lieu of something truly worth huffing and puffing about? You Can Thank Leakers for New Russia Sanctions - A good policy outcome, but "unmasking" helped set a troubling precedent that forced Trump to capitulate.