Selling It: Facing criticism that he’s not tough enough on terrorism and the Islamic State, President Obama said yesterday that the US is dropping more bombs than ever on ISIS. Since the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., …

Poll-itics: In a flip-flop from the national trend, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump 24 percent to 19 percent in the Iowa Republican polls. Marco Rubio is running third at 17 percent. Chris Cillizza writes in The Washington Post …

Political Climate: World leaders celebrated yesterday after the release of an agreement that commits nearly every country on earth to lowering carbon emissions. One of the primary goals is — sometime between 2050 and 2100 — to limit the amount …

Political Climate: Delegates to the world climate change summit in Paris were expected to release the draft of an agreement that would commit nearly every country on earth to reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. The target is to keep …

Gunbeat: In a state where a mass murderer killed 20 school children, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said he’s signing an executive order barring anyone on the terrorism watch list from buying a gun in his state. Incredibly, it’s legal all …

The Trump Report: Nearly two thirds of Americans are worried about the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president, according to a NY Times/CBS News poll. The poll says 24 percent of voters expressed concern and 40 percent outright fear about …

Trump Über Alles: Never one to back down, Donald Trump is standing by his call to ban all foreign Muslims from entering the US. In interviews Trump cited President Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese, Germans, and Italians during World War …

Bar the Door: In one of his most extreme pronouncements on any issue so far, leading Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for all Muslims to be barred from entering the Unites States until US leaders can “figure out …

Homeland: President Obama spoke from the Oval Office last night to assure Americans that he’s handling the threat of international and domestic terrorism. “The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it,” he promised. “We will destroy ISIL …

Fear Itself: In the wake of the San Bernardino massacre, President Obama is scheduled to address the country tonight on the nature of current terrorist threats and what’s being done about it. After the Paris attacks Obama assured the country …