GunBeat: Facebook announced that it is banning private person to person gun sales on its social network. Until now people have been able to negotiate private gun sales over Facebook without background checks. Facebook already bans sales of both legal …

The Democrats: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders bluntly explained his belief in “Democratic Socialism,” last night in a Democratic town hall meeting on CNN. “Economic rights, the right to economic security is –  should exist in the United States of America,” …

Terror: At least 22 people were killed and many more wounded in a Taliban attack today at a university in northwestern Pakistan. It happened at Bacha Khan University in the town of Charsadda, about 25 miles from a school in …

The Democrats: Hillary Clinton stepped up her attacks on opponent Bernie Sanders while hugging the political record of Barack Obama last night in the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses. In particular Clinton defended Obamacare while Sanders said he …

Global Warming: In a major thaw of relations, the US and Iran traded prisoners yesterday just as Iran was confirmed to have dismantled part of its nuclear program, meeting the requirement to unfreeze its assets and rejoin the global economy. …

SOTU: President Obama gave one of the speeches of his career last night, focusing his State of the Union message more on big ideas and great aspirations than a political agenda for the last year of his presidency. He posed …

GunBeat: President Obama is expected to announce today that he’s taking executive action to tighten gun-buying background checks and step up enforcement of the nation’s’ gun laws. The President will not be able to close the so-called “gun show loophole,” …

By the Sword: Saudi Arabia yesterday carried out its biggest mass execution in decades, putting to death 47 al Qaeda militants and critics of the government. One of those executed was Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, an outspoken campaigner for Shiite rights, …

World at War: Malian special forces have entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in the country’s capital Bamako where gunmen were holding up to 170 hostages. Amid sporadic gunfire, soldiers were going through the hotel floor by floor. At least three …

War in Paris: One woman blew herself up and another person died during a shootout with the police this morning in the Paris suburb of St.-Denis. Seven people were arrested after the operation that unfolded over about seven hours of …