Senate gives final passage to a temporary government funding bill, free of any defund Obamacare language. Now it goes back to the House. Prospects very uncertain.

Ted Cruz now top choice of 2016 GOP primary voters.

After Ari Fleischer suggested that Twitter might have special rules that allow President Obama, the conspiracy theory was rapidly debunked and ultimately recanted. But Republican voters aren’t sure Obama isn’t getting a special character allotment from Twitter.