Top Items:
The Politico:
Goldman Sachs taps ex-W.H. counsel — Goldman Sachs is launching an aggressive response to its political and legal challenges with an unlikely ally at its side — President Barack Obama's former White House counsel, Gregory Craig. — The beleaguered Wall Street bank hired Craig …
RELATED:
The Note:
Crist's Passions: Listening for Answers the GOP May Not Want — Charlie Crist gets to set the course for the GOP after all. (Whether it's where Republicans want to be led — that's another question.) — Since we know that he's listening and all — what he's hearing back is some mixed sounds, of varying volumes.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Collins pledges to block Democratic Wall Street bill — Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced after meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday that she will vote to filibuster a Democratic Wall Street reform bill. — Her announcement hurts Democratic chances …
RELATED:
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Head Lock — The inside story of how Goldman and the banks are getting clobbered on financial reform. — Some two dozen executives from large corporations will be descending on Capitol Hill today to make the case against over-regulating derivatives. The “fly-in” is being organized in part …
Discussion:
Matthew Yglesias, Washington Wire, Democratic Strategist, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Plum Line and ABCNEWS
Washington Post:
Democrats seek to close partisan divide on Wall Street reform
Discussion:
The Politico, Wall Street Journal, Deal Journal, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times and Mouth of the Potomac
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Banking Reform Sells Better When “Wall Street” Is Mentioned
Discussion:
The Swamp
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Gay rights protesters interrupt Obama speech at fundraiser — Gay rights protesters interrupted President Barack Obama's speech at a fundraiser for California Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) Monday night in Los Angeles. — Activists from a group called GetEQUAL began shouting at Obama while he was speaking at the podium.
RELATED:
kausforcalifornia.com:
Obama to Save Boxer Like He Saved Corzine! — Do Obama and Boxer realize they are on the wrong side of a tsunami of voter discontent with a government run by and for the public employee unions? — President Obama is “swooping” into Los Angeles today to try to save Senator Barbara Boxer …
Discussion:
The Corner on National …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Gay protesters interrupt Obama at California fundraiser for Barbara Boxer — After a long day of work in Washington and a long transcontinental flight to Los Angeles, President Obama told a crowd of Democratic donors in Los Angeles Monday night that he was “fired up!” — Turns out so were some of the crowd members.
Gizmodo:
This Is Apple's Next iPhone — You are looking at Apple's next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS. We got it. We disassembled it. It's the real thing, and here are all the details. — While Apple may tinker with the final packaging …
RELATED:
Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
A Letter: Apple Wants Its Secret iPhone Back — Well, how can I explain this? I got some interesting calls today. It was Apple. And they wanted their phone back. — This phone was lost, and then found. But from Apple's perspective, it could have been considered stolen.
Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Split Over How to Win in Fall — WASHINGTON—Sen. John Cornyn, who is spearheading the Republicans' campaign to take back the Senate, is on a roll. The GOP snatched a seat in Massachusetts and polls favor Republicans in many key states. — But the genial Texas lawyer is facing an unusual challenge …
RELATED:
Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
FDA plans to limit amount of salt allowed in processed foods for health reasons — The Food and Drug Administration is planning an unprecedented effort to gradually reduce the salt consumed each day by Americans, saying that less sodium in everything from soup to nuts would prevent thousands …
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
Immigration Bill Reflects a Firebrand's Impact — PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate passed one of the most stringent immigration laws in the country on Monday, marking a new level of influence for a Republican state senator who not long ago was seen by many as an eccentric firebrand.
RELATED:
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
McCain tacks right on immigration
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, The Washington Independent, Hot Air, Pat Dollard, The Political Carnival, 24Ahead, The Page and The Hill
Pamela Geller / Human Events:
Free Speech Denied In Miami — In an outrageous denial of free speech rights, Miami-Dade Transit last week forced the removal of a “Leaving Islam” ad campaign on Miami buses because the ads might be “offensive to Islam.” — The Freedom Defense Initiative, the new organization I have begun …
Discussion:
Jihad Watch
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What's behind the anti-Tea Party hate narrative? — There's a new narrative taking hold in the wake of the recent Tea Party protests and the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing: The Tea Partiers' intense opposition to the Obama administration has led to overheated political rhetoric …
Discussion:
The Corner on National …
Bruce J. Schulman / The Politico:
The costs of crossing the president — Will the White House punish Democrats who defected on the monumental health care overhaul? — “There is not a whole lot of [President] Barack Obama and [Vice President] Joe Biden to spare on a good day,” one senior White House official told POLITICO.
Rachel Sylvester / Times of London:
But who will be Nick Clegg's political partner? — The Lib Dem leader has a problem with Gordon Brown ... but the Tories may prove incompatible too — Nick Clegg has been saying for months that he'd dance across the studio in a pink tutu for a place in the leaders' TV debate.
RELATED:
Renard Sexton / FiveThirtyEight:
Is the Lib-Dem Surge For Real? (Part 1: The Problem)
Discussion:
Guardian, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Open Left, thetorydiary, Telegraph and The Corner on National …
JammieWearingFool:
Christie Escalates Feud With Teacher's Union — They're really going to wish he were dead now. Talk about lobbing a nuclear salvo their way. … The notion that teachers don't get political is absurd. Walk into any public school in this state this week and you'll see plenty of Earth Day nonsense plastered all over.
RELATED:
Claire Heininger / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Chris Christie accuses N.J. teachers' union of 'using students …
Discussion:
Joanne Jacobs
Boston Globe:
More from Eyjafjallajokull — As ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano continued to keep European airspace shut down over the weekend, affecting millions of travelers around the world, some government agencies and airlines clashed over the flight bans.
CNN:
Biden to announce change in Title IX women's sports policy — Washington (CNN) - The Obama administration plans to change the so-called Title IX policy which governs gender equality in sports, eliminating what some women's rights supporters claim is a Bush-administration loophole in compliance …
Discussion:
TalkLeft
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
