May 2: Napolitano, Salazar, Allen, Clinton, Crist, roundtable  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, a bomb in New York's Times Square forces the evacuation of thousands.  What more is known this morning?  —  And the latest on what damage the administration expects along the Gulf Coast from that massive oil spill.

Pakistani Taliban claim credit for failed NYC Times Square car bombing  —  Image from an audiotape purportedly from Qari Hussain Mehsud, who takes credit for the failed car bombing in New York City.  Qari Hussain is a senior leader and master bomb maker in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.

I can remain silent no longer!  —  Throughout my seven months since September 26, 2009, the date of my arrest at Zurich Airport, where I had landed with a view to receiving a lifetime award for my work from the representative of the Swiss Minister of Culture, I have refrained from making …

Riot breaks out in downtown Santa Cruz; windows broken on dozens of businesses, porch of cafe set on fire  —  SANTA CRUZ - A large group of protesters demonstrating at a May Day rally for worker's and immigrant rights downtown broke off into a riot vandalizing about a dozen businesses around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.

Hawaii Poll: Djou leads Democratic rivals in congressional race  —  Poll shows concerns over Hanabusa, Case splitting vote are real  —  Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou has the advantage in the special election for Congress, a new Hawai'i Poll has found, giving Republicans the best opportunity …

Crist: Lieberman Was Right, 'I'm Much Happier Now' [Robert Costa]  —  EXCLUSIVE — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist tells National Review Online that a conversation with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I., Conn.) helped to convince him to run for U.S. Senate as an independent.

BP told to stop circulating settlement agreements with coastal Alabamians  —  Alabama Attorney General Troy King said tonight that he has told representatives of BP Plc. that they should stop circulating settlement agreements among coastal Alabamians.  —  The agreements, King said …

Ensign draws calls to resign  —  Sen. John Ensign is facing an increasingly uncertain future in the Senate, with a senior Democrat saying that the Nevada Republican should resign if allegations against him are true and other senators mulling the possibility of public hearings into his extramarital affair with a former staffer.

Scott Brown backs Hawaii, Pennsylvania Republicans in House special elections  —  Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) knows a little something about special elections.  —  After chalking up a stunning win in the race to replace the late senator Edward M. Kennedy (D) earlier this year …

Obama Trounces Leno  —  Hungry Beast Giving Beast Women in the World  —  Blogs and Stories  —  The returns from the White House Correspondents' Dinner are in.  Lloyd Grove on how the president thoroughly upstaged the king of late-night comedy at Washington's media prom.  Plus, watch the nine best moments.

U.S. Is Pushing to Deter a Mideast Nuclear Race  —  The opening Monday of a monthlong United Nations conference to strengthen the main treaty meant to halt the spread of nuclear arms is likely to be dominated by Iran's president denouncing the West and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warning …

Sen. Alexander: Border security must precede path to citizenship for immigrants  —  President Barack Obama should force on securing the border before bringing up immigration reform, a top Republican said Sunday.  —  Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) …

AZTLAN ASTROTURF - MAY DAY MARCH in DENVER  —  Killer Unicorns and Marxists March for Revolution  —  The International Workers' Day march in Denver brought some colorful characters to Colorado's Capital Building Saturday.  A diverse group of Anarchists, Marxists, and Revolutionary Zapatistas joined forces …