A viewer's guide to Clinton Fever  —  Will she run or won't she?  —  The obsessive speculation about Hillary Clinton's plans for 2016 promises to be the longest and most intense parlor game in the history of American politics.  It is a consuming fixation already, not just among the operatives …

Obama: I need Nancy Pelosi in speaker's chair  —  President Barack Obama said Wednesday at a DCCC fundraiser it would be difficult for him to pass a slew of second-term agenda items without Nancy Pelosi regaining her speakership.  —  “I would be dishonest if I didn't say that it would be a whole lot easier …

Schools push a curriculum of propaganda  —  The real vocation of some people entrusted with delivering primary and secondary education is to validate this proposition: The three R's — formerly reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic — now are racism, reproduction and recycling.  Especially racism.

Gun poll: Most say background checks may bring confiscation  —  A plurality of Americans believe the federal government could use information gleaned from expanded background checks to confiscate legally-owned firearms, according to a Quinnipiac survey released Thursday.

N. Korea approves nuclear strike on United States  —  SEOUL — North Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on Thursday, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on targets in the United States.  —  “The moment of explosion is approaching fast,” the North Korean military said …

Remembering the Affair to Remember  —  It's kind of nice to have Mark Sanford back.  —  Perhaps not if you're from South Carolina.  It is my strong impression that many South Carolinians are tired of their former governor, who so famously snuck off to Argentina for some extramarital recreation …

America Under the Gun  —  A 50-State Analysis of Gun Violence and Its Link to Weak State Gun Laws  —  Many of the states with the weakest gun laws also have the highest levels of gun violence.  —  Endnotes and citations are available in the PDF version of this report.

As lead sponsor in House on gun legislation, Rep. Diana DeGette appears to not understand how they work  —  Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette didn't appear to understand how guns work Tuesday at a forum on gun control.  In two different Congresses, she has been the lead sponsor on legislation to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines.

Jobless claims at four-month high, cast shadow over labor market  —  (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits hit a four-month high last week, suggesting the labor market recovery lost some steam in March.  —  Initial claims for state unemployment …

Cancer clinics are turning away thousands of Medicare patients.  Blame the sequester.  —  Ralph V. Boccia of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders runs a cancer clinic that is in danger of losing funding due to the sequester cuts.  (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)

State Legislature Approves Historic Gun Bill; Governor To Sign It Thursday At Noon  —  After more than 13 hours of debate that was at moments impassioned and agonized, the General Assembly early Thursday approved an historic and far-reaching gun-control bill that proponents said was their toughest …

ObamaCare in Trouble?  Exchange provision delayed, as lawmakers push to repeal another  —  Parts of ObamaCare are starting to fray, even before full implementation.  —  The Obama administration now says a special system of exchanges designed to make it easier for small businesses …

The McJobs Strike Back: Will Fast-Food Worker Ever Get a Living Wage?  —  Edwin Guzman already lost his job once for union-organizing.  But today, he and several hundred fast food workers across New York City are on strike anyway.  —  A few weeks ago, an organizer with the Fast Food Forward campaign …

Secret Files Expose Offshore's Global Impact  —  Dozens of journalists sifted through millions of leaked records and thousands of names to produce ICIJ's investigation into offshore secrecy ­  —  A cache of 2.5 million files has cracked open the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies …