Teen: I Am Not the Boston Marathon Bomber  —  The teenage boy authorities once investigated as possibly being connected to the Boston Marathon bombing told ABC News today he was shocked to see his face pop up on television and all over social media.  —  Salah Barhoun, 17 …

George Soros, enigmatic financier, liberal philanthropist dies at XX  —  (Reuters) - George Soros, who died XXX at age XXX, was a predatory and hugely successful financier and investor, who argued paradoxically for years against the same sort of free-wheeling capitalism that made him billions.

BREAKING: President Readying Executive Orders on Gun Control  —  “Vice President Biden told White House allies in the gun control fight Thursday that President Obama will be announcing new executive actions on gun violence in the days after the Senate voted down a gun violence bill,” buzzfeed.com reports.

Pompeo writes to Senator Baucus about Obamacare “Train Wreck”  —  “No one in the country bears more responsibility for the complexity of this law than you.”  —  107 Cannon House Office Building  —  Washington, DC 20515  —  511 Hart Senate Office Building  —  Washington, DC 20510

On MSNBC, a Gun Debate That Fox Doesn't Seem to Worry About  —  President Obama hadn't finished his first sentence on Wednesday when the Fox News Channel cut away from his Rose Garden remarks about the Senate's defeat of a measure that would have expanded background checks for gun buyers.

EXCLUSIVE: SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE CONSIDERED ‘PERSON OF INTEREST’ MAY BE DEPORTED ON ‘SECURITY’ GROUNDS — AND HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FRAMED  —  Editor's note: Please see the Editors' UPDATES we will be placing in order of most-recent below.  TheBlaze's Jonathon M. Seidl contributed to this report.

The Angriest Obama We've Ever Seen  —  After the Senate failed to expand gun background checks, the president flashes anger  —  The compromise on background checks died today in the Senate.  And President Obama is as angry as we've ever seen him.  —  Late this afternoon …

Roger Wicker had hired ‘Elvis’ facing threat charges  —  Sen. Roger Wicker said he had once hired and met the Elvis impersonator who was charged Thursday with sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and the senator.  —  Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, told reporters the suspect …

Gun debate triggered media bias  —  If you thought President Obama was outraged after the Senate killed the plan to expand background checks on guns, you should have seen some members of the press.  —  Even by the standards of today's partisan media environment, the response has been noteworthy.

Former ‘Ex-Gay’ Superstar John Paulk Finally Renounces His ‘Ex-Gay’ Past  —  Paulk Must Now Begin The Hard Work Of Atoning For The Damage He Has Done To LGBT People, And Anne Paulk And The Religious Right Must Stop Peddling The Lie Of The Paulks' “Fairy-Tale ‘Ex-Gay’ Marriage” Immediately, Says Truth Wins Out

John Galt Kills Texans in Massive Fertilizer Plant Explosion  —  Google Maps satellite view of West Fertilizer and its proximity to West Middle School, along with many houses and apartments.  —  Who needs pesky safety regulations or zoning laws when there is money to made running a fertilizer plant?

Holder gets stormy reception from House panel  —  The fact there is no love lost between Attorney General Eric Holder and House Republicans was on clear display again Thursday afternoon at a stormy House appropriations panel hearing which culminated with the subcommittee's chairman declaring …

Modeling the Senate's Vote on Gun Control  —  The failure of the Senate on Wednesday to pass a variety of gun control measures is yielding its share of second-guessing.  How close was President Obama to seeing the bills meet the 60-vote super-majority required for approval?

Sinkhole swallows 3 cars on Southeast Side: ‘I am lucky’  —  A sinkhole on the Southeast Side of Chicago swallowed three cars this morning, one of which was caught on tape.  (WGN-TV)  —  Staff report  —  One person was hospitalized after a sinkhole swallowed three cars in the South Deering neighborhood …

A Note about Gabby Giffords  —  While Ms. Giffords certainly has my sympathy for the violence she suffered, it should be noted that being shot in the head by a lunatic does not give one any special grace to pronounce upon public-policy questions, nor does it give one moral license to call people …