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12:30 PM ET, April 23, 2013

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Anne Bartlett / Post Politics:
Baucus to retire rather than seek re-election in 2014, strategists say  —  Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is retiring rather than seek re-election in 2014, according to two senior Democratic strategists familiar with his plans.  —  First elected in 1978 …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Max Baucus retiring  —  Montana Sen. Max Baucus will not seek reelection in 2014, becoming the latest senior red-state Democrat to bail out of a potentially difficult reelection campaign, a senior Democratic official confirmed to POLITICO.  —  Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:   Baucus Won't Seek Re-election to Senate
Ian Swanson / Ballot Box:
Max Baucus to retire from Senate
Discussion: CNN
Andrew Kitzenberg / getonhand.com:
Boston Bombing Suspect Shootout Pictures  —  On Thursday night [Friday morning] at 12:45am EST. I was in my living room working on my computer when I heard multiple “pops” coming from outside.  At that point, I had no idea that I was about to become an eye witness to the biggest news story in the country.
Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Boston bombing suspect tells officials older brother was driving force behind attack  —  A U.S. government source tells CNN that in preliminary interviews with the Boston Marathon terrorist attack bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told law enforcement that no foreign terrorist groups …
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New York Times:
Boston Bombing Suspect's Bedside Hearing
New York Times:
In Gun Bill Defeat, a President Who Hesitates to Twist Arms  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mark Begich, Democrat of Alaska, asked President Obama's administration for a little favor last month.  Send your new interior secretary this spring to discuss a long-simmering dispute over construction …
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Susan Page / Associated Press:
USA TODAY Poll: Public support for gun control ebbs  —  WASHINGTON — Four months after the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a USA TODAY Poll finds support for a new gun-control law ebbing as prospects for passage on Capitol Hill seem to fade.
UN Watch:
UN Official Justifies Boston Bombings as ‘Retribution’, Blames America & ‘Tel Aviv’  —  Richard Falk warns of “worse blowbacks,” says “Those to whom evil is done, do evil in return”  —  In a letter sent today to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice (see below) …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Globe and Mail:
Tip from imam led police to 'first known al-Qaeda plan of attack that we've experienced'  —  A tip from a Toronto imam sparked an investigation that culminated in the arrests of two men who allegedly plotted to derail a Via passenger train.  —  The imam alerted authorities more than a year ago …
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Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Iran Rejects Canadian Terrorism Charge
Discussion: BBC, The Week, Globe and Mail and CBC News
Joseph Brean / National Post:
Two ‘religiously strict’ men behind foiled al-Qaeda-supported plot to derail VIA train
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As Bush library opening puts his presidency back in the spotlight, his approval rating is up  —  George W. Bush will return to the spotlight this week for the dedication of his presidential library, an event likely to trigger fresh public debate about his eight fateful years in office.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Nevada Senate Votes To Repeal Ban On Same-Sex Couples' Marriages  —  During the course of the debate, Nevada Sen. Kelvin Atkinson told his colleagues — and the world — that he is gay.  Monday's vote was the first step in a long process.  —  WASHINGTON — Late Monday …
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Laurel Ramseyer / Firedoglake:
Unanimous Support For Marriage Equality By Rhode Island State Senate Republican Caucus  —  The timing couldn't be better.  Just hours before the Judiciary Committee of the Rhode Island state Senate is scheduled to vote on the marriage equality bill (S38), the Senate Republic Caucus has announced …
Discussion: Truth Wins Out
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Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
Marco Rubio's Immigration Plan Sparks Conservative Civil War  —  “It's a circular firing squad that Republicans are famous for, we're eating our young,” Gabriel says.  Rubio versus the Breitbartians.  —  Rubio, flanked by Sen. Charles Schumer, left, and Sen. John McCain, right.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
USA Today:
Rep. Rangel sues Boehner to overturn House censure  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel is suing Speaker John Boehner and six other lawmakers, alleging problems with the House ethics investigation that led to his censure in 2010.  —  In a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court …
Discussion: Hot Air and Michelle Malkin
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Charles Rangel sues to overturn censure
Deborah Kotz / The Boston Globe:
Injury toll from Marathon bombings rises to 282  —  Only two patients wounded in the Boston Marathon bombings remained in critical condition Monday, but the count of injured people who were treated in area hospitals has risen sharply to 282, according to the Boston Public Health Commission.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Injury Toll From Boston Marathon Bombings Rises To Nearly 300 People
Discussion: Shakesville and New York Times
Matt Viser / Boston Globe:
Mitt Romney's all-star retreat in June will include David Axelrod, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan  —  WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney this morning announced a series of high-profile speakers who will address a retreat that the former Republican presidential nominee is putting together in June.
Discussion: The Hill and Taegan Goddard's …
Emily Bazelon / Slate:
John McCain and Lindsey Graham's ludicrous, harmful campaign to get him declared one.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham pushed for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be declared an enemy combatant.  —  A group of Republican senators, led by Lindsey Graham and John McCain …
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
‘This Is CNN?’  Stewart Destroys His Favorite Target After A Chaotic End To A Terrible Week In Boston  —  Another week of The Daily Show brought another round of Jon Stewart eviscerating CNN for its Boston Marathon bombing coverage Monday night.  The host picked up where he left off last week …
Discussion: Gawker, Gothamist and Ed Driscoll
Washington Times:
West Virginia teen returns to school with NRA shirt, classmates' support  —  A West Virginia teen who was arrested and suspended for wearing a National Rifle Association T-shirt to school returned to class Monday wearing the same shirt that got him into trouble.
 
 
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Internet Sales Tax Bill Gains Ground in Senate
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Kevin Diaz / Hot Dish Politics:
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Jim Nolan / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Bolling says he now regrets getting out so soon
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U.S. Is Probing Suspect's Alleged Links to Militants
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James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
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Flight Delays as Political Strategy
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