White House Overrode Internal Objections To Taliban Prisoner Release  —  Pentagon, Intelligence officials used Top Secret intelligence to prevent previous release of Taliban Five, officials tell TIME.  —  To pull off the prisoner swap of five Taliban leaders for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl …

Bergdahl's team leader: Intercepted radio chatter said he sought talks with the Taliban  —  (CNN) - Former Army Sgt. Evan Buetow was the team leader with Bowe Bergdahl the night Bergdahl disappeared.  —  “Bergdahl is a deserter, and he's not a hero,” says Buetow.  “He needs to answer for what he did.”

LIVE BLOG: Election Day in Mississippi  —  With less than 30 minutes left for Mississippians to vote in the GOP primary, state Sen. Chris McDaniel took the stage at his campaign event in Hattiesburg to thank his supporters.  —  “This was never about me, this was never about Senator Cochran,” McDaniel said.

Republicans have a mandate for their Benghazi probe  —  Democrats in recent weeks weighed whether to abstain from involvement in House Republicans' new Benghazi investigative committee, labeling it an unnecessary probe into questions that have already been answered.  —  The American people disagree.

Barack Obama's Unfortunate New Movie  —  Recently, President Obama exchanged five Taliban leaders for an American POW, Bowe Bergdahl.  One prisoner for five is an iffy trade to begin with — but even moreso when it was revealed that Bergdahl had deserted his post.

Conservatives Searching for New Reasons Not to Save Planet  —  They are on the cusp of a breakthrough.  —  The Wall Street Journal editorial page today has a predictably scathing take on President Obama's climate-change plan.  In a brief aside to the main argument — regulation baaaaad …

Charges detail Waukesha pre-teens' attempt to kill classmate  —  By Ellen Gabler of the Journal Sentinel  —  The 12-year-old girls had been plotting the murder for months, police say.  —  Morgan E. Geyser was allowed to have two friends over each year for her birthday.  This year, she'd celebrate on May 30.

Wolf leads Corbett by 25, PA supports gay marriage  —  PPP's first poll of the general election for Governor in Pennsylvania finds a race that isn't remotely competitive.  Democratic challenger Tom Wolf leads Republican incumbent Tom Corbett 55/30.  Wolf's 25 point lead has more than doubled …

CNN Poll: Public upset over VA scandal; Obama remains at 43%  —  Washington (CNN) - Nearly six in ten Americans give President Barack Obama a thumbs-down on how he is handling the Veterans Affairs controversy, according to a new national poll.  —  But a CNN/ORC International survey released Tuesday indicates …