Hillary Clinton Defends High-Dollar Speaking Fees … Hillary Clinton defended the millions of dollars she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have earned giving paid speeches since leaving public office in an exclusive interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer ahead of Tuesday's release of her new memoir, “Hard Choices.”

Obama, Clinton start '16 dance  —  President Obama and Hillary Clinton have begun a delicate dance to 2016.  —  As the former Secretary of State edges toward a presidential run, she is putting some daylight between herself and the man she would succeed, on issues ranging from the release of Bowe Bergdahl to the civil war in Syria.

Bergdahl Was in Unit Known for Its Troubles  —  The platoon was, an American military official would assert years later, “raggedy.”  —  On their tiny, remote base, in a restive sector of eastern Afghanistan at an increasingly violent time of the war, they were known to wear bandannas and cutoff T-shirts.

Critics of P.O.W. Swap Question the Absence of a Wider Agreement  —  WASHINGTON — When the heads of the two major intelligence committees criticized the Obama administration on Sunday for swapping Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five members of the Taliban, they homed in on one part of the deal …

Dead police officers identified  —  LAS VEGAS — The two Metro Police officers killed while they ate lunch Sunday have been identified as Officers Alyn Beck, 42, and Igor Soldo, 32, Metro Police said.  —  The two were shot at a pizza restaurant Sunday near Nellis Boulevard and Stewart Avenue.