Same-Sex Marriages Proceed in Alabama as State Judge's Order Is Defied  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Amid conflicting signals from federal courts and the chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court, some Alabama counties began granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday in a legal showdown …

BROKAW IS NBC FORCE amid Williams woes — OBAMA courts GOP on Air Force One - POLITICO's new gossip columnist — MARC CAPUTO debuts - BRENDAN DALY's new job — B'DAY: Manu Raju, Terry McAuliffe  —  By Mike Allen (mallen@politico.com; @mikeallen), with Daniel Lippman (dlippman@politico.com; @dlippman)

Obama on American politics and economy: the Vox conversation  —  In his 2007 book The Audacity of Hope, then-Sen. Barack Obama laid out his theory of America's political and policy problems as it stood on the eve of his first presidential campaign.  He worried, he said, about …

Louisiana Congressman: Obama Defended ISIS With “Unpresidential” Prayer Breakfast Speech  —  “Not only did he vilify Christianity, but he actually made a case to defend radical Islam, that's killing people around the world.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Louisiana Republican Rep. John Fleming …

Professor Marco Rubio  —  Inside the classroom, the Florida Republican gives clues about his political future.  —  MIAMI — Without notes and seemingly without taking a breath, Marco Rubio tears through a data-heavy speech about the “fault lines” in America's politics and what he calls “the middle-class trap.”

TV host asks Holder to quack like a duck  —  Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday refused an unusual request during an interview, declining to quack like a duck.  —  At the end of an interview that touched on the Voting Rights Act and use of force by police, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry asked …

Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal slams Republican party changes to primary system  —  Yahoo News 1 hr ago  —  WASHINGTON - Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal on Monday morning dismissed the Republican National Committee's efforts to reduce the number of debates in the Republican presidential primary …

Federal Appeals Judge Compares People Who Say Bush Lied To Rise Of Nazis  —  A federal appeals judge wrote in a column published on Sunday that people who accuse former President George W. Bush of lying about the Iraq War are peddling myths like those that led to the rise of Hitler.

Jeb Bush In Iowa: Still A Long Way To Go  —  The family network has faded, he's unpopular on policy, and his trip next month will be Bush's first in three years.  “The first thing he needs to do is show up.”  —  Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call  —  Columbus Junction is a town in Eastern Iowa …

HPV Vaccine Does Not Increase Likelihood of Unsafe Sex for Girls, Study Says … The vaccine used to guard against the human papillomavirus does not lead young people and teens to engage in more unsafe sex, according to a study released today.  —  The HPV vaccine has been on the market since 2006 …