Bernie Sanders isn't so sure about this 2016 thing  —  Bernie Sanders hasn't made any big hires for a potential presidential run.  He doesn't have the money he needs for a campaign and isn't sure he can raise it.  And he's already sick of hearing about Hillary Clinton.  —  This is not a guy who's ready for 2016.

A big mistake on Iran  —  Torpedoing a bipartisan, veto-proof majority to cement Congress's role in a deal with Iran, undercutting pledges of the new GOP majority in the Senate to govern and undermining a future Republican president — these probably weren't freshman Sen. Tom Cotton's (R-Ark.) …

Nearly nine in 10 Americans have an opinion of Clinton  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Hillary Clinton is one of a few potential 2016 presidential candidates to have a significantly higher favorable (50%) than unfavorable (39%) rating among the American public.  And the 89% of Americans who are familiar enough …

Where is Putin?  Russian leader's absence sparks rumors.  —  Everyone has their off days, but when you're the proudly virile and uncontested leader of one of the most-watched countries in the world, your days off make people nervous.  Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn't been seen for days …

TIME Cover Gives Hillary Horns  —  The latest cover of Time magazine gives Hillary Clinton horns:  —  Look carefully at the space between the top of Clinton's head and the M in Time's logo.  —  The move by Time, whether on purpose or not, has been noticed on Twitter:

Secret Service agents disrupted bomb investigation at White House  —  Two Secret Service agents suspected of driving under the influence and striking a White House security barricade disrupted an active bomb investigation and may have driven over the suspicious package itself …

Valerie Jarrett: ‘I Intend to Stay Until the Lights Go Off’  —  Does it ever surprise you that people describe your influence at the White House in terms similar to those once used to describe Vice President Dick Cheney's?  Oh!  Please don't say that.  Stop right there.

The next looming shutdown: Highway programs  —  Transportation funding is running on empty, forcing Congress to scramble to meet its next major deadline before the tank runs dry on May 31.  —  Both parties say they want to avoid a repeat of last month's tense standoff over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

Another Bad Trip for Schock  —  He took a non-staffer on an official trip to India, and didn't disclose it.  —  Add another trip to Rep. Aaron Schock's list of potential headaches.  —  Schock appears to have improperly accepted money from an outside group to cover travel expenses …

Univision Host Rodner Figueroa Fired Over Racist ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Comment Towards Michelle Obama (UPDATED)  —  Univision host Rodner Figueroa was fired Wednesday after comparing first lady Michelle Obama's appearance to that of someone from the cast of the “Planet of the Apes.”

Rudy Giuliani says Obama should be more like Bill Cosby, blames Brooklyn McDonald's fight, Ferguson cop shootings on President  —  Just when you thought Rudy Giuliani couldn't get crazier, the former NYC mayor blamed Obama for the brutal beatdown at a Brooklyn McDonalds — and said the president should be more like Bill Cosby.

Exclusive: Talks under way on ending U.N. sanctions on Iran - officials  —  (Reuters) - Major world powers have quietly begun talks on a U.N. Security Council resolution to lift U.N. sanctions on Iran if a nuclear agreement is struck, a step that could make it harder for the U.S. Congress to undo a deal, Western officials said.

Terry Pratchett, Discworld series author, dies aged 66  —  Author of more than 70 novels, who ‘fired the imagination of millions’, dies at his home eight years after Alzheimer's diagnosis  —  The writer Terry Pratchett, who took millions of readers on a madcap journey to the universe of Discworld, has died aged 66.

‘Fox & Friends’ tweet links Eric Holder, shootings of police in Ferguson … Above is a tweet from the official account of “Fox & Friends,” the morning show of Fox News.  It hints at a causal link between the following two news events:  —  * Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters …