Tom Cotton Is Not Mailing It In  —  Your last name is Cotton, and this interview was arranged by your communications director, Caroline Rabbitt.  Who is your chief of staff, Beatrix Potter?  If only.  No, my chief of staff is Doug Coutts.  —  You were raised in rural Arkansas …

Confirmed: The Hawks Were Wrong on Iran  —  The political framework with Iran laid bare the false criticisms of U.S. hawks.  —  Peace won.  War lost.  It's as simple as that.  Make no mistake, the framework agreement that was announced yesterday is nothing short of historic.

The Iraq War and Stubborn Myths  —  Officials didn't lie, and I wasn't fed a line, writes Judith Miller  —  I took America to war in Iraq.  It was all me.  —  OK, I had some help from a duplicitous vice president, Dick Cheney.  Then there was George W. Bush, a gullible president …

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough On 2016, The Iran “Deal” And Hillary's Glass Jaw  —  Morning Joe joined me on today's show:  —  Audio:  —  04-03hhs-scarborough  —  Transcript:  —  HH: Joined now by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough.  Happy Easter weekend to you, Joe, I hope you get the weekend off.

ND House kills bill outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation  —  BISMARCK - For the third time in six years, North Dakota lawmakers have killed legislation that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, despite warnings from some Democrats and Republicans that it could tarnish …

These are the racially charged e-mails that got 3 Ferguson police and court officials fired  —  City officials in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the full, unredacted content of racially charged and religiously insensitive e-mails sent by the city's former court clerk …

Concessions Fueled Iran Nuclear Talks  —  U.S. gave up on eliminating most of Iran's nuclear program, while Tehran took steps such as agreeing to mothball centrifuges  —  Iran and six world powers have agreed on parameters of a deal meant to block Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.

Insiders view Paul as strong early state contender  —  His father's legacy is a source of strength for the Kentucky senator — and a cause for worry.  —  On the eve of his expected presidential announcement, Republican insiders in Iowa and New Hampshire say Rand Paul is a top contender …

Americans Not in Labor Force Exceed 93 Million for First Time; 62.7% Labor Force Participation Matches 37-Year Low  —  (CNSNews.com) - The number of Americans 16 years and older who did not participate in the labor force—meaning they neither had a job nor actively sought one in the last four weeks …

Memories Pizza?  OR THE ILLUMINATI?  —  Let me tell you a story.  —  Once upon a time there was a pizza parlor in a small town that no one had ever heard of.  This small town happened to reside in a state that passed a law protecting religious freedom—a law opponents said was simply a tool of discrimination against gay people.

Nathan Deal's advice for ‘religious liberty’ supporters next year  —  Georgia's “religious liberty” legislation succumbed to a quiet death on Thursday, but it will surely return in January just in time for election-year politicking.  —  Gov. Nathan Deal offered some timely advice for lawmakers …

Alabama inmate free after 30 years on death row.  How the case against him unraveled.  —  Anthony Ray Hinton was one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates, having spent more than half his life incarcerated.  Now, after three decades of insisting that he is innocent in the 1985 murders of two men …

Misplaying America's Hand With Iran  —  The president's desperation for a foreign-policy legacy is leading toward a bad nuclear deal—and a dangerous one.  —  Barack Obama, six years into his presidency, does not have a foreign-policy legacy—or, rather, he does and it's bad.

'I'm about to be raped': Ex-staffer suing CBS for sex harassment  —  Kenneth Lombardi has filed a sexual harassment suit against CBS, comparing his former employer to “the Catholic Church or Penn State” for allegedly sweeping his complaints under the rug.  —  A handsome former video producer …

A New Supreme Court Ruling On Medicaid Just Put 68 Million People At Risk  —  When it comes to health care at the Supreme Court this year, all eyes are focused on the Obamacare tax credits case, King v. Burwell.  But a case decided this week, Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. …

Power and Paychecks  —  On Wednesday, McDonald's — which has been facing demonstrations denouncing its low wages — announced that it would give workers a raise.  The pay increase won't, in itself, be a very big deal: the new wage floor is just $1 above the local minimum wage …

The Shape of Things to Come  —  President Obama's vow to seek support in Congress for his proposed deal with Iran reminds us of the Norway Debate.  This is the argument that erupted in the Mother of Parliaments in May 1940, after the Nazis invaded Norway.  When the debate began …

Rouhani Stresses Removal of All Sanctions on 1st Day of Final Deal Implementation  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's President Hassan Rouhani underlined on Friday that all the UN and economic, financial and banking sanctions against Iran will be annuled the moment a final nuclear deal between Iran and the six world powers goes into effect.

Indiana's religious freedom law is bad for Republicans  —  Hasta la vista, culture wars.  —  I became a proud Republican before I even understood English.  —  I immigrated to the United States in the heat of the 1968 presidential campaign, when the choice — as I heard it through a friend's translation — was simple.

Gov. Scott Walker says he bought a sweater for $1 at Kohl's  —  When Gov. Scott Walker took his presidential ambitions to New Hampshire, he shared a penny-pinching story that would have been right at home in bargain-hunting Wisconsin.  —  At the center of the story: A new sweater, a dollar and Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's.