Rand Paul clashes with Savannah Guthrie over changing views  —  Rand Paul clashed with Today Show host Savannah Guthrie over her line of questioning during an interview Wednesday morning, criticizing her for editorializing over perceived changes in his political views since his election to the Senate.

South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder in Black Man's Death  —  WASHINGTON — A white police officer in North Charleston, S.C., was charged with murder on Tuesday after a video surfaced showing him shooting and killing an apparently unarmed black man in the back while he ran away.

Exclusive: New Ted Cruz Super-PACs Take in Record Haul  —  Ted Cruz's presidential effort is getting into the shock-and-awe fundraising business.  —  An associate of the Texas senator, a recently announced presidential candidate, tells Bloomberg that a cluster of affiliated super-political action committees …

Tom Cotton: Bombing Iran Would Take “Several Days,” Be Nothing Like Iraq War  —  “All we're asking is that the president simply be as tough as in the protection of America's national security interest as Bill Clinton was.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Sen. Tom Cotton says bombing Iran's nuclear facilities …

Dick Cheney calls Obama ‘worst president’ on foreign policy  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney says President Barack Obama is the worst commander in chief the United States has ever had, in view of the recent Iranian nuclear agreement.  —  Asked about the deal by Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday …

Univ. of Michigan cancels ‘American Sniper’ screening: ‘Made students feel unsafe’  —  University: ‘While our intent was to show a film, the impact of the content was harmful, and made students feel unsafe and unwelcome at our program’  —  A scheduled movie screening of “American Sniper” …

High voter turnout in Ferguson adds two black council members, for three total  —  FERGUSON  • For the first time in Ferguson's 120-year history, the City Council will have three African-American members, but even so, Tuesday's election was less than a clear victory for the throngs …

Federal judge denies request to lift hold on Obama immigration action  —  A federal judge in Texas denied a Justice Department request Tuesday to lift his temporary hold on President Obama's executive action preventing the deportation of millions of illegal immigrants.

Boston (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 1:53 p.m.]  —  A verdict has been reached in the Boston Marathon bombing trial.  —  The jury deliberated for 11½ hours before reaching Wednesday's verdict, which is expected to be read soon.  —  Jurors in the trial of accused Boston …

Rahm the screwup  —  How one of the country's best mayors almost blew his chances for a second term.  —  Lead image by AP Photo.  —  Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday survived a political near-death experience entirely of his own making.  —  America's most compelling, and exhausting …

Roger Ailes … WHY HE MATTERS The dominant cable news network for more than a decade, Ailes' Fox News funnels billions into the coffers of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox.  SNL Kagan estimates the channel will earn $2.18 billion this year, the bulk of it from ad revenue and subscriber fees …

12 years ago today, Donald Rumsfeld sent the greatest memo of all time  —  Today is Vox's first anniversary, but it is also the 12th anniversary of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld sending what was perhaps the greatest memo ever written.  Titled “issues with various countries,” …

Why the middle class is doing even worse than you think  —  One of the great mysteries about the U.S. economy today is the discrepancy between the objective and subjective pictures we have of the middle class.  The numbers say that the middle class is doing OK or even improving its lot …