The Insiders: The Democratic Whackjob Survey  —  Yesterday, in a somewhat useful exercise, my Democratic friend and sometimes sparring partner Carter Eskew compiled a “Republican Nutcase Check List” for Republican presidential candidates to take.  (If you want to see how you'd rank, you can take that survey here.)

Florida surprise: Jeff Atwater won't run for Marco Rubio seat  —  Just as he looked like a front runner to replace Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida CFO Jeff Atwater announced Saturday he would not run for the seat.  —  “Over the past weeks I have received a tremendous amount of encouragement …

Hillary Clinton skeptics fear ‘an unstoppable train’  —  Democratic insiders see little hope for Clinton's opponents, whoever they turn out to be.  —  It's gotten to this point: Even the Democratic Party's Hillary skeptics are resigned to her being the party's nominee.

Remains from Lincoln's Last Day  —  Imagine him in the last week of his life, 150 years ago this month.  Shuffling, clothes hanging loosely on the 6-foot-4-inch frame, that tinny voice, a face much older than someone of 56.  “I am a tired man,” he said.  “Sometimes I think I am the tiredest man on earth.”

Mormon Church To SCOTUS: Say No To Same-Sex Marriage Because It Will Deprive Us Of “Citizenship Rights”  —  A coalition of religious denominations including the Mormon Church has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in which they argue that the legalization of same-sex marriage will …

Cabby facing fine for ordering women to stop kissing  —  Now he's the one getting the kiss-off.  —  A cabby who claimed he had a “no-kissing policy” in his yellow taxi was hit with $15,000 in fines for ordering two female passengers to stop smooching — and then shouting vulgar epithets at them when they got out.

Father Charged With Kidnapping After Leaving 3-Year-Old In Trash Can  —  A father from Illinois has been arrested after he allegedly kidnapped his 3-year-old daughter and left her in a trashcan.  —  “Our investigation initially shows that the father left the child in a garbage can and drove away …

Egypt Sentences American Citizen, 27, to Life in Prison  —  Mohamed Soltan was arrested in 2013 after Egyptian security forces stormed a sit-in protest of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

The Best Reason to Take Rand Paul Seriously Has Nothing to Do With His Politics  —  Although Rand Paul — who declared his bid for the presidency on Tuesday — has spent several years now inching toward the Republican mainstream, there is still a tendency among the political classes to view him as a sideshow candidate.

Is it a student's civil right to take a federally mandated standardized test?  —  Advocates for poor and minority children are pushing a novel idea: standardized tests as a civil right.  —  The nation's major civil rights groups say that federally required testing — in place …

Homeland Security Releases Emails Showing Political Influence for Sony, Time Warner Projects  —  The newly released documents buttress a report issued late last month detailing how an immigration director was swayed with respect to hundreds of millions of dollars in film and TV investments under the EB-5 visa program.

Obamas file annual tax return showing $477,000 in income - but they paid $93,362 in federal taxes and got a $20,000 REFUND  —  President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, paid more than $93,000 in federal taxes last year on an adjusted gross income of more than $477,000, according to tax returns released Friday by the White House.