In Iowa, Martin O'Malley lays out vision for Democratic Party  —  Des Moines, Iowa - Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley says if he runs for president, he will try to pull the Democratic Party back to its populist roots.  —  “You know what it's about?  It's really about calling our party …

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 …

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 …

Castro Calls Obama Honest Man as Latin American Leaders Criticize Venezuela Sanctions  —  Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro met in the first such encounter between the U.S. and Cuba in more than 50 years and pledged to move ahead with normalizing relations while cautioning that change may come slowly.

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.

Capitol on lockdown after shooting  —  The U.S. Capitol is on lockdown after shots were fired on the West Front of the complex, a spokesman for Capitol Police said.  —  Authorities confirmed that the shooting was an apparent suicide.  —  Story Continued Below

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.