Stephanopoulos Challenges Clinton Cash Author: ‘Is There a Smoking Gun?’  —  Clinton Cash author Peter Schweizer appeared on This Week and faced a very skeptical George Stephanopoulos, who argued that his accusations that Hillary Clinton exchanged favorable treatment from the U.S. State Department …

City Paper photo editor J.M. Giordano beaten by police at Freddie Gray protest  —  City Paper Photo Editor J.M. Giordano was tackled and beaten by Baltimore City police outside of Western District headquarters last night while covering protests over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.

The big lie: Las Vegan watches as his Reid tale takes off  —  A Las Vegas man claims he started a false rumor that the injuries suffered by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid several months ago were the result of an attack by Reid's brother, not an exercise accident.

Cruz warns of ‘liberal fascism’ targeting Christians  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday said Democrats had gone to extremes in their persecution of Christians.  —  “Today's Democratic Party has decided there is no room for Christians in today's Democratic Party,” he said at the Iowa Faith …

Obama jokes about his fourth-quarter ‘bucket list’ at WHCD  —  President Obama came out swinging in his speech at this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night, mocking his critics and taking various shots at Republicans and members of the media.

GARDEN BRUNCH EDITION — NBC PRESSURES BRIAN WILLIAMS to resign: Leaks aim to cut his leverage - OBAMA'S NEW MEME: ‘Bucket!’  - POTUS on ‘Black-ish’ — B'DAY: Larry Grisolano, Luke Frans  —  By Mike Allen (mallen@politico.com; @mallen) and Daniel Lippman (dlippman@politico.com; @dlippman)

Warren to Obama: Stop making ‘untrue’ trade claims  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told President Obama on Saturday he was making “untrue” claims about his opponents — including herself.  —  The feud between Obama and the left continued Saturday, when Warren and Sen. Sherrod Brown …

George W. Bush Opens Up About 2016 Race  —  LAS VEGAS - Former President George W. Bush offered rare, and broad-ranging, remarks Saturday night about current national security threats and the 2016 presidential campaign to a large audience of Jewish donors, suggesting that sanctions on Iran …

Santorum Falls Flat with Iowa Evangelicals, Despite 2012 Caucus Win  —  Rick Santorum was the returning champion at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition forum on Saturday.  But inside Waukee, Iowa's Point of Grace Church, it certainly didn't feel like it.  —  After his upset victory …