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4:15 AM ET, April 26, 2015

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Russian Hackers Read Obama's Unclassified Emails, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — Some of President Obama's email correspondence was swept up by Russian hackers last year in a breach of the White House's unclassified computer system that was far more intrusive and worrisome …

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, The Verge, Al Jazeera English and Hullabaloo

Adam B. Lerner / Politico:

President Obama's Top 10 jokes — During an interview with Variety before headlining the White House Correspondents' Dinner, “Saturday Night Live'"s Cecily Strong made a bold proclamation about President Barack Obama: “He's known as an amazingly funny guy,” she said. “He's maybe our funniest president.”

Discussion: ABC News

Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:

Gay-rights advocates torpedo GoFundMe campaign for Christian-owned bakery … A crowdfunding campaign that had raised more than $109,000 for the Christian-owned bakery Sweet Cakes by Melissa in Oregon was removed Saturday after complaints from gay-rights advocates.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and The PJ Tatler

Kathryn Schroeder / opposingviews.com/homepage.xml:

Judge: Oregon Bakery Should Pay Lesbian Couple $135K — Sweet Cakes By Melissa, the Oregon bakery that refused to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding — citing religious reasons — may have to pay the couple $135,000 in damages for their emotional suffering. — An administrative law judge …

Discussion: FOX News Radio and The Gateway Pundit

Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:

Bruce Jenner Blasted Online After Coming Out As a Republican: ‘Personally, I Am Disgusted’ — Bruce Jenner was blasted online Friday evening after revealing during a two-hour interview that he identifies as a Christian Republican. — When asked by ABC's Diane Sawyer if he considers himself …

Discussion: Hit & Run, Booman Tribune and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Kaitlan Collins / The Daily Caller:
Bruce Jenner: 'I'm A Republican And A Christian'

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Liberaland, Outside the Beltway, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Hullabaloo, FOX News Radio and Hollywood Reporter

Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
It's Official: Bruce Jenner to Chronicle Gender Transition on E! Docuseries

Discussion: Advocate and FOX News Radio

ABC News:
Bruce Jenner: 'I'm a Woman'

Washington Post:

More than 1,500 killed by 7.8-magnitude quake in Nepal … ITANAGAR, India — At nightfall, Nepal's capital became a tent city, as thousands of residents displaced by Saturday's devastating earthquake stayed in their dark gardens and out on the cracked streets and lanes, afraid to go back inside because of waves of aftershocks.

Discussion: Guardian and The Week

BBC:
Nepal earthquake: Hundreds die, many feared trapped

Discussion: CNN, New York Times, USA Today, Guardian, NPR, The Verge, Scared Monkeys, Israel Matzav and Reuters

Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Earthquake Devastates Nepal, Killing More Than 1,900

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Last Refuge and Common Dreams

Susie Madrak / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

Shocker: Turns Out Clinton Scandal Author Isn't Publishing A Jeb Bush Book! — See what chumps the New York Times editors are? “This guy's the real thing, he's going after both sides!” How's that working out for you, guys? As the nuns used to say: Lie down with dogs, rise up with fleas:

Discussion: FOX News Radio, Raw Story and Refinery29

Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The Insiders: How do the Clinton scandals end?

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

New York Times:

Scenes of Chaos in Baltimore as Thousands Protest Freddie Gray's Death — BALTIMORE — A largely peaceful protest over the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who suffered a spinal cord injury in police custody, gave way to scattered scenes of chaos here on Saturday night …

Discussion: Hit & Run and The Agonist

Eric Holthaus / Slate:

Obama's Piecemeal Climate Policy Is Gradually Paying Off — While Obama's Earth Day speech in the Everglades turned out to be a big nothingburger—except if you're the parent of a fourth-grader who'll now receive a free annual National Park pass—there are renewed signs this week that his nickel …

Discussion: Associated Press

Ali Gharib / The Nation:

AIPAC vs. the Neocons on Iran — There's a fascinating divide emerging over the Corker-Cardin compromise bill that would give Congress a vote on an Iran deal and which unanimously emerged from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week. The compromise, engineered by committee chair Bob Corker …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Michael Muskal / Los Angeles Times:

Gallup poll finds more gay marriages, domestic partnerships than thought — As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on same-sex marriage, a new poll shows that more American adults are believed to be in gay marriages or domestic partnerships than had been previously thought.

Discussion: FOX News Radio

Corinne Gaston / OpposingViews.com:

Danish Man Commits Suicide After Dog Is Forcibly Euthanized — 5.6 K — A man in Denmark was so devastated when authorities seized and euthanized his dog that he took his own life. — Dan, whose last name has not been disclosed, was 27 years old. — Dan was given just eight days …

Discussion: FOX News Radio

Ben Jacobs / Guardian:

Michigan governor Rick Snyder set to enter Republican 2016 presidential race — Michigan governor Rick Snyder may be the newest GOP candidate for the White House. — Snyder mingled with donors at a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) in Las Vegas on Friday and told at least one attendee that he was a candidate.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, FOX News Radio, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire