memeorandum: What Brought Carly Fiorina Down at HP Is Her Greatest 2016 Asset (Melinda Henneberger/Bloomberg Politics)

10:50 AM ET, April 30, 2015

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Prisoner in van said Freddie Gray was ‘trying to injure himself,’ document says … BALTIMORE — A prisoner sharing a police transport van with Freddie Gray told investigators that he could hear Gray “banging against the walls” of the vehicle and believed that he “was intentionally trying to injure himself …

Baltimore Sun:

The truth about Freddie Gray's ‘pre-existing injury from car accident’ — Online reports are swirling that Freddie Gray had spinal surgery shortly before he died in police custody, and had collected a payout in a settlement from a car accident. Those reports — which raise questions …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The American Conservative, Fox News Insider, The Intercept and The Fourth Estate

Melinda Henneberger / Bloomberg Politics:

What Brought Carly Fiorina Down at HP Is Her Greatest 2016 Asset — More than 30 years ago, on Carly Sneed's third date with her co-worker, Frank Fiorina, he told his not-yet-30-year-old dinner companion that one day she would run AT&T, the company where he was at that point a rung ahead of her on the corporate ladder.

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:

Fiorina defends rocky tenure as HP CEO — Carly Fiorina's political future depends on whether she can defend her record as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. — The likely GOP presidential candidate is aiming to do just that in her new book Rising to the Challenge, set to be released May 5, a day after the expected launch of her 2016 campaign.

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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Carly Fiorina ‘picking up speed’ in Iowa, GOP activists say

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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:

Jeb no longer in front — Four months into the 2016 presidential campaign, Jeb Bush has all the money and none of the mojo. — Despite the financial juggernaut the former Florida governor has built — Bush said this week he had raised more than anyone else has at this point …

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Cruz accuses Obama of inflaming racial tensions — The Republican presidential hopeful says Obama has squandered chance to be unifying force — Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday accused President Barack Obama and his administration of inflaming racial tensions and pitting Americans against each other on major societal issues.

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Dave Gram / Associated Press:

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders: ‘I am running for president’ — 1 photo — MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Promising to fight what he deems “obscene levels” of income disparity and a campaign finance system that is a “real disgrace,” independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he will run for president as a Democrat.

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders: ‘I am running for president’

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Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Bernie Sanders: ‘I am running in this election to win’

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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Give 'Em Hell, Bernie

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Ashley Killough / CNN:

Mike Huckabee: The Supreme Court can't overrule God — Houston (CNN)Mike Huckabee rallied a crowd of Hispanic evangelicals on Wednesday night, pushing back in the debate over religious freedom just one day after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments to determine whether states have the right to ban same-sex marriage.

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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Elijah Cummings Yells at Fox Reporter on Bullhorn: ‘People Are Going Home!’ — Maryland Democrat Elijah Cummings is in Baltimore tonight, and he started using a bullhorn at around 10 pm to tell people to clear out after the police-imposed curfew for protesters.

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Fox News:
Source: Baltimore mayor ordered police to stand down

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Nick Loeb / New York Times:

Sofía Vergara's Ex-Fiancé: Our Frozen Embryos Have a Right to Live — DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — LAST August, I filed a complaint in Santa Monica, Calif., using pseudonyms, to protect two frozen embryos I created with my former fiancée. I wanted to keep this private, but recently the story broke to the world.

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Washington Post:

How Hillary Clinton is running against parts of her husband's legacy — Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't just running against Republicans. She's also running against parts of her husband's legacy. — On issues large and small, the Democratic presidential contender is increasingly distancing herself from …

Discussion: BizPac Review, Instapundit and Fox News

Andrew Prokop / Vox:
READ: Hillary Clinton's huge new speech on criminal justice reform

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Bill Keller / The Marshall Project:
David Simon on Baltimore's Anguish

Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:

Clinton Foundation in campaign tailspin — Donors are having second thoughts about big giving as accusations fly about Hillary Clinton's role. — Getty — A handful of deep-pocketed donors are reconsidering their gifts to the $2 billion Clinton Foundation amid mounting questions …

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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:

The Strange Charisma of John Kasich — The last time John Kasich went to New Hampshire, the visit did not go well. It was 16 years ago, and Kasich, a 47-year-old Republican congressman who had made his name in D.C. as the budget-balancing enfant terrible of the Gingrich revolution, was running for president.

James Risen / New York Times:

Report Says American Psychological Association Collaborated on Torture Justification — WASHINGTON — The American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of President George W. Bush to bolster a legal and ethical justification for the torture of prisoners swept …

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Niall Stanage / The Hill:

Crowded primary field creates dilemma for GOP leaders — The rapid growth of the GOP presidential field is causing major headaches for party bosses ahead of a primary debate season that begins this summer. — The dilemma for Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

David Byttow / Medium:

Sunset — After a lot of thought and consultation with our board, I've decided to shut down Secret. — This has been the hardest decision of my life and one that saddens me deeply. Unfortunately, Secret does not represent the vision I had when starting the company …

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Gender Bias Issue Could Tip Chief Justice Roberts Into Ruling for Gay Marriage — WASHINGTON — In a telling moment at Tuesday's Supreme Court arguments over same-sex marriage, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. suggested that he may have found a way to cast a vote in favor of the gay and lesbian couples in the case.

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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Justice Scalia's Shameful Joke

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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:

Clinton charity never provided foreign donor data — WASHINGTON — An unprecedented ethics promise that played a pivotal role in helping Hillary Rodham Clinton win confirmation as secretary of state, soothing senators' concerns about conflicts of interests with Clinton family charities …

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David Voreacos / Bloomberg Business:

Former Christie Ally David Wildstein Set to Plead Guilty — David Wildstein, a former ally of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, is set to plead guilty on Thursday, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, suggesting he may be cooperating with prosecutors probing traffic jams he ordered near the George Washington Bridge.