Top Items:
Wall Street Journal:
Excessive Speed Probed in Amtrak Train Crash in Philadelphia — At least 7 people dead after train heading from Washington to New York derails — PHILADELPHIA—An Amtrak train involved in a fatal crash here appears to have been traveling at more than 100 miles an hour as it entered …
RELATED:
Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:
House panel votes to cut Amtrak budget hours after deadly crash — “Starving rail of funding will not enable safer train travel,” Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) said. — House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers said the cuts are needed to stay in line with the caps imposed …
Discussion:
Booman Tribune, Big Think and The Week
Paul Nussbaum / Philly.com:
Sources: Train reportedly speeding; engineer mum — Investigators of Tuesday's deadly Amtrak derailment say they are focusing on reports that the train was traveling more than twice the 50-mile-an-hour speed limit when it entered a sharp curve in Frankford.
Discussion:
CBS Philly, Mashable, Little Green Footballs, Eschaton and The PJ Tatler
New York Times:
Amtrak Train That Derailed Was Going 100 M.P.H., Officials Say; 7 Killed — PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing at least seven people, was traveling at a speed of at least 100 miles an hour, twice the speed limit on that stretch of track …
Washington Post:
Train was traveling 106 mph; emergency brakes applied
Train was traveling 106 mph; emergency brakes applied
Discussion:
National Journal, BREITBART.COM, Politico, The Nation, Mashable, Washington Monthly and USA Today
Associated Press:
The latest on Amtrak crash: Associated Press staffer killed
The latest on Amtrak crash: Associated Press staffer killed
Discussion:
Philly.com, New York Times, Fox News Insider and The Week
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Derailed Amtrak train was traveling at more than 100 mph
Report: Derailed Amtrak train was traveling at more than 100 mph
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal and Fox News Insider
Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush: Iraq Questioning Is Disservice to Slain Soldiers — Likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Wednesday that questioning about how he would have handled Iraq War authorization “does a disservice” to military service members killed in action.
RELATED:
Chris Moody / CNN:
Being Moody: This question stumps Republicans — Being Moody: Who's the greatest living president? — Greenville, South Carolina (CNN)It's a simple question, but one that stops Republican presidential hopefuls in their tracks: Who do you think is the greatest president alive today?
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, FishbowlDC and Mediaite
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker Still Leads Nationally, Clinton Over 60% — PPP's national Republican poll for May continues to find Scott Walker leading the field, but it's tightly clustered and his support has actually dropped two consecutive surveys now. — Walker's at 18% to 13% for Marco Rubio …
Discussion:
Daily Kos
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. Seeks Strategy for Debates Amid Expanding Candidate List — WASHINGTON — Republican leaders, searching for a fair-minded but strategically wise way to conduct the presidential primary debates, are grappling with how to manage White House contenders in a sprawling field …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Bloomberg View, Business Insider, US News, The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Daily Kos
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
On the trail, Jeb Bush faces hostile questions about Iraq war — RENO, Nev. — In his most confrontational exchange to date with voters, presumed Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush faced sharp questions about his support for the Iraq war. — The most hostile question came …
Discussion:
RealClearPolitics Videos, NBC News, Hot Air, Daily Kos and OnPolitics
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Gov. John Kasich says U.S. shouldn't have attacked Iraq — ' class="> Enlarge Image — Dealing with a question that tripped up Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich says that the U.S. never should have gone to Iraq, knowing what we know now. — “There's a lot of people who lost limbs and lives over there …
Discussion:
Fox News, Talking Points Memo, CNN and Washington Post
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb: Answering That Iraq Question Would Be A ‘Disservice’ To The Troops
Jeb: Answering That Iraq Question Would Be A ‘Disservice’ To The Troops
Discussion:
Daily Kos and Addicting Info
Quin Hillyer / National Review:
Yes, I Would Have Ousted Saddam from Power
Yes, I Would Have Ousted Saddam from Power
Discussion:
Hot Air and Weekly Standard
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Why Jeb Can't Ditch Dubya
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Cruz: ‘Of course’ Iraq was a mistake
Cruz: ‘Of course’ Iraq was a mistake
Discussion:
Bloomberg Business, CNN, msnbc.com, ABC News, Business Insider, Political Wire, Fox News, Patterico's Pontifications, The Hugh Hewitt Show and Power Line
Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Text images between Missouri House Speaker John Diehl and intern reveal sexually charged exchanges — Screenshots of text messages obtained by The Star — › — ‹ — Text messages obtained by The Star reveal a sexually charged relationship between House Speaker John Diehl …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, BarbWire.com, Right Wing Watch, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Mediaite
Sarah Buynovsky / WNEP-TV:
Student Suing Misericordia University Officials After Failing to Pass Course … DALLAS TOWNSHIP — A nursing student is suing some Misericordia University officials after she failed to pass a course twice. — Jennifer Burbella of Stroudsburg said school officials failed to abide by federal law.
Discussion:
WQAD-TV
Annie Karni / Politico:
Martin O'Malley to top progressives: Warren's not running, I am — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has a message for progressives clamoring for Sen. Elizabeth Warren's entry into the presidential race: she's not running, but I am. — As part of an effort to position himself …
Discussion:
Liberal Values and Political Wire
RELATED:
Nick Gass / Politico:
White House on Sherrod Brown: 'He'll find a way to apologize'
White House on Sherrod Brown: 'He'll find a way to apologize'
Discussion:
Bloomberg Business, CNN, Washington Post, BREITBART.COM, Weekly Standard, Weasel Zippers, Reuters, The Hill, American Spectator and Hot Air
Manu Raju / Politico:
Scenes from the Democratic meltdown
Scenes from the Democratic meltdown
Discussion:
Bloomberg Business, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Federalist, Hit & Run, Moe Lane, Hot Air, The Week, DownWithTyranny!, POLITICO, The Huffington Post and The Hill
Washington Post:
10 members of Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign government — The state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan secretly funded an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference at Baku on the Caspian Sea in 2013 for 10 members of Congress and 32 staff members, according to a confidential ethics report obtained by The Washington Post.
Discussion:
Mediaite, Business Insider, The PJ Tatler, Trail Blazers Blog and OnPolitics
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Potty-mouthed Alan Grayson and his offshore investments — U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, the outspoken, populist Democrat who thunders against Wall Street fat cats,and used to to joke about Mitt Romney's low tax bill, incorporated a couple hedge funds in the Cayman Islands so investors could avoid taxes.
Discussion:
The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Marco Rubio / Medium:
The Rubio Doctrine — Strength, globalization and core values should guide American foreign policy — I'd like to begin my remarks today by quoting from the closing of another set of remarks—from a speech that echoes across history due to its proximity to tragedy, but that stands more importantly …
Discussion:
BuzzFeed, ThinkProgress, Washington Post and The American Conservative
Wall Street Journal:
China Lashes Out Over U.S. Plan on South China Sea — Pentagon proposal to use aircraft and Navy vessels in region prompts swift response: ‘We are severely concerned’ — Beijing condemned on Wednesday a proposed U.S. military plan to send aircraft and Navy ships near disputed South China Sea islands …
Discussion:
The Diplomat, Fox News, Reuters, BarbWire.com and The National Interest
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Oath Keepers Founder: Traitor McCain Should Be ‘Hung By The Neck Until Dead’ — The founder of the Oath Keepers, a loose-knit group of current and former law enforcement officials and military who pledge to defend the Constitution, called for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to be “hung by the neck until dead” …
Discussion:
Arizona Republic, Mediaite, Right Wing Watch, Balloon Juice, Shakesville, Dispatches from the … and Raw Story
Samantha Audia / The College Fix:
College students told to report ‘hurtful statements’ to campus authorities — If someone says anything mean-spirited at the University of Colorado Boulder - campus administrators want to know about it. Not only that - they want to know the offender's name, age, email address and more.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, protein wisdom and Chicks on the Right
Robert Draper / New York Times:
The Great Democratic Crack-Up of 2016 … Maryland might seem a peculiar venue for a blood feud over the future of the Democratic Party. It is the second-bluest state in the United States, after Massachusetts, according to Gallup; its registered Democrats, more than 30 percent of whom are black …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and Progress Pond
New York Times:
Let Our Cities Move — EVERY day, millions of Americans rely on a remarkable network of roads, bridges, subways, trains and buses to connect us to work, school and opportunity. But our transportation system, once the envy of the world, is in jeopardy. — In New York City …
Discussion:
Liberaland
Justin Pidot / Slate:
Wyoming just criminalized citizen science. — Imagine visiting Yellowstone this summer. You wake up before dawn to take a picture of the sunrise over the mists emanating from Yellowstone hot springs. A thunderhead towers above the rising sun, and the picture turns out beautifully.
Discussion:
Southern Fried Science, ThinkProgress and The Verge