Top Items:
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
'Look ... It's My Name on This': Obama Defends the Iran Nuclear Deal — On Tuesday afternoon, as President Obama was bringing an occasionally contentious but often illuminating hour-long conversation about the Middle East to an end, I brought up a persistent worry.
Discussion:
Fox News, Washington Post, Politico, New York Times, Business Insider, The Week, Israpundit, NPR, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, JP Updates and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
Obama rejects ‘rubber stamp’ of Israel policies
Obama rejects ‘rubber stamp’ of Israel policies
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
A Closer Look at Hillary Clinton's Emails on Benghazi — Hillary Rodham Clinton last year provided the State Department with 55,000 pages of emails that she said were related to her work as secretary of state, all from the personal account she exclusively used while leading the department.
RELATED:
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
First Batch of Hillary Clinton Emails Captures Concerns Over Libya — WASHINGTON — The State Department is expected to release the first batch of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email address in the coming days. — The emails set for release, drawn from some 55,000 pages …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Blumenthal blamed Benghazi attack on protesters in email to Clinton
Blumenthal blamed Benghazi attack on protesters in email to Clinton
Discussion:
Power Line
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Obama's Game of Chicken with the Supreme Court — Sometime next month, the Supreme Court will decide King v. Burwell, and the conventional wisdom about the stakes in the case appears to have shifted. The case represents a challenge to the core of the Affordable Care Act.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Yahoo Politics, ACASignups.net, Instapundit, Raw Story, RedState, New York Magazine, Moe Lane and Lawyers, Guns & Money
RELATED:
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Expands Alabama Marriage Ruling Statewide, But Puts Order On Hold — Although Judge Callie Granade expanded a marriage case to the whole state on Thursday, she also put the ruling on hold until the Supreme Court rules on its pending marriage cases.
Discussion:
Towleroad News #gay
Elise Young / Bloomberg Business:
Christie Gets Candid, Profane With N.J. Reporters After Roast — Chris Christie gave an expletive-laced speech at an annual New Jersey media roast Wednesday, taking aim at reporters who had mocked him for the George Washington Bridge scandal, his travels and the state's finances.
Discussion:
Politico, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
RELATED:
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Christie faults media bias for ‘Bridgegate’ heat
Christie faults media bias for ‘Bridgegate’ heat
Discussion:
Politico, The Daily Banter and The Week
Josh Duggar / In Touch Weekly:
Discussion:
Associated Press, NY Daily News, TMZ.com, Joe. My. God., Right Wing Watch, Towleroad News #gay, Raw Story and Gawker
RELATED:
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Jeb Bush rails against ‘intellectual arrogance’ in climate change debate — Obama ‘abandoned’ Iraq, Jeb Bush says 01:00 — Story highlights — He says government should provide incentives for methods like hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling — Bedford, New Hampshire (CNN) …
Discussion:
Little Green Footballs, Talking Points Memo, Americans Against the …, The Reaction and ThinkProgress
RELATED:
The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush: It's ‘Intellectual Arrogance’ To Agree With Scientists About Humans Driving Climate Change
Jeb Bush: It's ‘Intellectual Arrogance’ To Agree With Scientists About Humans Driving Climate Change
Discussion:
Daily Kos, Raw Story, Washington Post and The Daily Banter
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Faults Brother for Lack of Budget Discipline
Jeb Bush Faults Brother for Lack of Budget Discipline
Discussion:
Bloomberg Business, Hot Air, OnPolitics and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Suspect in 4 D.C. killings identified after DNA is found on pizza sent to burned home — D.C. police have an arrest warrant for a 34-year-old man, Daron Dylon Wint from Maryland. Law enforcement sources said DNA evidence linked him to the killing of Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, young son and housekeeper.
Discussion:
CBS New York, BarbWire.com, Fox News, Mashable, abc11.com, The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, The Other McCain, Hinterland Gazette and Althouse
RELATED:
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Maggie Gyllenhaal on Hollywood Ageism: I Was Told 37 Is ‘Too Old’ for a 55-Year-Old Love Interest — “It made me feel bad, and then it made me feel angry, and then it made me laugh,” the actress tells TheWrap — Every time we think things are getting better for women in Hollywood, something comes along to remind us — naaah.
Discussion:
The Week, ThinkProgress, The Mary Sue, Mashable, New York Magazine and CBS DC
Michelle Conlin / Reuters:
Paid late, some ex-staffers of White House hopeful Fiorina won't sign on again — Politics has a well-known revolving door, with candidates often rehiring consultants, strategists and vendors as they move from one campaign to the next. But for Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina, that might not be so easy.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Hinterland Gazette, PoliticusUSA, Mediaite, Liberaland and Washington Monthly
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
Kansas has found the ultimate way to punish the poor — A dollar bill is a special kind of thing. You can keep it as long as you like. You can pay for things with it. No one will ever charge you a fee. No one will ask any questions about your credit history.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and Business Insider
William Kristol / USA Today:
We were right to fight in Iraq — Obama threw away hard-earned gains. — We were right to invade Iraq in 2003 to remove Saddam Hussein, and to complete the job we should have finished in 1991. — Even with the absence of caches of weapons of mass destruction, and the mistakes …
Discussion:
The Daily Banter
RELATED:
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones — The National Security Agency and its closest allies planned to hijack data links to Google and Samsung app stores to infect smartphones with spyware, a top-secret document reveals. — The surveillance project was launched …
Discussion:
The Week, The Citizen Lab, Hot Air, The Verge, Mashable, PandoDaily, Common Dreams, RT and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
RELATED:
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Boy Scouts' President Calls for End to Ban on Gay Leaders — The president of the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday called for an end to the group's blanket ban on gay adult leaders, warning Scout executives that “we must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be,” and that …
Discussion:
Politico, The Atlantic, Weasel Zippers, Political Wire and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Politico:
Republicans keep Obama trade agenda alive — On life support as of early Thursday morning, President Barack Obama's trade agenda has found new life. — In a dramatic vote critical to the future of the president's goal of securing new trade deals with Pacific Rim and European countries …
Discussion:
The Hill, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Booman Tribune, ABC News, Common Dreams, Washington Monthly, Balloon Juice, Hit & Run and NPR
RELATED:
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate takes key step toward passing fast-track for Obama
Senate takes key step toward passing fast-track for Obama
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Politico, Washington Post, Seeing the Forest and Common Dreams
New York Post:
CBS throws Letterman set into Dumpster — Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller — CBS wasted no time in kicking David Letterman to the curb.
Discussion:
BREITBART.COM, Ed Driscoll and CNNMoney
Juliet Linderman / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: 6 Officers Indicted in Death of Freddie Gray — All six officers charged in the police-custody death of Freddie Gray were indicted by a grand jury, a prosecutor said Thursday. — The indictments were very similar to the charges Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced about three weeks ago.
Discussion:
Little Green Footballs, ThinkProgress and Common Dreams
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Majority of Democrats, 37 Percent of Republicans Want to Repeal First Amendment — Depressing news from YouGov: … It's important to note here that “stir up hatred against” does not mean “instruct a crowd to kill” or “explicitly incite violence against.”
Discussion:
Townhall.com, The Fiscal Times, Truth Revolt, Shot in the Dark, Weasel Zippers, Popehat, Hot Air, BarbWire.com and Hit & Run
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Obama Favorable Rating Up, Best Since September 2013 — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' favorable ratings of President Barack Obama now stand at 53%, up four points from March. This comes after a year in which these ratings were mostly below 50% and marks the president's highest score since September 2013.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Horizons, The Moderate Voice and PoliticusUSA
Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Rick Santorum Rips Fox News Over ‘Arbitrary’ Debate Rules — “The idea that a national poll has any relationship to the viability of a candidate—ask Rudy Giuliani that. Ask Phil Gramm that.” — OKLAHOMA CITY—Rick Santorum on Thursday ripped Fox News' newly-announced criteria for qualifying …