Joe Biden said to be considering one-term presidency  —  If Vice President Joe Biden makes the leap into the Democratic presidential race, he could promise that he would serve just one term in the White House, journalist and author Carl Bernstein said Friday.

The Marines Who Took Down the American Flag in Havana  —  Around noon on Jan. 4, 1961, after spending hours feeding mounds of government documents into an incinerator, three American Marines assigned to the embassy guard force in Havana turned their attention to a solemn task: lowering the American flag.

AP EXCLUSIVE: Top secret Clinton emails include drone talk  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The two emails on Hillary Rodham Clinton's private server that an auditor deemed “top secret” include a discussion of a news article detailing a U.S. drone operation and a separate conversation …

GOP elites plot to purge Trump  —  Pat Buchanan: If GOP has no room for The Donald's followers, it has no future  —  Pat Buchanan was twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the Reform Party's candidate in 2000.  He is also a founder and editor of The American Conservative.

Jeb Bush: ‘Taking Out Saddam Hussein Turned Out To Be A Pretty Good Deal’  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said on Thursday during a campaign stop in Iowa that “taking out Saddam Hussein turned out to be a pretty good deal,” according to multiple reports.  —  From the Wall Street Journal's Reid Epstein:

Iran battle heats up in Senate  —  President Obama and his allies are working overtime to kill a resolution disapproving the Iran nuclear deal in the Senate, in what would be a major victory for the White House.  —  The measure, which is certain to be approved in September by the GOP-led House …

Disqualified  —  Fareed Zakaria had a column out yesterday dissecting and demolishing New York Senator Chuck Schumer's argument for opposition to the Iran nuclear deal.  I won't try to duplicate his arguments on the merits.  I don't think I can improve on them.  But I have wanted for the last week to address Schumer's decision.

Clinton shares my values on social and economic justice  —  We all know Iowans have a sincere responsibility in nominating our next president.  This year, that responsibility is as important as it's ever been.  —  As Iowans and as a nation we fought back from a terrible recession, but we are making progress.

Chicago, New Orleans, and rebirth  —  StatehouseChickIf you read the piece, it's about finances and government.  I would never diminish the tragedy of thousands of lives lost.

Bernie Sanders, an Outlier?  The Senator Begs to Differ  —  WASHINGTON — One recent afternoon, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont gave another of the populist speeches that have drawn the largest crowds of the 2016 campaign to his rallies around the country and made him the unexpected rival …

See Photos of Black Bear Illegally Hunted by Dentist Walter Palmer Who Killed Cecil the Lion  —  Photos recently obtained by ABC News' “20/20” show Minnesota dentist Dr. Walter Palmer posing with the large black bear he illegally killed while hunting in Wisconsin in 2006.