• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the Kim Davis saga in Kentucky

• Lisa Bloom, attorney and legal analyst for Avvo.com, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Kim Davis and religious freedom limits

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for Jacki’s Healthcare Corner

• Podcaster Jodi Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Thotal Throllop Thursday

• Donald Trump brought the Donald Trump Show™ to the United States Capitol on Wednesday to protest a multinational nuclear agreement with Iran that Republicans already know they do not have the votes in Congress to block.

• Donald Trump gained 8 points since August to land at 32% support in a new CNN Poll, and has nearly tripled his support since just after he launched his campaign in June. The new poll finds former neurosurgeon Ben Carson rising 10 points to land in second place with 19%.

• In a speech Wednesday, Hillary Clinton warned Iran that the U.S. will be prepared to act if it cheats on a deal curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions. And, she said, she expects them to try. As president, Clinton said she would “not hesitate to take military action” if needed to stop that from happening.

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the Planned Parenthood false scandal

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Donald Trump and foreign policy

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Hillary Clinton, asked again about her use of a private server for her email while she was secretary of state, told ABC News’ David Muir, “That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility, and I’m trying to be as transparent as I possibly can.”

• Rowan County, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis was ordered released from jail Tuesday by the judge who locked her up for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Hundreds of supporters sang “Amazing Grace” and “God Bless America” as her lawyer spoke to the crowd gathered.

• Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls in New Hampshire and gaining ground in Iowa, but he’s not stopping there. The Vermont senator’s presidential campaign is looking ahead and building an organization in South Carolina, making two hires on Tuesday to add to its Charleston-based team.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Kim Davis cashing in on her martyrdom

• Comedian Kelly Carlin joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about her new memoir, “A Carlin Home Companion”

• Attorneys for the Kentucky clerk who was jailed last week because of her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples said today they have filed an emergency motion with a federal court that they hope will result in Kim Davis’ freedom.

• Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will announce her campaign finance reform plan today, proposing a small donor matching system with an eye toward encouraging small donors to get involved and give to both presidential and congressional candidates.

• European leaders are proposing extra funding to help relocate thousands of people from the Middle East amid the continent’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II. German Chancellor Angela Merkel today announced an extra $6.7 billion in spending on refugees in Germany next year.

• The latest New Hampshire poll finds Sanders pulling away from Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, 49 percent to her 38 percent. In a statement, the Sanders campaign said, “The more voters get to know Bernie, the better they like him.”

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the possibility of Hillary vs. Biden

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT for Fridays With Fugelsang

• The disgruntled former reporter who killed a WDBJ-TV cameraman and another reporter had been referred by WDBJ to an employee assistance program that provides counseling during the time he worked there, according to the station.

• While campaigning in Ohio Thursday, Hillary Clinton seemed to compare Republican presidential candidates’ “extreme views” on women to those held by “terrorist groups.” Republicans were quick to fire back and demand an apology.

• Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Thursday endorsed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for president. Cantor, who represented Virginia’s seventh congressional district from 2001 to 2014, was ousted from office after losing the 2014 Republican primary to an upstart tea party candidate.

• Years after then-presidential hopeful Barack Obama declared “America failed the people of New Orleans,” he returned to the city yesterday to hail Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts and highlight the region’s resilience in the face of massive devastation.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Donald Trump vs. Jorge Ramos

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• “Stuttering John” Melendez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• The suspect in the deadly shooting of a Roanoke television reporter and cameraman during a live report Wednesday sent a 23-page document to ABC News in the hours before the crime, saying he was driven by the Charleston church shooting.

• During a campaign press conference in Iowa on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton spoke about the deadly on-air shooting of a reporter and cameraman in Virginia and vowed to address the gun violence problem in America if she is elected president.

• Amid rising speculation that he plans to jump into the 2016 presidential race, Vice President Joe Biden said to Democratic National Committee members Wednesday that he’s not sure he has the “emotional fuel” for another political campaign.

• In a speech in Iowa, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump — who has regularly promoted his negotiating skills as a selling point for his presidency — used broken English to briefly impersonate Asian negotiators.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP’s fear parade

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Donald Trump found himself in a confrontation Tuesday with Spanish media’s most well-known journalist, Jorge Ramos of Univision. Trump told Ramos to “go back to Univision” when the journalist stood up and attempted to ask a question, then had Ramos escorted out of the room.

• Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday and Shanghai’s index fell despite Beijing’s decision to cut a key interest rate to help stabilize gyrating financial markets and counter short liquidity. Most other Asian markets initially wavered but had appeared to regain buying momentum by early afternoon.

• Jeb Bush is trying to take a more forceful stand against GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump. Bush declared again, “it’s going to be really hard for me to be lectured to by anybody about the politics of immigration” when asked about his use of the term “anchor baby”.

• Donald Trump’s second public attack against Fox News host Megyn Kelly earned him sharp and public reubke from Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes Tuesday. “Donald Trump’s surprise and unprovoked attack on Megyn Kelly during her show last night is as unacceptable as it is disturbing,” Ailes said.

• SiriusXM Radio host Karen Hunter calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about this weekend’s Hillary Clinton fundraiser

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about a possible Biden-Warren ticket

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the infantile rage of the GOP

• Chinese stocks tumbled again Tuesday, with the main stock market index plunging 7.6 percent in the fourth straight day of declines marking the biggest losses in eight years, while some other Asian and European markets rebounded from a day of heavy losses.

• President Obama has given Vice President Joe Biden the greenlight to mull a White House run. The two had lunch together Monday afternoon at the White House before Mr. Obama left for Las Vegas.

• The Iowa chairman of Rick Perry’s presidential campaign, Sam Clovis, has stepped down. The news marks another strike against Perry’s faltering 2016 presidential bid. Clovis told the AP he didn’t want his decision to step down to be seen as “anything negative at all.”

• Donald Trump has a poor reputation among U.S. Hispanics with just 14% having a favorable opinion of him, according to a new Gallup poll, but the poll suggests there’s still an opportunity for the other gop 2016 candidates to make a positive impression.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the popularity of Donald Trump’s lies

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about why we should stop calling the GOP race a “Clown Car”

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Vice President Joe Biden met privately with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at his Washington, D.C., residence Saturday. Biden’s meeting with the prominent Dem is the strongest sign yet that the vice president is becoming more serious as he considers a potential bid for the White House in 2016.

• French President Francois Hollande presented three young Americans with the prestigious French Legion of Honor on Monday for their quick reaction to a lone-wolf terrorist attack on an Amsterdam to Paris high-speed train Friday that likely saved many lives.

• Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada announced his support for the Iran nuclear deal Sunday and promised to do “everything in my power to ensure that it stands.”

• World stocks and oil prices are plunging today as a global sell off accelerats on worries about the health of China’s huge economy.

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• U.S. government employees with sensitive jobs in national security or law enforcement were among hundreds of federal workers found to be using government networks to access and pay membership fees to the cheating website Ashley Madison, The Associated Press has learned.

• President Barack Obama is promising Democratic lawmakers that the U.S. will continue to keep economic pressure on Iran – and keep military options open – if his administration’s nuclear deal with Tehran goes through.

• Former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday that the cancer spreading through his body is a form of melanoma, and he’ll begin undergoing radiation treatment immediately. Carter says that doctors found four spots of melanoma on his brain.

• Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, like Donald Trump, is calling for ending birth right citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. He also plans to limit the number of illegal and legal immigrants allowed into the country.

• Caitlyn Jenner could face a manslaughter charge in a fatal February car crash in California after investigators determined she was driving too fast, officials and law-enforcement sources said on Thursday. The four-vehicle crash left a woman dead on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Feb 7.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the war between Jeb Bush and Donald Trump

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian Dana Goldberg joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• In the world of New Hampshire politics, Donald Trump crashed the proverbial party Wednesday, elbowing his way into Derry and stealing a little of Jeb Bush’s thunder by scheduling his own campaign event at precisely the same time as Bush’s, just 20 minutes away.

• Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and other 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls on Wednesday endorsed school vouchers as a means of driving competition and innovation in the nation’s school systems.

• Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle faces a possible five to 12 years in federal prison after agreeing to plead guilty to Justice Department charges that he paid for sex with minors and received child pornography.

• Hillary Rodham Clinton’s personal lawyer has told a Senate committee that emails and all other data stored on her computer server were erased before the device was turned over to federal authorities. In a press conference earlier this week, Clinton said she was not aware if her server was erased.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Hillary Clinton again vigorously defended herself yesterday at a press conference in Las Vegas, repeating twice that she did not send classified material or receive material “marked or designated” as classified through her private email account, and again said her use of private email was legal.

• Former Florida Gov. and current GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday that birthright citizenship is a “constitutional right,” casting doubt on fellow 2016 candidate Donald Trump’s plan to do away with it.

• The FDA has approved the first prescription drug treatment to boost low sexual desire in women. The decision to approve the drug came late Tuesday after months of lobbying and debate over the drug’s effectiveness and side effects. It’s expected to hit the market in October.

• Longtime Subway spokesman Jared Fogle is expected to plead guilty Wednesday to child-pornography charges. The development comes six weeks after authorities seized electronics and other items from Fogle’s home in suburban Indianapolis.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Trump’s helicopter rides at the fair

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about the GOP’s apocalyptic Obama fantasies

• Bob Corker, GOP Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has announced in a “Washington Post” op-ed his opposition to the Iran nuclear accord, dealing what’s seen as a big blow to the Obama administration as it fights to win congressional approval of the agreement.

• Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker heard some cheers and jeers from Midwesterners at the Iowa State Fair on Monday, as he gave them the 20-minute pitch for his White House bid. “I am not intimidated by you, sir, or anyone!” Walker said to a pro-union heckler.

• Intelligence community officials involved in the review of Hillary Clinton’s emails have flagged 305 messages for further inspection, new court documents released Monday say. The emails were found in a sampling of 20 percent of the total 30,000 emails.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about how poorly the Far Right is treating Jimmy Carter

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s lopsided treatment of the GOP candidates

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Yesterday, Donald Trump’s campaign released its first official position paper, a three-pronged plan to reform the legal immigration system should he make it to the White House. Trump reiterated his intention to build a wall across the southern border and to have Mexico pay for that wall.

• Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be endorsed by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, sources have confirmed. The Republican’s presidential campaign has been hinting at a major announcement in Alabama, and he’s stumping for support in the South Monday.

• A trio of Republican establishment favorites — Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Marco Rubio — are all losing ground in the party’s 2016 presidential field, a new Fox News poll shows. Donald Trump, meanwhile, continues to dominate the race — earning 25% support nationally.

• Julian Bond, a lifelong civil rights leader and former board chairman of the NAACP, has died. He was 75.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to compare Donald Trump to the Kardashians

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the monster that Fox News created

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday defended his brother’s handling of the Iraq War and blamed President Obama for the rise of Islamic extremists in the Middle East, suggesting the decision to take out former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein “turned out to be a pretty good deal.”

• Nearly a million people signed up for health insurance under President Obama’s law even after the official enrollment season ended, helping push the share of uninsured Americans below 10 percent and underscoring how hard it could be for Republicans to dismantle the program.

• The U.S. has found it credible that ISIS used a “blistering agent” earlier this week against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, according to officials. But no determination has been made as to what type of chemical agent may have been used in the attack, which affected a small number of Kurdish fighters.

• Secretary of State John Kerry and several other U.S. officials will be in Havana today to officially raise the flag at the American embassy in Cuba.

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Donald Trump’s misogyny

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Actress and activist Tichina Arnold (and her Uncle Joe) joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT

• Bernie Sanders has leapfrogged Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire, according to a poll released Wednesday by Franklin Pierce University and the Boston Herald. 44% say their first choice is Sanders, while 37% chose Clinton.

• Former President Jimmy Carter announced Wednesday that he has cancer and that it has spread. The 90-year-old said he will be getting treatment at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. Mr. Carter has a strong family history of pancreatic cancer. His three siblings and father died from it.

• Two explosions rocked the northern Chinese city of Tianjin late Wednesday, local time, killing dozens of people, according to authorities. At least 44 people were killed, including 12 firefighters, with more than 500 others taken to nearby hospitals.

• Jeb Bush continued his harsh critique of Hillary Clinton and picked up endorsements from Republican Sens. Dean Heller of Nevada and Orrin Hatch of Utah during a campaign stop in Reno on Wednesday.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Bernie Sanders’ media coverage

• Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Hillary Clinton has directed her staff to give the Department of Justice the private email server that she used during her tenure as Secretary of State, a spokesman said. Clinton’s team has also turned over a thumb drive containing emails that has already provided to the state department.

• Police outnumbered protesters along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Tuesday night, perhaps signaling the demonstrations around the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death are starting to fade. The crowd of around 100 demonstrators was mostly calm and peaceful.

• Donald Trump says his campaign is prepared to lay out specific policy plans. He’s just not ready yet. And in the meantime, he’s selling his strong personality and criticizing his rivals, particularly Jeb Bush for a lack of vigor.

• Former First Lady Nancy Reagan is inviting 16 Republican presidential candidates to participate in the CNN/Reagan Library presidential debate on September 16. Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, who participated in the debate of lower-tier candidates last week, has not yet been invited.

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s coverage of Donald Trump

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about BlackLivesMatters and Bernie Sanders

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Donald Trump as president

• Police arrested nearly two dozen people in Ferguson last night during a fourth consecutive night of demonstrations marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger declared a state of emergency.

• An estimated 27,000 people crowded in and around the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on Monday night to hear Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders denounce big money politics and pledge to fight institutional racism.

• Former Texas governor Rick Perry’s presidential campaign is no longer paying its staff in Austin, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina because fundraising has dried up.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the mess that Donald Trump has made for himself

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about how the media are covering Donald Trump

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Pro-Lifers and gun laws

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to redirect incoming fire regarding his comments about Fox News’ Megyn Kelly to rival Republican Jeb Bush, saying that Bush has a “huge” problem with women and he is by far the better candidate with that demographic.

• A man who opened fire on officers last night in Ferguson, Missouri, on the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death was critically wounded when the officers shot back, St. Louis County’s police chief said early Monday.

• Hillary Clinton will roll out her college affordability plan today, pledging to voters in New Hampshire that “costs won’t be a barrier” to secondary. She’s expected to promise that students will be able to attend in-state public colleges or universities “without ever having to take out a loan for tuition.”

• Joan Cusack, star of the new film “The End Of The Tour”, calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about her role as Patty The Tour Guide

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• The top 10 candidates for the GOP presidential nomination only had a few minutes each last night to capture the attention of voters tuning in to the first big-league Republican presidential debate. Donald Trump may have grabbed the most headlines, but the prime-time debate didn’t yield a clear victor.

• Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina came out swinging during the pre-debate Republican forum and generated a buzz on social media with her digs at Hillary Clinton among others.

• Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Thursday night that he will vote against the Iran nuclear agreement. He laid out the reasons he decided not to support the deal negotiated by Secretary of State John Kerry and strongly advocated for by President Obama in a post on Medium.

• Jon Stewart said goodbye to “The Daily Show” last night, America’s foremost satirist of politicians and the media ushered out by Bruce Springsteen and a reunion of the many colleagues that he worked with during 16 years as host. “Guess what? Stewart said. “I’ve got big news. This is it.”

• Karl Frisch, Exec. Director of Allied Progress, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to preview tonight’s Fox News GOP debate

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian and radio host Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• A man armed with a hatchet and a pellet gun unleashed a volley of pepper spray at audience members inside a Tennessee movie theater Wednesday before being fired at by a police officer and shot dead by a SWAT team as he tried to escape out a back door, police said.

• Malaysia’s transport minister said Thursday that a Malaysian team in the French territory of Reunion Island had collected other plane debris, including a window and some aluminum foil. But Liow Tiong Lai says he cannot confirm they belong to Malaysia Airlines flight 370.

• President Obama defended the nuclear deal with Iran Wednesday, arguing that it continues a successful legacy of “strong, principled diplomacy” put forth by former President John F. Kennedy in 1963 that helped win the Cold War.

• The first televised debate between the top 10 GOP contenders for president will air tonight at 9pm ET / 6pm PT on Fox News. The remaining contenders will debate at 5pm ET / 2pm PT.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the last days of Jon Stewart

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to preview tomorrow’s GOP debates

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Fox News has determined which Republican presidential candidates will participate in the GOP’s first primetime primary debate tomorrow. The candidates who made the cut include Donald Trump (with a polling average of 23.4 percent), Jeb Bush (12.0 percent), and John Kasich (3.2 percent).

• President Obama is casting a looming congressional vote on the Iran nuclear deal as the nation’s most consequential foreign policy debate since the authorization of the Iraq war, a now unpopular decision that still reverberates through American politics.

• Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who has been criticized recently by some conservatives for serving on the board of a charity that gave money to Planned Parenthood, called for the organization’s defunding during an interview Tuesday with the leader of the Southern Baptist convention.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to preview Thursday’s GOP debates

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the Planned Parenthood video hoax

• Senate Democrats on Monday blocked an effort to revoke federal funding for Planned Parenthood, following hours of debate and commentary from members of the Senate and 2016 candidates about women’s health care.

• Calling climate change “one of the key challenges of our lifetimes and of future generations,” President Obama on Monday unveiled his unprecedented — and already controversial — plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.

• House Republicans said Monday that they have the GOP votes to disapprove of the Iran nuclear deal as Democrats stepped up their support of the agreement the Obama administration and other world powers negotiated with Tehran.

• Former President Jimmy Carter, 90, is expected to make a full recovery after having an operation Monday to remove a small mass in his liver, according to a spokeswoman.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP’s cruel attempt to destroy Planned Parenthood

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about The New York Times and Hillary Clinton

• Actor and comedian Michael McDonald joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• President Obama today will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming.

• Hillary Clinton’s first television ads will hit the airwaves this week, presenting the Democratic candidate for president as a lifelong fighter for children and families. The 60-second spots will run in Iowa and New Hampshire for five weeks starting tomorrow.

• Vice President Joe Biden is still thinking about whether he will run for president and challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, according to people familiar with his thinking. He’s expected to finalize his decision by September.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy Duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• A wing part that washed up on the French island of La Reunion is “very likely” part of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, according to the Australian official leading the investigation. Searchers continued to scour the coastline of the remote island in hopes of finding more debris.

• A judge on Wednesday scolded the state department for its slow release of Hillary Clinton’s records from her tenure as secretary of state, but Clinton on Thursday insisted that she is personally releasing the emails in question in a “timely fashion.”

• Zimbabwe intends to seek the extradition of an American dentist who killed a lion that was lured out of a national park and shot with a bow and a gun, and the process has already begun, a Cabinet minister said Friday.

• Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said he is confident he would “get along very well with Vladimir Putin,” despite the contentious relationship the Russian president has had with the United States in recent years.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the latest Trump breast feeding fiasco

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian and actor Rick Overton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• A police officer who killed a man in Cincinnati during a traffic stop has been indicted for murder, the Hamilton County prosecutor said today, noting, “This was the purposeful killing of another person.” The prosecutor called what sparked the shooting a “chicken-crap stop.”

• Plane debris found on the shore of the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean has fueled speculation that it could be part of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which mysteriously vanished more than a year ago with 239 people on board.

• The Republican presidential contest has grown to 17 candidates with Wednesday’s entry of Jim Gilmore. Yesterday, the former Virginia governor On Wednesday, he filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission.

• Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday that the recently signed nuclear deal works to keep Iran from having an atomic weapon, but does not address other concerns about Tehran’s malign activities in the region.

• Michael Tomasky, columnist for “The Daily Beast”, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the latest on Donald Trump

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Donald Trump distanced himself Tuesday from comments one of his top advisers made in an explosive interview while defending the Republican presidential candidate from a decades-old rape accusation.

• President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he could win a third term in office if he ran again but that he is barred by the Constitution. “I actually think I’m a pretty good President. I think if I ran, I could win. But I can’t,” Obama ad-libbed during a speech in Ethiopia.

• Authorities in Waller County, Texas, released hours of jail video on Tuesday in an effort to knock down the idea that Sandra Bland was dead before she was brought to jail. The video, which does not have sound, shows Bland being brought into the jail.

• Two Zimbabwean men were expected to appear in court Wednesday over the killing of Cecil the lion, one of Africa’s best known big cats. But most of the attention — and the anger — is focused on Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota whom Zimbabwean authorities say they are seeking for their investigation.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about how the GOP will deal with Donald Trump

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Scientology and Texas’ far right governor

• President Obama criticized recent comments made by 2016 Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee, saying their statements come out of “a culture where those kind of outrageous attacks have become far too commonplace.”

• Mike Huckabee defended himself Monday after President Obama slammed his comments linking the Iran deal to the Holocaust as “ridiculous” and “sad.” “What’s ‘ridiculous and sad’ is that President Obama does not take Iran’s repeated threats seriously,” Huckabee said.

• President Barack Obama highlighted his administration’s efforts to combat hunger worldwide on Tuesday as he prepared to end a historic return to the land of his father’s birth with a speech to the African Union.

• Dozens of women have publicly accused Bill Cosby of assault since late last year. In its new issue, New York magazine photographed 35 of them for a stunning cover story.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the movie theater shooting in his hometown of Lafayette, LA

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s coverage of the GOP race

• Stuttering John Melendez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to hang with us for the rest of the show

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Monday

• President Barack Obama told Kenyans on Sunday that their country is at a crossroads and urged them to “choose the path to progress” by continuing to root out corruption, confront terrorism and be more inclusive of women and girls.

• Hillary Clinton announced Sunday that her plans to combat climate change as president include installing more than half a billion solar panels across the U.S. by the end of her first term and generating enough clean renewable energy to power every home in America within 10 years of taking office.

• Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown died Sunday at a hospice, her family confirmed, several months after being found unresponsive in a bathtub.

• Attorney Lisa Bloom (Avvo.com) calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the Sandra Bland case in Texas

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Police said three people, including the shooter, were killed last night in a movie theater in Lafayette, LA. Two died at the scene, including the gunman, and the third in a hospital, Police Chief Jim Kraft said. Authorities said nine other people were wounded.

• Donald Trump yesterday landed in the border town of Laredo, Texas to meet with local officials, speak with law enforcement and tour the border between the U.S. and Mexico that has become a contentious symbol in his campaign for president.

• President Obama today will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Kenya, the birthplace of his father and a country he views as a strategic economic and security partner for the United States. Obama plans to talk to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta about security and counterterrorism.

• Waller County investigators say no injuries consistent with a violent homicide were found during an autopsy of Sandra Bland, who was found dead in a Texas jail 11 days ago.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about our country’s obsession with going to war

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian and radio host Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Sandra Bland, whose death in a Texas jail has raised suspicions about the official conclusion that she hanged herself, told a guard during the booking process that she had tried to kill herself in the past, the sheriff said Wednesday.

• Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry came out swinging at his fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Wednesday in a speech that called Trump’s candidacy “a cancer on conservatism.”

• The Federal Election Commission has released Donald Trump’s personal financial disclosure, the mandatory form for presidential candidates that details their assets and liabilities. Trump has said that he is worth $10 billion. An analysis estimates his assets to be worth at least $1.4 billion.

• The suspect in the Charleston church massacre planned to kill blacks with the goal of “fanning racial flames” around the country and as retribution for perceived slights against whites, according to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

• Director Judd Apatow calls in at 9:20am ET / 6:20am PT to talk about “The Trainwreck Comedy Tour”

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:45am ET / 6:45am PT to talk about “Muslim Funny Fest”

• Author David Bender joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about his Kickstarter campaign for “Playing Gay”

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• It’s officially war between GOP Presidential contenders Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham. Just hours after Lindsey Graham called Donald Trump a “jackass,” Trump retaliated by reading Lindsey Graham’s cell phone number into the microphone during a speech in South Carolina on Tuesday.

• The Texas officer who pulled over Chicago native Sandra Bland just days before her death in jail told her that he “will light you up,” apparently with a stun gun, one of the dramatic moments caught on newly released dash cam footage.

• Bill Cosby’s attorneys said in a motion filed Tuesday that the alleged victim in a federal lawsuit against the embattled comedian has “made a mockery” of a confidentiality agreement that was part of a settlement in the 2006 case.

• Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the Iran nuclear deal

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about John McCain vs. Donald Trump

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the Far Right’s Planned Parenthood hoax

• Controversial Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the GOP primary field in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, while also garnering enough support as a hypothetical independent candidate in the general election to potentially damage his party’s chances.

• The Waller, TX County Sheriff’s Office yesterday held a press conference about 28-year-old Chicago native Sandra Bland’s death during which they released jailhouse surveillance video and said dash cam footage of her arrest would be released today.

• John Kasich enters a crowded field of Republican candidates today, as he becomes the 16th person to declare he is running for president. It will be an uphill climb for the Ohio governor, who’s in the three percent range in national polls.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about what’s wrong with Oklahoma

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Donald Trump vs. John McCain

• Stuttering John Melendez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to hang with us for the rest of the show

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Monday”

• Does Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump owe Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) an apology for demeaning McCain’s war record at an event in Iowa Saturday? “No, not at all,” was Trump’s answer Sunday in an interview on ABC’s “This Week.”

• Bill Cosby said he had sexual relationships with at least five women outside his marriage, gave prescription sedatives to women he wanted to have sex with and tried to hide the affairs from his wife, according to a court deposition obtained by The New York Times.

• The family of the gunman who killed four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga says he had suffered from depression for many years and “was not the son we knew and loved.” Officials caution it’s too early to say if he was inspired by ISIS.

• John Fuglesang of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121 joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10am ET / 7am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• An Tennessee resident born in Kuwait unleashed a barrage of gunfire at two military facilities Thursday in Chattanooga killing four Marines and wounding two other service members and a police officer. Muhammad Abulazeez was not on law enforcement radar concerning possible terror links.

• After deliberating for a day and a half, a jury has convicted James Holmes on first-degree murder charges for killing 12 people and wounding dozens of others when he opened fire at a Colorado movie theater in 2012. Holmes could get the death penalty for the massacre.

• President Obama made history Thursday when he toured the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma, becoming the first sitting president to visit a federal penitentiary. He said the U.S. “can’t close our eyes anymore” to inequities in the criminal justice system.

• Vice President Biden is taking a lead role in building Democratic support for the nuclear deal with Iran, meeting with lawmakers in the House and Senate to answer questions and press the administration’s arguments.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET/ 6am PT to talk about how insufferable Jeb Bush is

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• President Obama on Wednesday challenged critics of the agreement with Iran to curb its nuclear program to present a viable alternative. “This is the most vigorous inspection and verification regime by far that has ever been negotiated,” the president declared in a press conference.

• The president was asked whether he’d revoke the Medal of Freedom awarded to Bill Cosby during a press conference Wednesday. He said, “If you give a woman – or a man, for that matter – without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that’s rape.”

• Former President George H.W. Bush broke a vertebrae in his neck when he fell at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine, a spokesperson tweeted Wednesday night. The 91-year-old is in stable condition and “fine,” but would need to wear a neck brace.

• Caitlyn Jenner accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs on Wednesday night while urging acceptance for others who are transgender. She received a standing ovation from some of the sporting world’s biggest stars after her 10-minute speech during the annual sports awards.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 9am ET / 6am PT for all three hours

• Wayne Besen, host of “I’ve Got Issues” on Chicago’s Progressive Talk WCPT, calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about his gay activism

• Congress now has 60 days to review the Iran nuclear deal, and has the power to kill it. But if they do, President Obama has vowed a veto. Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, argue that lifting economic sanctions will only make Iran richer, stronger and more dangerous.

• “Mass incarceration makes our communities worse off, and we need to do something about it,” President Obama declared at the 106th NAACP Convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday, before laying out the steps he’d like to see Washington take to address the problem.

• Donald Trump leads a new GOP presidential nationwide poll released Tuesday, marking the first time he’s held the top spot since announcing his candidacy. Trump secured 17% support, according to the Suffolk University/USA Today survey. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush garnered 14%.

• “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg has been outspoken in her support of comedian Bill Cosby. On Tuesday, she said on the show that she can no longer say “innocent until proven guilty.”

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Donald Trump and the GOP

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Jeb Bush wanting you to work more

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the Trump presidency hellscape

• A landmark Iran nuclear agreement was reached Tuesday after clearing final obstacles. A senior diplomat says it includes a compromise between Washington and Tehran that would allow U.N. inspectors to press for visits to Iranian military sites as part of their monitoring duties.

• Following in the footsteps of 14 Republican candidates who came before him, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker entered the presidential race Monday promising fresh leadership, reform, economic growth and safety for the American people.

• Pentagon leaders are finalizing plans aimed at lifting the ban on transgender individuals in the military, with the goal of formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service, senior U.S. officials told The Associated Press.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the power that Trump has over the Republicans

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the Hillary email coverage and the press

• Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump criticized U.S. immigration and trade policies on Saturday in speeches that veered from accusing Mexico of deliberately sending criminals across the border to professing respect for the Mexican government and love for its people.

• A summit of eurozone leaders reached a tentative agreement with Greece on Monday for a bailout program that includes “serious reforms” and aid, removing an immediate threat that Greece could collapse financially and leave the euro.

• The end is finally in sight for the growing field of GOP presidential candidates, with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker officially stepping into the race today. He’ll be the 15th GOP-er competing for the nomination in 2016, and one of the last, with only Ohio Gov. John Kasich to follow soon.

• Monday was the 17th straight day of the Iran nuclear negotiations in Vienna, and diplomats were anxious to wrap them up with the latest deadline looming at midnight when a temporary pause in Iran’s nuclear work was to expire. Sources say a deal is very close.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• With protracted emotional debates and raucous protests behind them, South Carolina officials are preparing today to quietly and quickly remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse where it has flown for more than a half-century.

• Alex Nogales, president of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, has called on more organizations to follow NBC’s example and cut business ties with Donald Trump. Trump’s representative didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

• Left-wing Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was seeking backing for a harsh new austerity package from his party Friday to keep his country in the euro – less than a week after urging Greeks to reject milder cuts in a referendum.

• Jeb Bush and his super PAC raised $114 million to support his campaign, a massive fundraising haul made possible by rewriting the rules of how campaigns raise money. And on the Dem side, a set of groups backing Hillary Clinton have raised $24 million and her campaign has raised $45 million.

• Democratic Strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the continuing troubles of Trump and the GOP

• Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Trump and about the SCOTUS decisions

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about racism at the DC Senate office buildings

• Despite earlier inflammatory comments about Mexican “rapists” illegally crossing the U.S. border, business mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will win the Latino vote if he earns the GOP nomination in 2016.

• The South Carolina House gave final legislative approval to a bill taking down the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds, a stunning reversal in a state that was the first to leave the Union in 1860 and raised the flag again at its Statehouse more than 50 years ago to protest the civil rights movement.

• The Baltimore mayor fired the troubled city’s police commissioner Wednesday, saying that a recent spike in homicide rates weeks after a black black man died of injuries in police custody required a change in leadership.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the Christian terrorist who may go free

• President Jimmy Carter calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about his new book, “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety”

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Dem presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is “very disappointed” with Donald Trump for his inflammatory depiction of Mexican immigrants, she said Tuesday. She’s also disappointed with the rest of the 2016 GOP field “for not responding immediately and saying, ‘Enough, stop it,'” she said.

• A day after President Obama said the U.S. strategy against ISIS depends on local forces, Defense Secretary Ash Carter acknowledged to the Senate Tuesday that the administration is only supporting 60 moderate fighters in Syria.

• Subway has suspended ties with its longtime spokesman Jared Fogle after the FBI searched his house Tuesday. Law enforcement agents raided Fogle’s Zionsville, Indiana, home this morning as part of an ongoing investigation into child pornography.

• Frustrated and angered eurozone leaders gave Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a last-minute chance on Tuesday to finally come up with a viable proposal on how to save his country from financial ruin.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about who keeps defending Donald Trump

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about why Donald Trump is doomed

• As a U.S.-led coalition continues military operations against extremists in the Middle East, President Obama on Monday stressed that defeating ISIS will depend on local cooperation. There are no current plans to send more American troops overseas, Obama said.

• GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is doubling down on calling Mexican immigrants “criminals”. In his new statement, Trump said, “The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc.”

• A new Gallup poll shows that a total of 46 percent of Americans said they consider themselves Democrats and 41 percent identified themselves as Republicans. The two parties had been fairly even in the last three quarters of 2014.

• According to court documents, Bill Cosby admitted in 2005 that he got quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and that he gave the sedative to at least one woman and “other people.”

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the Confederate Flag and the 4th of July

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the Chris Christie collapse

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Maximum Mookage Mondays”

• Greeks awoke Monday to the stark reality of the country’s accelerating crisis — shuttered banks and ATMs with little cash — hours after they voted resoundingly to reject more austerity measures in exchange for another bailout.

• On the heels of several major corporations distancing themselves from Donald Trump’s various business interests, the GOP presidential candidate admitted that he didn’t think the corporate backlash to his inflammatory comments about Mexican immigrants would be “quite this severe.”

• The South Carolina General Assembly returns to session today to discuss Gov. Nikki Haley’s budget vetoes and what to do with the Confederate flag that has flown over some part of the Statehouse for more than 50 years.

• Midfielder Carli Lloyd scored three goals – in the first 16 minutes – of the Women’s World Cup final, leading the United States to a 5-2 victory against Japan. The win marks the United States’ first Women’s World Cup title since 1999.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• President Barack Obama on Thursday promoted his brand of middle-class economics by drawing sharp contrasts with “mean” Republicans in the state where the GOP governor was preparing to enter the vast 2016 presidential field.

• Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said in an email to supporters Thursday that he will run for the Democratic nomination in 2016. Webb opted for a lengthy email outlining his policy positions rather than a splashy rally to introduce himself to the public.

• Defying the parade of businesses that are cutting ties with him in the wake of his inflammatory comments about Mexican immigrants, Donald Trump doubled down on his remarks in an interview with CNN on Wednesday.

• Law enforcement agencies around the country say they are pulling out all the stops to make sure that this year’s Independence Day celebrations are not disrupted by a terror attack. The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have issued a bulletin to authorities nationwide, warning that ISIS sympathizers may try to stage attacks.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the aftermath of the SCOTUS decisions last week

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian Jen Kirkman joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• President Obama announced Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba have reached an agreement to open embassies in Havana and Washington, marking a major step in ending hostilities between the longtime foes.

• Chris Christie touched down in New Hampshire on Tuesday as an official presidential candidate to strains of Bon Jovi, eager to launch his do-or-die push in the Granite State after announcing his candidacy earlier in the day in his home state of New Jersey.

• Bernie Sanders has been running for president for two months, but Wednesday night in Madison, Wisconsin, his long-shot campaign got real. When Sanders walked on stage, he was greeted by a raucous, howling crowd of 9,600 people, according to Sanders’ campaign aides and arena staff.

• With a handful of Alabama counties still refusing to grant gay marriages even as they issued licenses for straight weddings, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that all must abide by court decisions allowing same-sex unions.

• Radio legend Randi Rhodes calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to tell us about her upcoming book

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday launched his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, telling America, “We need a campaign of big ideas and hard truths.”

• Jeb Bush paid an average federal income tax rate of 36 percent over the past three decades. That’s according to tax returns Bush posted online Tuesday. The records detail the Republican presidential candidate’s earnings and tax payments since 1981.

• Greece slipped deeper into its financial abyss after the bailout program it has relied on for five years expired at midnight Tuesday and the country failed to repay a loan due to the International Monetary Fund, deepening fears over whether it will be able to remain in the eurozone.

• Escaped prisoner David Sweat told investigators he was almost discovered twice during the three weeks authorities were searching the woods of upstate New York for him and fellow inmate Richard Matt — including one time that police walked right by him as he hid in a hunting tree stand, officials said.

• Ian Millhiser of The Center for American Progress Action Fund calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about all these SCOTUS rulings

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Justice Scalia’s incomprehensible argle-bargle

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesdays”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the GOP’s marriage freakout

• The Supreme Court is refusing to allow Texas to enforce restrictions that would force 10 abortion clinics to close. The Supreme Court order will remain in effect at least until the court decides whether to hear the clinics’ appeal of the lower court ruling, not before Autumn.

• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will declare his presidential candidacy on Tuesday, joining the 13 Republican candidates who have already fixed their sights on the White House in 2016. A poll released earlier this month ranked him at just four percent among GOP primary voters nationwide.

• Captured prison escapee David Sweat is now talking about the duo’s botched plans. Had everything gone as planned, prison escapees David Sweat and Richard Matt would have killed the husband of a prison worker before fleeing with her to Mexico, officials said.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about all of the huge news we missed last week

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Progressives’ victory laps this weekend

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Mondays

• Actor / Director / Activist Rob Reiner calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Friday’s win for LGBT’s at The Supreme Court

• In historical development, the Supreme Court ruled same-sex couples have the constitutional right to marry, but two states – Mississippi and Louisiana – are holding off. Mississippi’s Attorney General Jim Hood claims the Supreme Court ruling is not immediately effective.

• The second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum-security prison in northern New York was shot and captured near the Canadian border on Sunday, two days after his fellow inmate was killed in a confrontation with law enforcement.

• Banks in Greece stayed shut today as officials scrambled to prevent the country’s financial system from collapsing in panic. The measures were announced Sunday as Greece slid rapidly toward default and exit from the eurozone.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Rachel Dolezal’s cultish parents

• John Fugelsang of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Joey Meek, a childhood friend of accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, claims that the suspect had spoken about how he was angered by the uproar over the Trayvon Martin shooting and “wanted something to spark up the race war again.”

• President Obama gave a somber address yesterday, offering sympathies for the “senseless murders” in Charleston, SC and cautioning against ignoring wider issues of gun violence and race. “Communities like this have had to endure too many tragedies like this too many times,” Mr. Obama said.

• The House is trying again to move President Obama’s trade agenda forward after rejecting it last week. It passed Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Thursday over the opposition of many Democrats.

• Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul unveiled his version of a flat tax on Thursday, proposing to “blow up the tax code and start over “in a Wall Street Journal editorial. He proposes a 14.5% flat tax on individuals and businesses.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the increasingly cartoonish GOP clown car

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the non-ending GOP obsession with Benghazi

• Actor Jack Black calls in at 10:20am ET / 7:20am PT to talk about his new HBO show, “The Brink”

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian and radio host Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston on Wednesday night, killing nine people in an assault that authorities described as a hate crime. The shooter was still at large.

• Amid a national controversy, the City of Spokane said Wednesday that an investigation has found Rachel Dolezal acted inappropriately while serving on the city’s Police Ombudsman Commission. Spokane mayor David Condon has called on Dolezal and two others to resign.

• The Treasury Department has announced that it’s redesigning the $10 bill to feature a woman. The department has yet to determine which woman will be featured on the bill.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 and “The Daily Beast” calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP clown car

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui (“Inside Out”) joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Billionaire businessman and reality television star Donald Trump officially announced his 2016 presidential candidacy on Tuesday with a promise to do for America what he’s always done for himself: nurture the brand. Trump suggested that no other candidate besides him can rescue the country.

• During a visit to South Carolina today, Hillary Clinton will introduce a plan to reduce youth unemployment. The Democratic frontrunner is encouraging businesses to hire apprentices by offering them a tax credit of $1500 per apprentice hired, according to a Clinton campaign aide.

• Rachel Dolezal — fresh off of stepping down as head of the Spokane NAACP chapter over criticism that she’s portrayed herself as black, even though she was born white — stood by that self-assessment Tuesday, insisting, “I identify as black.”

• The Golden State Warriors won their first NBA title since 1975, downing the Cavaliers 105-97 last night in Cleveland. The Warriors won the NBA Finals four games to two, winning the last three contests.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Hillary Clinton’s big speech and rally

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesdays”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Lindsey Graham’s fantasies

• Rachel Dolezal, the embattled president of Spokane’s NAACP chapter, said Monday she is stepping down from her post with the civil rights organization. Dolezal has been at the center of a firestorm ever since her parents came forward last week and said she is lying about being African-American.

• After six months of aggressive fundraising and speaking to voters in early primary states, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has finally declared that he is running for president in 2016. In a speech that leaned heavily on his record as Florida’s governor, Bush promised an “optimistic” message.

• Reality television star Donald Trump will share details about his personal finances today that reveal a net worth of $9 billion. He will also formally declare his 2016 intentions at an 11am ET announcement.

• The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 last night in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals for their third NHL title in the past six seasons.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about political correctness on college campuses

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s criticism of Hillary’s campaign

• Jeb Bush is ready to launch a GOP presidential bid months in the making today by asserting his commitment to the “most vulnerable in our society,” an approach targeting the broader American electorate even as he faces questions about his policies from conservatives in his own party.

• During her first campaign rally in Iowa, Hillary Clinton gave her most extensive remarks yet on the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal — which she has so far declined to take a hard stance on — and said that President Obama should listen to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on the issue.

• The leader of the Spokane NAACP, Rachel Dolezal, has canceled a chapter meeting for today where she was expected to speak about the furor sparked over her racial identity. Her parents have said the 37-year-old activist has falsely portrayed herself as black for years.

• The two killers who cut their way out of a maximum-security prison apparently used tools routinely stored there by contractors, taking care to return them to their toolboxes after each night’s work so that no one would notice, a prosecutor said Sunday.

• John Fugelsang of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays with Frangela”

• After decades in the spotlight, Hillary Clinton this Saturday in New York City will use her first major address as a 2016 presidential candidate to re-introduce herself to voters, explaining how her personal story has driven her career aims of helping children and middle class families.

• Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Thursday that his views have “evolved” since writing a 1995 book in which he claimed that lack of shame led to a rise in women giving birth out of wedlock and single men shirking their parental duties.

• Although President Obama recently approved a plan to send an additional 450 U.S. troops to Iraq, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno downplayed the notion that it represents a strategy shift. “I don’t think it’s a new strategy … because we’re continuing to execute the strategy that we have,” said Odierno.

• Before he plunged a plane into the French Alps, Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz feared he was going blind and went to see dozens of doctors, a French prosecutor said Thursday. In the month leading up to the crash, Lubitz consulted doctors seven times, including three visits to a psychiatrist.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 and “The Daily Beast” calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about continued racism in America

• Robert Steinback, former Miami Herald columnist, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to set the record straight about what Jeb Bush says

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Comedian Monique Marvez joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• It will be up to Congress and the states to respond should the Supreme Court annul federal subsidies that are a cornerstone of President Obama’s health care law, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell told Congress on Wednesday.

• President Obama will deploy an additional 450 U.S. military personnel to Iraq in a bid to expedite the training of Iraqi security forces to help contain ISIS, the White House announced Thursday. Just over 3,000 U.S. troops are currently in Iraq.

• Eric Casebolt, the former McKinney cop seen in a now-viral video pinning a bikini-clad teenage girl to the ground and pulling a gun on unarmed teens at a pool party, was already stressed out when he got that fateful call, his lawyer said Wednesday. “He allowed his emotions to get the better of him,” she said.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Dennis Hastert in court

• Vanessa Bayer of “Saturday Night Live” calls in at 9:50am PT / 6:50am PT to talk about “The Trainwreck Comedy Tour”

• Author Peter Kiernan calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about his new book, “American Mojo: Lost And Found”

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• A Texas police officer has resigned, days after cell phone video of him violently restraining a young girl and drawing his weapon on unarmed teens at a pool party went viral. The McKinney, TX Police chief confirmed the officer resigned while under investigation.

• Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert pleaded not guilty yesterday to 2 charges related to his alleged efforts to conceal sexual misconduct. Hastert was indicted last month and charged with violating federal banking laws and lying to FBI investigators.

• In a major shift of focus in the battle against the Islamic State, the Obama administration is planning to establish a new military base in Anbar Province and send 400 American military trainers to help Iraqi forces retake the city of Ramadi.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Fox News and the Duggars

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesdays”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about that pool party police brutality video from Texas

• A community leader called for the white McKinney, Texas, cop caught on video cursing and forcing a teenage black girl to the ground at a pool party to be fired, but others defended the overall police response to the incident. The officer, Cpl. Eric Casebolt, has been put on administrative leave.

• President Obama on Monday gave a stern warning that if the Supreme Court rules against the system of subsidies holding up Obamacare, it “would be hard to fix.” In the coming weeks, the court could rule that only customers in state-run Obamacare marketplaces are eligible for federal subsidies.

• President Obama said Monday that the U.S. does not yet have a “complete strategy” to stem the advance of militants with ISIS because such a plan would require a commitment from the Iraqi government to accelerate the training and recruitment of local security forces.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:15am ET / 6:15am PT to talk about the GOP’s defense of Josh Duggar and molestation

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s continued bashing of Hillary Clinton

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Maximum Mookage Mondays”

• After a Senate vote last month approving a bill to speed up congressional approval of international trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Republican Party is pushing for “fast-track” trade promotion authority (TPA) to pass in the House.

• A white Texas police officer has been put on administrative leave after a video surfaced of him forcing a 14-year-old African-American girl in a bikini at a community pool to the ground and kneeling on her back and then drawing his gun on others who came to her aid.

• The G-7 meeting at the Schloss Elmau resort is expected to be dominated by discussions of the West’s response to the clashes between Ukraine and pro-Russian forces. Russian President Vladimir Putin was ousted from the group last year over his aggressive moves on the former Soviet state.

• President Obama paid his respects to Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, at funeral services held in Delaware Saturday morning. “He would live a life of meaning, he would live a life for others,” the president told a crowd gathered in Wilmington.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• China-based hackers are suspected of breaking into the computer networks of the U.S. government personnel office and stealing identifying information of at least 4 million current and former federal workers, American officials said.

• Hillary Clinton unveiled two proposals meant to expand voting across the country while lambasting her Republican counterparts for passing laws that she said were aimed at restricting the voting rights of minorities and young people.

• Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry launched his 2016 bid for the White House in Addison, Texas, Thursday afternoon. “Today I am running for the presidency of the United States of America,” a sweat-drenched Perry told an overenthusiastic crowd.

• Texas Sen. Ted Cruz questioned whether former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has a clear path to the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in an interview on Thursday, suggesting Bush would have trouble winning any of the first three states on the primary calendar — Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Mike Huckabee showering with girls

• Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper call in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about their AC2 Live tour

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• To perhaps no one’s surprise, former Texas Governor Rick Perry will make it official today. He will once again toss his hat into the race for the White House. Just after midnight, the campaign released a video showing Perry running for office.

• Reality TV stars Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar admitted last night on Fox News that their son Josh inappropriately touched four of his sisters when he was a teenager, but Michelle Duggar said she was relieved when Josh, “with a tender conscience” admitted it.

• Former Rhode Island Governor, Senator – as well as former Republican – Lincoln Chafee joined the growing presidential Democratic field Wednesday evening.

• Republican presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz apologized for an ill-timed joke about Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday night. While the joke is often well-received on his campaign trail, this time it fell flat. Biden’s son, Beau, passed away from brain cancer on Saturday.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• The Senate on Tuesday passed the USA Freedom Act, a bill to reform one of the National Security Agency’s more controversial surveillance programs. The bill, which passed by a vote of 67 to 32, had already cleared the House. President Obama quickly signed it into law.

• A terror suspect who was shot and killed by a Boston cop Tuesday was under 24-hour surveillance because he had made statements indicating he desired to attack police officers,

• As the 2016 presidential race begins, 84 percent of Americans think money has too much influence in political campaigns, according to a CBS News poll. Criticism of the role of money cuts across party lines – large majorities of GOP, Dems, and independents all think money has too much influence.

• Lindsey Graham’s low standing in national polls is matched by relatively little interest from Facebook users in his new 2016 presidential campaign. Graham’s announcement generated 142,000 interactions such as likes, posts, comments and shares. Only George Pataki did worse.

• Run Warren Run, one of the groups that has been urging Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, to run for president in 2016, has finally accepted that its hero will not seek the Democratic nomination and has suspended its campaign.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about what Dennis Hastert did that was worth blackmailing him over

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Rand Paul’s small NSA victory

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesday”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Sarah Palin’s rant against Martin O’Malley

• An internal investigation by the TSA has revealed some disturbing gaps in the security screening at some of the nation’s busiest airports. Investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives or banned weapons through checkpoints in 95 percent of trials, and TSA agents failed 67 out of 70 tests.

• Lindsey Graham became the ninth Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race Monday announcing his candidacy in Central, South Carolina, where he was born 59 years ago. “I want to help make a great nation greater,” he told the gathered audience.

• Caitlyn Jenner, formerly Bruce Jenner, is introducing herself to the world on the new cover of Vanity Fair. The magazine unveiled the July 2015 cover on Monday, which was shot by Annie Leibovitz at Jenner’s home in Malibu, California.

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 9am ET / 6am PT for the hour

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about how the press is treating Bernie Sanders

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Mondays

• The National Security Agency’s (NSA) ability to collect the phone records of Americans in bulk expired late last night, despite the Senate having begun a debate to reform the program. The expiration of program will likely be temporary.

• Lindsey Graham will become the ninth Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race today when he announces his candidacy in Central, South Carolina, where he was born 59 years ago.

• Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley launched his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Saturday with a rally in Baltimore, heavily focusing on economic inequality and American workers.

• Former Speaker Dennis Hastert was paying a former student to keep quiet about allegations of sexual abuse from the time when Hastert was a wrestling coach in Illinois, sources have indicated.

• Joseph Robinette Biden III (known as “Beau”), the former attorney general of Delaware and the son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer. He was 46.

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been indicted on federal charges for trying to hide close to $1 million in bank withdrawals and for lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Each count of the indictment carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

• George Pataki, the former three-term governor of New York, officially launched his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Pataki is the eighth GOP candidate to officially enter the 2016 race.

• Phoenix police and the FBI say they’re aware that a man is planning a rally outside a Phoenix mosque during Friday prayer services that will include a contest of drawings depicting the Prophet Muhammad. “We have to hold the cartoon contest… to be able to show the true colors of Islam,” the man said.

• The worst corruption crisis in soccer history stems from the governing body’s decision to award Russia and Qatar the next two World Cup tournaments, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Friday. Blatter is seeking a fifth term as president in an election to be held today.

• Dozens of people were again rescued from flash flooding in central Texas early Friday, as emergency responders throughout the state struggled to cope with the wettest May on record.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Rick Santorum jumping into the GOP race

• Producer and author Brian Grazer (“A Beautiful Mind” “8 Mile”) calls in at 9:50am ET / 6:50am PT to talk about his new book, “A Curious Mind: The Secret To A Bigger Life”

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for some Total Mookage

• Former Sen. Rick Santorum launched his bid for the GOP presidential nomination yesterday with a socially far right, blue-collar message. Promising to protect American workers, he blamed factors like “big government” and immigration for flat wages.

• Sen. Rand Paul has some harsh words for Republicans who have blamed the rise of Islamic extremism in Iraq and Syria on American disengagement with the Middle East. Paul says that ISIS grew stronger because GOP hawks sent arms there indiscriminately and ISIS snatched them up.

• The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is investigating the inadvertent transfer by the Defense Department (DOD) of live samples of Anthrax to labs in nine states. A U.S. Army facility near Salt Lake City had accidentally shipped the batch of live anthrax.

• While the barrage of deadly thunderstorms that hit Texas has tapered off, several cities aren’t out of danger, as officials warn about possible flooding as the week goes on from rivers swollen by rainfall.

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about how Dems can get more GOP votes in 2016

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Two judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals “chose to misinterpret the facts and the law in denying the government’s request for a stay” on the temporary hold placed on the president’s immigration executive action, a White House spokesperson said in a statement.

• President Obama called on the Senate Tuesday to extend key Patriot Act provisions before they expire five days from now, including the government’s ability to search Americans’ phone records. “It’s necessary to keep the American people safe and secure,” Obama said.

• The White House is not disputing Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s contention that the Iraqi Army lacks the will to fight. “(A lack of will) certainly has been a problem we’ve seen in the past; that’s what allowed ISIL to make such significant gains last summer,” Press Secretary Josh Earnest said yesterday.

• As floodwaters slowly recede in Texas, more bodies surface — many found in vehicles swept away by raging currents. By Wednesday morning, at least 18 people were found dead in Texas and Oklahoma, as well as 13 in northern Mexico from the same storm system, and 13 are still missing.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the continuing madness that is Email-ghazi

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Loss Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesdays”

• Bob Cesca of “The Bob & Chez Show” calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Mike Huckabee ignoring SCOTUS

• Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Sunday that the city of Ramadi fell to ISIS because Iraqi troops “just showed no will to fight.” Iraq took issue with Carter’s comments, calling them “unrealistic and baseless,” saying it was a U.S. failure to provide good equipment and support.

• Police in Arkansas have destroyed records detailing the investigation into sexual abuse allegations against TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” star Josh Duggar. A police spokesman said these types of records are usually kept indefinitely.

• Since the Senate adjourned in the early hours of Saturday morning without taking steps to extend or reform surveillance methods for the National Security Agency (NSA), there has been little talk publicly about what happens next. That part of the Patriot Act expires June 1.

• After three days of speeches at the conservative cattle call that is the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC), one presidential candidate stood out in an already crowded Republican field of hopefuls: neurologist-turned-politician Dr. Ben Carson, who won the straw poll.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• President Obama’s trade agenda cleared a key Senate hurdle and advanced toward passage yesterday despite the strong opposition of most Dems. The 62-38 vote capped a tense roll call on a measure that will allow Obama to negotiate trade deals that Congress can only accept or reject, but not change.

• Three weeks after Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced initial charges against the six police officers involved in the controversial arrest of Freddie Gray, a grand jury has now indicted all six officers.

• Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received monthly missives about the growing unrest in Libya from a longtime friend who was previously barred by the White House from working for her as a government employee, according to emails received on her personal account.

• Daron Dylon Wint, the man suspected in a quadruple murder at a Washington, D.C. mansion, was taken into custody Thursday night, police said. Wint was named as the suspect after his DNA was found on the crust of a Domino’s pizza that had been delivered to the house.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about if Jeb Bush can ever escape his brother’s reputation

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for Jacki’s Healthcare Corner

• Actors and comedians Jim Ward and Rick Overton join us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) wrapped up his so-called “filibuster” over the National Security Agency’s controversial bulk collection of Americans’ phone records just before midnight Thursday. Paul’s talk-a-thon on the Senate floor lasted exactly 10 and a half hours.

• President Obama took on climate change skeptics during a commencement speech at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday, saying it would be a “dereliction of duty” for policymakers to ignore the threat to global prosperity and stability posed by the changing climate.

• ISIS militants seized “full control” of the ancient city of Palmyra after Syrian government forces retreated from the area Thursday, activists said. The reported gains by the Islamist group will only intensify fears for Palmyra’s residents and its archeological riches.

• David Letterman ended his 33-year career in late night last night with a heartfelt good night, and with the Foo Fighters performing his favorite song, “Everlong”.

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about how Dubya is winning 2016 for Hillary

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:15am ET / 7:15am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Hillary Clinton spoke about issues ranging from Iraq to her income and her emails in a brief press availability in Cedar Falls, Iowa Tuesday. Asked whether Iraq was better off without Saddam Hussein, Clinton responded, “I’ve been very clear that I made a mistake plain and simple.”

• Likely presidential hopeful Chris Christie said that he has changed his position on a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, becoming the latest Republican to recast their stance on one of the thorniest issues they’ll face during the 2016 election.

• The White House and Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) are trading blame over a stalled measure to legally authorize the fight against ISIS. Months after President Obama sent Congress his draft proposal to fight ISIS, Boehner called on the president to scrap his proposal and “start over.”

• Beau Biden, the eldest son of Vice President Joe Biden, is “undergoing treatment” at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the vice president’s office said Thursday. No further details on the treatment were disclosed. In 2013, he underwent an unspecified procedure at a cancer center in Houston.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Lindsey Graham’s presidential announcement

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesdays”

• Comedian Margaret Cho calls in at 11:15am ET / 8:15am PT to talk about the U.S. fall dates for “The psyCHO Tour”

• Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” and “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Hillary’s speaking fees

• In a response to the debate of the militarization of local police, President Obama has issued an executive order banning the Pentagon and other federal agencies from sending police departments certain military-style hardware.

• There are reports gang members involved in Sunday’s shooting at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas, may return to the area, but police say they are prepared. Police say the fight erupted over a parking issue, starting inside and quickly escalating to the parking lot with chains, clubs, and firearms.

• The National Transportation Safety Board said forensic experts from the FBI “found no evidence of damage that could have been caused by a firearm” on the windshield of the Amtrak locomotive which derailed in Philadelphia last week.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about who really killed the Amtrak derailment victims

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about why the media owe President Obama an apology

• Amtrak says trains will resume service from Philadelphia and New York first thing this morning, while the NTSB investigation continues, focusing on whether a mark on the windshield was made by a hurled projectile — or even a bullet — before it derailed in Philadelphia last week.

• Many streets were nearly deserted in Waco, TX, apart from law enforcement officials keeping watch, as night fell following a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs at a restaurant that left nine bikers dead, injured 18 others, and raised the specter of further violence.

• Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has said there is better than a 90 percent chance he will run for president, will give a “very important update” this morning about 2016, according to media reports yesterday.

• A US special forces raid in eastern Syria killed 32 members of the Islamic State jihadist group, including four leaders, a monitoring group said Sunday. President Barack Obama approved the special forces operation, a rare use of “boots on the ground” by the United States.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Joshua Schank, President of the Eno Center for Transportation, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about improving transportation infrastructure

• Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Congress on Thursday sent President Obama a bill to give lawmakers the power to review and potentially reject a nuclear deal with Iran. The House overwhelmingly passed the measure, 400-25, a reflection of lawmakers’ insistence on having a say in what could be a significant international accord.

• After several days of shifting responses panned by Republicans and Democrats alike, Jeb Bush has arrived at his final judgment on the 2003 invasion of Iraq: No, he would not have authorized the war had he known the Iraqis did not have weapons of mass destruction.

• NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday night he will personally hear the suspension appeal of Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady, who challenged the league’s punishment for his role in using deflated footballs during the AFC championship game.

• Blues legend B.B. King died peacefully in his sleep last night in Las Vegas at age 89. He was the last of the legendary bluesmen from the Mississippi Delta.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Jeb Bush’s Iraq problem

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about Carly Fiorina’s gender warfare

• No one has determined what caused the catastrophic Amtrak train crash in Philadelphia, but initial data showed the train was barreling into a curve at more than 100 mph before the derailment. That’s more than twice the 50 mph speed limit for the curve.

• A GOP-led House panel approved a measure Wednesday that cuts funding for Amtrak, less than a day after a train derailment left at least seven people dead and many more injured. The measure still needs to clear the full House and Senate before it would go into effect in October.

• Marco Rubio took direct aim at Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a speech outlining his foreign policy vision on Wednesday, calling her “dangerously negligent at worst” as secretary of state and asserting the nation “cannot afford” to elect her.

• Jurors began deliberating Wednesday afternoon whether Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should spend the rest of his life in prison or be executed for his role in killing four people and wounding dozens more.

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Jeb Bush’s big blunder on Iraq

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “ Coffee With Carlos”

• At least five people were killed Tuesday night when an Amtrak train headed to New York City from Washington D.C. crashed on a curve in Philadelphia. Six people were hospitalized in critical condition, and 65 more with injuries of some degree.

• Likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he misinterpreted a question about his support for the Iraq War, saying he is unsure whether he would have made the same decision as his brother President George W. Bush knowing what we do 12 years later.

• President Obama yesterday laid out his vision for alleviating the scourge of generational poverty – a view that he says was shaped by his experience growing up in a single-parent home. His remarks provided rare insight into an often-guarded president, now in his second term.

• It’s official: President Obama’s presidential library will be housed in Chicago at one of two sites submitted by the University of Chicago, where the president once taught constitutional law.

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Pamela Geller’s stunt in Texas

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Seymour Hersh’s report on the Bin Laden raid

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesdays”

• Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” and “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Alex Jones and Jade Helm

• The White House on Monday doubled down on its original narrative of the killing of Osama bin Laden, a day after a report by a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist suggested the Obama Administration had lied about details of the 2011 raid.

• New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady plans to appeal a four-game suspension imposed by the NFL for using under-inflated footballs in the AFC title game, his agent said Monday night.

• A magnitude 7.3 earthquake rattled Nepal today — an aftershock from the devastating April 25 quake that left more than 8,000 people dead in the Himalayan nation.

• Lake Mary, Florida police say that George Zimmerman was shot at in an apparent ongoing feud yesterday.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the evil things the Family Research Council are doing

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the GOP’s tired fight against Hillary Clinton

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Mondays

• Four people were arrested in Mississippi today in connection with the fatal shooting of two Hattiesburg police officers. The suspects were charged in connection with the shooting deaths of officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate, who were killed late Saturday while conducting a traffic stop.

• Prince took the stage in Baltimore yesterday before thousands of fans who were dressed in gray in tribute to a man whose death in police custody drew international attention. The “Rally 4 Peace” concert saw Prince debut a new song he wrote for the city in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death.

• Former President Jimmy Carter yesterday left the South American country of Guyana, where he had traveled to act as an election observer, after complaining that he felt unwell. Specifics about his illness are unknown.

• Widespread damage was reported and numerous people were injured in Texas Sunday due to severe weather.

• John Fugelsang, host of SiriusXM Insight 121’s “Tell Me Everything”, joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 9am ET / 6am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• President Obama landed in Portland, Oregon Thursday evening to press his case for an Asia-Pacific trade deal that he says would boost U.S. exports to 11 nations and strengthen environmental and labor protections for workers abroad.

• A federal appeals court in New York has ruled that the bulk collection of Americans’ phone records by the government exceeds what Congress has allowed. The court, however, declined to block the program, saying it’s now up to Congress to decide whether it should continue.

• The Conservative Party surged to a surprisingly commanding lead in Britain’s parliamentary election, with early returns Friday backing an exit poll’s prediction that Prime Minister David Cameron would remain in his office at 10 Downing Street. The opposition Labour Party took a beating.

• A day after an NFL investigation found probable cheating in the AFC Championship, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady dodged questions about the controversy which has come to be known as “Deflategate.” He said it doesn’t dampen his joy over the Super Bowl win.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the new players in the GOP presidential clown car

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about increases in insurance sign-ups

• The Baltimore police investigation into the death of Freddie Gray doesn’t support some of the charges, including the most serious, filed by the Baltimore City State’s Attorney, potentially allowing lawyers representing the police officers the opportunity to undercut the prosecution.

• President Bill Clinton on Wednesday conceded that over-incarceration in the United States stems in part from policies passed under his administration. Clinton signed into law an omnibus crime bill in 1994 that included the federal “three strikes” provision with mandatory life sentences.

• The long-awaited report investigating “Deflategate” was released Wednesday, and it doesn’t make the Patriots, in particular Tom Brady, look very good, saying that “Brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities.”

• Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania told Fox News on Wednesday he will announce on May 27 in Pittsburgh whether he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Hillary Clinton and her Liberal base

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton pledged Tuesday to take further executive actions if Congress fails to pass comprehensive immigration reform and accused Republicans of advocating to give undocumented workers “second class status.”

• Attorney General Loretta Lynch made her first trip to Baltimore yesterday thanked members of the Baltimore Police Department for their work after more than a week of riots and protests following the death of Freddie Gray disrupted the city.

• Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced today he is running for president in 2016, launching his second bid for the White House before a full concert hall in his hometown. His launch event played up his small-town upbringing in Hope, better known as Bill Clinton’s hometown.

• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he would have no problem testifying in a trial of former allies who face criminal charges for their alleged roles in politically-motivated traffic jams that caused long delays in 2013 over the George Washington Bridge connecting his state to New York.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about charges against those Baltimore cops

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Total Trollop Tuesdays”

• Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” and “The Bob And Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Bernie Sanders

• President Obama said Monday that a “sense of unfairness and powerlessness” has helped the fuel protests in places like Baltimore, Ferguson, Missouri and New York that have occurred after the deaths of black men at the hands of police.

• President Obama today will nominate Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The move, which U.S. officials disclosed on Monday afternoon, will put the highest-ranking post in the U.S. military in the hands of a widely respected, combat-hardened commander.

• The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. It was unclear whether the group was opportunistically claiming the attack as its own.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the increasing clown car that is the GOP presidential field

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the GOP’s daddy issues

• Two gunmen were killed Sunday after opening fire on a security officer outside a provocative contest for cartoon depictions of Prophet Muhammad in Texas, and a bomb squad was called in to search their vehicle as a precaution, authorities said.

• Six days after the death of a young black man at the hands of police sparked riots in Baltimore, the city’s mayor lifted a citywide curfew on Sunday morning, signaling an end to the extraordinary measures taken to ensure public safety amid an outcry over police practices.

• Carly Fiorina officially jumps into the GOP 2016 presidential field today, and she is still a longer than longshot while trying to position herself as the anti-Hillary Clinton candidate.

• Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson is running for the Republican nomination for president, he said in an interview Sunday. Carson will follow up with an announcement event in Detroit today.

• A man who officials say boasted of being a street “hellraiser” and who served prison time for attempted murder was arraigned on charges that he shot a New York City police officer in the head.

• Ian Millhiser, legal analyst for Center for American Progress Action Fund, calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to review SCOTUS this week

• Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Frangela”

• Police have handed over their investigation of Freddie Gray’s death to the Baltimore State’s Attorney, which is now tasked with determining whether to bring charges against the six offices who took him into custody. The report found that the police van made a previously undiscovered stop.

• Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday declared “we’re in this race to win” and highlighted key areas he’ll seek to differentiate himself from Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary.

• A $20 million pilot program to extend the use of police body cameras for “transparency” was announced by the Department of Justice on Friday, amid nationwide protests over police treatment of suspects.

• President Obama’s future presidential library will be located in Chicago, two people familiar with the selection have indicated. That means the library will either be located at the University of Chicago, where Mr. Obama used to teach, or the University of Illinois at Chicago.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the scene at the Supreme Court this week

• Attorney Brenda Feigen calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to tell us her impressions of being inside SCOTUS during the marriage equality case

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT

• The Baltimore Police Department said Wednesday the results of its investigation into the Freddie Gray’s death will go directly to the State’s Attorney’s Office, not to the public. Police remained on high alert for renewed violence around the city yesterday, but afternoon protests were peaceful.

• The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case challenging the sedative used in a lethal-injection cocktail that has led to several botched executions in Oklahoma. The argument quickly turned heated. The justices clashed with one another and fired hostile questions at the lawyers.

• Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, says he is announcing his candidacy for president today. Sanders says he will declare his run for the Democratic nomination and will be the first to challenge Hillary Clinton, running to her Left.

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Lisa Bloom, legal analyst for Avvo.com and NBC News, calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the SCOTUS gay marriage case

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• President Obama condemned the violence in Baltimore this afternoon, saying there is “no excuse” for the violence, looting and arson that followed the funeral held for Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old African American who died after suffering a spine injury in police custody earlier this month.

• The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed to be debating how — not if — same-sex marriage should become legal in every state in the country. The 9 justices weighed whether now is the right time to force states to let same-sex couples marry, pointing to how quickly public opinion has shifted on the issue.

• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will launch a campaign seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 on Thursday. Sanders will be the first official challenger for the Democratic nomination to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who launched her campaign earlier this month.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Elizabeth Warren and the TPP

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesdays

• Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” and “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Ted Cruz & marriage equality

• Rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos Monday, torching a CVS pharmacy, looting businesses, setting police cars ablaze and throwing rocks and bricks at officers hours after thousands mourned the man who died from a severe spinal injury he suffered in police custody.

• Nepalese soldiers loaded supplies onto helicopters Tuesday and headed into the remote villages cut off since Saturday’s devastating earthquake. Prime Minister Sushil Koirala told the Reuters news agency that the death toll from the disaster — already nearing 5,000 — could reach double that figure.

• Sen. Rand Paul defended President Obama over the accidental killing of two hostages in a U.S. drone attack in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. Sen. Lindsey Graham, sharply critical of the senator’s views on foreign policy, took to Twitter to welcome Paul’s comments.

• The contentious issue of marriage for same-sex couples comes to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday — the first big legal showdown of its kind since laws against interracial marriage were struck down almost 50 years ago.

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about media coverage of the “Clinton Cash” book

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Mondays

• An earthquake aftershock stronger than many earthquakes hit Nepal, collapsing more buildings and triggering new panic in a country trying to recover from the most powerful quake to hit it in 80 years. The death toll in Nepal from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake rose to at least 3,726 people.

• After weeks of scrutiny over how the Clinton Foundation disclosed its donors, the organization is publicly admitting to the “mistakes” it made when reporting its cash flow. The foundation’s CEO says that they “have taken steps to ensure they don’t happen in the future.”

• President Barack Obama got some big laughs during the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington on Saturday. He took jabs at his fellow politicians, major media outlets, and even took a few shots at himself. SNL’s Cecily Strong hosted the evening with a strong comedy set herself.

• Former Olympic champion and reality television star Bruce Jenner broke the silence on transitioning to a woman Friday, telling ABC’s Diane Sawyer: “For all intents and purposes, I am a woman.” “My brain is much more female than it is male,” the 65-year-old said.

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the upcoming bloody GOP primary

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host John Fugelsang calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT for another edition of “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• President Obama said yesterday that he takes “full responsibility” for a U.S. government counterterrorism operation that killed two innocent hostages held by al Qaeda. Dr. Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto were “accidentally” killed by a U.S. drone strike in January.

• Protests continued in Baltimore for a sixth day Thursday over the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who suffered a fatal spine injury while in police custody. A union police lawyer says that Gray was shackled but not placed in a seat belt during his trip to the police station.

• Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose career was destroyed by an extramarital affair with his biographer, was sentenced Thursday to two years’ probation and fined $100,000 for giving her classified material while she was working on the book.

• Loretta Lynch was confirmed as attorney general Thursday by a vote of 56 to 43, becoming the first African-American woman to ascend to the post of the nation’s top law-enforcement official. Lynch was nominated by President Obama in November to replace Attorney General Eric Holder, who is retiring.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Hillary vs. the crowded GOP field

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about growing support for the Affordable Care Act

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• As protesters decrying Freddie Gray’s death plan more rallies in Baltimore on Thursday, anger is mounting over a police union’s comparison of the protest to a “lynch mob.” That comparison drew swift and sharp criticism, given the history of African-Americans being lynched.

• Sen. Marco Rubio leads all GOP presidential hopefuls in a Quinnipiac poll released this morning, capturing some momentum in the weeks after he became the third major Republican to announce his presidential campaign. Rubio garnered 15% support from those polled, while Jeb Bush got 13%.

• An image of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev giving the middle finger to a surveillance camera three months after the deadly bombing was released by the government yesterday, a day after it was shown to the jurors deciding if Tsarnaev should get the death penalty.

• Presidential candidate Rand Paul’s son, William, received a citation for driving under the influence of alcohol this past weekend, according to reports.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about what the gobshites are saying these days

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• The Senate is moving forward on a human trafficking bill, leaders announced Tuesday, after Dems and GOPers overcame their disagreement over abortion language in the bill. This could soon allow the Senate to vote on the confirmation of President Obama’s attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch.

• The April health tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that the public is almost evenly split between favorable and unfavorable views of the Affordable Care Act as favorable views are on a slow but steady rise.

• The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation Tuesday into the death of Freddie Gray amid ongoing protests over the Baltimore man whose spine was allegedly severed while he was in police custody. Gray, 25, died Sunday, a week after he was arrested on a weapons charge in Baltimore.

• Saudi Arabia resumed airstrikes in Yemen on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after announcing the end of its “Operation Decisive Storm,” a nearly month-long campaign against Houthi positions.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Marco Rubio’s disastrous presidential launch

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesdays

• Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Bill O’Reilly’s sad conclusions about marriage equality

• Hillary Clinton on Monday promised a group of New Hampshire voters that she will make the “quiet epidemic” of substance abuse, and mental health issues in general, a big part of her presidential campaign.

• Baltimore officials said they share residents’ frustration with the lack of answers for why Freddie Gray, whose family says he was injured during his arrest last week by Baltimore police, died Sunday. “This is a very, very tense time for Baltimore city,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said.

• The Pentagon confirmed yesterday that the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and the cruiser USS Normandy have moved into the Arabian Sea because of the deteriorating security situation in Yemen.

• Now we know when Jon Stewart will make his last appearance as host of “The Daily Show.” He announced during Monday night’s taping that it would be on August 6.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about racist idiots losing their racist businesses

• SiriusXM Progress 127 host Michelangelo Signorile joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about his new book, “It’s Not Over”

• GOP presidential hopefuls descended on New Hampshire over the weekend as part of the Republican Leadership Summit, a two-day event that drew about 500 activists and the party’s entire 2016 field to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nashua.

• Bill Clinton offered his first comment Sunday on his wife Hillary’s presidential bid, saying: “I’m proud of her.” The comment was the first time he’d weighed in on Hillary Clinton’s second run for the White House. Clinton continues her campaign today in New Hampshire.

• The Secret Service arrested another person last night for attempting to scale the White House fence. A statement says “this individual was immediately arrested by USSS Uniformed Division Officers,” and says the person was taken into custody and charges are pending.

• A boat crowded with migrants capsized in the sea north of Libya overnight, leaving at least 24 confirmed dead with the death toll expected to rise into the hundreds, Italy’s Coast Guard said Sunday. The boat was headed to Italy and highlights a growing immigration crisis in the European Union.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Hillary’s first week on the campaign trail

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host John Fugelsang calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• The man who flew what he called a “flying bicycle” through restricted airspace above Washington DC and landed near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday made his initial appearance in federal court yesterday afternoon. He faces four years in prison plus fines.

• Authorities in Tulsa dismissed as “rumor” a report that supervisors falsified the training records of the reserve sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed an unarmed man this month. The paper reports the deputy was given credit for training he never completed and firearms certifications he never received.

• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told TODAY’s Matt Lauer that Hillary Clinton will not simply be handed the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, and her unsuccessful 2008 campaign shows nothing is a “foregone conclusion.”

• Wisconsin governor Scott Walker may be planning a run for president but a new Marquette University poll shows that his job-approval rating has sunk to 41 percent and he trails Hillary Clinton by 12 points in a hypothetical matchup.

• Michael Tomasky of “The Daily Beast” calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about where GOP ideas go to die

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Thotal Throllop Thursday

• The United States military says it was unaware that an aircraft had flown into restricted airspace over D.C. Wednesday and was only alerted of its presence after it landed. Douglas Hughes was arrested after landing his gyrocopter on the West front of the United States Capitol building.

• Chris Christie said he’s still relevant to the presidential race and added that Hillary Clinton would have to earn her Dem nomination, in an interview taped on Wednesday. “Mrs. Clinton’s going to have to perform so she’s going to have to earn the nomination. Nobody is handed these things.”

• In a markedly new position, Hillary Clinton is calling gay marriage a right afforded by the Constitution. “Hillary Clinton supports marriage equality and hopes the Supreme Court will come down on the side of same-sex couples being guaranteed that constitutional right,” said a Clinton spokeswoman.

• After months of tensions with Congress over a bill giving the legislature a say in the potential Iran nuclear deal, the White House has indicated that the president would be willing to sign the compromise version of the measure.

• Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama, calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about solutions for working families

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the lying ways of the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• President Obama officially removed Cuba from the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House announced. Cuba was one of 4 countries on the U.S. list of nations accused of supporting global terrorism. The countries still on the list are Iran, Syria and Sudan.

• Hillary Clinton made her first official campaign stop in Monticello, Iowa yesterday. The Democrat held a low-key roundtable with students and educators at Kirkwood Community College, where she laid out four specific priorities of her campaign, including campaign finance reform.

• A 73-year-old reserve deputy turned himself in at the Tulsa, Oklahoma County Jail today on a second-degree manslaughter charge in connection with the deadly shooting of a suspect. Robert Bates, an unpaid, volunteer reserve deputy, “shot the victim with a Smith & Wesson Revolver which at the time he shot it he believed it to be a Taser gun,” according to court filings.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about what the Gobshites say on the Sunday morning shows

• Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” and “The Bob & Chez Show” podcast joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Marco Rubio kicked off his presidential campaign in Miami Monday by telling supporters, “the time has come for our generation to lead the way toward a new American Century.” The Republican senator from Florida became the third politician to enter the race on the Republican side.

• Newly declared presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is off and running toward Iowa — or rather, driving to Iowa, in a van dubbed “Scooby.” She was seen at a gas station in Pennsylvania and last spotted at a Chipotle in Maumee, Ohio, via low-resolution security camera footage.

• A reserve deputy has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed man who was killed during a sting operation in Tulsa. The volunteer Tulsa reserve deputy intended to grab his taser, but instead grabbed his firearm when the suspect tried to run.

• A federal judge has sentenced a former Blackwater security guard to life in prison, and three others to 30 years in prison, for their roles in a 2007 shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians and wounded more than a dozen others.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Hillary Clinton’s big announcement yesterday

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the harsh media coverage of Hillary Clinton

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Mondays

• Hillary Clinton, who officially announced her 2016 presidential campaign yesterday, has already hit the road to the White House. The newly-minted candidate, has embarked on a road trip to Iowa, making a few pit stops along the way.

• Just one day after Hillary Clinton formally jumped into the 2016 race, Florida senator Marco Rubio will follow suit. A 6pm ET announcement in Miami at the Freedom Tower is expected. He will be the third Republican officially on the 2016 ticket.

• Rev. Al Sharpton called for unity during a vigil at the site where 50-year-old Walter Scott was fatally shot by a North Charleston police officer. A small crowd assembled Sunday afternoon under cloudy skies in the grassy, fenced-in area to pray for Scott, his family and for justice.

• 21-year-old Jordan Spieth romped to his first major championship with a record-tying performance at the Masters yesterday, shooting an 18-under 270 to become the first wire-to-wire winner of the green jacket since 1976.

• John Fugelsang, host of “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight 121, calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang

• Dash cam video shows the black man fatally shot by a white South Carolina police officer get out of his car and then run away during a traffic stop. The video ends with what may have been a warning that the officer was about to use his stun gun. The officer is heard yelling, “Taser! Taser Taser!”

• A security guard stationed at the main gate of Census Bureau outside Washington, D.C. was shot Thursday and later died, authorities said, and the suspected gunman later led police on a chase through the district.

• Hillary Clinton is moving toward announcing her candidacy for president of the United States as soon as this weekend. The exact timing of any announcement is not clear, but this time frame is in keeping with widely reported expectations regarding her timeline.

• A tornado slammed the tiny Illinois town of Fairdale last night, killing one person, injuring seven and destroying homes across the town, authorities said. The tornado affected every single one of the 40 to 50 homes and buildings in the tiny town.

• President Obama is set to meet face-to-face with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro today, the first time the leaders have interacted since their nations agreed to renew diplomatic relations after half-a-century of enmity.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the GOP presidential clown car that’s beginning to fill up

• Health Care Reform Expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• A Boston jury has found Dzhkohar Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts related to the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, meaning Tsarnaev could face the death penalty. As the verdicts were read, Tsarnaev stood but for the most part did not react.

• The cellphone video of the moments when the encounter between a South Carolina police officer and Walter Scott turned deadly was acknowledged by North Charleston officials as a determining factor in the decision to fire the officer and charge him with murder.

• The Secret Service has placed a high-ranking supervisor on administrative leave and suspended the supervisor’s security clearance after what it called “allegations of misconduct and potential criminal activity.”

• President Obama is calling for an end to psychiatric therapy treatments aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of gay, lesbian and transgender youth.

• The first president to visit Jamaica in three decades, Mr. Obama arrived in Kingston Wednesday evening to meet with 15 leaders of Carribean nations to discuss issues of the region.

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) made his presidential bid official yesterday, laying out his vision to restore liberty and freedom to Americans. He’s building his candidacy on a strong national defense, a flat tax, school choice, an end to government surveillance, and the “defeat” of the “Washington machine.”

• Russian hackers penetrated the White House non-public, non-classified computer system for several months last year, forcing the White House to shut down the system for several days, U.S. officials said.

• Two black candidates were among three people elected to the Ferguson City Council Tuesday, tripling African-American representation in the St. Louis suburb where poor race relations have been a focal point since the August shooting death of an 18-year-old boy by a white police officer.

• Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel won a second term Tuesday in a runoff election campaign that hinged on serious financial challenges facing the nation’s third-largest city and the brusque management style of the former White House chief of staff.

• Cuba may be taken off America’s list of state sponsors of terrorism at any moment, sources say. The State Department has not sent the paperwork to the White House yet, but officials expect it at any time.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about why Christians feel like they’re under attack

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about what the gobshites said on the Sunday morning shows

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about what Santorum thinks of these new anti-gay laws

• Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is set to become the second Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race today, with an announcement planned in Louisville, Kentucky. He follows one other Republican senator into the field, Ted Cruz, whose campaign kicked off at Liberty University last month.

• U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has announced he will run for re-election in 2016. He made the announcement to run for a sixth term on Monday in an interview with NBC News. He is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

• Duke’s basketball team played like veterans down the stretch, outscoring Wisconsin by 14 points over the final 13 minutes last night to grit out a 68-63 victory for the program’s fifth national title.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am PT / 6:30am PT to talk about who the supporters of these “religious liberty” laws REALLY hate

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about media coverage of John Kerry’s success in Iran

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Mondays

• In an interview with the New York Times published this morning, President Obama is casting the Iran talks as part of a broader foreign policy doctrine that sees American power as a safeguard that gives him the ability to take calculated risks.

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the agreement reached over Iran’s controversial nuclear weapons program is a “bad deal” and asserted that Iran would use the relief from sanctions to bolster its military operations and what Netanyahu called its “terror machine.”

• Rolling Stone issued an apology for a 2014 article that detailed allegations about a gang rape at the University of Virginia, retracting the article and posting a critique of the magazine’s editorial process on the story in its place.

• The son of a Kenyan government official has been identified as one of the Islamic extremists who attacked a Kenyan college where 148 people were killed, authorities said Sunday.

• Indiana Talks Network president Gary Snyder calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Indiana’s religious “freedom” law

• John Fugelsang, host of SiriusXM Insight 121’s “Tell Me Everything”, calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT for Fridays With Fugelsang

• Gov. Mike Pence has signed an amended version of Indiana’s controversial religious freedom law, which now states the law cannot be used to discriminate against anyone, including gay and lesbian customers who feared the original law would allow businesses to deny them service.

• Now that the U.S. and five world powers have reached a framework for a deal to limit Iran’s nuclear capabilities, lawmakers in the House and Senate are renewing their demands to review and approve any deal before it is finalized.

• The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 appears to have researched suicide methods and cockpit door security in the days before he crashed the plane into the French Alps, killing everyone aboard, German prosecutors said Thursday.

• Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, pleaded not guilty yesterday to 14 counts of corruption, bribery and fraud in New Jersey. He was indicted on Wednesday for his interactions with a Florida eye doctor.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about the rash of anti-gay bills across the nation

• Daily Beast columnist Michael Tomasky calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about SCOTUS’ big gay Pandora’s box

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Attorney and legal analyst Lisa Bloom joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT to hang with us for the hour

• Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday he would not sign a religious freedom bill passed by the legislature unless it makes changes to the legislation. Some see the bill as anti-gay.

• Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, is “outraged” over his indictment on federal corruption charges, saying prosecutors are “dead wrong.” Menendez said that his political career had started with a fight against corruption and promised that “this is not how my career is going to end.”

• For the first time in California’s history the entire state will have to abide by strict water restrictions. Governor Jerry Brown announced an executive action Wednesday aimed at reducing water usage by 25 percent across the state.

• Ian Millhiser of the Center for American Progress and author of “Injustices” calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Indiana’s anti-gay law

• Dean Obeidallah of “The Daily Beast” and SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the new Daily Show host’s Twitter problems

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Amid an uproar over Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Gov. Mike Pence yesterday promised to clarify the law to make it clear that it does not give businesses a license to deny service to gay and lesbian citizens.

• The Arkansas House of Representatives passed a “religious freedom” bill similar to the controversial measure in Indiana. The bill now heads to Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s desk for signing into law.

• Lufthansa issued a statement this afternoon confirming that the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings plane had informed them of his medical history during his training. The airline said they handed those files over to investigators.

• The foreign minister of Iran said last night negotiators “accomplished quite a bit” today and he hopes that the process of drafting an agreement can begin today.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the strange evolution of Rand Paul

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesdays

• Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Mike Pence and the Indiana anti-gay law

• Under fire by critics of Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act and companies threatening to boycott the state, Governor Mike Pence published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal last night defending the law, which he wrote “has been grossly misconstrued as a ‘license to discriminate.”‘

• Prosecutors in Germany say that the co-pilot of the downed Germanwings plane had been treated by a psychotherapist because of previous suicidal tendencies. Prosecutor Christoph Kumpa said that they still do not know the motive of the crash and they have not found a suicide note.

• Officials say that Iran and six world powers are close to ending the latest round of nuclear talks with a statement that lacks specifics accompanied by documents outlining more detailed understandings.

• One person is dead, and two more were hospitalized after two men dressed as women in an unauthorized vehicle tried to gain access to the National Security Agency campus in Maryland.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the uselessness of Indiana’s anti-gay law

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters For America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about how broad Indiana’s anti-gay law is

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Mondays

• Indiana’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act will not be changing despite critics saying it allows business owners to discriminate against members of the LGBT community, state Gov. Mike Pence said during an exclusive interview on ABC’s “This Week.”

• Germany’s leading newspaper, Die Welt, reported 27-year-old first officer Andreas Lubitz was suffering from a “psychosomatic” illness. The report said police found prescription medication in searches of Lubitz’s home. Police have also questioned Lubitz’ “female partner” this morning.

• Secretary of State John Kerry’s talks with Iran over its nuclear program are intensifying. The deadline for a preliminary deal is Tuesday, but with just 48 hours to go, negotiators say that the talks are at risk of failure unless Iran makes significant concessions.

• The Michigan State Spartans capped an improbable run to the Final Four with an overtime win against Louisville yesterday.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the GOP’s hate for Attorney General Eric Holder

• John Fugelsang, host of SiriusXM Insight 121’s “Tell Me Everything”, s in at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Republicans muscled a balanced-budget plan through the Senate on a near party line 52-46 vote early Friday, positioning Congress for months of battling President Barack Obama over the GOP’s goals of slicing spending and dismantling his health care law.

• Police and prosecutors searched the homes of Germanwings crash co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, seizing several items as investigators hunted for clues about what triggered the tragedy. A German tabloid reported that Lubitz received psychiatric treatment for a “serious depressive episode” six years ago.

• Under fire over an alleged DUI incident, the Secret Service is strengthening its policies against staff drinking and driving. New regulations prohibit staff from driving government cars for 10 hours after consuming alcoholic beverages.

• At least 19 people were injured, four of them critically, when a gas explosion ripped through four buildings in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio and fire officials said Thursday.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Ted Cruz’ ridiculous run for president

• Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about how the GOP’s budget makes life harder for Americans

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• The cockpit voice recorder recovered from the wreckage of Germanwings Flight 9525 indicates that one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit before the plane crashed. He then banging on the door with increasing urgency in an unsuccessful attempt to get back in.

• Iran’s foreign ministry called Saudi-led airstrikes against Shiite Muslim rebels in Yemen a “dangerous step” Thursday, and said they would only worsen the crisis in the country. Iran provides support to Shiite militias fighting ISIS extremist groups in the region.

• American soldier and former Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl has been charged with desertion over his disappearance from an Afghan outpost in 2009 and could face life in confinement, the Army announced yesterday.

• The 228-199 roll call yesterday by which the House passed a conservative budget that relies on nearly $5 trillion in cuts to eliminate deficits over the next decade, calls for repealing the health care law and envisions transformations of the tax code and Medicare.

• Dean Obeidallah of SiriusXM Insight 121 calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about racism when it comes to claims of terrorism

• Comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Crews began a second day of searching on an Alpine mountainside where a German jetliner crashed without making a distress call Tuesday, apparently killing all 150 people on board. Authorities say the black box is damaged and must be reconstituted in the coming hours in order to be useable.

• Sen. Ted Cruz, arguably one of Washington’s most outspoken opponents of Obamacare, will be signing up for health insurance through the government program he despises so much. His wife is losing her employer’s insurance so he will be signing his family up through the online exchange.

• President Obama has agreed, at Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s request, to slow the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, leaving 9,800 in place through 2015.

• Lawmakers investigating allegations that two senior Secret Service agents drove drunk through an active bomb threat investigation at the White House hammered agency director Joe Clancy on Tuesday for his unwillingness to allow the agents working that night to testify.

• Ian Millhiser of The Center for American Progress calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about his new book, “Injustices: The Supreme Court’s History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted”

• Civil Rights Attorney Lisa Bloom calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the Robert Durst case

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Ted Cruz’ weird announcement for president

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesdays

• Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about his handy guide to Ted Cruz

• Texas Sen. Ted Cruz believes that Jeb Bush, one of his likely opponents, will “shatter every fundraising record,” but he also said that “on the money side we are going to surprise a whole lot of people,” too.

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for what some are saying were offensive statements made about Arabs voting during the Israeli election.

• Angelina Jolie has revealed that she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed preventively a week ago due to a family history of ovarian cancer and her having a gene mutation that puts her at high risk for the disease.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Ted Cruz’ big announcement

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters For America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the media’s war on Hillary Clinton

• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the GOP’s proposed budget

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Mondays

• Ted Cruz is running for president. The Texas GOP senator sent a tweet after midnight saying, “I’m running for President and I hope to earn your support!” He will reprise his announcement this morning at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.

• President Obama on Thursday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him for his party’s success in the Israeli elections earlier this week. The two leaders agreed to “continue consultations” on a range of issues, including finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Sen. John McCain said Sunday that President Obama is letting his personal issues with newly re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affect his decision-making and shared policy goals and that the president needs to get over his “temper tantrum” about Israel.

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• SiriusXM Insight 121 host John Fugelsang joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 9am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the 47 Senate Traitors and their letter

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Fridays With Fugelsang”

• Attorney General Eric Holder harshly condemned the “damn punk” responsible for shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri early Thursday morning, saying the incident “turned my stomach.” “What happened last night was a pure ambush,” Holder said.

• President Obama personally knows both of the Secret Service agents currently under investigation for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and crashing near the White House. And he’s “disappointed” with their conduct, sources close to the investigation says.

• Another chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is under fire for alleged racial slurs — this time in Seattle. University of Washington students are accusing fraternity members of offensive comments during a protest to raise awareness about racism last month.

• Americans are more likely than not to say it was inappropriate for GOP senators to send an open letter to Iranian leaders, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds.

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the 47 Senate traitors who wrote to Iran

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for another edition of Jacki’s Healthcare Corner

• Secretary of State John Kerry had harsh words for Republican senators over their letter to Iranian leaders with words of warning over any nuclear deal with the White House. “My reaction to the letter was utter disbelief,” Kerry said to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday morning.

• Two officers were shot outside the Ferguson, Missouri police headquarters early this morning as demonstrators gathered following the resignation of the city’s embattled police chief, authorities said. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar says he believes the officers were targeted.

• Two U.S. Secret Service agents are under investigation over allegations that they were under the influence of alcohol while driving a government vehicle near the White House and crashing it into a barrier, a Secret Service official confirmed.

• The board of trustees and alumni of the University of Oklahoma Kappa chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon apologized for a video of its members reciting a racist chant and blamed it on a “horrible cancer” that entered the fraternity a few years ago.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about Hillary’s email press conference yesterday

• Actor and comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Addressing the ongoing email controversy for the first time, Hillary Clinton said yesterday that she used a private account out of “convenience” and later went through a “thorough process” to deliver her work-related messages to the State Department.

• A day after releasing open letter organized by freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) warning the leaders of Iran that any nuclear deal reached with President Obama could expire as soon as he leaves office, Cotton appeared at an “Off the Record” event with a lobbying group for defense contractors.

• One of the University of Oklahoma students seen on video chanting racial slurs before a fraternity event issued an apology Tuesday evening, expressing regret and denying he is a racist. Parker Rice said he withdrew from OU on Monday.

• The Ferguson City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night to remove City Manager John Shaw, following a scathing Justice Department report that already has led to a Missouri appeals court judge being tapped to overhaul the local court system.

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am PT / 7:30am PT to talk about the abject stupidity going on in Florida

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesdays

• Bob Cesca of The Daily Banter calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about how reporters have covered Hillary’s email

• Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif thinks some Senate Republicans need a lesson in civics and international law. He “expressed astonishment that some members of Congress find it appropriate to write leaders of another country against their own president,” a press release explained.

• A source close to Hillary Clinton says that the former secretary of state is considering a public statement in the next 48 hours in response to revelations that she used only her personal email account rather than a government address while at the State Department.

• A racist chant by several members of the University of Oklahoma chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon that was caught on video has led to outrage from the school’s president and the organization’s banishment from campus.

• Apple showed off more capabilities of its first-ever watch yesterday and revealed new information about the various models that will range in price from $349 to a luxury $10,000 gold edition.

• The Rude Pundit calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the Far Right’s attacks on Hillary Clinton

• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the uproar over Hillary Clinton’s email address

• Voice Deity Jim Ward joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Maximum Mookage Mondays

• A day after President Obama had walked atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge, thousands of people crowded on to the small Alabama bridge on Sunday to commemorate the bloody confrontation 50 years ago between police and peaceful protesters that helped bring about the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

• Criminal charges against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) could come later this month as a federal grand jury continues to hear evidence in the case. Menendez has been under federal criminal investigation in connection with gifts from Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen.

• Passionate but peaceful protesters descended for a third day Sunday on the Madison, Wisconsin, street where Tony Terrell Robinson Jr., an unarmed black teenager, was killed by a police officer Friday night.

• President Obama said the U.S. will walk away from nuclear negotiations with Iran unless it can verify that country is not developing nuclear weapons. The talks have dragged on for two years, but this week there were signs of progress.

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host John Fugelsang calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT for another edition of Fridays With Fugelsang

• Comedy duo Frangela joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for a raucous edition of Fridays With Frangela

• All 46 Senate Democrats joined together Thursday to tell Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, to schedule a vote for the confirmation of Loretta Lynch as attorney general. The GOP object to her support for comprehensive immigration reform.

• A bipartisan group of senators had introduced a bill to force President Obama to cede some authority over any Iranian nuclear agreement to Congress, but an attempt by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to speed up consideration of the bill led some of the Democrats to revolt.

• Actor Harrison Ford was seriously injured when his vintage plane crash-landed on a golf course near the Santa Monica Municipal Airport Thursday afternoon. Ford, 72, was transported to a hospital in fair to moderate condition.

• The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said today it is doing away with elephant acts. The circus, which calls itself “The Greatest Show on Earth” has been accused of abusing the magnificent beasts in the name of entertainment.

• Democratic strategist Karl Frisch calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to talk about Boehner and the GOP’s show of weakness this week

• Ian Millhiser of the Center for American Progress Action Fund calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about ObamaCare before SCOTUS yesterday

• Health care reform expert Jacki Schechner calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT for “Jacki’s Healthcare Corner”

• Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for “Coffee With Carlos”

• Ferguson mayor James Knowles said one police department employee was fired and two others placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into racially disparaging e-mails discovered in a Justice Department investigation.

• The Supreme Court seemed sharply divided yesterday in the latest challenge to President Obama’s health overhaul, this time over the tax subsidies that make insurance affordable for millions of Americans.

• Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went on trial Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing, with his own lawyer admitting in opening statements that her client was guilty. But she argued that he had fallen under the evil influence of his older brother.

• Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging the State Department to release the emails she wrote from a private email account when she was secretary of state.

• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Netanyahu’s speech before Congress yesterday

• Charlie Pierce of Esquire’s Politics Blog calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Hillary’s use of personal email at the State Dept.

• SiriusXM Insight 121 host Dean Obeidallah calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about Netanyahu’s speech before Congress yesterday

• President Obama didn’t watch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address regarding Iran to the House and Senate yesterday, but he did read the transcript and concluded “there was nothing new” he had to say.

• The future of health care in America is on the table — and in serious jeopardy — this morning in the Supreme Court. Justices will hear oral arguments in a case challenging a central provision of President Obama’s signature health care law.

• The Alabama Supreme Court yesterday ordered the state to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a decision that flies in the face of rulings by federal judges in Alabama and other states who have said banning gay marriage violates the U.S. Constitution.

• The White House yesterday declined to say whether it was appropriate for Hillary Clinton to use solely her personal email account while serving as secretary of state.

• Syndicated columnist Tina Dupuy calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about Bill O’Reilly’s “war” experience

• Podcaster Jody Hamilton joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Total Trollop Tuesdays

• Bob Cesca of “The Daily Banter” calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the stupidity on display at CPAC

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that his speech to Congress on today is “not intended to show any disrespect to President Obama or the esteemed office that he holds.” He said he does not want Israel to become a partisan issue.

• President Obama said Monday that Iran should agree to freeze its nuclear activity for at least 10 years in order to reach an agreement over the issue with the United States and its allies, hinting at the roadmap for a new deal.

• While Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, she did not have a government email address and used only a personal email account for government correspondence, according to a report by the New York Times. This is a possible violation of the agency’s archival requirements.

• ISIS has been under attack in the last few days from Twitter, which has quietly suspended at least 2,000 accounts linked to the terror group and its supporters, according to people with knowledge of the operation.