President Obama Issues “Signing Statement” Indicating He Won't Abide by Provision in Budget Bill  —  In a statement issued Friday night, President Obama took issue with some provisions in the budget bill - and in one case simply says he will not abide by it.

Pandemonium!  Dems Jam Republicans With Even More Conservative Budget  —  What was supposed to be a routine vote in the House — to knock down an amendment authored by conservative Republicans — turned into pandemonium on the House floor Friday, as Democrats tried to jam the plan through, and hang it around the GOP's necks.

Ballots are now totaled: Prosser wins by 7,316  —  Final margin is under threshold for free recount  —  By Mike Johnson and Larry Sandler of the Journal Sentinel  —  State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser emerged as the winner Friday over challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg in a heated election …

Levin rips Donald Trump to shreds  —  Levin points out many things about Trump that show he is no conservative, but a few of the glaring ones are the fact that he support Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio twice, as well as calling for the impeachment of George W. Bush, accusing him of lying to get us in the war.

Jon Meacham: Let's undo the Birther “horror” by repealing the natural-born citizen clause  —  In case you were wondering what the guy who used to edit Newsweek is up to these days, wonder no longer.  I agree with him about the natural-born requirement, incidentally: It's one of the most antiquated …

Coming up on ‘This Week’: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner  —  Plus, the Tea Party Congress, and Gov. Deval Patrick Joins the Roundtable  —  As the budget battle heats up in Washington, will the stand-off over the debt limit push the country into an economic Armageddon?

Obama meets with young climate change activists  —  A dozen young climate change activists expecting a discussion with White House staffers Friday instead got a meeting with President Obama himself.  —  The surprise meeting came hours ahead of the April 15-18 Power Shift 2011 conference …

Three largest online poker sites indicted and shut down by FBI  —  The founders of the three largest online poker sites were indicted on Friday in what could serve as a death blow to a thriving industry.  —  Eleven executives at PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and a number …

Bomber detonates device as police in West Java begin Friday prayers  —  JAKARTA: A bomber detonated an explosive device just as police officers were about to start Friday prayers yesterday at their mosque in a compound in West Java, killing himself and injuring up to 25 others, some gravely.

Is Yale University Sexist?  —  Allegations about a ‘hostile environment’ for women could cost the university a half-billion in federal funding.  —  Last month, 16 Yale students and recent graduates filed a confidential complaint with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights alleging …

‘Irvine 11’ plead not guilty to disrupting UCI speech  —  SANTA ANA - Eleven current and former university students pleaded not guilty Friday to misdemeanor charges for disrupting the speech of an Israeli diplomat at UC Irvine last year.  —  Seven of the so-called “Irvine 11” …

Contango Confusion  —  The Think Progress web site is a Soros-funded mouthpiece for the Obama administration.  Someone at Think Progress or its parent, the Center for American Progress, has instructed cub reporter Lee Fang to devote full time to attacking Charles and David Koch and their company, Koch Industries.

Hundreds attend kiss-in outside John Snow pub after venue closes its doors  —  Soho pub which ejected gay couple for ‘obscene’ kissing closes in bid to thwart protest - but kiss-in continues right outside  —  • Follow today's developments in our kissing in public live blog