Census Survey Revisions Mask Health Law Effects  —  WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau, the authoritative source of health insurance data for more than three decades, is changing its annual survey so thoroughly that it will be difficult to measure the effects of President Obama's health care law …

Ukraine on the brink as troops take on rebels  —  Vladimir Putin denounces Kiev for mobilising forces against pro-Russian gunmen in east of country  —  Alec Luhn in Kramatorsk, Paul Lewis in Washington and Julian Borger  —  Ukrainian government forces launched their first significant military action …

Video shows large al Qaeda meeting in Yemen  —  Washington (CNN) — A new video shows what looks like the largest and most dangerous gathering of al Qaeda in years.  And the CIA and the Pentagon either didn't know about it or couldn't get a drone there in time to strike.

Prominent Republican: Women Need To Be Paid Less So They Can Find Husbands  —  On Sunday, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sought to advance the GOP's rebranding effort among female voters by suggesting that Republicans have long “led the fight for women's equality.”

Rand Paul for President  —  Because what the GOP needs is a humbling landslide defeat.  —  Republicans, let's get it over with.  Fast forward to the finish line.  Avoid the long and winding primary road.  It can only weaken the nominee.  And we know who he—yes, he—has to be.

New York Drops Unit That Spied Among Muslims  —  The New York Police Department has abandoned a secretive program that dispatched plainclothes detectives into Muslim neighborhoods to eavesdrop on conversations and built detailed files on where people ate, prayed and shopped, the department said.

They wouldn't print it if it wasn't true  —  Erwin Chemerinsky and Carrie Menkel-Meadow in the NYT on the “supposed” “crisis” “in” “legal” “education:” … As my second all-time favorite tennis player would put it: You cannot be serious.  —  I don't know what's more egregious here, the laziness or the intellectual dishonesty.

Matt Taibbi: ‘Hands Down’ Bush Was Tougher On Corporate America Than Obama (VIDEO)  —  Muckraking polemicist Matt Taibbi said that when it comes to the last two presidents, there's no question who did a better job of holding America's tycoons accountable.  —  The former Rolling Stone writer …

UO law school prof angry about plan to use his raise for student fellowships  —  4/14/2014: Several members of the law school email lists (which included staff, secretaries etc.) have forwarded these two emails from professor Rob Illig (Law) about a plan apparently floated by Law Dean Michael Moffitt …

Rumsfeld Has ‘Absolutely No Idea’ If He Filed His Taxes Correctly  —  Donald Rumsfeld got his taxes filed in time.  Just don't ask him if they were done correctly.  —  In a letter sent Tuesday to the Internal Revenue Service, Rumsfeld said he has “absolutely no idea” whether his family's tax returns …

Obama chops 3 1/2 years off pot sentence  —  President Barack Obama has issued a commutation to a drug convict, shortening his sentence by three-and-a-half years in what the White House said was an effort to correct a sentencing error.  —  Ceasar Cantu of Katy, Texas pled guilty in 2006 …

Mississippi GOP Senate Candidate Wrote Race-Baiting Blog Posts  —  Mississippi Sen. Chris McDaniel is challenging incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran in the GOP primary.  —  Jonathan Bachman / Reuters  —  A leading Republican candidate for Senate in Mississippi wrote blog posts criticizing poor people affected …

WATCH: Congressman Tells Black Constituent He's Not Sure The Civil Rights Act Is Constitutional  —  Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) addresses a town hall meeting in Gainesville, Florida.  —  CREDIT: Scott Keyes  —  GAINESVILLE, Florida — Last week, former presidents and dignitaries celebrated …

As MLB honors Jackie Robinson, can it reverse a trend?  —  Just when we want to believe that times are changing, and prejudice is waning, along comes a ferocious reminder like a Manny Pacquiao punch to the jaw.  —  Sheer racism, exposed in vile letters directed to Hall of Fame great Hank Aaron …

Hillary Clinton, Youth Candidate  —  Our old colleague Patrick Caldwell has an interesting article up at Mother Jones about the way the Hillary Clinton campaign—or whatever we can call it at this point, since it isn't actually a campaign but it isn't exactly just a bunch of independent people doing …

Major Dem group spending to help candidates in midterms  —  (CNN) - Priorities USA Action announced Tuesday it had contributed more than $500,000 in the first quarter of 2014 to help Democrats gear-up for November's midterm elections.  —  The news came as the top Democratic group announced its first quarter fundraising numbers.

Democrats Have Outside Money Advantage - for Now  —  Deep-pocketed donors are turning over multimillion-dollar checks to influence November's elections, and the sums raised by the national parties and their super PAC allies are already approaching the $1 billion mark, according to financial reports still being filed Tuesday evening.

North Koreans complain to London hairdresser about Kim Jong-un poster  —  Salon owner says two officials from nearby embassy asked him to take down picture of North Korean leader  —  Seeking an arresting image to promote a special offer, a west London hairdresser attracted more than just extra customers …

Hallelujah!  It's Tax Day.  —  Happy Tax Day, when just getting the forms filled out and mailed is cause for celebration.  —  One person not celebrating is former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner.  She was a regular green eyeshade employee carrying out thankless tasks until …

Why Obama's Data Could Be Too Much for Many Dem Candidates  —  Small Number of Practitioners Know How to Put Information to Use  —  Data overload.  Credit: Patrik Svensson for Ad Age  —  If political races have become data wars, conventional wisdom has it, the Democrats clearly have the advantage in 2014 and 2016.