Bloomberg falls for fake Nancy Reagan report  —  Bloomberg Politics published a report about Nancy Reagan based off of fake news site NationalReport.net  —  The piece, headlined “Nancy Reagan gives her endorsement to... Hillary Clinton,” quoted a supposed “Drudge Report” …

The Best Reason to Take Rand Paul Seriously Has Nothing to Do With His Politics  —  Although Rand Paul — who declared his bid for the presidency on Tuesday — has spent several years now inching toward the Republican mainstream, there is still a tendency among the political classes to view him as a sideshow candidate.

Cabby facing fine for ordering women to stop kissing  —  Now he's the one getting the kiss-off.  —  A cabby who claimed he had a “no-kissing policy” in his yellow taxi was hit with $15,000 in fines for ordering two female passengers to stop smooching — and then shouting vulgar epithets at them when they got out.

Hillary Clinton skeptics fear ‘an unstoppable train’  —  Democratic insiders see little hope for Clinton's opponents, whoever they turn out to be.  —  It's gotten to this point: Even the Democratic Party's Hillary skeptics are resigned to her being the party's nominee.

Remains from Lincoln's Last Day  —  Imagine him in the last week of his life, 150 years ago this month.  Shuffling, clothes hanging loosely on the 6-foot-4-inch frame, that tinny voice, a face much older than someone of 56.  “I am a tired man,” he said.  “Sometimes I think I am the tiredest man on earth.”

Mormon Church To SCOTUS: Say No To Same-Sex Marriage Because It Will Deprive Us Of “Citizenship Rights”  —  A coalition of religious denominations including the Mormon Church has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in which they argue that the legalization of same-sex marriage will …

Obamas file annual tax return showing $477,000 in income - but they paid $93,362 in federal taxes and got a $20,000 REFUND  —  President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, paid more than $93,000 in federal taxes last year on an adjusted gross income of more than $477,000, according to tax returns released Friday by the White House.

Awkward or old friends?  Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio sit next to each other on flight after NRA conference  —  In a sign of how literally close they are, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio sat next to each other on the same Friday night flight to Miami from Nashville, where they separately spoke at the National Rifle Association's annual convention.

How high taxes and regulation are killing one of the most prosperous states in the nation  —  Upstate New York is becoming Detroit with grass.  —  Binghamton, New York — once a powerhouse of industry — is now approaching Detroit in many economic measures, according to the U.S. Census.

Homeland Security Releases Emails Showing Political Influence for Sony, Time Warner Projects  —  The newly released documents buttress a report issued late last month detailing how an immigration director was swayed with respect to hundreds of millions of dollars in film and TV investments under the EB-5 visa program.

IS IRAN DEAL PART OF OBAMA-3RD-TERM SCHEME?  —  Exclusive: Alan Keyes looks at impact of BHO's ‘rapprochement with deadly evil’  —  Once a high-level Reagan-era diplomat, Alan Keyes is a long-time leader in the conservative movement.  He is well-known as a staunch pro-life champion …

Conservative Groups Vow to Quash Dan Savage's ABC Sitcom Pilot  —  Dan Savage doesn't even have a sitcom based on his life yet, though there is a pilot, starring Martha Plimpton, currently in production at ABC.  But that hasn't stopped social conservatives from mounting a campaign against the embryonic show.

Dove Has Women Walk Through Doors Labeled “Beautiful” Or “Average” In Latest Campaign  —  Once again, soap is acting condescending.  This post has been updated.  —  This post was inappropriately deleted amid an ongoing conversation about how and when to publish personal opinion pieces on BuzzFeed.