Clinton campaign memo: No drama this time  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign-in-waiting held its final pre-game briefing Saturday at its Brooklyn Heights headquarters, just ahead of her expected official entry into the race on Sunday.  —  During an hour-long meeting where bagels were served …

Obama Meets Raúl Castro, Making History  —  PANAMA — President Obama and President Raúl Castro of Cuba met here Saturday in the first face-to-face discussion between the leaders of the two countries in a half-century.  —  Seated beside Mr. Castro in a small room …

The Abuse of Satire  —  The following is the text of remarks Garry Trudeau delivered on April 10 at the Long Island University's George Polk Awards ceremony, where he received the George Polk Career Award.  —  My career—I guess I can officially call it that now—was not my idea.

Biden: Make community college ‘free’ like high school  —  Vice President Biden on Saturday said free community college was vital for a healthy American economy.  —  “It's simple, folks — two years of community college should become as free and universal as high school is today if we're …

In Iowa, Martin O'Malley lays out vision for Democratic Party  —  Des Moines, Iowa - Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley says if he runs for president, he will try to pull the Democratic Party back to its populist roots.  —  “You know what it's about?  It's really about calling our party …

The Crusades Haven't Been In the News Lately  —  It has been a couple of months since Barack Obama suggested that the Crusades were somehow on a par with, or even a justification for, 21st-century Islamic terrorism.  I objected to Obama's casual slur at the link, saying, among other things:

Florida surprise: Jeff Atwater won't run for Marco Rubio seat  —  Just as he looked like a front runner to replace Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida CFO Jeff Atwater announced Saturday he would not run for the seat.  —  “Over the past weeks I have received a tremendous amount of encouragement …

Reuters Iraq bureau chief threatened, denounced over story  —  (Reuters) - The Baghdad bureau chief for Reuters has left Iraq after he was threatened on Facebook and denounced by a Shi'ite paramilitary group's satellite news channel in reaction to a Reuters report last week that detailed lynching and looting in the city of Tikrit.

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Father Charged With Kidnapping After Leaving 3-Year-Old In Trash Can  —  A father from Illinois has been arrested after he allegedly kidnapped his 3-year-old daughter and left her in a trashcan.  —  “Our investigation initially shows that the father left the child in a garbage can and drove away …

Video captures deadly brawl in Walmart parking lot … The Cottonwood, Arizona police department released a video that appears to show an officer shooting a man.  Police say a chaotic brawl broke out between police and members of the Gaver family that soon turned deadly.  VPC

The Insiders: The Democratic Whackjob Survey  —  Yesterday, in a somewhat useful exercise, my Democratic friend and sometimes sparring partner Carter Eskew compiled a “Republican Nutcase Check List” for Republican presidential candidates to take.  (If you want to see how you'd rank, you can take that survey here.)