The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
- Washington Wizards center Jason Collins is the first American male professional athlete to announce he is gay while playing a major sport
- How Sports Illustrated broke the story
- Black turnout exceeded white turnout in the 2012 presidential election
- NYT/CBS poll: Majorities across party lines are decidedly opposed to American intervention in North Korea or Syria
- Does Obama’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech prove his outreach to Republicans is over?
- FBI agents are conducting interviews about the relationship between Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and a major campaign donor who paid for the food at the wedding of the governor’s daughter
- Queen Beatrix abdicates the Netherlands throne
- Daniel Kessler: The coming Obamacare shock
- Joe Klein Exclusive: White House to streamline Obamacare applications
- Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration reform proposal