- National Security Agency appears to be collecting the telephone records of tens of millions of American customers of Verizon
- Obama picks Susan Rice as his national security advisor and Samantha Power as the U.S. ambassador to the UN. Jay Newton-Small discusses the shift in foreign policy and diplomacy
- IRS staff cite Washington link
- Obama goes to North Carolina today
- Prettier in print:
- Cover story: “How China Sees the World,” by Hannah Beech. Art by Ai WeiWei.
- “Hacking Politics” by Michael Scherer. Teaser here.
- Milestone: Sen. Frank Lautenberg
- Mapping the chaos of Syria’s Civil War
- Terry McAuliffe uses Obama’s playbook in Virginia
- E.W. Jackson, Virginia’s Republican lieutenant-governor candidate, is a fire-and-brimstone preacher
- House immigration group loses key member
- The Washington Post will phase in a paid online subscription model for Web content.
- North Korea suddenly changes course, asks the South to talk
- Kim Jong-Il’s Sushi Chef
Morning Must Reads: June 6
In the news: Verizon's telephone records, Power and Rice, North Carolina, prettier in print, the House's immigration group, and Kim Jong-Il's sushi chef.