- The Washington Post is sold to Amazon.com founder and TIME 1999 Person of the Year Jeff Bezos for $250 million.
- Rana Foroohar: Four reasons why it’s a good match.
- David Von Drehle: The new age for the Post cements the end of monopoly media.
- The FBI has discovered vulnerabilities in the government’s system for preventing economic reports from leaking to traders before public release.
- State Dept. urges citizens to leave Yemen.
- Michael Crowley: Every national security crisis is an opportunity to push a political agenda.
- Just eight weeks remain before uninsured Americans can start shopping online for subsidized health insurance under the president’s overhaul.
- HHS is shielding Obamacare outreach from sequester cuts.
- A CNN poll shows that 38 out of 45 female economists prefer Janet Yellen over Larry Summers to head the Federal Reserve.
- Democrats and Republicans call to bring back earmarks and the backroom deal.
- Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis hits the D.C. circuit, and hints at a run for governor.
- Arkansas Rep. Tom Cotton declares his candidacy for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, causing trouble for Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor.
- Leading contenders for the 2016 presidency have already made or scheduled 30 trips to the early nominating states.
- The mayhem allegedly sewn by Edward Snowden appears to be have been overstated.
Morning Must Reads: August 6
In the news: The Washington Post is sold; citizens are told to leave Yemen; a Obamacare deadline looms; and the mayhem sewn by Snowden appears to have been overstated.