First Read Minute: Drones, Walker in Iowa, Weiner hits the trail

• Obama to deliver major speech on drones, Guantanamo
• Pritzker touts her record as ‘job creator’
• Lawmakers push new bill to crack down on military sexual assault
• Reid uses baseball analogy, cries foul on nominee holdups
• Pressure mounts on House immigration negotiators
• Colorado governor re-ignites death penalty debate
• The changing war on terror
• McConnell argues IRS should not be 'handed' 'Obamacare'
• IRS official pleads the fifth, should that right have been revoked?
• How should Obama address the drone policy?
• Senate to debate immigration
• Senators unveil bipartisan military sexual assault legislation
• How 'narrow, short-term interests' are causing US to unwind
• Obama's drone speech and no 'great new era of transparency'
• How White House is showing 'sheer incompetence' with messaging
• IRS scandal turns into an even bigger public relations mess for the White House
• Why second terms often struggle without first term A-Teams
• White House: Four US citizens killed by drone strikes
• Scarborough: Cruz's self-righteousness will blow up in his face
• Sen. Coburn calls for budget offsets to pay for federal aid
• First Thoughts: Obama to scale back drone policy
• Priebus: You don't plead the Fifth if you've done nothing wrong
• The art of the political comeback
• Obama to deliver counterterrorism speech
• Sen. Gillibrand: Alleged assaults undermine military
• Obama set to deliver counter-terrorism speech: What to expect
• IRS law a ‘disaster waiting to happen’
• IRS official Lois Lerner pleads the 5th
• Congressional groups line up to scrutinize IRS

Man killed by FBI agent knew Tsarnaevs, official says

Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, had been acquainted with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev at a mixed martial arts center near Boston, according to a source briefed on the bombing investigation.

• Garcetti makes history as next LA mayor
• Obama says America at 'crossroads' in terror fight
• Big speech on drones
• Holder: Drones killed 4 Americans
• Immigration: 5 things to know
• Issa sounds alarm on the Hill
• Sen. Coburn: My bogus dilemma on tornado aid
• 5 things you should know about immigration reform
• Sessions takes on Senate immigration gang
• IRS's Lerner pleads the 5th
• What it means to take 'The 5th'
• Photos: Key players in scandal
• Why Issa is the sounding alarm on Capitol Hill
• When politics gives you a second chance
• The courage of teachers
• What about Obama's promise?
• We're pointing a gun at our democracy
• With IRS defanged, politics can run rampant
• Benghazi: GOP digs in for long haul
• Lerner: 'I have not done anything wrong'
• Top 10 political comebacks
• Immigration bill clears hurdle
• Bergen: 9 myths about drones
• Obama: Our prayers are with Oklahoma
• Lawmakers grill ousted IRS boss
• Lawmakers take aim at Apple CEO on taxes
• Disgraced Weiner running for mayor
• Report says prosecutor behind 'Fast and Furious' leak
• Obama to grads: 'No time for excuses'

Were the bombings preventable?

Could the Boston Marathon bombing have been prevented?

• What Russia held back on Tzarnaev
• Controversy over suspect's burial
• Life or death for Arias?
• Victim was a 'punching bag'
• Attorney: Castro 'no monster'
• Suspect's life crumbled
• Audit missing people cases
• Castro's ties with victims
• Psychology of abuse
• Care more about white women?
• 5 stories of captive kids who got away
• The search for Ashley Summers
• Gitmo force feeding is torture
• Arias case bumps a bigger story
• Suspect's Miranda rights questioned
• Slaughter of a soldier: the scene
• Cops who rescued women speak
• Acid attack victim fights for justice
• Internet celeb wanted in murder
• London attack like beheading plot
• Is jury moved by Arias' plea for life?
• Tsarnaev took part in 2011 gruesome triple homicide, official says
• AEG exec called Michael Jackson 'a freak' before signing
• Purported faith-healing couple charged in death of infant son
• Rescued Cleveland women 'happy and safe,' attorneys say
• Sheriff: Prosecution over age, not because couple is gay
• Sweet controversy at Michael Jackson death trial
• FBI mourns agents who fell to their deaths during training
• Man arrested after ricin-laced letters found in Washington state

AccuWeather Chief: Tornado Warning Science 'Is Not There'

As the people of Moore, Okla., grapple to recover following the devastating tornado that hit its community earlier this week, the head of a major weather forecasting service told a congressional subcommittee Thursday that the technology doesn’t yet exist to provide warning times of an...

• West Point Sergeant Accused of Filming Naked Cadets
• US IDs 4 Americans Killed by Drones
• Watch: Obama to Address New Drone Strike Limits
• On The Right, No Rush To Reform
• Majority Support Path to Citizenship
• Emily's List Endorses Allyson Schwartz for Governor of Pennsylvania
• The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, May 23, 2013
• Ex-Miss America May Face McConnell
• GOP Super PAC Aims at McAuliffe, Carmaker
• Social Media's Immigration March on Washington
• Did IRS Official Botch Taking Fifth?
• 'Year Of The Woman Mayor' Suffers A Setback, But Other Opportunities Abound
• Bill Nye Jabs Inhofe on Climate Change
• Clintons Won't Endorse Weiner, or Anyone Else, in NYC Mayoral Race
• Clintons Won't Endorse Weiner, or Anyone Else, in NYC Mayoral Race
• Read an Excerpt of 'Foreign Policy Begins at Home'
• Obama To Tour Oklahoma Tornado Damage Sunday
• Watch: IRS' Lois Lerner: 'I Have Not Broken Any Laws'
• Watch: Los Angeles Elects Eric Garcetti as Mayor
• Watch: IRS's Lois Lerner: 'I Have Not Broken Any Laws'
• Christie Challenger Out With $1M TV Ad
• IRS' Lois Lerner Takes Fifth
• What We Won't Learn From Lois Lerner
• Watch: IRS Official to Take the Fifth; Weiner Announces Mayoral Run
• The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday May 22, 2013
• Watch: Scout's Honor? Gay Rights Advocate Seeks to Overturn Ban on Gay Boy Scouts
• Cole: Okla. Needs Help, Not Funding Battle
• Immigration Reform Moves to Senate
• Okla. Sens. Grapple With Disaster Votes

Commerce nominee fields questions on failed bank, tax havens

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker appeared on her way to becoming Commerce Secretary on Thursday, after a top Republican said she had satisfactorily answered most of his questions about her role in the failure of an Illinois bank and her family's use of an offshore tax haven.

• Maine lawmakers, governor in stand-off on Medicaid expansion
• Obama limits use of U.S. drone strikes, offers steps to close Guantanamo
• Lawmakers intensify push on military sexual assault problem
• Republican Issa to call IRS's Lerner back in Tea Party probe
• Analysis: In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
• U.S. industry touts 'drone' promise as public debate flares
• Nebraska attorney general wants abortion clinic nurse's license revoked
• U.S. military lawyers put more pressure on Guantanamo
• New Hampshire lawmakers reject casino bill backed by governor
• Texas lawmakers OK drug tests for some unemployment applicants
• Obama to lay out rationale for drone strikes in speech
• Obama to lay out rationale for drone strikes in speech
• Los Angeles mayor-elect vows to put recession in rear-view mirror
• Obama threatens to veto Republican student loan plan
• Obama nominee vows to work with Congress to fund transportation
• IRS officials thwart lawmakers' quest for answers on IRS scandal
• Immigration bill gets Senate boost; House effort teetering
• IRS official refuses to answer questions at scandal hearing
• Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
• Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor
• Kerry hails tentative Raytheon arms sale to Oman
• Voters oust mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in primary
• Senate panel backs arming Syria rebels
• House panel approves spending cuts, assumes more to come
• Arkansas state treasurer resigns in face of federal charges
• Lawmakers move to address U.S. military sex assault problem
• Senate panel nears completion of immigration bill
• Senator pulls same-sex proposal for immigration bill
• Tax official at center of scandal won't testify: lawyer