PM Note: We've Crossed This Broken Bridge Before

Infographic – Are you driving on a “structurally deficient bridge?” – http://abcn.ws/10YFvBT We’ve Crossed This Bridge Before – If you think a major freeway bridge collapsing is going to lead to a rash of new infrastructure spending to repair the hundreds of risky bridges in...

Collapsed Bridge Won't Move Congress

Congress unable to compromise on funding nation's ailing infrastructure.

Watch: President Obama Urges Naval Grads to Uphold Public Trust in Military

The president delivers the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Congress Unlikely to Act on Infrastructure Spending

Congress can't find compromise on funding the nation's ailing infrastructure.

Michelle Obama Freeze-Dances, Praises Kerry Washington at D.C. School

First lady Michelle Obama and actress Kerry Washington stopped by Savoy Elementary School in southeast Washington, D.C., Friday to watch a song-and dance performance that included “Who Put the Bop” and a few other numbers. Washington has adopted the school in the capital’s Anacostia neighborhood as...

Investor Paul Tudor Jones Says Mothers Can't Be Top Traders

You won’t read about this in Sheryl Sandberg’s corporate empowerment book, “Lean In.” In order to be a top-flight trader, you need focus, determination, a way with numbers and no children, according to controversial comments made recently by billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones. Don’t look...

Web Extra: Read an Excerpt of Mark Mazzetti's 'The Way of the Knife'

Excerpt from THE WAY OF THE KNIFE: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth by Mark Mazzetti, published by The Penguin Press 2013. CHAPTER THREE THE WAY OF THE KNIFE: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a...

Watch: Two Wounded Warriors Overcome Their Injuries

Jason Pak and Eric Zastoupil are determined not to let their amputations slow them down.

3 Things Blocking Immigration Reform in the House

After a Senate committee passed the Gang of Eight immigration bill this week, audience members at the hearing chanted, "Sí se puede." That might not be the case once it's the House's turn to take up immigration reform.

Obama-Chris Christie Reunion Bad Timing for NJ Dems

President Obama and N.J. Gov. Chris Christie will reunite once again when the president visits the Jersey Shore Tuesday. The post-Memorial Day trip comes as the New Jersey coast prepares for its first summer season after Superstorm Sandy. A senior White House official confirmed the...

Obama Nods to Drones in Speech

President Obama gave a nod to his newly articulated drone policy as he addressed the graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday. “We still face threats from al Qaeda affiliates and individuals caught up in its ideology,” Obama said, addressing the academy’s graduation...

Coming Up on 'This Week': Sen. Rand Paul; Ret. Gen. John Allen; Two Powerhouse Roundtables

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., goes one-on-one with ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz about President Obama’s national security speech, the IRS investigation and more, Sunday on “This Week.” In the first major foreign policy speech of his second term, President Obama defended his...

Rand Paul Impresses Iowa Voters, Still Loses to Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton sits at the top of the pack in a new poll of Iowa voters, but her closest competition is firebrand Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a new poll found. Clinton would beat rising-star Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., handily, 48 to 37 percent,...

Did Obama Forget to Salute?

The president may have forgotten something as he boarded Marine One this morning. On his way to the U.S. Naval Academy graduation ceremony on Annapolis, Md., President Obama didn’t return the salute of the marine standing guard at the door of Marine One, as he...

Alright Already, We'll All Drone On

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES ‘OUR FIGHT ENTERS A NEW PHASE’: In a wide-ranging speech at the National Defense University, in Washington D.C., on Thursday, President Obama launched a spirited defense of his administration’s efforts to pursue terrorists overseas, even while he outlined a more...

Budget Cuts Get Personal

The federal budget sequester may be dampening a rise in economic optimism: Nearly four in 10 Americans now say sequestration has hurt them personally, up substantially since it began in March – and they’re far less sanguine than others about the economy’s prospects overall. Thirty-seven...

Truth, Justice: The American Way?

What happens in our relationships when we keep secrets? When we think telling the truth brings harm or that hiding something serves a broader purpose? It usually means trust doesn’t exist and the relationship is doomed to either failure or one that loses all sense...

The Note's Must-Reads for Friday May 24, 2013

The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News’ Carrie Halperin, Jayce Henderson, Amanda VanAllen and J.P. Lawrence DEFENSE ABC News’s Jonathan Karl:“Obama...

US IDs 4 Americans Killed by Drones

Attorney General Eric Holder has disclosed in a letter to Congress that four Americans were killed by U.S. drones in the course of the government's counterterrorist attacks.

Obama's 'New Phase' in Terror Fight

Obama addresses Guantanamo, deaths of four Americans in drone strikes

Biden Makes 'Jeopardy' Cameo

Vice President Joe Biden made a cameo appearance on Thursday night’s episode of “Jeopardy” by providing video clues to a category about the vice presidency. “Since 1974, the official residence of the vice president has been on the grounds of this astronomical agency of the...

Watch: Digital Report: President Obama Delivers National Security Speech

President Barack Obama details counterterrorism priorities, addresses heckler during speech.

Weiner's Rough First Campaign Day

Anthony Weiner’s nascent mayoral campaign is off to a rough start. Weiner made his candidacy for mayor of New York official in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, and since then there’s no indication that the process is going particularly well. The former rising star...

Watch: President Obama Promises More Oversight on Drone Strikes

The president laid out a counterterrorism strategy in his foreign policy address.

IRS' Lois Lerner Placed on Leave

Congressional and administration sources confirm that IRS director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave. Lerner came under fire this week when she chose to invoke her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself rather than testify before the House Oversight...

PM Note: One Speech, Two Obamas; Drones vs. GTMO

Breaking – Congressional sources tell ABC News that embattled IRS director Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave. More to come. Watch video of Obama and the heckler here, but it was sort of beside the point – http://abcn.ws/12yUzYj One Speech. Two Obamas. Drones...

Watch: Obama Promises More Oversight on Drone Strikes

The President laid out a counterterrorism strategy in his foreign policy address.

Transcript: Obama Announces New Terror Policy

Speech is first to discuss targeted killing program

Obama Orders DOJ Review of Leaks

President Obama is a little uneasy with the way journalists have been dragged into the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of national security leak investigations. In fact, he has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a 45-day review of the department’s guidelines on the issue....

Obama: 'This War, Like All Wars, Must End'

The president’s confrontation with a Code Pink heckler in his speech today at National Defense University was quite a moment. But don’t lose sight of the big picture – the heckler was a side show. This was one of President Obama’s most significant speeches, an...