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Good morning, folks. Conan\’s writers are getting their own comedy special on TBS in June. Now, your morning constitutional: \”Top Kill\” method effective at stopping the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, says Coast Guard admiral. A bomb disguised as a pack of juice exploded in the southern Russian city of Stavropol, killing seven and injuring at least 40. Despite recently being called out for saying he served in Vietnam when he didn\’t, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is still popular in Connecticut and leads former wrestling executive Linda McMahon in the race for the Senate...

Good morning, everybody. Lady Gaga calls the Glee tribute a dream come true. Now, your dream come—I mean, your morning constitutional: BP is poised to attempt  choking the oil spill by stuffing it with heavy drilling mud and cement on Wednesday, a tactic called a \”top kill.\” Singapore is battling an oil spill of its own. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline (which is partially owned by BP) was shut down Tuesday after spilling several thousand barrels of oil into backup containers. In retaliation for an international report that lays the blame on North Korea for sinking a South Korean...

Good morning, everybody. Lost is over. Now, your morning constitutional: Frustrated after several attempts have failed, the Obama administration is losing faith that BP is actually capable of fixing the leaking oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. American delegation comes to China with long list of issues to work out on the economy and security, but China just wants to be left alone to pursue its own development. President Obama seeks novel new way of trimming costs from spending bills. State cuts to child care programs are forcing poor parents out of working, undoing many of...

Good morning, folks. Jesse James considers himself the world\’s most hated man. Now, your morning constitutional: The Senate on Thursday passed the financial reform package on a 59-39 vote. Four Republicans voted for the package, and two Democrats voted against. The bill now goes to conference to be reconciled before it will hit President Obama\’s desk for signing. Slate on how the reform package is kinder to the finance industry than it has to be. The Bundestag, Germany\’s lower house of Parliament, approved Friday a measure to contribute to a rescue package for Greece put together by...

Good morning, everybody. Lindsay missed her court date, and there\’s a warrant for her arrest. Now, your morning constitutional: Thai authorities have restored an uneasy order to Bangkok, a day after rioting and violence killed 15 and injured nearly 100. The Staten Island Republican Party has endorsed Vito Fossella for another run for Congress. Yes, the same Fossella who secret other family was exposed after he was arrested for drunk driving. Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg unveiled their final coalition agreement today. South Korea on Thursday accused North Korea of sinking one...

Good morning, folks. Campbell Brown is leaving CNN; could Eliot Spitzer take her spot? Now, your morning constitutional: Results in yesterday\’s primaries and the one special election were pretty much as expected: Paul won, Specter lost, Lincoln goes to a run-off. Analysis from Slate, FiveThirtyEight, Politico, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor. Did Rand Paul refuse to take Grayson\’s congratulations call? In Thailand, four leaders of the anti-government protesters have surrendered to police after troops surrounded the protesters\’ fortified encampment in Bangkok. BBC asks: How did it come to this? The Senate Judiciary Committee has posted Elena...

Good morning, everybody. Charlie Sheen has signed on for two more years of Two and a Half Men, and at a salary of nearly $2M an episode, becomes the highest paid actor on television. Now, your morning constitutional: Democrats and Republicans go to polls today in primaries and special elections in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oregon. As Congress looks this week at how the government and industry responded to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it is likely that regulations on oil extraction will be tightened. Newt Gingrich trying really, really hard to stay relevant....

Good morning, folks. After 20 years, NBC cancels Law & Order, but orders Law & Order: Los Angeles. Now, your morning constitutional: General Motors on Monday reported it earned $865M in the first quarter of 2010, its first profit since 2007. BP announced that they are successfully capturing around 1,000 barrels a day from a pipe they connected to the leaking oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists have discovered massive oil plumes in the Gulf, further evidence that the oil spill is massively worse than BP predicts. Iran on Monday announced an agreement to ship...

Good morning, everybody. A woman in Miami Beach, Florida, has reported that Sammi \”Sweetheart\” Giancola, from \”Jersey Shore\” fame, attacked her in a nightclub on Saturday. Now, your morning constitutional: Following Gordon Brown\’s resignation yesterday, David Cameron gets to work today as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and has formed a coalition government with Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats. Cameron is the 13th Prime Minister since Elizabeth II took the throne in 1952 and the youngest (43) to take the job in over two centuries. The BBC has a run-down of his cabinet...

Good morning, folks. Bristol celebrated National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy by going to a hot New York club. Here\’s your morning constitutional: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai arrives in D.C. today for a visit hoped to warm the cold relationship between Afghanistan and the U.S. Yesterday, RNC Chair Michael Steele slamed Solicitor General Elena Kagan for \”her support for statements suggesting that the Constitution \”as originally drafted and conceived, was \’defective.\’\” Except the statement Kagan supported was from Justice Thurgood Marshall, and he was talking about slavery. In the U.K., the Liberal Democrats and the Tories have...