--- description: In the News: Politico has excerpt from Hillary Clinton's forthcoming book; Support for Shinseki dwindles; broadcasters to sue FCC; LA Clippers sold for...$2 Billion; and Snowden, U.S. butt heads over released emails title: Morning Must Reads: May 30 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Morning Must Reads](/tag/morning-must-reads/) ## Morning Must Reads Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Morning Must Reads: May 30 by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2014 12:20 PM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2014 12:20 PM CUT Happy Friday, Morning must-readers! * Politico has an exclusive excerpt from Hillary Clinton’s soon-to-be-published book “Hard Choices”. The topic: Benghazi, of course. \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/hillary-clintons-benghazi-chapter-107240.html?hp=t1 "undefined")\] * Why Obama’s immigration policy will hurt Democrats \[[Slate](http://www.slate.com/articles/news%5Fand%5Fpolitics/politics/2014/05/barack%5Fobama%5Fdelays%5Fdeportation%5Freview%5Fthe%5Fpresident%5Fs%5Fimmigration%5Fpolicy.html "undefined")\] * In a rare bipartisan agreement on gun control, the House on Thursday passed a bill to boost funding for gun background checks \[[TIME](http://time.com/136967/house-passes-bill-to-boost-funding-for-gun-background-checks/ "undefined")\] * Lawmakers to Obama: Shinseki must go \[[USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/05/29/shinseki-resignation-congress/9714705/ "undefined")\] * VA Secretary Eric Shinseki will address a homeless veterans group on Friday \[[Associated Press](http://news.yahoo.com/embattled-va-head-address-homeless-group-094828503--politics.html "undefined")\] * “The broadcast industry plans to sue the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its decision to crack down on resource-sharing deals between broadcasters. On Friday, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) will ask the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a March FCC vote that requires broadcasters to unwind many of their advertising sales resource sharing arrangements, according to a source familiar with the matter.” \[[The Hill](http://thehill.com/policy/technology/207691-broadcasters-to-sue-fcc-over-resource-sharing-ban#ixzz33CPUIjpZ "undefined")\] * The $2 Billion Team: Ex-Microsoft CEO buys LA Clippers for a cool $2 Billion \[[Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/30/us-laclippers-ballmer-idUSKBN0E92GK20140530 "undefined")\] * From [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-29/piketty-issues-4-400-word-defense-of-his-book-on-inequality.html "undefined"): “French economist Thomas Piketty published a detailed 4,400-word defense of his best-selling book on [income inequality](http://topics.bloomberg.com/income-inequality/ "undefined") against allegations that he relied on faulty data.” \[Bloomberg\] * Emissions rule could bring a big boost for natural gas \[[CQ Roll Call](http://www.cq.com/doc/news-4486283?2 "undefined")\] * House green lights appropriations bill allowing schools to opt-out of school nutrition standards \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/us/politics/house-committee-votes-to-allow-schools-to-opt-out-of-nutritional-program.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] * Is it too soon to call it emailgate?: U.S. officials, Snowden clash over email records \[[Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/e-mail-snowden-sent-to-nsa-counsel-is-released/2014/05/29/4cc43410-e760-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19%5Fstory.html "undefined")\] * Another from WaPo: [Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s attacks on Koch brothers send GOP donors into the shadows](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/harry-reid-attacks-on-koch-brothers-send-gop-donors-into-the-shadows/2014/05/29/d704d6f0-e6b3-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19%5Fstory.html "undefined") \[Washington Post\] * My Brother’s Mentors: Obama administration calling for a new wave of community mentors for young men of color \[[TIME](http://time.com/139240/obama-my-brothers-keeper/ "undefined")\] * What we talk about when we talk about reparations \[[New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/05/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-reparations.html "undefined")\] * “The GOP-controlled House voted early Friday in favor of blocking the federal government from interfering with states that permit the use of medical marijuana.” \[[AP via Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/gop-house-backs-state-medical-marijuana-laws-107244.html#ixzz33CUf7aV4 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2797175/morning-must-reads-may-30/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2797175/morning-must-reads-may-30/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: May 30","datePublished":"2014-05-30T12:20:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:07:38.267Z","description":"In the News: Politico has excerpt from Hillary Clinton's forthcoming book; Support for Shinseki dwindles; broadcasters to sue FCC; LA Clippers sold for...$2 Billion; and Snowden, U.S. butt heads over released emails","url":"https://time.com/2797175/morning-must-reads-may-30/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morning Must Reads","caption":"Capitol","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/morning-must-reads/","name":"Morning Must Reads"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2797175/morning-must-reads-may-30/","name":"Morning Must Reads: May 30"}}]}] ```