--- description: In the News: Mississippi primary too close to call; Obama meets with Ukraine leader; Taliban release Bergdahl video; what the Seattle minimum wage hike means; and why the Tea Party forgives Reagan's sins title: Morning Must Reads: June 4 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: June 4 by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2014 11:59 AM 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 Jun 4, 2014 11:59 AM CUT * Primary results: Mississippi GOP primary too close to call \[[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/04/politics/primary-wrap/ "undefined")\] * “Joni Ernst, who highlighted her ability to shoot guns and castrate hogs to overcome disinterest in a sleepy primary election, tonight racked up enough votes to become the first female GOP U.S. Senate nominee in Iowa history.” \[[Des Moines Register](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/06/03/joni-ernst-victory/9939911/ "undefined")\] * Taliban releases video of Bowe Bergdahl release \[[TIME](http://time.com/2821678/bowe-bergdahl-taliban-video/ "undefined")\] * Inside the Obama administrations internal debate over freeing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl \[[Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-obama-administrations-debate-over-freeing-sgt-bowe-bergdahl/2014/06/03/470a0f8e-eb4f-11e3-93d2-edd4be1f5d9e%5Fstory.html?hpid=z1 "undefined")\] * White House overrode internal objections to Taliban prisoner release \[[TIME](http://time.com/2818827/taliban-bergdahl-pow-release-objections-white-house/ "undefined")\] * In show of support, Obama meets with Ukraine leader \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/world/europe/in-show-of-support-obama-meets-with-ukraine-leader.html?hp&%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] * Why the Tea Party forgives Reagan’s sins: “Ten years after his death, Ronald Reagan remains the closest thing the Republican Party has to a secular saint. As the GOP struggles to chart a course back to the White House, Reagan is its lodestar, one of the few leaders on whose greatness the party’s fractious factions can agree.” \[[TIME](http://time.com/2809621/tea-party-forgives-reagans-sins/ "undefined")\] * Seattle City Council approves historic $15/ hour minimum wage, will other cities follow? \[[CS Monitor](http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2014/0602/Minimum-wage-Seattle-approves-15-hour-will-other-cities-follow-video "undefined")\] * The First Lady vs. Lunch ladies \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/michelle-obama-public-school-lunch-school-nutrition-association-lets-move-107390.html?hp=l7 "undefined")\] * “As the turmoil over the VA scandal unfolds, three top posts in the Department of Veterans Affairs remain vacant because of congressional foot-dragging toward full Senate confirmation.” \[[National Journal](http://www.nationaljournal.com/defense/in-wake-of-scandal-va-nominees-stuck-in-senate-limbo-20140603 "undefined")\] * Maureen Dowd on edible marijuana snacks: [Don’t Harsh Our Mellow, Dude](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/dowd-dont-harsh-our-mellow-dude.html "undefined") \[NYT\] * Clinton takes book primary with Warren coming in second \[[Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-04/clinton-takes-book-primary-with-warren-closing-in-second.html "undefined")\] * 25 years of forgetting Tiananmen \[[New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/06/tiananmen-at-twenty-five-victory-over-memory.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2821722/morning-must-reads-june-4/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2821722/morning-must-reads-june-4/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: June 4","datePublished":"2014-06-04T11:59:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:12:13.602Z","description":"In the News: Mississippi primary too close to call; Obama meets with Ukraine leader; Taliban release Bergdahl video; what the Seattle minimum wage hike means; and why the Tea Party forgives Reagan's sins","url":"https://time.com/2821722/morning-must-reads-june-4/","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/2821722/morning-must-reads-june-4/","name":"Morning Must Reads: June 4"}}]}] ```