--- title: Morning Must Reads: July 31 description: In the News: House OKs Boehner lawsuit; Israeli Prime Minister vows to keep pummeling tunnels; how third party candidates could impact 2014 elections; and this week's TIME canonical: https://time.com/3063081/morning-must-reads-july-31/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-31T11:55:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:26:23.465Z article:section: Politics og:title: Morning Must Reads: July 31 og:description: In the News: House OKs Boehner lawsuit; Israeli Prime Minister vows to keep pummeling tunnels; how third party candidates could impact 2014 elections; and this week's TIME og:url: https://time.com/3063081/morning-must-reads-july-31/ og:site_name: TIME og: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 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Morning Must Reads: July 31 twitter:description: In the News: House OKs Boehner lawsuit; Israeli Prime Minister vows to keep pummeling tunnels; how third party candidates could impact 2014 elections; and this week's TIME twitter: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 ---  # Morning Must Reads: July 31 by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jul 31, 2014 11:55 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 Jul 31, 2014 11:55 AM CUT * House grants Boehner the authority to sue Obama \[[TIME](http://time.com/3061174/house-grants-boehner-authority-to-sue-obama/ "undefined")\] * Meanwhile in Kansas City … : “We could do so much more if Congress would just come on and help out a little bit,” Obama said. “Stop being mad all the time. Stop just hating all the time. Let’s get some work done together.” \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/obama-gop-stop-hating-109543.html#ixzz392qh6ZqI "undefined")\] * “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing international alarm over a rising civilian death toll in Gaza, said on Thursday he would not accept any ceasefire that stopped Israel completing the destruction of militants’ infiltration tunnel” \[[Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-mideast-gaza-idUSKBN0G008720140731 "undefined")\] * Argentina default imminent as talks collapse \[[WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/articles/argentina-bonds-rise-to-multiyear-highs-on-prospect-of-deal-1406728458?mod=WSJ%5Fhp%5FLEFTTopStories "undefined")\] * Third Party candidates could disrupt 2014 Midterms \[[TIME](http://time.com/3060392/third-party-candidates-could-disrupt-2014-midterms/ "undefined")\] * U.S. Attorney warms Cuomo on ethics case \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/nyregion/us-attorney-warns-cuomo-on-ethics-case-.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news "undefined")\] * General to question Bergdahl about disappearance \[[USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/30/bergdahl-captivity-taliban-investigation/13374199/ "undefined")\] * GOP: Lerner emails show bias against conservatives \[[AP](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/irs-official-called-gop-crazies-email-24774313 "undefined")\] * ICYMI: “Lois Lerner, the former Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal involving that agency’s targeting of conservative groups, called Republicans “crazies” and “assholes,” according to emails released Wednesday.” \[[TIME](http://time.com/3059918/lois-lerner-republicans/ "undefined")\] * GAO report details flaws behind $840 million Obamacare website rollout \[[The Hill](http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/213833-gao-report-details-botched-840m-rollout-of-o-care-website "undefined")\] * Can the GOP take the Senate? \[[The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/can-republicans-take-senate "undefined")\] * The parallel failures of Obama’s and Bush’s foreign policy doctrines \[[National Journal](http://www.nationaljournal.com/political-connections/the-parallel-failures-of-obama-s-and-bush-s-foreign-policy-doctrines-20140725 "undefined")\] What’s Prettier in Print: * COVER: [Manopause?! Aging, Insecurity and the $2 Billion Testosterone Industry](http://time.com/3062889/manopause-aging-insecurity-and-the-2-billion-testosterone-industry/ "undefined") by David Von Drehle * [Why Big Mergers Are Bad for Consumers](http://time.com/3062887/why-big-mergers-are-bad-for-consumers/ "undefined") by Rana Foroohar When big companies merge, it’s good for the bankers—but not so good for the rest of us * [Begging for Impeachment](http://time.com/3059398/obama-impeachment/ "undefined") by Joe Klein * [How Kentucky Got Obamacare Right](http://time.com/3062886/how-kentucky-got-obamacare-right/ "undefined") by Steven Brill * [Honduras’s Desperate Voyagers](http://time.com/3062878/hondurass-desperate-voyagers/ "undefined") by Ioan Grillo * [Cracking The Girl Code](http://time.com/3062885/cracking-the-girl-code/ "undefined") by Eliana Docterman * [Big Data Tries to Shrink the Prison Population](http://time.com/3062881/big-data-tries-to-shrink-the-prison-population/ "undefined") by Massimo Calabresi We will hold an #AskTIME subscriber Q&A this Friday, August 1, at 1 p.m., with TIME foreign correspondent Simon Shuster, who has been covering the conflict in Ukraine. You can read his work [here](//time.com/author/simon-shuster/ "undefined"), his recent feature about being arrested by Ukrainian separatists [here](//time.com/putin-ukraine-crash/ "undefined") and his cover story on Russian President Vladimir Putin [here](http://time.com/3028057/in-russia-crime-without-punishment/?pcd=hp-magmod "undefined"). You can submit your questions beforehand on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/time "undefined") using the #AskTIME hashtag or in the comments of this post. We depend on smart, interesting questions from readers. You will need to be a TIME subscriber to read the Q&A. ([$30 a year or 8 cents a day](http://time.com/2981366/morning-must-reads-july-14/ "undefined") for the magazine and all digital content.) 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