--- description: In the news: Fatal shooting at Fort Hood; Supreme Court strikes down campaign contribution caps; Afghanistan's presidential election; Mideast peace talks teeter; What's prettier in print title: Morning Must Reads: April 3 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: April 3 by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2014 12:29 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 [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2014 12:29 PM CUT * “At least four people were killed on Wednesday in a shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, including the gunman, officials said. It was the second deadly shooting at the base in the past five years.” \[[TIME](http://time.com/47542/fort-hood-shooting/ "undefined")\] * Hunting for Elusive Answers in the Fort Hood Shooting \[[TIME](http://time.com/47744/fort-hood-shooting-2/ "undefined")\] * Supreme Court Strikes Down Campaign Contribution Caps \[[SCOTUS Blog](http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/divided-court-strikes-down-campaign-contribution-caps-in-plain-english/ "undefined")\] * The Alabama Engineer Who Made History at the Supreme Court \[[TIME](http://time.com/47236/shaun-mccutcheon-interview-supreme-court-campaign-finance/ "undefined")\] * “Campaign finance experts agree that the grip of big money over the American political system has never been greater—or not in a century, since the days when Montana mining baron William Clark bribed a state Legislature into naming him to the U.S. Senate.” \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/mccutcheon-supreme-court-big-money-105328.html?hp=t1%5Fs "undefined")\] * U.S. Secretly Created ‘Cuban Twitter’ To Stir Unrest \[[AP](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-secretly-created-cuban-twitter-stir-unrest "undefined")\] * “Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation into a recent $400 million fraud involving Citigroup’s Mexican unit…” \[[NYT](http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/crime-inquiry-said-to-open-on-citigroup/?hp "undefined")\] * “Seven months before the election, the GOP senators in line to become committee chairmen know what they would do with their gavels…” \[[Hill](http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/202525-senate-gop-maps-out-its-majority-plan "undefined")\] * “House conservatives unloaded on their Republican leaders in two closed-door meetings Wednesday, a response to last week’s maneuver to extend the so-called doc fix with an unexpected voice vote. Nevertheless, most members said they would not seek retribution by voting against Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal next week.” \[[National Journal](http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/after-venting-over-sneaky-doc-fix-vote-house-gop-coalesces-behind-ryan-budget-20140402 "undefined")\] * Collins, King Join in Backing Report on CIA Torture \[[Roll Call](http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/collins-king-join-in-backing-report-on-cia-torture/?dcz= "undefined")\] * Watch How the Washington Landslide Area Changed Over Time \[[TIME](http://time.com/46970/washington-mudslide-satellite-photos/ "undefined")\] * “For Afghanistan’s ‘Generation America,’ Saturday’s presidential election marks a vital rite of passage. Almost two thirds of Afghans are younger than 25, and millions have come of age during the 12 years since U.S. troops and development dollars arrived…” \[[WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303987004579477571415046190?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303987004579477571415046190.html "undefined")\] * “Acknowledging that Mideast peace talks he has shepherded for a year are teetering, Secretary of State John F. Kerry appealed directly to Israeli and Palestinian leaders Thursday not to miss a fleeting ‘moment’ to make peace.” \[[WashPost](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/kerry-appeals-to-israeli-palestinian-leaders-not-to-let-peace-talks-collapse/2014/04/03/c6ced55a-bb0d-11e3-9c3c-311301e2167d%5Fstory.html "undefined")\] * Prettier in Print * Cover: “[The Taliban’s New Campaign of Fear](http://time.com/48006/the-talibans-new-campaign-of-fear/ "undefined")” by Krista Mahr * “[Obamacare: Mend It, Don’t End It](http://time.com/47989/obamacare-mend-it-dont-end-it/ "undefined")” by Joe Klein * “[Mary Jo White Teaches Old Wall Street Watchdogs New Tricks](http://time.com/47995/mary-jo-white-teaches-old-wall-street-watchdogs-new-tricks/ "undefined")” by Massimo Calabresi * “[The Last Coral Reefs](http://time.com/48001/the-last-coral-reefs/ "undefined")” by Bryan Walsh * “[Bryan Cranston’s Great Society](http://time.com/47997/bryan-cranstons-great-society/?pcd=hp-magmod "undefined")” by Richard Zoglin * Hunting for Elusive Answers in the Fort Hood Shooting \[[TIME](http://time.com/47744/fort-hood-shooting-2/ "undefined")\] * The Alabama Engineer Who Made History at the Supreme Court \[[TIME](http://time.com/47236/shaun-mccutcheon-interview-supreme-court-campaign-finance/ "undefined")\] * “Campaign finance experts agree that the grip of big money over the American political system has never been greater—or not in a century, since the days when Montana mining baron William Clark bribed a state Legislature into naming him to the U.S. Senate.” \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/mccutcheon-supreme-court-big-money-105328.html?hp=t1%5Fs "undefined")\] * Cover: “[The Taliban’s New Campaign of Fear](http://time.com/48006/the-talibans-new-campaign-of-fear/ "undefined")” by Krista Mahr * “[Obamacare: Mend It, Don’t End It](http://time.com/47989/obamacare-mend-it-dont-end-it/ "undefined")” by Joe Klein * “[Mary Jo White Teaches Old Wall Street Watchdogs New Tricks](http://time.com/47995/mary-jo-white-teaches-old-wall-street-watchdogs-new-tricks/ "undefined")” by Massimo Calabresi * “[The Last Coral Reefs](http://time.com/48001/the-last-coral-reefs/ "undefined")” by Bryan Walsh * “[Bryan Cranston’s Great Society](http://time.com/47997/bryan-cranstons-great-society/?pcd=hp-magmod "undefined")” by Richard Zoglin ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/48073/morning-must-reads-april-3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/48073/morning-must-reads-april-3/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: April 3","datePublished":"2014-04-03T12:29:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:06:58.306Z","description":"In the news: Fatal shooting at Fort Hood; Supreme Court strikes down campaign contribution caps; Afghanistan's presidential election; Mideast peace talks teeter; What's prettier in print","url":"https://time.com/48073/morning-must-reads-april-3/","keywords":[],"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":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"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":"https://time.com/48073/morning-must-reads-april-3/","name":"Morning Must Reads: April 3"}}]}] ```