--- description: In the News: Obama to attend Ft. Hood memorial, 'promising lead' in Malaysia Airlines search, Afghan elections see huge turnout, Jeb Bush talks immigration, and the GOP's 'credentials caucus' title: Morning Must Reads: April 7 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: April 7 by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 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 [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2014 12:29 PM CUT * “A New York _Times_ analysis of internal government records shows that since President Obama took office, two-thirds of the nearly two million deportation cases involve people who had committed minor infractions, including traffic violations, or had no criminal record at all. Twenty percent — or about 394,000 — of the cases involved people convicted of serious crimes, including drug-related offenses, the records show.” \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/us/more-deportations-follow-minor-crimes-data-shows.html?hp&%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] * Jeb Bush: Many illegal immigrants come out of an ‘act of love’ \[[Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/06/jeb-bush-many-illegal-immigrants-come-out-of-an-act-of-love/ "undefined")\] * In the ‘credentials caucus,’ GOP’s 2016 hopefuls study policy and seek advisers \[[Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-the-credentials-caucus-gops-2016-hopefuls-study-policy-and-seek-advisers/2014/04/06/cc97315e-bb48-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08%5Fstory.html "undefined")\] * Who’s ’emotional’—Feinstein or the CIA? \[[The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2014/04/dianne-feinstein-emotions-and-the-cia.html "undefined")\] * Obama to attend Ft. Hood memorial \[[MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.com/all/obama-attend-ft-hood-memorial "undefined")\] * Afghan elections point to runoff, waning Karzai influence \[[WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304819004579485482622918584?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304819004579485482622918584.html "undefined")\] * “Defying a campaign of Taliban violence that unleashed 39 suicide bombers in the two months before Election Day, Afghan voters on Saturday turned out in such high numbers to choose a new president and provincial councils that polling hours were extended nationwide, in a triumph of determination over intimidation.” \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/world/asia/afghanistan-voting.html "undefined")\] * “It’s all but certain a bipartisan unemployment benefits extension deal will pass through the Senate on Monday after a last-minute effort by Republicans to add an amendment failed.” \[[BuzzFeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jacobfischler/unemployment-benefits-extension-expected-to-pass-senate-mond "undefined")\] * America’s fiscal health affirmed as Treasuries demand rises \[[Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-06/america-s-fiscal-health-affirmed-as-treasuries-demand-rebounds.html "undefined")\] * “At the White House Tuesday, President Barack Obama will sign two new executive actions on equal pay as Senate Democrats move for a show-vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act — launching Democrats’ first large-scale coordinated message effort ahead of this year’s midterms.” \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/obama-equal-pay-push-105406.html#ixzz2yCb32hC4 "undefined")\] * Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: A “most promising lead” in search area \[[CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-a-most-promising-lead-in-search-area/ "undefined")\] * Lawmakers, officials debate letting soldiers carry guns on base \[[TIME](http://time.com/51105/fort-hood-guns-base-debate/ "undefined")\] Morning Must Reads: April 7 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/51539/morning-must-reads-april-7/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/51539/morning-must-reads-april-7/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: April 7","datePublished":"2014-04-07T12:29:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:09:57.002Z","description":"In the News: Obama to attend Ft. 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