--- description: In the news: Vietnam protests; Coal mine deaths; Dot-com meltdown flashback; Mitch McConnell's wife; New 9/11 museum title: Morning Must Reads: May 14 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: May 14 by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 14, 2014 12:24 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 May 14, 2014 12:24 PM CUT * “Thousands of Vietnamese set fire to foreign factories and rampaged in industrial zones in the south of the country in an angry reaction to Chinese oil drilling in a part of the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam.” \[[Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/14/us-china-vietnam-idUSBREA4D04F20140514 "undefined")\] * Officials dash hopes of survival after mine fire kills 232 in Turkey \[[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/14/world/europe/turkey-mine-accident/ "undefined")\] * 2 killed at West Virginia coal mine \[[AP](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-killed-west-virginia-coal-mine-23693549 "undefined")\] * “The two-month swoon in technology stocks has given investors flashbacks to the dot-com meltdown. But at least one harbinger of trouble is absent today: tech firms in danger of collapse.” \[[WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303851804579560000486431682?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303851804579560000486431682.html "undefined")\] * The U.S. Military: Sidelined by a Fatigued Nation \[[TIME](http://time.com/98310/the-u-s-military-sidelined-by-a-fatigued-nation/ "undefined")\] * Inside the Obama Administration Fight Over the Drone Memo \[[TIME](http://time.com/97613/obama-drone-memo-david-barron/ "undefined")\] * “The National Security Agency might be tracking your phone calls. But private industry is prying far more deeply into your life.” \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/big-data-beyond-the-nsa-106653.html?hp=t1 "undefined")\] * Girding for a Fight, McConnell Enlists His Wife \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/us/politics/girding-for-a-fight-mcconnell-enlists-his-wife.html?hp&%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] * Eric Cantor’s Tea Party opponent may be picking up momentum \[[WashPost](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/eric-cantors-tea-party-opponent-in-va-primary-may-be-picking-up-momentum/2014/05/13/1a2d92d0-d9d7-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0%5Fstory.html?hpid=z1 "undefined")\] * “Karl Rove reportedly hinted that Hillary Clinton may have brain damage from a fall—then quickly backed away. His history suggests it’s a calculated maneuver.” \[[Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/05/why-karl-rove-uses-dirty-tricks-they-work/370811/ "undefined")\] * No, Hillary Clinton Isn’t ‘Soft’ on Terrorism \[[TIME](http://time.com/97730/hillary-clinton-terrorism/ "undefined")\] * The 9/11 Story Told at Bedrock, Powerful as a Punch to the Gut \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/arts/design/sept-11-memorial-museum-at-ground-zero-prepares-for-opening.html?hp "undefined")\] * 2 killed at West Virginia coal mine \[[AP](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-killed-west-virginia-coal-mine-23693549 "undefined")\] * No, Hillary Clinton Isn’t ‘Soft’ on Terrorism \[[TIME](http://time.com/97730/hillary-clinton-terrorism/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/98969/morning-must-reads-may-14/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/98969/morning-must-reads-may-14/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: May 14","datePublished":"2014-05-14T12:24:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:49:37.892Z","description":"In the news: Vietnam protests; Coal mine deaths; Dot-com meltdown flashback; Mitch McConnell's wife; New 9/11 museum","url":"https://time.com/98969/morning-must-reads-may-14/","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/98969/morning-must-reads-may-14/","name":"Morning Must Reads: May 14"}}]}] ```