US Sen. Robert Menendez? Indicted:

A longtime friend and donor's penchant for foreign models partially brought down Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), according to an indictment returned Wednesday against the senator. Menendez was charged with 14 counts of federal corruption for allegedly leveraging his office to support Florida ophthalmologist Dr. Salomon Melgen's personal and business interests. In return, Melgen, who was also charged in the case, contributed more than $750,000 to entities supporting Menendez's 2012 re-election effort, the indictment stated.

Mike Pence? Toast:

In a hastily called news conference on Tuesday, Pence—usually keen on playing the happy warrior in public—looked wan and defeated, though his hair was still shaped into its perfect and immoveable silver part. At some turns, in a dulcet tone, Pence employed a humble tack, suggesting the law needed “a fix” and admitting that his defensive performance in a Sunday appearance with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” likely made things worse.... The optics of the moment—a governor once mentioned as a potential 2016er now trying to sort through political wreckage amid dusty tomes in the building’s History Reference room—seemed to suggest one potential outcome of Pence’s rightward lurch: Were Pence’s presidential chances history now, too?

Larry Phillips? Out.

It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the people of King County and the region, representing the Fourth District on the King County Council. It has been inspiring to be consistently immersed in the decision making of our region in meeting the many challenges—and changes—of the past two decades. But now it is time to set a new course; consequently I do not intend to seek re-election this fall to the King County Council.

Hillary Clinton? Unopposed.

The draft-Warren movement isn’t going away, then. But, with Clinton preparing to make her candidacy an official one, the political context in which the movement is operating is about to change. Warren’s supporters, having failed to lure her into the fray early, will be left to press her to join the race later on, which would surely happen only if Clinton were to stumble badly. That prospect won’t please a lot of progressive activists. Warren, however, seems content with it.

Jeb Bush? Unserious.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is promising to chart a new course focused on addressing economic inequality, as he nears a long-expected announcement that he’s running for president in 2016. At the same time, he is bringing on more policy advisers from his family’s administrations who supported policies that contributed to that wealth gap.