Friday morning must-reads

GOP presidential hopefuls split on debt ceiling fix

New backup plan would let Obama raise ceiling without Congress?

Charles Krauthammer: Call Obama's bluff

Keith Hennessey: Understanding the McConnell debt limit proposal

Germans complain U.S. is holding ze world hostage

Operation Castaway: ATF’s Florida version of “Fast and Furious”

Report: Bin Laden plotted attack for 9/11 anniversary

Study: Black men survive longer in prison than out

14 cities being eaten alive by unions

Progressives plan protest at Obama campaign HQ

Chris Matthews: How come rich people aren't committing suicide?

Amazing maps show who is Tweeting around the world

Marco Rubio rebuffs suggestion that tax increases are a debt solution: