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11:40 PM ET, March 29, 2014

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Washington Post:
Influential Republicans working to draft Jeb Bush into 2016 presidential race  —  LAS VEGAS — Many of the Republican Party's most powerful insiders and financiers have begun a behind-the-scenes campaign to draft former Florida governor Jeb Bush into the 2016 presidential race …
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Walker, Christie Court GOP Donors in Las Vegas  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says the GOP's next presidential nominee must be someone “from outside Washington.”  —  The Republican says he's not focused on the 2016 race.  But he says the nation's governors are better positioned to win …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Christie Way?  —  I'm a little confused by this.  Generally speaking when you throw someone under the bus and you want them to play along, you add as much padding to the process as possible.  That doesn't appear to be the Chris Chrisitie way.  The main fallperson turns out to be former deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly.
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Kate White / Charleston Gazette:
Tomblin vetoes 20-week abortion ban  —  Governor calls 20-week cutoff unconstitutional and detrimental  —  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed a bill late Friday that would have banned abortions of fetuses after 20 weeks gestation.  The governor called the bill unconstitutional and a “detriment” to women's health.
Washington Post:
Maryland set to replace troubled health exchange with Connecticut's system  —  Maryland officials are set to replace the state's online health-insurance exchange with technology from Connecticut's insurance marketplace, according to two people familiar with the decision …
Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
Arrest Climate-Change Deniers  —  Man-made climate change happens.  Man-made climate change kills a lot of people.  It's going to kill a lot more.  We have laws on the books to punish anyone whose lies contribute to people's deaths.  It's time to punish the climate-change liars.
Joe Conason / Real Clear Politics:
Why Democrats Must Embrace Obamacare  —  Defending the Affordable Care Act in his memorable nominating speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Bill Clinton did as he often advises his party's elected officials: Don't run away from the argument; confront it directly instead.
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Washington Post:
Senate Democrats struggle to define a message that can save their majority
Louis Charbonneau / Reuters:
Exclusive: Russia threatened countries ahead of UN vote on Ukraine - envoys  —  (Reuters) - Russia threatened several Eastern European and Central Asian states with retaliation if they voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution this week declaring invalid Crimea's referendum …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The astounding story of Leland Yee.  —  You may remember Leland Yee.  He's a state senator from San Francisco who's appeared in this column a couple of times before: in 2009, when he objected (unsuccessfully) to the appointment of a University of California chancellor who'd been linked …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and National Review
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Laila Kearney / Reuters:
California senate suspends three lawmakers in criminal probes
Discussion: Hot Air
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Standing Up to the Commie Thugs In Venezuela  —  In Venezuela, a popular uprising threatens to sweep Nicolas Maduro, the heir to Hugo Chavez, from power, along with his brutal, corrupt, viciously anti-American socialist regime.  The magnitude of anti-Maduro demonstrations in Venezuela …
New York Times:
Newly Released Clinton-Era Papers Show Damage Control During Scandal  —  As the White House was enveloped in the Monica Lewinsky scandal in January 1998, aides offered advice to President Bill Clinton's speechwriting team on how to use the State of the Union address that month to rebuild public confidence in the president.
Discussion: The Reaction
Spiegel Online:
GCHQ and NSA Targeted Private German Companies  —  Documents show that Britain's GCHQ intelligence service infiltrated German Internet firms and America's NSA obtained a court order to spy on Germany and collected information about the chancellor in a special database.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
FiveThirtyEight Apologizes On Behalf Of Controversial Climate Science Writer  —  NEW YORK — Two prominent climate scientists say Roger Pielke Jr., a controversial writer at Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight site, sent emails threatening possible legal action in response to their criticism of his findings for the data-driven news site.
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John Sandweg / Los Angeles Times:
Who should be deported?  —  ICE should eliminate 'non-criminal …
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Milton J. Valencia / The Boston Globe:
FBI pushed elder Tsarnaev to be informer, lawyers assert
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Middleburg Heights man killed by deputies described as sovereign citizen, filed lawsuits against government
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Two Council Members Caught on Video Refusing to Stand and Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Obama administration: U.S. and Saudi Arabia ‘very much aligned’
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