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5:55 PM ET, February 24, 2015

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Steven Dennis / The World's Greatest Deliberative Body:
McConnell Throws in Towel on DHS Fight, but Reid Is Waiting for Boehner to Cave (Updated)  —  Reid is holding out for more.  (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)  —  Updated 5:20 p.m. |  In an extraordinary sequence of events, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered Democrats exactly …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP gets bad news on ObamaCare repeal plan  —  The Senate's chief referee has dealt a significant setback to conservatives who want to send an ObamaCare repeal bill to the president's desk this year.  —  GOP sources say Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has raised red flags …
Gallup:
Story Highlights  — Medicaid expansion, state exchanges linked to greater reductions  — No state reported a statistically significant increase in uninsured  — Nationwide, full-year uninsured rate drops 3.5 points from 2013 to 2014  —  This story is part of Gallup's annual …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
If SCOTUS kills Obamacare subsidies, Republicans don't have an exit strategy
Discussion: US News and Washington Monthly
ABC News:
Trayvon Martin: DOJ Set to Announce No Charges Against George Zimmerman … While the public waits for a Justice Department announcement over two separate investigations spurred by the summer shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, the department is going to first announce its findings in the killing of Trayvon Martin.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Federal Officials Close Investigation Into Death of Trayvon Martin  —  The Justice Department announced today that the independent federal investigation found insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Mashable
USA Today:
No federal charges for Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin death
Discussion: Hot Air
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Won't Charge George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin Killing
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Most Keystone oil would stay in U.S., study says  —  The vast majority of the crude oil that goes through the planned Keystone XL pipeline would stay in the United States, according to a new analysis.  —  The study from analysis firm IHS Inc. also concluded that about 70 percent …
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Gregory Korte / Associated Press:
Obama: Keystone pipeline bill ‘has earned my veto’  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have approved the Keystone XL pipeline, making good on a threat to reject a proposal embraced by Republicans as a jobs measure but opposed by environmentalists as contributing to climate change.
Sam Youngman / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Mitch McConnell endorses Rand Paul's call for GOP presidential caucus in Kentucky
Discussion: Hit & Run and Political Wire
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Obama will quickly veto Keystone bill
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’  —  The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.
New York Post:
Eric Garner's daughter on Al Sharpton: 'He's all about the money'  —  Al Sharpton (left) and Erica Snipes.  —  Al Sharpton is all about the Benjamins, a daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner claims in a bombshell videotape.  —  Erica Snipes tees off on the reverend as interested primarily …
BuzzFeed:
Ron Paul: Black Caucus Only Against War Because They Want That Money For Food Stamps  —  “They are really against war because they want all of that money to go to food stamps for people here.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Former Republican Rep. Ron Paul, the father of potential presidential candidate Rand Paul …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Democratic FCC commissioner balks at net neutrality rules  —  A Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission wants to narrow the scope of new net neutrality rules that are set for a vote on Thursday, The Hill has learned.  —  Mignon Clyburn, one of three Democrats on the FCC …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker breaks out in national GOP race  —  PPP's newest national Republican poll finds a clear leader in the race for the first time: Scott Walker is at 25% to 18% for Ben Carson, 17% for Jeb Bush, and 10% for Mike Huckabee.  Rounding out the field of contenders are Chris Christie and Ted Cruz at 5% …
Rasmussen Reports:
Do Voters Believe Obama Loves America?  —  U.S. voters overwhelmingly say they love this country, but one-out-of-three doesn't believe President Obama feels that way.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 35% of Likely U.S. Voters agree with this statement …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Black conservatives seek to draft Condoleezza Rice for Senate race  —  The Black Conservatives Fund wants to draft former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for a Senate bid in 2016, as they argue she represents the GOP's best chance to win a Senate seat in deep-blue California.
New York Times:
Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Redouble Defense of His Falklands Reporting  —  The Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday stepped up his defense against reports that he embellished stories about his war reporting earlier in his career, while some former colleagues continued to say he had exaggerated his experiences.
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won't run for U.S. Senate  —  Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Tuesday that he would not enter the race for Barbara Boxer's seat in the U.S. Senate, leaving state Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris as the only major candidate.
Discussion: KTLA and Political Wire
Rafael Olmeda / Sun-Sentinel:
Broward deputy drags cuffed woman through courthouse hallway by her feet … Get unlimited digital access.  99¢ for 4 weeks.
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Durbin: Selma Anniversary Should Give GOP Pause About Opposing Loretta Lynch  —  Race and a top nomination for the Obama cabinet.  —  The nomination of Loretta Lynch for attorney general has not moved through the Senate quite as quickly as Democrats had hoped.
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Video Shows Cop Making Unprovoked Attack On Homeless Man  —  Cell phone video captured at a bus terminal in Ft. Lauderdale shows a police officer throwing a homeless man to the ground and slapping him for trespassing.  However, the incident is not an isolated one.
GOP.com:
Time for 2016 Democrats to Answer  —  FROM: RNC Communications Director Sean Spicer  —  RE: Time for 2016 Democrats to Answer  —  A review of news coverage from the last week using the TVEyes media monitoring database reveals that the controversies surrounding the Clinton Foundation's foreign donations …
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
That Time Harry Reid Wore Dark Sunglasses to a News Conference … Sen. Harry Reid sported some new, hip eyewear on Capitol Hill weeks after an exercising injury that might ultimately cost him vision in his right eye.  —  Reid started out the day on the Senate floor with a giant bandage across …
Discussion: Politico
Nick Gass / Politico:
Hugh Hewitt to moderate first GOP presidential debate  —  Radio talk-show host Hugh Hewitt will moderate the first Republican presidential debate as part of a partnership between Salem Media Group and CNN.  The debate will take place Sept. 16 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
As Cuba Shifts Toward Capitalism, Inequality Grows More Visible  —  HAVANA — The river where Jonas Echevarria fishes cuts through neighborhoods brimming with new fine restaurants, spas and boutiques, springing up in Cuba's accelerating push toward private enterprise.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
White House Lowers Bar for Iran Nuke Deal  —  For anyone hoping a nuclear deal with Iran might stop the Tehran government from destabilizing the Middle East or free its political prisoners, the Obama administration has some bad news: It's just an arms control agreement.
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Growing Support for Campaign Against ISIS - and Possible Use of U.S. Ground Troops  —  Shifting Views on How Best to Defeat Global Terrorism  —  The public has grown more supportive of the U.S. fight against ISIS, as about twice as many approve (63%) as disapprove (30%) …
 
 
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Nevada Lawmaker Says Cancer Is A Fungus, Recommends Simply Washing It Out
Reuters:
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Salim Furth, Ph.D. / Heritage Foundation:
Who Is Working Less?  —  Labor force participation …
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Cracks Down on Marketers of “Melanoma Detection” Apps
Ian Millhiser / Slate:
In Defense of Court-Packing  —  When the Supreme Court willfully …
Anchorage Daily News:
Wasilla enacts strict new marijuana rules as legalization dawns
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Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
Muslim advocacy group skeptical of ‘no-go zone’ bill
Carol Felsenthal / Politico:
The humbling of Rahm  —  All signs point to a second term for the Chicago mayor.
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Agence France-Presse:
UN climate panel head resigns amid sex claims
Maggie Ybarra / Washington Times:
Jordan furious over Pentagon leak on secret anti-terror traning camp
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Jeb and the ‘Immortal 306’  —  Today, the Republican nomination process is a muddle.
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VA Secretary Robert McDonald Falsely Claimed He Served In ‘Special Forces’
 

 
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The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

 
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