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2:45 AM ET, March 2, 2015

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Mark Langfan / Reuters:
Report: Obama Threatened to Shoot Down IAF Iran Strike  —  Kuwaiti paper claims unnamed Israeli minister with good ties with the US administration ‘revealed the attack plan to John Kerry.’  —  The Bethlehem-based news agency Ma'an has cited a Kuwaiti newspaper report Saturday …
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Maan News Agency:
Report: Obama threatened to fire on Israeli jets attacking Iran  —  BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) - A Kuwaiti newspaper reported Saturday that US President Barack Obama thwarted an Israeli military attack against Iran's nuclear facilities in 2014.  —  Al-Jarida newspaper quoted “well-placed” …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and BREITBART.COM
Washington Post:
Retired Israeli veterans warn against speech  —  TEL AVIV — Hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set off Sunday for Washington, a group of 180 retired Israeli generals and former top security officials warned that his upcoming address to a joint meeting of Congress on Iran's nuclear program will cause more harm than good.
Discussion: Jerusalem Post and Liberaland
William Booth / Washington Post:
Netanyahu's address to Congress will be most important speech of his life  —  JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming address to a joint meeting of Congress will probably be the most important speech of his career — and one that has already jeopardized relations between Israel and the United States.
ABC News:   Kerry Worries Israeli PM Visit May Become ‘Political Football’
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Nearly Half of Voters Disapprove of GOP's Netanyahu Invite
Discussion: Political Wire
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
Kerry Tries to Dampen Fuss Over Israeli PM's Speech
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Kerry Contradicts Administration: Bibi ‘Welcome to Speak in the U.S.’
Los Angeles Times:
LAPD fatal shooting of man caught on tape  —  Authorities said Sunday night that Los Angeles police fatally shot a man on skid row during a struggle over an officer's weapons.  —  Police officials offered a detailed account of what they say prompted the Sunday morning shooting, which was captured on video by a bystander.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
The O'Reilly tapes: Phone recordings raise new questions about JFK story  —  One evening in March more than 30 years ago, Gaeton Fonzi received a call from a man whose voice and name are now instantly recognizable.  —  “Hi Gaeton,” the caller said.  “Bill O'Reilly.”  —  The year was 1977.
Jennifer Emily / Dallas Morning News:
Free of Ebola but not fear  —  Nurse Nina Pham to file lawsuit against Presby parent, worries about continued health woes  —  Experimental drugs and special care helped make Nina Pham Ebola free.  But today she fears she may never escape the deadly disease.
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Hard Cases  —  The great Supreme Court cases turn on the majestic ambiguities embedded in the Constitution.  It is not a simple thing to define and apply terms like “the freedom of speech,” or “equal protection of the laws,” much less explain how much process is “due.”
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Hullabaloo
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New York Times:
The Phony Legal Attack on Health Care
Olga TanasJason Corcoran / Bloomberg Business:
Russian Opposition Gathers in Moscow to Honor Murdered Nemtsov  —  Don't Miss Out —  (Bloomberg) — Tens of thousands marched through Moscow to honor slain political activist Boris Nemtsov in the biggest show of support for Russia's opposition in three years.
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RIchard Spencer / Telegraph:
How Syria's Christians stopped turning the other cheek  —  New Christian militia goes into battle against Isil - but pays a high price  —  Like many of Syria's warriors, Kino Gabriel was a student four years ago, training to be a dentist.  —  Like many other Syrians, he resisted the call to war …
Discussion: BREITBART.COM and Power Line
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
Hugh Hewitt On The Kinds Of Questions He'll Ask At The Debate: No Evolution  —  And no questions meant to “divide on religious grounds.”  The radio show host, who will be a part of CNN's debate, says foreign policy should come first in an interview with radio host Aaron Klein.  —  Alex Gallardo / AP Images
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Gay group wins formal recognition from state Republican Party  —  Essential California reading: Leonard Nimoy's influence, homicide risk for Latinos, money in L.A. city elections
NY Daily News:
Nancy Sinatra insists Ronan Farrow is not Frank Sinatra's son  —  Frank Sinatra would've turned 100 years old this year and Old Blue Eyes' daughter Nancy would like to make clear that that his legacy doesn't include Ronan Farrow.  —  “He's Mia's son and we love him, but he has nothing …
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Liberaland
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Quartering spyware troops in the digital age: Column  —  The Third Amendment keeps a low profile, but it is time to revisit who and what we quarter.  —  In 1893, historian Frederick Jackson Turner published a famous paper on the closing of the American frontier.
Leigh Munsil / Politico:
Steve Scalise vows to continue immigration fight  —  House Majority Whip Steve Scalise vowed on Sunday to keep fighting against President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration in the midst of the Department of Homeland Security funding battle.  —  Congress passed a last-minute …
Discussion: The Hill
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Alex Brown / National Journal:
Democrats: Boehner Promised Us a Vote on a Clean DHS Bill Next Week
 
 
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Jeb Bush will refuse to sign tax pledges: spokeswoman
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Republican fears grow over court challenge to ObamaCare
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
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