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10:40 AM ET, March 3, 2015

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email Account at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules  —  WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, State Department officials said, and may have violated federal requirements …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Hacked emails indicate that Hillary Clinton used a domain registered the day of her Senate hearings  —  The New York Times reported Monday night that, during her tenure at the State Department, Hillary Clinton never used her official email account to conduct communications, relying instead on a private email account.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
State Department walks back claim on Clinton Foundation review  —  The State Department is stepping back from a spokeswoman's comment last week suggesting that the agency's ethics lawyers signed off on donations to the Clinton Foundation during Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
The U.S. Constitution Actually Bans Hillary's Foreign Government Payola
Discussion: Hot Air, Betsy's Page and Politico
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Mystery of the Netanyahu Disaster, and a Possible Explanation  —  Why is Benjamin Netanyahu going ahead with his speech to Congress in a few hours' time, despite complaints from all quarters about the damage it is causing?  It's a trickier question than it seems.
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Exclusive: Obama says Iran must halt nuclear work for at least a decade  —  (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran should commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on its nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but said the odds were still against sealing a final agreement.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Bibi boycott grows prior to speech  —  Almost a quarter of House Democrats will boycott Tuesday's congressional address by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  —  The defections, which point to the increasingly strained relations between the White House and the Israeli government …
Brendan Bordelon / National Review:
AIPAC Crowd Cheers During Susan Rice Speech — for Policies She Opposes  —  White House national security advisor Susan Rice earned rousing applause during her speech before the American-Israeli Political Action Committee on Monday — but they weren't in support for Obama administration policies.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
The terrible, horrible, no good start for the Republicans  —  The opening weeks of the 114th Congress have been nothing short of a disaster for Republicans, who declared upon taking control of both chambers last fall that the era of governing by crisis and fiscal cliffs was over.
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
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The Hill:
Cheney offers no advice to GOP on DHS fight  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney met Monday evening with the House Republican whip team, but declined to talk to reporters after it ended.  —  House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), who often brings guest speakers to his weekly meetings, invited Cheney, according to his spokeswoman.
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Politico:
GOP group targets House conservatives on DHS fight
Streiff / RedState:
Boehner looks for a life line... from the Democrats
Wall Street Journal:
An Off-Ramp From ObamaCare  —  If the Supreme Court follows the law, there will be an opening for a sane health-care alternative.  Here it is.  —  Editor's note: The following was written by Republicans John Kline, Paul Ryan and Fred Upton, chairmen, respectively, of the House committees …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Lawyer Put Health Act in Peril by Pointing Out 4 Little Words
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:   “Plain meaning,” absurdity, and the (almost forgotten) Gregory/Bond federalism canon, in King v. Burwell
Steven Brill / The Great Debate:
The Supreme Court hears an Obamacare fairytale
Donna St. George / Washington Post:
‘Unsubstantiated’ child neglect finding for free-range parents  —  Danielle and Alexander Meitiv let their children, ages 10 and 6, walk home alone from a park a mile away from their house.  Then, Montgomery County investigated the couple for child neglect.  (Jorge Ribas/The Washington Post)
Discussion: CBS DC, Hit & Run, Slate and Joanne Jacobs
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Let's Destroy Liberal Academia  —  It's time to give current university system the Old Yeller treatment, except normal Americans will giggle when this rabid mongrel gets put down.  —  Sure, the legions of administrative timeservers, otherwise unemployable tenure ticks …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Bloomberg Business:
The 15 Most Miserable Economies in the World  —  Consumers in Venezuela are expected to suffer the most in 2015  —  Don't Miss Out —  Inflation is a disease that can wreck a society, Milton Friedman, the late Nobel laureate economist, once said.  Add rising unemployment to the diagnosis …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Centrist Dems ready strike against Warren wing  —  Centrist Democrats are gathering their forces to fight back against the “Elizabeth Warren wing” of their party, fearing a sharp turn to the left could prove disastrous in the 2016 elections.  —  For months, moderate Democrats have kept silent …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Warren Buffett: Elizabeth Warren should be ‘less angry’
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Ben Carson Creates Committee to Explore Presidential Bid  —  Retired neurosurgeon is one of the first would-be 2016 GOP candidates to form a formal committee  —  Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has formally created an exploratory committee to run for president, his campaign chief executive, Terry Giles, said Monday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Michael Allen / OpposingViews.com:
Texas Lawmaker, Married Five Times, Opposes Judge Who Allowed Gay Marriage  —  Texas state Rep. Tony Tinderholt recently filed a judicial conduct complaint against state District Judge David Wahlberg, who allowed the state's first gay marriage on Feb. 19.  —  Wahlberg allowed Suzanne Bryant …
 
 
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Daily Mail:
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