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1:00 PM ET, March 4, 2015

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Associated Press:
Clinton ran own computer system for her official emails  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Clinton's emails — on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — traced …
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New York Times:
Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests  —  WASHINGTON — In 2012, congressional investigators asked the State Department for a wide range of documents related to the attack on the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.  The department eventually responded …
The Hill:
Clinton critics tie email to Benghazi  —  The revelation that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a private email account for government business breathed new life Tuesday into a congressional investigation of Benghazi.  —  Republicans seized on the news to defend their probe …
Discussion: RedState and Politico
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Source: Top Clinton Aides Used Secret Email Accounts at State Dept.
New York Times:
Mr. Netanyahu's Unconvincing Speech to Congress  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel could not have hoped for a more rapturous welcome in Congress.  With Republicans and most Democrats as his props, he entered the House of Representatives to thunderous applause on Tuesday …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   What Bibi Didn't Say  —  Now that Israeli Prime Minister …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:   Netanyahu speech divides Dems
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Netanyahu's Deadly Gambit
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Bibi's grand slam: Boxing in Obama on Iran's nukes
Discussion: Betsy's Page
James Oliphant / National Journal:
Netanyahu Delivered Just What Obama Feared
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Tug of War: Obama, Congress at Odds Over Who's in Control
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Yahoo! News
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Ben Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice  —  Washington (CNN)Ben Carson says homosexuality is a choice because many people “go into prison straight — and when they come out, they're gay.”  —  The neurosurgeon and potential Republican candidate for president in 2016 made the comment …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Ben Carson says being gay is a choice, citing prison example
Discussion: Hot Air
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Cruz unveils ObamaCare alternative  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday offered the latest in a series of Republican ObamaCare alternatives ahead of a Supreme Court ruling that could gut the law.  —  Cruz's bill, called the Health Care Choices Act, would allow people to buy health insurance …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Appears Sharply Split in Case on Health Law
Discussion: Reuters and Political Wire
Tim Hanrahan / Wall Street Journal:
Live Blog: Supreme Court Hears King v. Burwell Health-Law Case
Discussion: Business Insider and Hit & Run
Eric Citron / SCOTUSblog:
Mid-argument updates: King v. Burwell (Latest update: 11:06)  —  First update: Liberals lead line in questioning of Petitioner in King, but Kennedy asks important question about disrupting federal state balance.  —  Counsel for the petitioners - who are seeking to invalidate subsidies …
Manu Raju / Politico:
Republicans' fear: 2 more years of gridlock  —  The Homeland Security standoff that ended Tuesday has GOP lawmakers worried they've ‘hit a wall.’  —  Indiana Sen. Dan Coats isn't sure whether to run for reelection — but if he does, it'll be because he has some degree of confidence the new GOP Congress can get something done.
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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David Rogers / Politico:
How Boehner might rethink his speakership  —  Maybe it's time to think of the Republican House as a coalition government.  —  On paper, the GOP currently has 245 members, but when 50 feel they can walk away from their leadership on any given day, it's really a plurality, not a majority.
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
House passes bill fully funding the Department of Homeland Security
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Awash in cash, Bush asks donors not to give more than $1 million - for now  —  An unusual request has gone out to wealthy donors writing large checks to support former Florida governor Jeb Bush: Please don't give more than $1 million right away.  —  The requested limit …
Discussion: Hot Air, New York Magazine and Fox News
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Bush Asks Donors to Limit Themselves to $1 Million
Discussion: Progress Pond
David McCabe / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham mocks Pelosi's ‘surgeries,’ apologizes  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) apologized for mocking House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's physical appearance during a closed-door fundraiser following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress.
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Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Stop the Insanity: BBQ pitmasters told to take down American flags  —  Give it to God Competition BBQ (Courtesy Jeff Petkevicius)  —  Nothing says America quite like smoking a pork butt and flying Old Glory.  —  “The sport of professional barbecue is extremely American and family oriented,” said pitmaster Jeff Petkevicius.
Mike Allen / Politico:
AP: CLINTON OPERATED OWN EMAIL SERVER — ‘Homebrew computer system for official emails’ — WHAT AARON SCHOCK did last night - KEN SPAIN to huge Koch job — B'DAY: Deborah Turness, Rick Perry  —  By Mike Allen (mallen@politico.com; @mikeallen), with Daniel Lippman (dlippman@politico.com; @dlippman)
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  March 4, 2015 - U.S. Voters Back 2-1 Sending Troops To Fight Isis, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Say 3-1 Keep Un-Vaccinated Kids Out Of School  —  American voters support 62 - 30 percent sending U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria …
Wall Street Journal:
Pro-Growth, Pro-Family Tax Reform  —  Cut the corporate rate to 25%.For individuals and families, reduce the current seven brackets to two: 15% and 35%.  —  Six years after the Great Recession officially ended, most Americans can sense that the U.S. economy is still operating below its full potential.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Rahm could actually lose  —  Chicago's mayor is in the fight of his political life.  —  A runoff that was expected to be a slam dunk for Rahm Emanuel is turning out to be uncomfortably — even dangerously — close, leading the Chicago mayor to ready a scorched-earth offensive to save his job.
Discussion: Chicago
 
 
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Martin Austermuhle / WAMU 88.5:
A D.C. Man Walks Into A Police Station And Asks For Marijuana... And Gets It
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Bill Scher / Politico:
What if Hillary bows out?  —  Here's how it would play …
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ProPublica:
The Demolition of Workers' Comp
Discussion: Washington Post and NPR
Agence France-Presse:
UK bans ad for implying Old Jerusalem part of Israel
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Larry Gordon / Los Angeles Times:
UC to freeze California enrollment, cap UCLA, Berkeley non-residents
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