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5:30 PM ET, March 4, 2015

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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
House committee to subpoena e-mails from Clinton's personal account  —  A House investigative committee is preparing to send out subpoenas later Wednesday to gather a deeper look into former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton's nearly exclusive use of personal e-mails to do her official business …
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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 …
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 …
Bill Scher / Politico:
What if Hillary Bows Out?  —  Here's how it would play out in the Democratic Party—after the initial panic.  —  Until now, Hillary Clinton's run for the presidency has been viewed as pretty much a sure thing.  But lately the road to near-certain nomination has taken a couple of rough turns …
BuzzFeed:
In 2000 Video Hillary Clinton Says She Doesn't “Do Email” Because Of Investigations Into Her
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Washington Post:
White House says Clinton did not heed e-mail policy
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Appears Sharply Split in Case on Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed bitterly divided during heated arguments over the fate of President Obama's health care law.  —  As expected, the court's four liberal members voiced strong support for the administration's position.
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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 …
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 …
ProPublica:
Behind Supreme Court's Obamacare Case, A Secretive Society's Hidden Hand  —  The Supreme Court has no shortage of potentially precedent-shattering cases on its docket this term.  But the one the justices are hearing tomorrow, King v. Burwell, could be the most consequential.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Obamacare Will Probably Survive Its Second Trip To The Supreme Court  —  Members of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association rally outside the Supreme Court on the morning of March 4, 2015.  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik  —  WASHINGTON, DC — Michael Carvin …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Aaron Couch / Hollywood Reporter:
Jon Stewart Blasts Benjamin Netanyahu Speech, Republican's “Blowjob” Response  —  The ‘Daily Show’ host calls the Republican standing ovation to the Israeli Prime Minister's remarks “the longest blow job a Jewish man has ever received.”  —  Jon Stewart had plenty of fun …
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Dennis Ross / USA Today:
Netanyahu has reasons to be worried
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Darren Wilson Is Cleared of Rights Violations in Ferguson Shooting  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has cleared a Ferguson, Mo., police officer of civil rights violations in the shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager whose death set off racially charged and sometimes violent protests last year.
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
The seven racist e-mails the Justice Department highlighted in its report on Ferguson police  —  The police department and municipal court building in Ferguson, Mo. (Jeff Roberson/AP)  —  The Justice Department just released its investigation into the Ferguson, Mo., police department …
Jack Cloherty / ABC News:
The Most Scathing Findings From the Ferguson PD Probe
Discussion: Politico
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
DOJ report renews outrage in Ferguson
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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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Ben Carson floors CNN host: Homosexuality is a sham because prison makes you ‘come out gay’
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Greg Botelho / CNN:
New York City public schools to have Muslim holidays off  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)New York City public schools will now observe two Muslim holidays, officials announced Wednesday, making the district — the nation's biggest — one of the few to put Islamic holy days on its calendar.
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New York Times:
New York City Adds 2 Muslim Holy Days to Public School Calendar
Discussion: Mediaite and France 24
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg Business
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Republicans' fear: 2 more years of gridlock
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Daily Mail:
Jihadi John family's 20 years on benefits: How it's cost taxpayers up to £400k to house fanatic and his relatives in upmarket areas  —  Jihadi John and his asylum-seeking family have milked the British benefits system for 20 years, the Mail can reveal today.
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 and Progress Pond
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Edward McClelland / Salon:
Rahm Emanuel's political nightmare: Jesus “Chuy” Garcia tells Salon why he'll oust the Mayor
Kyle Moroney / MLive.com:
‘Christian’ philosophy removed from school job ad, apology offered after ACLU complaint  —  A consultant with McBain Rural Agricultural Schools near Cadillac apologized to the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan for the religious reference in the district's superintendent job posting.
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Kyle Moroney / MLive.com:
ACLU demands removal of ‘Christian’ philosophy from school superintendent hunt
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Lawyer Arguing Against Obamacare: Statute Written By ‘White Women And Minorities’  —  Michael Carvin, the attorney arguing on behalf of the plaintiffs in the King v. Burwell case, said this challenge is different because the argument against the law centers on a statute that was “written by white women and minorities.”
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Keystone veto override fails  —  The Senate failed to override President Obama's veto of legislation approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, falling five votes short of the two-thirds majority needed in a 62-37 vote.  —  It's the first time Congress has voted on whether to override a veto from Obama …
 
 
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ProPublica:
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