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2:10 PM ET, March 26, 2015

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BREAKING NEWS: Germanwings co-pilot DELIBERATELY crashed Flight 4U9525 into mountain to ‘destroy the plane’ after locking his captain out of cockpit, reveals French prosecutor  —  The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings Airbus A320 locked his captain out of the cockpit before deliberately crashing …
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Raziye Akkoc / Telegraph:
Andreas Lubitz: First picture of Germanwings pilot and what we know about him  —  Marseille prosecutor says co-pilot Andreas Lubitz probably crashed plane ‘deliberately’ - both he and pilot Patrick S trained at Lufthansa Flight Training School in Bremen  —  The Marseille prosecutor …
Stephanie Kirchner / Washington Post:
French prosecutor: Co-pilot of doomed flight sought to ‘destroy the plane’ … DÜSSELDORF, Germany — A French prosecutor said Thursday that the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwing flight appeared to want to “destroy the plane,” in a stunning twist to the investigation that shifted attention …
New York Times:
Germanwings Co-Pilot, Andreas Lubitz, Deliberately Crashed Plane, Prosecutor Says  —  PARIS — The co-pilot of Germanwings flight 9525 deliberately crashed the aircraft, French officials said Thursday, pointing to voice recorder evidence that he had locked the captain out of the cockpit …
BBC:
Germanwings plane crash: Co-pilot ‘wanted to destroy plane’  —  Andreas Lubitz, 28, seen here on his Facebook profile, is said to have been happy with his job  —  The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to “destroy the plane”, officials said.
Wall Street Journal:
Germanwings Co-Pilot Named as Andreas Lubitz  —  Flying club that he joined as a youth issues notice of death  —  FRANKFURT—Andreas Lubitz, the 28-year-old co-pilot who authorities say appeared to fly Germanwings Flight 9525 intentionally into the French Alps, had passed all flight training …
Mark Tran / Guardian:
Germanwings co-pilot intended to destroy plane, says French prosecutor - live updates
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Asoleycerro / KTLA:
Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately ‘Accelerated the Descent’ of Plane That Crashed: Prosecutor
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Adam Baron / Politico:
What we get wrong about Yemen  —  Foreign intervention in a local fight would be the worst course anyone could take.  —  Lead image by AP Photo.  —  With reports Wednesday that besieged President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi might have fled his palace, Yemen appears closer to collapsing into a total failed state.
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Arutz Sheva:
US Declassifies Document Revealing Israel's Nuclear Program  —  Obama revenge for Netanyahu's Congress talk?  1987 report on Israel's top secret nuclear program released in unprecedented move.  —  Dimona nuclear reactor circa 1960s  —  National Security Archive/Flash 90
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Walker says he'd reject deal with Iran ‘on day one’  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said Wednesday that if he's elected president, on his first day in office he'll reject any deal the White House strikes with Iran over its nuclear program if it continues to allow the country to enrich uranium.
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John R. Bolton / New York Times:
To Stop Iran's Bomb, Bomb Iran  —  FOR years, experts worried that the Middle East would face an uncontrollable nuclear-arms race if Iran ever acquired weapons capability.  Given the region's political, religious and ethnic conflicts, the logic is straightforward.
Jodi Rudoren / New York Times:
Netanyahu Told to Mend Ties With Washington  —  JERUSALEM — Israel's president on Wednesday officially handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the task of forming a new government, saying its first priority was to repair relations with the United States and indirectly chiding Mr. Netanyahu …
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Israel a trap for Clinton
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
DEA agents had ‘sex parties’ with prostitutes, watchdog says  —  Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration reportedly had “sex parties” with prostitutes hired by drug cartels in Colombia, according to a new inspector general report released by the Justice Department on Thursday.
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Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
Gregg Jarrett: ‘I Might Not Have Survived’ Without Roger Ailes  —  Meeting a reporter for coffee one cold morning this week, Gregg Jarrett looked great-healthy and full of life.  Wearing a crisp button-down shirt and a pale blue sweater, the longtime Fox News anchor had the familiar look …
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Alex Rogers / TIME:
Rand Paul Proposes Boosting Defense Spending  —  His amendment would add $76.5 billion to the defense budget  —  Just weeks before announcing his 2016 presidential bid, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is completing an about-face on a longstanding pledge to curb the growth in defense spending.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Did you know Obama just took new executive action on immigration?  —  This week President Obama took unilateral executive action — again — to change the nation's immigration laws.  Almost no one noticed.  —  Obama intends to make it easier to bring more foreign guest workers to the United States …
James Joiner / The Daily Beast:
Willie Nelson Is Launching His Own Brand of Weed  —  There will be branded bongs and stores, too, as Willie gets out ahead of big industry in states where pot is legal.  —  Willie Nelson takes a hit of the cigarette-sized vaporizer in his gnarled hand, exhaling a small cloud, before placing it on the foldout table in front of us.
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Rahm Emanuel floats naming Chicago airport after Barack Obama  —  Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel, currently fighting for his political life in a heated run-off campaign, floated the idea Wednesday of naming an airport after the Windy City's favorite son: President Barack Obama.
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and Political Wire
Pete Kasperowicz / TheBlaze.com:
House Dem: Global Warming Could Force Women to Trade Sex for Food  —  A senior House Democrat has once again issued an apocalyptic warning that climate change will hit women harder than men, and that it could drive millions of poor women to engage in “transactional sex” in order to provide food and water for their families.
Tony Cook / Indianapolis Star:
Gov. Mike Pence signs ‘religious freedom’ bill in private  —  Gov. Mike Pence signed a controversial “religious freedom” bill on Thursday morning during a private ceremony in his Statehouse office.  —  Pence almost immediately began defending the law, saying at a news conference that the law …
 
 
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