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7:05 AM ET, April 15, 2015

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Was Asked About Email 2 Years Ago  —  WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton was directly asked by congressional investigators in a December 2012 letter whether she had used a private email account while serving as secretary of state, according to letters obtained by The New York Times.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton says she would support a constitutional amendment on campaign finance reform  —  MONTICELLO, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for changes to the nation's campaign finance system, saying here Tuesday that she would support a constitutional amendment if that's what it takes …
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Comes Out Swinging at CEOs and Hedge Fund Managers
Discussion: ABC News
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Inside Hillary's ‘Very Luxurious’ Van: A Bed, TV, and Lots of Leather
New York Times:
Obama Yields, Allowing Congress Say on Iran Nuclear Deal  —  WASHINGTON — The White House relented on Tuesday and said President Obama would sign a compromise bill giving Congress a voice on the proposed nuclear accord with Iran as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in rare unanimous agreement …
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Obama could accept revised bill on Iran nuclear vote: White House  —  (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he could accept a revised bipartisan bill on Iran's nuclear agreement after leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee reached agreement on revisions that would allow Congress to vote on it.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Iran Deal Reached In Senate; Read The Details
David Hochman / Playboy:
PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: BILL MAHER  —  Inside Bill Maher's office in Los Angeles, you don't need a poli-sci degree to know which way the political winds are blowing.  There's a (fake) Zagat guide to marijuana dispensaries, a bumper sticker that reads HONK IF YOU HATE AMERICA …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Jin Zhao / Raw Story:
Religious right pundit: Hillary Clinton too hideously ugly to become president  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  We expected to see some punches thrown at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as soon as she announced her run for president for a second time on Sunday.
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A Modest Proposal: Barack Obama Should Be Hillary Clinton's Running Mate  —  Because Hillary Clinton is white and no longer young, a strain of political thought holds that she might lack Barack Obama's inherent appeal to new and minority voters and thus that she won't be able to ride …
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Kristen Desilva / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Is Hillary Clinton the democrats' Mitt Romney?
Discussion: Moe Lane
Angelamartincbs / CBS Dallas:
Dallas Woman Posts On Facebook “A Female Shouldn't Be President”  —  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - “A female shouldn't be President,” is a direct quote from a Dallas woman's Facebook page.  —  As you might imagine, the post has attracted quite a bit of attention from people across the country.
Discussion: Hot Air, Ed Driscoll and Raw Story
Ashley Fantz / CNN:
Prison time for some Atlanta school educators in cheating scandal  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)There was nothing routine about a sentencing hearing Tuesday in Atlanta that wrote the final legal chapter of one of the most massive school cheating scandals in the country.
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Pentagon: Russian intercept of US plane ‘sloppy airmanship’  —  The Pentagon on Monday denounced a recent incident in which a Russian pilot intercepted a U.S. aircraft over the Baltic Sea as “sloppy airmanship.”  —  “Frankly, this is an example of sloppy airmanship on the part of a Russian pilot …
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
Obama Endorses Removing Cuba From Terrorism List  —  MEXICO CITY — The White House announced on Tuesday that President Obama intends to remove Cuba from the American government's list of nations that sponsor terrorism, eliminating a major obstacle to the restoration of diplomatic relations after decades of hostilities.
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:   Obama to remove Cuba from state sponsor of terror list
Nicole Gaouette / Bloomberg Business:
Obama to Drop Cuba From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
Discussion: Bloomberg View
David Nather / Politico:
Hillary Clinton names top three wonks for campaign  —  Hillary Clinton has named three senior policy advisers to lead the development of an agenda for her presidential campaign, setting the stage for a series of policy rollouts that campaign officials hope to begin late next month after her early phase of road trips to meet voters.
Deepak Saini / WGNO:
Lawsuit: Transgender man fired because he refused to wear a dress  —  NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A New Orleans law firm is taking on the civil rights case of a Lake Charles man who says he was fired from his job, after he refused to wear a dress, and be treated as a woman.
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Raw Story
Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Boehner: Obama Made a Deal With the Devil  —  President Barack Obama made a “deal with the devil” in his nuclear framework with Iran and there's no reason to think it can verifiably prevent the Tehran regime from getting a nuclear weapon, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Adam Walser / WFTS:
Veteran says he was repeatedly put on hold by veterans' suicide hotline  —  Hotline has problems with handling number of calls  —  He put himself in danger to protect our country, but when he needed help to save his own life all he got was a recorded message.  —  Ted Koran was thinking about committing suicide Saturday night.
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Fox News Producer Asks People on the Street to Name an Obama Accomplishment, Gets These Answers Back  —  Fox News producer Jesse Watters hit the streets of Baltimore recently, asking individuals to name a single accomplishment from President Barack Obama.  —  The answers were wide-ranging.
Som Lisaius / Tucson News Now:
Marana police video shows cruiser ram crime spree suspect  —  TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) - Police released dash cam video showing how a police officer used his cruiser to put an end to a crime spree in February that stretched from Tucson to Marana.  —  In the video, an apparent gunshot …
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Sex, Dementia and a Husband on Trial at Age 78  —  There is no question that Donna Lou Rayhons had severe Alzheimer's.  —  In the days before being placed in a nursing home in Garner, Iowa, last year, Mrs. Rayhons, 78, could not recall her daughters' names or how to eat a hamburger.
 
 
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