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2:30 PM ET, February 24, 2015

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New York Times:
Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Redouble Defense of His Falklands Reporting  —  The Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday stepped up his defense against reports that he embellished stories about his war reporting earlier in his career, while some former colleagues continued to say he had exaggerated his experiences.
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Mother Jones:
CBS Has Released The Falklands Protest Footage Bill O'Reilly Asked For.  It Doesn't Support His Claims.  —  The Fox News host says he was in a “war zone” where police gunned down civilians.  The video doesn't show that.  —  CBS News today posted its reports from Buenos Aires at the end …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bill O'Reilly threatens N.Y. Times reporter  —  Fox News host Bill O'Reilly threatened a New York Times reporter on Monday night, promising to come after the reporter “with everything I have” if he felt that any of the reporter's coverage about his Falklands war controversy was inappropriate.
Discussion: Poynter, Mediaite and New York Magazine
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP gets bad news on ObamaCare repeal plan  —  The Senate's chief referee has dealt a significant setback to conservatives who want to send an ObamaCare repeal bill to the president's desk this year.  —  GOP sources say Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has raised red flags …
Discussion: Politico
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Gallup:
Story Highlights  — Medicaid expansion, state exchanges linked to greater reductions  — No state reported a statistically significant increase in uninsured  — Nationwide, full-year uninsured rate drops 3.5 points from 2013 to 2014  —  This story is part of Gallup's annual …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
If SCOTUS kills Obamacare subsidies, Republicans don't have an exit strategy  —  If the Supreme Court rules for the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell, the decision would eliminate billions of dollars in subsidies received by Americans who bought coverage on Healthcare.gov. And Republicans …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and US News
David Wood / The Huffington Post:
VA Secretary Robert McDonald Falsely Claimed He Served In ‘Special Forces’  —  WASHINGTON — Robert McDonald, the secretary of veterans affairs, wrongly claimed in a videotaped comment earlier this year that he served in the Army's elite special forces, when his military service of five years …
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MilitaryTimes:
VA secretary sorry for false special forces claim
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:   VA chief falsely claimed special forces service
Fox News:
VA Secretary Robert McDonald admits lying about Special Forces service
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Shark Tank
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’  —  The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.
New York Post:
Eric Garner's daughter on Al Sharpton: 'He's all about the money'  —  Al Sharpton (left) and Erica Snipes.  —  Al Sharpton is all about the Benjamins, a daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner claims in a bombshell videotape.  —  Erica Snipes tees off on the reverend as interested primarily …
Washington Post:
On Homeland Security funding, Republicans govern without logic  —  WHATEVER ITS merits or shortcomings, a federal judge's decision last week blocking the Obama administration's immigration policy offered congressional Republicans an escape path from the corner into which they had painted themselves …
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New York Times:
Funding Fight Over Homeland Security Poses Dangers for the G.O.P.
President Obama / The Hill:   Moving forward to fix our broken immigration system
Nick Gass / Politico:
Hugh Hewitt to moderate first GOP presidential debate  —  Radio talk-show host Hugh Hewitt will moderate the first Republican presidential debate as part of a partnership between Salem Media Group and CNN.  The debate will take place Sept. 16 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
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Associated Press:
Boehner, McConnell: Pipeline veto purely political  —  The White House should look for common ground on Keystone, not interest group approval.  —  Tuesday, as promised, the new Congress is sending the White House legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Obama will quickly veto Keystone bill
Discussion: ABC News and Daily Kos
Agence France-Presse:
UN climate panel head resigns amid sex claims  —  Tristan McConnell with Mariette Le Roux in Paris  —  Nairobi (AFP) - The head of the UN's climate science panel, Rajendra Pachauri, stepped down Tuesday in the wake of sexual harassment claims against him that have surfaced at a crucial time on the climate agenda.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
U.N. climate chief steps down amid sexual harassment charges
Steve Quinn / Reuters:
Alaska allows recreational marijuana as campaign spreads  —  (Reuters) - Smoking, growing and owning small amounts of marijuana became legal in Alaska on Tuesday, as a growing decriminalization movement reached the United States' wild northwest frontier.  —  The Republican-leaning state …
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ABC News:
Trayvon Martin: DOJ Set to Announce No Charges Against George Zimmerman … While the public waits for a Justice Department announcement over two separate investigations spurred by the summer shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, the department is going to first announce its findings in the killing of Trayvon Martin.
Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg Business:
Two Senate Democrats Invite Netanyahu to Separate Meeting  —  Senators Richard Durbin and Dianne Feinstein write to the prime minister.  —  (Bloomberg) — Two U.S. Senate Democrats who criticized the circumstances surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech to Congress next week …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Jeb and the ‘Immortal 306’  —  Today, the Republican nomination process is a muddle.  The Washington Post recently christened Jeb Bush the frontrunner, and for good reason.  He is pulling in the top Republican talent — the donors, consultants, and various policy advisors necessary to fund and run a top-notch campaign.
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Scott Walker Criticizes Media's ‘Gotcha Moments’  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Scott Walker on Monday said news reporters had created “gotcha moments” that are of little concern to most people and that he would seek to build a campaign that addresses issues important to “everyday Americans.”
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Steve Schmadeke / Chicago Tribune:
Sex assault charges tied to ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie  —  A University of Illinois at Chicago student leader was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old female student in what Cook County prosecutors said Monday was part of a re-enactment of scenes from the film “Fifty Shades of Grey.”
 
 
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New York Times:
Foreign Policy Ascends as Issue for Republican Presidential Contenders
Discussion: Political Wire and Hit & Run
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA looks to expand its cyber espionage capabilities
Discussion: Raw Story and The Diplomat
Sophia Tareen / Associated Press:
Chicago Deciding Mayor Emanuel's Re-Election Fate
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Maggie Ybarra / Washington Times:
Jordan furious over Pentagon leak on secret anti-terror traning camp
Discussion: BizPac Review
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Video Shows Cop Making Unprovoked Attack On Homeless Man
Discussion: miamiherald and FreakOutNation
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Black conservatives seek to draft Condoleezza Rice for Senate race
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Reuters:
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