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9:10 AM ET, March 2, 2015

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Mark Langfan / Reuters:

Report: Obama Threatened to Shoot Down IAF Iran Strike — Kuwaiti paper claims unnamed Israeli minister with good ties with the US administration ‘revealed the attack plan to John Kerry.’ — The Bethlehem-based news agency Ma'an has cited a Kuwaiti newspaper report Saturday …

Andrew Dugan / Gallup:

Netanyahu's Favorable Rating Improves in U.S. — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the U.S. Congress that has strained relations between Israel and the White House, nearly twice as many Americans view Israel's leader favorably (45%) as unfavorably (24%).

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Washington Times and Israel Matzav

Maan News Agency:

Report: Obama threatened to fire on Israeli jets attacking Iran — BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) - A Kuwaiti newspaper reported Saturday that US President Barack Obama thwarted an Israeli military attack against Iran's nuclear facilities in 2014. — Al-Jarida newspaper quoted “well-placed” …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, BREITBART.COM, Roger L. Simon and Scared Monkeys

Washington Post:

Retired Israeli veterans warn against speech — TEL AVIV — Hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set off Sunday for Washington, a group of 180 retired Israeli generals and former top security officials warned that his upcoming address to a joint meeting of Congress on Iran's nuclear program will cause more harm than good.

Discussion: Jerusalem Post and FOX News Radio

Mark Murray / NBC News:
Nearly Half of Voters Object to Netanyahu Speech: Poll

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, The Huffington Post, Latest from Crooks and Liars, Raw Story, Addicting Info, CBS News and The Week

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Danger Ahead for Obama on Iran

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Commentary Magazine, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Middle East Eye and Washington Monthly

William Booth / Washington Post:
Netanyahu's address to Congress will be most important speech of his life

Discussion: FOX News Radio and The Week

ABC News:
Kerry Worries Israeli PM Visit May Become ‘Political Football’

Discussion: ABC News, NPR, Politico and Yahoo! News

Leigh Munsil / Politico:
Steve Scalise vows to continue immigration fight

Discussion: The Hill

Julia Edwards / Reuters:
Obama to veto bill letting Congress weigh in on Iran deal

Discussion: The Hill, Josh Blackman's Blog, Israel Matzav, The Moderate Voice and Talking Points Memo

Los Angeles Times:

LAPD fatal shooting of man caught on tape — Authorities said Sunday night that Los Angeles police fatally shot a man on skid row during a struggle over an officer's weapons. — Police officials offered a detailed account of what they say prompted the Sunday morning shooting, which was captured on video by a bystander.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, KTLA, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, BuzzFeed, CBS Los Angeles, New York Times, The Last Refuge, Raw Story, The Week, Hit & Run, New York Magazine, Mashable, Addicting Info and Gawker

Los Angeles Times:

LAPD seeks more videos in officers' shooting of man on skid row — Investigators are looking for additional video that could shed light on Sunday's fatal shooting of a man on skid row by Los Angeles police officers. — The shooting was captured on a graphic video shot by a bystander, who posted it on Facebook.

Discussion: Twitchy, Hot Air, Mediaite, BizPac Review, KTLA and Al Jazeera English

Peter Sullivan / The Hill:

Is Supreme Court's chief justice ready to take down ObamaCare? — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts faced a conservative backlash after casting a decisive vote to save ObamaCare in 2012. — Now he must weigh in on the law once again. — The case of King v. Burwell …

Washington Post:
We have a plan for fixing health care

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Vox and The Hill

Politico: No easy fix if Supreme Court halts Obamacare cash

Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Hard Cases — The great Supreme Court cases turn on the …

Discussion: Prairie Weather and Hullabaloo

Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:

GOP infighting in Va. may harm party's White House bid in 2016 — Feuding within Virginia's state GOP is alarming prominent national Republicans who think the infighting in a crucial swing state threatens the party's quest to recapture the White House in 2016.

Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:

The O'Reilly tapes: Phone recordings raise new questions about JFK story — One evening in March more than 30 years ago, Gaeton Fonzi received a call from a man whose voice and name are now instantly recognizable. — “Hi Gaeton,” the caller said. “Bill O'Reilly.” — The year was 1977.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Taylor Marsh, CNN, Business Insider, Addicting Info and Hullabaloo, more at Mediagazer »

Charles M. Blow / New York Times:

CPAC: Hackneyed and Hollow — I never know how to set my expectations for the Conservative Political Action Conference, also known as CPAC. — I try to approach it with as much of an open mind as I can muster, understanding that I am at odds, fundamentally, with many conservative principles …

Discussion: The Mahablog and The Week

Fox News:

Walker: ‘My view has changed’ on immigration reform — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a presumptive 2016 Republican presidential candidate, says he has changed his immigration stance and no longer backs comprehensive reform that would allow illegal immigrants to be penalized but remain in the country.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Caller, Slate and Talking Points Memo

Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:

Justice Department to Fault Ferguson Police, Seeing Racial Bias in Traffic Stops — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has nearly completed a highly critical report accusing the police in Ferguson, Mo., of making discriminatory traffic stops of African-Americans that created years …

Discussion: Raw Story

Jennifer Emily / Dallas Morning News:

Free of Ebola but not fear — Nurse Nina Pham to file lawsuit against Presby parent, worries about continued health woes — Experimental drugs and special care helped make Nina Pham Ebola free. But today she fears she may never escape the deadly disease.

Discussion: FOX6Now.com, NPR, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Jezebel, Mashable, Gawker, Fox News Insider and The Week

Olga TanasJason Corcoran / Bloomberg Business:

Russian Opposition Gathers in Moscow to Honor Murdered Nemtsov — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Tens of thousands marched through Moscow to honor slain political activist Boris Nemtsov in the biggest show of support for Russia's opposition in three years.

Discussion: Bloomberg View, New York Times, The Independent, BBC, ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller