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7:20 PM ET, March 2, 2015

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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Exclusive: Obama says Iran must halt nuclear work for at least a decade  —  (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran should commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on its nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but said the odds were still against sealing a final agreement.
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Sean Gallup / National Review:
Netanyahu, Not Obama, Speaks for Us  —  While under fierce attack from President Obama, the Israeli prime minister defends Western values and speaks the truth about Iran.  —  The leader of the free world will be addressing Congress on Tuesday.  The American president is doing everything possible to undermine him.
Wall Street Journal:
Pro-Israel Group Publicly Breaks With White House Over Iran  —  President Obama Sending Two Top Foreign Policy Aides to Address the Conference on Monday  —  WASHINGTON—The leadership of the most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the U.S. publicly broke Sunday from the White House over the issue …
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Netanyahu's Favorable Rating Improves in U.S.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Full text of Reuters interview with Obama
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
Stephanie Farr / Philly.com:
Painter says he included Monica Lewinsky's dress in Bill Clinton portrait  —  RENOWNED Bucks County portrait artist Nelson Shanks has painted everyone from Princess Diana to President Bill Clinton and from Pope John Paul II to Marisa Tomei.  He and his wife, Leona, are the founders of Studio Incamminati …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Artist: Bill Clinton's portrait contains Monica Lewinsky reference  —  An artist who painted a portrait of former President Bill Clinton says there's more to the piece than one might see at first blush.  —  Pennsylvania artist Nelson Shanks told the Philadelphia Daily News that he included …
Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Warren Buffett Says Elizabeth Warren Is Too ‘Angry’ And ‘Violent’ With Rich People  —  In an interview Monday morning with CNBC, Berkshire Hathaway CEO and billionaire Warren Buffett was asked what he thinks of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and her views of Wall Street.
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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Centrist Dems ready strike against Warren wing  —  Centrist Democrats are gathering their forces to fight back against the “Elizabeth Warren wing” of their party, fearing a sharp turn to the left could prove disastrous in the 2016 elections.  —  For months, moderate Democrats have kept silent …
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Warren Buffett: Elizabeth Warren should be ‘less angry’
Evan Vucci / Associated Press:
SCOTUS Rejects CA Dispute Over Disclosing Donors To Anti-Gay Marriage Initiatives  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from same-sex marriage opponents in California who want to keep the identities of their campaign donors secret.
Discussion: Advocate, Balloon Juice and Good As You
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Eric Holder / USA Today:
Taking the side of equality
Margery Beck / Associated Press:
Federal judge blocks Nebraska's gay marriage ban
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Advocate
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Sharknado 3’ Sets President and Vice President Roles (Exclusive)  —  Mark Cuban and Ann Coulter become the latest guest stars in the Syfy sensation.  —  Syfy's Sharknado 3 has elected a new president and vice president.  —  Mark Cuban and Ann Coulter have joined the growing list …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
American democracy is doomed  —  America's constitutional democracy is going to collapse.  —  Some day — not tomorrow, not next year, but probably sometime before runaway climate change forces us to seek a new life in outer-space colonies — there is going to be a collapse of the legal …
Politico:
Boehner, conservatives plot next moves  —  House Republican leaders don't expect to have a plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security until mid-week, potentially setting up another frantic shutdown fight later this week.  —  With a Friday deadline looming, Republican leaders are set …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Streiff / RedState:
Boehner looks for a life line... from the Democrats
Washington Post:
Sources: Sen. Mikulski to retire from Senate  —  Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), who has served in Congress longer than any woman in history, will announce at a news conference Monday that she is retiring from the Senate after five terms in office, three sources familiar with her plans said.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mikulski's retirement starts Maryland scramble
Discussion: ABC News and Bloomberg Business
Daily Mail:
Isis ‘fed murdered kidnap victim to his own mother after she travelled to their headquarters and demanded to see him’  —  A British fighter who travelled to Iraq to stop the Islamic State claims the terror group fed a murdered kidnap victim to his own mother after she went to their headquarters and demanded to see him.
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
DEA warns of stoned rabbits if Utah passes medical marijuana  —  The new face of marijuana addiction.  (Flickr user Chung Ho Leung/CC)  —  Utah is considering a bill that would allow patients with certain debilitating conditions to be treated with edible forms of marijuana.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Scott Walker is headed for trouble with the GOP establishment  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Scott Walker likes to tell a story about shopping at Kohl's.  Under instructions from his wife Tonette, Walker has learned how to pile on the discounts and coupons whenever he goes to the popular Wisconsin-based department store.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
John Catsimatidis is mystery man behind Daily News sale  —  Maverick supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis is said to be the mystery suitor negotiating to buy the embattled Daily News from Mort Zuckerman.  —  Zuckerman last week acknowledged that he had retained Lazard to test the market …
Nicholas Bagley / New York Times:
In King v. Burwell, the Plaintiffs Misread Obamacare  —  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — THE Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in King v. Burwell, the latest high-stakes litigation over the future of the Affordable Care Act.  The question at hand is whether the law permits the federal government …
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Isis threatens Twitter employees over blocked accounts  —  Terror group supporters threaten social network, as well as co-founder Jack Dorsey specifically  —  Isis supporters have threatened Twitter employees, including co-founder Jack Dorsey specifically, with death over the social network's practice …
Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:
Colbert Shares The One Question He Most Wants To Ask Pope Francis (VIDEO)  —  Comedian Stephen Colbert shared the one question he would most want to ask Pope Francis in a videotaped interview for the Catholic magazine America, posted on Monday to YouTube.  —  Colbert said he would ask …
Discussion: Mediaite
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Far-Right Pundit: Hang Officials Who Skip Netanyahu's Speech To Congress  —  WorldNetDaily commentator and fringe radio host Andrea Shea King wants to punish elected officials who plan to skip Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial address to the U.S. Congress tomorrow...by putting them to death.
Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:
Pat Robertson: Drinkers And Pot Smokers Are ‘Enslaved To Vegetables’  —  Televangelist Pat Robertson said on Monday that marijuana users and drinkers are “enslaved to vegetables.”  —  Speaking on his Christian Broadcasting Network television show “The 700 Club,” Robertson said that addiction …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Judge rules EPA lied about transparency, tells agency to halt discrimination against conservatives … A federal judge warned the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday not to discriminate against conservative groups in how it responds to open-records requests, issuing a legal spanking.
 
 
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Agence France-Presse:
Mourners lay flowers at the coffin of American blogger hacked to death by Islamist extremists …
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Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Syrian rebel group that got U.S. aid dissolves
Discussion: Guardian, Common Dreams and Hot Air
Stephen Morton / National Review:
Conservatism as Counterculture  —  From the March 9, 2015, issue of NR
Mark Cunningham / New York Post:
What our president should say about Islam
Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
Fewer Women Run Big Companies Than Men Named John
Discussion: Jezebel and New York Magazine
Hal Hodson / New Scientist:
Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links
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The Duke Chronicle:
Rasheed Sulaimon at center of sexual assault allegations prior to dismissal
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Buffett: Barring Illness, Hillary ‘Very Likely to Be the President’
Discussion: Hot Air and FOX News Radio
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Apple Pay: a new frontier for scammers
Discussion: Mashable, Business Insider and Engadget
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
IRS defends paying refunds to illegals who never filed taxes
Discussion: American Spectator and RedState
Bfearnowcbs / CBS Atlanta:
Police: Facebook Feud Led To Fatal Shooting Of 14-Year-Old Girl
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Is Supreme Court's chief justice ready to take down ObamaCare?
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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