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8:40 AM ET, March 4, 2015

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David McCabe / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham mocks Pelosi's ‘surgeries,’ apologizes  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) apologized for mocking House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's physical appearance during a closed-door fundraiser following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress.
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Netanyahu's Careful, Clever Speech to Congress  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress, although full of bombast, was carefully constructed to avoid revealing new information about the nuclear negotiations with Iran or specifying what a better deal would look like.
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Netanyahu's Deadly Gambit  —  The Israeli prime minister is insincere.  The only outcomes that would please him are Iranian regime change or outright war.  —  Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress on Tuesday was a disturbing spectacle: shallow, evasive, short on logic, and long on cynicism.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Netanyahu speech divides Dems  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday delivered a blistering rebuke of President Obama's Iran strategy, warning in an address to Congress that the nuclear disarmament talks would “all but guarantee” a march to war.
Pelosi / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Address to Congress  —  Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the Joint Meeting of Congress:  —  “The unbreakable bonds between …
New York Times:
Mr. Netanyahu's Unconvincing Speech to Congress  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel could not have hoped for a more rapturous welcome in Congress.  With Republicans and most Democrats as his props, he entered the House of Representatives to thunderous applause on Tuesday …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Bibi's grand slam: Boxing in Obama on Iran's nukes  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at a joint session of Congress in Washington.  —  On Tuesday, Bibi Netanyahu gave the speech of his life before a joint session of Congress — and he has Barack Obama to thank for it.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Tug of War: Obama, Congress at Odds Over Who's in Control
Discussion: ABC News and Yahoo! News
Terri Rupar / Washington Post:
The complete transcript of Netanyahu's address to Congress
James Oliphant / National Journal:
Netanyahu Delivered Just What Obama Feared
Discussion: Washington Post
The Hill:
Pelosi ‘near tears’ at Bibi ‘insult’
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Source: Top Clinton Aides Used Secret Email Accounts at State Dept.  —  Hillary Clinton is defending her use of a private email address, hosted at ClintonEmail.com, to conduct official State Department business by claiming that her emails were captured by official @state.gov accounts …
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Associated Press:
Clinton ran own computer system for her official emails  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Clinton's emails — on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — traced …
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Rep. Jason Chaffetz's Business Card Lists His Gmail Address … Hillary Clinton isn't the only official who uses a non-government email address.  —  A business card obtained by ABC News shows that Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, lists his Gmail address on his official House card.
New York Times:
Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests  —  WASHINGTON — In 2012, congressional investigators asked the State Department for a wide range of documents related to the attack on the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.  The department eventually responded …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Hillary's emails ‘not technically illegal’
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
This Is Hillary Clinton's Secret Email: HDR22@ClintonEmail.com
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Solicitor General Will Try, Again, to Keep Health Care Law Alive  —  WASHINGTON — Three years ago this month, Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. stood before the Supreme Court to defend President Obama's health care law against a constitutional challenge that threatened to destroy its central provision.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Cruz unveils ObamaCare alternative
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Alabama Supreme Court Orders Temporary Stop To New Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Nick Gass / Politico:
Ben Carson says being gay is a choice, citing prison example  —  Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and potential Republican presidential candidate, said Wednesday that “a lot of people who go into prison straight, and when they come out they're gay.”  —  The remarks were made on CNN's …
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Ben Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
House passes bill fully funding the Department of Homeland Security  —  House Speaker John A. Boehner surrendered Tuesday to Democratic demands to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a tense three-month showdown over immigration.  But the move could further strain relations between …
Discussion: Politico and ImmigrationProf Blog
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John C. Danforth / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Danforth's eulogy for Tom Schweich: ‘Words do hurt.  Words can kill.’  —  (The following are remarks prepared for delivery by former U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth at the funeral Tuesday for state Auditor Thomas A. Schweich at The Church of St. Michael and St. George in Clayton.  They have been lightly edited.)
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-US Senator Calls Out Missouri GOP Leader During Funeral: ‘Words Can Kill’
Discussion: Washington Post
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Rahm could actually lose  —  Chicago's mayor is in the fight of his political life.  —  A runoff that was expected to be a slam dunk for Rahm Emanuel is turning out to be uncomfortably — even dangerously — close, leading the Chicago mayor to ready a scorched-earth offensive to save his job.
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Ferguson Police Routinely Violate Rights of Blacks, Justice Dept. Finds  —  WASHINGTON — Ferguson, Mo., is a third white, but the crime statistics compiled in the city over the past two years seemed to suggest that only black people were breaking the law.  They accounted for 85 percent of traffic stops …
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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  March 4, 2015 - U.S. Voters Back 2-1 Sending Troops To Fight Isis, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Say 3-1 Keep Un-Vaccinated Kids Out Of School  —  American voters support 62 - 30 percent sending U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria …
 
 
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Larry Gordon / Los Angeles Times:
UC to freeze California enrollment, cap UCLA, Berkeley non-residents
ABC:
Starving koalas secretly culled at Cape Otway, ‘overpopulation issues’ blamed for ill health
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Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Sweet Briar Will Close
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate to vote Wednesday to undo labor union rule
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
Adam Clymer / New York Times:
M. Stanton Evans, Who Helped Shape Conservative Movement, Is Dead at 80
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The Duggars Are Being Accused Of Animal Abuse After Seemingly Trying To Sled Over A Cat
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Matt Comer / QNotes:
Anti-LGBT activists confront transgender teenager at Charlotte government center bathrooms
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Monica Lewinsky to give TED Talk
New York Times:
Florida Records Raise Questions About Jeb Bush's 2008 Vote
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