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10:05 AM ET, March 3, 2015

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email Account at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules — WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, State Department officials said, and may have violated federal requirements …

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Hacked emails indicate that Hillary Clinton used a domain registered the day of her Senate hearings — The New York Times reported Monday night that, during her tenure at the State Department, Hillary Clinton never used her official email account to conduct communications, relying instead on a private email account.

Discussion: Politico, The Atlantic Online, Hot Air, The Federalist, New York Times, CANNONFIRE, Mashable, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Week and Fox News

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

State Department walks back claim on Clinton Foundation review — The State Department is stepping back from a spokeswoman's comment last week suggesting that the agency's ethics lawyers signed off on donations to the Clinton Foundation during Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.

Discussion: New York Times, American Spectator, Twitchy, Bloomberg Business, Works and Days and Capital New York

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Hillary Clinton used private email account for State Department business — Emails sent by Clinton from her personal account weren't archived in official government records. — Thousands of emails Hillary Clinton generated as secretary of state were not archived as official government records …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg Business, Hot Air, Mediaite and The Atlantic Online

Sean Davis / The Federalist:
The U.S. Constitution Actually Bans Hillary's Foreign Government Payola

Discussion: Hot Air, Betsy's Page and Politico

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Commentary Magazine, The Times of Israel, Algemeiner.com, Politico, Bloomberg View, US News, NPR and Political Wire

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:

The Mystery of the Netanyahu Disaster, and a Possible Explanation — Why is Benjamin Netanyahu going ahead with his speech to Congress in a few hours' time, despite complaints from all quarters about the damage it is causing? It's a trickier question than it seems.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Algemeiner.com, The Intercept and FishbowlDC

Ashley Parker / New York Times:

The Cry Being Heard Around Washington: ‘I Need a Netanyahu Ticket’ — WASHINGTON — For Senator Lindsey Graham, the only ticket more in demand than a seat inside the House chamber for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress on Tuesday morning would be “if it was Garth Brooks — maybe.”

Discussion: Business Insider, The Times of Israel, New York Magazine, The Week, Power Line and Algemeiner.com

Ari Yashar / Arutz Sheva:

Report: Obama Has Cut Intelligence Cooperation with Israel — Israeli report indicates a deep crisis as disagreement on Iran has stopped cooperation for IAEA reports on Iranian nuclear facilities. — Binyamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama — Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90

Discussion: Reuters, Israel Matzav, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, Truth Revolt and The Last Refuge

Sean Gallup / National Review:
Netanyahu, Not Obama, Speaks for Us

Discussion: The Jewish Press, Scared Monkeys, The Times of Israel, Israel Matzav, BarbWire.com, Shot in the Dark, Bloomberg View, Washington Monthly, Gatestone Institute, The American Conservative and Associated Press

Brendan Bordelon / National Review:
AIPAC Crowd Cheers During Susan Rice Speech — for Policies She Opposes

Discussion: Mediaite, Power Line and Israellycool

Reuters:
Exclusive: Full text of Reuters interview with Obama

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Magazine, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Real Clear Politics, The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Daily Banter, Mediaite and Washington Post

Ahmad Al-Faraj / MEMRI:
Saudi Columnist: Netanyahu Is Right To Insist On Addressing Congress About Iran Deal

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Israel Matzav

Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Senator Whitehouse will skip Netanyahu speech

Discussion: Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Associated Press, Addicting Info and Talking Points Memo

Scott Wong / The Hill:

The terrible, horrible, no good start for the Republicans — The opening weeks of the 114th Congress have been nothing short of a disaster for Republicans, who declared upon taking control of both chambers last fall that the era of governing by crisis and fiscal cliffs was over.

Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos

The Hill:

Cheney offers no advice to GOP on DHS fight — Former Vice President Dick Cheney met Monday evening with the House Republican whip team, but declined to talk to reporters after it ended. — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), who often brings guest speakers to his weekly meetings, invited Cheney, according to his spokeswoman.

Discussion: Political Wire and Politico

Politico:
GOP group targets House conservatives on DHS fight

Discussion: Daily Kos, RedState and The Daily Caller

Streiff / RedState:
Boehner looks for a life line... from the Democrats

Discussion: US News, Booman Tribune and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Wall Street Journal:

An Off-Ramp From ObamaCare — If the Supreme Court follows the law, there will be an opening for a sane health-care alternative. Here it is. — Editor's note: The following was written by Republicans John Kline, Paul Ryan and Fred Upton, chairmen, respectively, of the House committees …

Discussion: Forbes, US News, The Daily Caller, The Week and New York Times

Marty Lederman / Balkinization: “Plain meaning,” absurdity, and the (almost forgotten) Gregory/Bond federalism canon, in King v. Burwell

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Lawyer Put Health Act in Peril by Pointing Out 4 Little Words

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Josh Blackman's Blog

Steven Brill / The Great Debate:
The Supreme Court hears an Obamacare fairytale

Discussion: Washington Post, Balkinization, ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo

Nicholas Bagley / New York Times:
In King v. Burwell, the Plaintiffs Misread Obamacare

Discussion: The Hill, NPR, The Huffington Post, SCOTUSblog, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, RH Reality Check, The Diane Rehm Show and US News

Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:

Let's Destroy Liberal Academia — It's time to give current university system the Old Yeller treatment, except normal Americans will giggle when this rabid mongrel gets put down. — Sure, the legions of administrative timeservers, otherwise unemployable tenure ticks …

Discussion: Ed Driscoll

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Spy chief: No threat from Americans who aided militants in Syria — The few dozen Americans who have gone to join militant groups fighting in Syria and then come back home don't pose a threat to the U.S., according to the nation's top intelligence official.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller and BarbWire.com

Mark Hosenball / Reuters: U.S. spy chief says 40 Americans who went to Syria have returned

Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Syrian rebel group that got U.S. aid dissolves

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Guardian, Bloomberg View, Firedoglake and Hot Air

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 …

Discussion: Campaign for America's Future, Hullabaloo, Common Dreams, Hot Air and The Daily Caller

Nick Gass / Politico:
Warren Buffett: Elizabeth Warren should be ‘less angry’

Discussion: FOX News Radio, New York Times and ThinkProgress

Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:

Ben Carson Creates Committee to Explore Presidential Bid — Retired neurosurgeon is one of the first would-be 2016 GOP candidates to form a formal committee — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has formally created an exploratory committee to run for president, his campaign chief executive, Terry Giles, said Monday.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Walmart's Visible Hand — A few days ago Walmart, America's largest employer, announced that it will raise wages for half a million workers. For many of those workers the gains will be small, but the announcement is nonetheless a very big deal, for two reasons.

Discussion: Raw Story