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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.

Discussion: FOX News Radio, Liberaland and The Huffington Post

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.

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, The Atlantic Online, The American Conservative and CBS DC

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.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Fox News Insider, Salon and Mediaite

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.

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

New York Times:
Mr. Netanyahu's Unconvincing Speech to Congress

Discussion: Washington Post, The Times of Israel, Israel Matzav, JustOneMinute, The Huffington Post and The Hugh Hewitt Show

Pelosi / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Address to Congress

Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Tug of War: Obama, Congress at Odds Over Who's in Control

Discussion: ABC News and Yahoo! News

James Oliphant / National Journal:
Netanyahu Delivered Just What Obama Feared

Discussion: Commentary Magazine

Fox News:
Transcript of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to Congress

Discussion: New York Times, AMERICAblog News, Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg Business, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Addicting Info, Bloomberg View and Progress Pond

The Hill:
Pelosi ‘near tears’ at Bibi ‘insult’

Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, American Spectator and Little Green Footballs

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 …

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg Business, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, VodkaPundit, Twitchy, Mashable, Arkansas Online and Hot Air

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Political Wire, Hot Air, Associated Press, Ghosts of Tom Joad, Balloon Juice, The Week, Politico, The Smoking Gun, Guardian, National Journal, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, ThinkProgress and Washington Monthly, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: Truth Revolt, Slate, CNN, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, The Last Refuge, Business Insider and Bloomberg Business

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.

Discussion: ABC News, Twitchy, Mediaite, SOOPERMEXICAN and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton aide Podesta criticized Bush officials for using private emails

Discussion: New York Times, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg Business, National Review and Al Jazeera America

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hillary fallout: Josh Earnest now basically arguing that official government e-mail accounts …

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News, Bloomberg Business, Moe Lane, Addicting Info, Power Line, Capital New York and The Daily Beast

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Hillary's emails ‘not technically illegal’

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and The Other McCain

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
This Is Hillary Clinton's Secret Email: HDR22@ClintonEmail.com

Discussion: Guardian, TIME, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, The Stranger …, Bloomberg Business and New York Times

Eric Bradner / CNN:

Ben Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice — Washington (CNN)Ben Carson says homosexuality is a choice because many people “go into prison straight — and when they come out, they're gay.” — The neurosurgeon and potential Republican candidate for president in 2016 made the comment …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg Business and Business Insider

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

Peter Sullivan / The Hill:

Cruz unveils ObamaCare alternative — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday offered the latest in a series of Republican ObamaCare alternatives ahead of a Supreme Court ruling that could gut the law. — Cruz's bill, called the Health Care Choices Act, would allow people to buy health insurance …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air and ABC News

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Solicitor General Will Try, Again, to Keep Health Care Law Alive

Discussion: The New Republic, Washington Post, Reuters and The Week

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Alabama Supreme Court Orders Temporary Stop To New Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

Discussion: Election Law Blog, Above the Law and New York Times

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

Sean Sullivan / Associated Press:
House passes bill to fully fund Homeland Security

Discussion: The BRAD BLOG, The Week and Washington Post

CNN:
Boehner expected to allow vote on clean DHS bill as soon as Wednesday

Discussion: Mediaite and FOX News Radio

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.

Discussion: Chicago

Wall Street Journal:

Pro-Growth, Pro-Family Tax Reform — Cut the corporate rate to 25%.For individuals and families, reduce the current seven brackets to two: 15% and 35%. — Six years after the Great Recession officially ended, most Americans can sense that the U.S. economy is still operating below its full potential.

Discussion: Weekly Standard and Washington Times

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 …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Washington Times

Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Danforth, in eulogy, decries ‘whispering campaign’ against Schweich — CLAYTON • In a eulogy that doubled as a stunning rebuke of a top official in his own party, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth, R-Mo., declared Tuesday that “politics has gone so hideously wrong,” …

Discussion: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Hullabaloo, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite

John C. Danforth / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Danforth's eulogy for Tom Schweich: ‘Words do hurt. Words can kill.’

Discussion: Washington Post, kplr11.com, FOX2now.com, Talking Points Memo and Politico

Marcy Wheeler / ExposeFacts:

David Petraeus Gets Hand-Slap for Leaking, Two Point Enhancement for Obstruction of Justice — As a supine Congress sitting inside a scaffolded dome applauded Benjamin Netanyahu calling to reject a peace deal with Iran, DOJ quietly announced it had reached a plea deal with former CIA Director David Petraeus …