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12:25 PM ET, March 4, 2015

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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 …
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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 …
The Hill:
Clinton critics tie email to Benghazi  —  The revelation that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a private email account for government business breathed new life Tuesday into a congressional investigation of Benghazi.  —  Republicans seized on the news to defend their probe …
Discussion: RedState and Politico
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Source: Top Clinton Aides Used Secret Email Accounts at State Dept.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Hillary and Bill Clinton, Secrecy and State Department Emails
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
What Bibi Didn't Say  —  Now that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made his case on Iran before Congress, with all the circus atmosphere it involved, let's get to the serious questions: What is America's interest in striking a deal with Iran?  Because our interests and Israel's are not fully aligned.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:   Netanyahu speech divides Dems
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Netanyahu's Deadly Gambit
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Bibi's grand slam: Boxing in Obama on Iran's nukes
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Tug of War: Obama, Congress at Odds Over Who's in Control
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Yahoo! News
James Oliphant / National Journal:
Netanyahu Delivered Just What Obama Feared
Discussion: Commentary Magazine and FishbowlDC
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 …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Ben Carson says being gay is a choice, citing prison example
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
Manu Raju / Politico:
Republicans' fear: 2 more years of gridlock  —  The Homeland Security standoff that ended Tuesday has GOP lawmakers worried they've ‘hit a wall.’  —  Indiana Sen. Dan Coats isn't sure whether to run for reelection — but if he does, it'll be because he has some degree of confidence the new GOP Congress can get something done.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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David Rogers / Politico:
How Boehner might rethink his speakership  —  Maybe it's time to think of the Republican House as a coalition government.  —  On paper, the GOP currently has 245 members, but when 50 feel they can walk away from their leadership on any given day, it's really a plurality, not a majority.
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
House passes bill fully funding the Department of Homeland Security
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
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 …
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Awash in cash, Bush asks donors not to give more than $1 million - for now  —  An unusual request has gone out to wealthy donors writing large checks to support former Florida governor Jeb Bush: Please don't give more than $1 million right away.  —  The requested limit …
Discussion: Hot Air, New York Magazine and Fox News
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Bush Asks Donors to Limit Themselves to $1 Million
Discussion: Progress Pond
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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Eric Citron / SCOTUSblog:
Mid-argument updates: King v. Burwell (Latest update: 11:06)  —  First update: Liberals lead line in questioning of Petitioner in King, but Kennedy asks important question about disrupting federal state balance.  —  Counsel for the petitioners - who are seeking to invalidate subsidies …
Discussion: Power Line, Althouse and Balloon Juice
Mike Allen / Politico:
AP: CLINTON OPERATED OWN EMAIL SERVER — ‘Homebrew computer system for official emails’ — WHAT AARON SCHOCK did last night - KEN SPAIN to huge Koch job — B'DAY: Deborah Turness, Rick Perry  —  By Mike Allen (mallen@politico.com; @mikeallen), with Daniel Lippman (dlippman@politico.com; @dlippman)
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA:
Current Findings  —  The Winthrop Poll surveyed 1,109 residents in South Carolina by landline and cell phones between Feb. 21 and March 1.  Of those interviewed, 44.5% were reached via cell phone.  The poll has a margin of error of approximately +/- 3% at the 95% confidence level.
Discussion: Politico and OnPolitics
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
Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
In Praise of Fox News's Greg Gutfeld  —  Last month, Jon Stewart declared that he would be leaving “The Daily Show,” after sixteen years.  One of many writers who paid him tribute was Oliver Morrison, in The Atlantic, who used the opportunity to consider the relationship between comedy and ideology.
Discussion: neo-neocon
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.
 
 
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Agence France-Presse:
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Emma Dumain / Roll Call:
Centrist New Democrats Want Bigger Role in Party's Message
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Searing DOJ report says Ferguson PD routinely violated rights of African-Americans
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate to vote Wednesday to undo labor union rule
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