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6:25 PM ET, March 4, 2015

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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
House committee to subpoena e-mails from Clinton's personal account  —  A House investigative committee is preparing to send out subpoenas later Wednesday to gather a deeper look into former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton's nearly exclusive use of personal e-mails to do her official business …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Top Biden backer: Hillary Clinton will ‘die by 1,000 cuts’ on e-mail story  —  One of Vice President Biden's most prominent supporters said Wednesday that twin controversies swirling around Hillary Rodham Clinton should give Democrats serious pause about anointing her as the party's presidential nominee.
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 …
Bloomberg Business:
Clinton's E-Mail System Built For Privacy Though Not Security  —  Don't Miss Out —  by Michael A RileyJordan RobertsonChris Strohm … (Bloomberg) — A week before becoming Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton set up a private e-mail system that gave her a high level of control over communications …
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 …
Bill Scher / Politico:
What if Hillary Bows Out?  —  Here's how it would play …
BuzzFeed:
In 2000 Video Hillary Clinton Says She Doesn't “Do Email” Because Of Investigations Into Her
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Is the Mysterious ‘Eric Hoteham’ Actually Longtime Clinton Aide Eric Hothem?
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Washington Post:
White House says Clinton did not heed e-mail policy
Discussion: BarbWire.com and The Daily Caller
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Hillary and Bill Clinton, Secrecy and State Department Emails
The Hill:
Clinton critics tie email to Benghazi
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Appears Sharply Split in Case on Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed bitterly divided during heated arguments over the fate of President Obama's health care law.  —  As expected, the court's four liberal members voiced strong support for the administration's position.
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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 …
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 …
ProPublica:
Behind Supreme Court's Obamacare Case, A Secretive Society's Hidden Hand  —  The Supreme Court has no shortage of potentially precedent-shattering cases on its docket this term.  But the one the justices are hearing tomorrow, King v. Burwell, could be the most consequential.
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Darren Wilson Is Cleared of Rights Violations in Ferguson Shooting  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has cleared a Ferguson, Mo., police officer of civil rights violations in the shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager whose death set off racially charged and sometimes violent protests last year.
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
The seven racist e-mails the Justice Department highlighted in its report on Ferguson police
Jack Cloherty / ABC News:
The Most Scathing Findings From the Ferguson PD Probe
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
DOJ report renews outrage in Ferguson
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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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Ben Carson floors CNN host: Homosexuality is a sham because prison makes you ‘come out gay’
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Dennis Ross / USA Today:
Netanyahu has reasons to be worried  —  U.S. has left too many questions unanswered in a possible nuclear deal with Iran.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a strong case to the Congress about why he thinks the potential agreement with Iran on its nuclear program is a “very bad deal.”
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
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Aaron Couch / Hollywood Reporter:
Jon Stewart Blasts Benjamin Netanyahu Speech, Republican's “Blowjob” Response  —  The ‘Daily Show’ host calls the Republican standing ovation to the Israeli Prime Minister's remarks “the longest blow job a Jewish man has ever received.”  —  Jon Stewart had plenty of fun …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Aide Demands Missouri GOP Chair's Resignation Over Candidate's Suicide
Daily Mail:
Jihadi John family's 20 years on benefits: How it's cost taxpayers up to £400k to house fanatic and his relatives in upmarket areas  —  Jihadi John and his asylum-seeking family have milked the British benefits system for 20 years, the Mail can reveal today.
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg Business
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Republicans' fear: 2 more years of gridlock
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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 and Progress Pond
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Edward McClelland / Salon:
Rahm Emanuel's political nightmare: Jesus “Chuy” Garcia tells Salon why he'll oust the Mayor
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Keystone veto override fails  —  The Senate failed to override President Obama's veto of legislation approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, falling five votes short of the two-thirds majority needed in a 62-37 vote.  —  It's the first time Congress has voted on whether to override a veto from Obama …
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Lawyer Arguing Against Obamacare: Statute Written By ‘White Women And Minorities’  —  Michael Carvin, the attorney arguing on behalf of the plaintiffs in the King v. Burwell case, said this challenge is different because the argument against the law centers on a statute that was “written by white women and minorities.”
Jen Chung / Gothamist:
Muslim Holidays Are Now NYC Public School Holidays  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning that the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Adha and al-Fitr have been added to the NYC public school schedule, calling it “a change that respects the diversity of our city.”
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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McDonalds:
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