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2:20 PM ET, March 4, 2015

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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 …
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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.
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 …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Obamacare Will Probably Survive Its Second Trip To The Supreme Court  —  Members of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association rally outside the Supreme Court on the morning of March 4, 2015.  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik  —  WASHINGTON, DC — Michael Carvin …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
BuzzFeed:
In 2000 Video Hillary Clinton Says She Doesn't “Do Email” Because Of Investigations Into Her
Discussion: New York Times and Hot Air
The Hill:
Clinton critics tie email to Benghazi
Discussion: RedState and Politico
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
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 …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   What Bibi Didn't Say  —  Now that Israeli Prime Minister …
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Netanyahu's Deadly Gambit
James Oliphant / National Journal:
Netanyahu Delivered Just What Obama Feared
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Bibi's grand slam: Boxing in Obama on Iran's nukes
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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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Fox News:
DOJ will not prosecute former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson  —  The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will not prosecute former Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, while also releasing a report faulting the city and its law enforcement for racial bias.
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: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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David Rogers / Politico:   How Boehner might rethink his speakership
Bill Scher / Politico:
What if Hillary bows out?  —  Here's how it would play out in the Democratic Party—after the initial panic.  —  Until now, Hillary Clinton's run for the presidency has been viewed as pretty much a sure thing.  But lately the road to near-certain nomination has taken a couple of rough turns …
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.
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.
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
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Stop the Insanity: BBQ pitmasters told to take down American flags  —  Give it to God Competition BBQ (Courtesy Jeff Petkevicius)  —  Nothing says America quite like smoking a pork butt and flying Old Glory.  —  “The sport of professional barbecue is extremely American and family oriented,” said pitmaster Jeff Petkevicius.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Aide Demands Missouri GOP Chair's Resignation Over Candidate's Suicide  —  A spokesman for late Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich (R) told local news outlets Tuesday that the state's Republican Party leader, whom Schweich had accused of orchestrating an anti-Semitic “whisper campaign” against him, should resign his post.
 
 
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
DHS approved 100,000 expanded amnesty applications before judge halted program
Mitch McConnell / Lexington Herald-Leader:
States should reject Obama mandate for clean-power regulations
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New York Times:
New York City Adds 2 Muslim Holy Days to Public School Calendar
Discussion: France 24 and Mediaite
Martin Austermuhle / WAMU 88.5:
A D.C. Man Walks Into A Police Station And Asks For Marijuana... And Gets It
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ProPublica:
The Demolition of Workers' Comp
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