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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Democrats See a Familiar Pattern in the Clinton E-mail Story — Reports of Democrats fretting about Hillary's future have been overstated. — “You're not going to be the sixteenth writer who asks me about Hillary, are you?” says Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. “I know you would not do that.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton breaks silence on email controversy — She calls on the State Department to release her emails. — After two days of silence, Hillary Clinton weighed in on the controversy surrounding her use of a personal email address during her tenure as secretary of state late on Wednesday night …
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Clinton State Department Ousted Ambassador Using Private Email — In 2012, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Scott Gration abruptly stepped down from his post. According to a Foreign Policy report by Josh Rogin (now a reporter for Bloomberg), Gration was the subject of a whithering evaluation from the State Department:
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Power Line, The Federalist, Hot Air, “The Lid”, Ed Driscoll, Political Wire and BuzzFeed
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
House Dem suggests Clinton is raising the bar for transparency — The top Democrat on the House Select Committee on Benghazi is praising former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for announcing that she wants messages from her personal email accounts to be made public.
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National Review and Politico
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
House Oversight chairman: Clinton acting like Petraeus? — House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Wednesday questioned whether Hillary Clinton improperly shared classified information like former CIA Director David Petraeus. — Asked on “Fox and Friends” …
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Associated Press:
Source: Obama counsel not aware of Clinton's email practice
Source: Obama counsel not aware of Clinton's email practice
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New York Times:
Membership in Clinton's Email Domain Is Remembered as a Mark of Status
Membership in Clinton's Email Domain Is Remembered as a Mark of Status
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Matt Bai / Yahoo! News:
Biden should run. Now — It's the only way to know what Hillary is willing to risk
Biden should run. Now — It's the only way to know what Hillary is willing to risk
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National Journal, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, BREITBART.COM, USA Today and The Daily Caller
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton's penchant for secrecy rattles Democrats
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Did John Roberts Tip His Hand? — The Supreme Court oral argument on Wednesday in King v. Burwell featured thousands of words, dozens of provocative questions, two engaged and skillful lawyers—and one very striking silence. Chief Justice John Roberts, usually among the most active questioners …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Justice Kennedy Has Strong Questions for Obamacare Challengers
Justice Kennedy Has Strong Questions for Obamacare Challengers
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Triumph of the leftist will — The Supreme Court held oral argument in King v Burwell yesterday. The Supreme Court has posted the transcript of the oral argument here. — At issue in King is the legality of the IRS's provision of tax credits in Obamacare exchanges established by the federal government.
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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — March 5, 2015 - Walker, Bush In Tight Race Among U.S. Republicans, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Clinton Sweeps Dem Field, With Biden In The Wings — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, with 18 percent, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with 16 percent …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Likely 2016 GOP hopefuls recast immigration views
Likely 2016 GOP hopefuls recast immigration views
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American Principles Project and Politico
Jim Salter / Associated Press:
Michael Brown's parents announce civil lawsuit in death — 3 photos — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for the parents of an unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson said Thursday that they would file a civil lawsuit in Michael Brown's death.
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Washington Post:
The 12 key highlights from the DOJ's scathing Ferguson report
The 12 key highlights from the DOJ's scathing Ferguson report
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Boston Globe and Raw Story
Eliana Dockterman / TIME:
Ferguson Police Official Fired Over Racist Emails, 2 Others on Leave
Ferguson Police Official Fired Over Racist Emails, 2 Others on Leave
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Shakesville
Alan Sepinwall / Hitfix:
ONE LAST ‘PARKS AND RECREATION’ Q&A WITH MIKE SCHUR — ON HILLARY CLINTON, THE SWANSON BROTHERS, HARRIS WITTELS, AND MORE
Mike Allen / Politico:
Kathleen Matthews likely to run for Van Hollen's seat — Kathleen Matthews, Marriott International's executive vice president and chief global communications and public affairs officer, and wife of MSNBC's Chris Matthews, is planning to run for the seat of Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).
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Yasser Okbi / Jerusalem Post:
Speculation over successor after Iran's Khamenei reportedly hospitalized in serious condition — Media blitz on Khamenei's health raises questions abo... Khamenei on Twitter: No cure for barbaric Israeli reg... Iran's Khamenei: 'Increasing global hatred of Israel ...
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The Gateway Pundit and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Christie's Office Drove Exxon Settlement, Ex-Official Says — For more than a decade, the New Jersey attorney general's office conducted a hard-fought legal battle to hold Exxon Mobil Corporation responsible for decades of environmental contamination in northern New Jersey.
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Wall Street Journal and The Week
Dr. Ben Carson / Facebook:
In a recent interview on CNN, I realized that my choice of language does not reflect fully my heart on gay issues. — I do not pretend to know how every individual came to their sexual orientation. I regret that my words to express that concept were hurtful and divisive.
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Early Homo at 2.8 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Afar, Ethiopia — 1Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA. — 2Institute of Human Origins and School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Jeb Bush to Visit an Iowa Where Fatigue With His Family Has Set In — JEFFERSON, Iowa — Sheryl McDonald, a retiree, voted for both Presidents Bush. “But I'm finding out they did some things we got stuck with,” she said. “I do not want to see Jeb Bush run,” she added. “He turns me off.”