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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 …
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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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Sam Biddle / Gawker:
How Unsafe Was Hillary Clinton's Secret Staff Email System? — When Hillary Clinton ditched government email in favor of a secret, personal address, it wasn't just an affront to Obama's vaunted transparency agenda—security experts consulted by Gawker have laid out a litany of potential threats …
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Hot Air and VodkaPundit
Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
Just got this document from FNC's Catherine Herridge about Secretary Clinton and personal emails — Per FNC's Catherine Herridge... Fox Exclusive: Clinton Internal Cable Forbids Use Personal Accounts — Fox News has exclusively obtained an internal 2011 State Department cable …
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Power Line, Hit & Run and National Review
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton private email violated ‘clear-cut’ State Dept. rules — The policy warns against routine use of personal e-mail accounts. — The State Department has had a policy in place since 2005 to warn officials against routine use of personal e-mail accounts for government work …
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Associated Press, Mediaite and TMZ.com
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.
Mark DrajemIndira Lakshmanan / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Wants You to See Her E-Mails, Except Those She Didn't Hand Over
Clinton Wants You to See Her E-Mails, Except Those She Didn't Hand Over
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US News, The Daily Beast and Bloomberg View
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
SCOOP: Hillary's State Dept. Forced The Resignation Of An Ambassador For Using Private E-Mail
SCOOP: Hillary's State Dept. Forced The Resignation Of An Ambassador For Using Private E-Mail
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ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Email Mystery Man: What We Know About Eric Hoteham
Hillary Clinton Email Mystery Man: What We Know About Eric Hoteham
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Politico, New York Times, naked capitalism and Engadget
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Hillary Clinton email flap creates awkward GOP silence
Hillary Clinton email flap creates awkward GOP silence
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The Daily Caller, American Bridge PAC and msnbc.com
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
House Dem suggests Clinton is raising the bar for transparency
House Dem suggests Clinton is raising the bar for transparency
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The Daily Caller, Politico, ABC News and National Review
Lauren French / Politico:
Trey Gowdy: Not backing off subpoena of Hillary Clinton emails
Trey Gowdy: Not backing off subpoena of Hillary Clinton emails
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Mediaite and The Right Scoop
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Roberts will uphold ObamaCare — In this “friend of the court” column, I suggest with 90 percent confidence that Chief Justice John Roberts, who remained virtually silent during oral arguments before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, will join a majority of justices to uphold the subsidy provision of the Affordable Care Act.
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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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Scott Pruitt / Wall Street Journal:
A State Reply to Justice Kennedy
A State Reply to Justice Kennedy
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National Review, Washington Post, Forbes, Power Line, The Daily Caller, Weekly Standard and New York Times
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Triumph of the leftist will — The Supreme Court held oral argument …
Triumph of the leftist will — The Supreme Court held oral argument …
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USA Today, neo-neocon and Patterico's Pontifications
Facebook:
Dear Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, — My name is Rebekah Gregory. We don't really know each other and never will. But over the last two years, I have seen your face not only in pictures, but in almost every one of my nightmares. Moments before the first blast, your stupid backpack even brushed up against my arm …
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. Strategy in Iraq Increasingly Relies on Iran — WASHINGTON — At a time when President Obama is under political pressure from congressional Republicans over negotiations to rein in Tehran's nuclear ambitions, a startling paradox has emerged: Mr. Obama is becoming increasingly dependent …
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Politico, Hot Air, JustOneMinute, Business Insider, The Great Debate and Common Dreams
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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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Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
Capitol grounds sledding ban upheld — Washington (CNN)The Capitol Police killed the hopes and dreams of thousands of D.C.-area children (and at least a few dozen Hill staffers) Wednesday night when it reaffirmed a city ban on sledding on the Capitol grounds.
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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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Washington Blade, Real Clear Politics, OnPolitics, The Week and Booman Tribune
Bloomberg Business:
Who's to blame when fraudsters use TurboTax to steal refunds? — When Jeff Parish signed on to his TurboTax account recently, he was surprised to see that the popular online filing service had already calculated a federal refund — to the tune of more than $5,000. But there was a problem.
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Bloomberg View and FOX News Radio
Bradley M. Campbell / New York Times:
Chris Christie's Exxon Settlement is Bad for New Jersey — THE decision by the administration of Gov. Chris Christie to settle an environmental lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corporation for roughly three cents on the dollar after more than a decade of litigation is an embarrassment to law enforcement and good government.
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Talking Points Memo and Blue Jersey
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Christie's Office Drove Exxon Settlement, Ex-Official Says
Christie's Office Drove Exxon Settlement, Ex-Official Says
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Wall Street Journal and The Week
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Cities Are Quietly Reviving A Jim Crow-Era Trick To Suppress Latino Votes — Pasadena City Councilman Ornaldo Ybarra talks about the district lines in his community in Pasadena, Texas. Pasadena is preparing to change the makeup of its city council in a way that city fathers hope fosters new development …
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Yakima Herald Republic, Campaign for America's Future, Shakesville and The Daily Nexus
Tamara Lush / Associated Press:
Ringling Bros. Circus to give up elephant acts in 3 years — 12 photos — POLK CITY, Fla. (AP) — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public concern …
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Politico:
Mitch McConnell postpones Iran vote — Mitch McConnell is postponing a vote on the Senate's Iran legislation in the face of an expected Democratic filibuster. — The Senate majority leader has decided to delay a Tuesday vote on legislation that would allow Congress to approve or reject …
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Daily Kos and Wall Street Journal
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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Wall Street Journal, The Gateway Pundit and Jewish Telegraphic Agency