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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
The Hillary Camp's Rationale for Staying Quiet — Hillary Clinton won't be presiding over a soul-searching press conference or sitting down for a come-clean interview about her use of a private email address any time soon — at least if everything goes according to her team's plan.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
‘Who knows? She could implode totally’ — Clinton email scandal alarms Democrats. — Three days into the rolling controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email address as Secretary of State, Democrats are showing signs of stress. — In interviews with more than three dozen …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
GOP giddy over Hillary's problems — Republicans believe Hillary Clinton's fundamental political weaknesses have been exposed by the controversy surrounding her use of personal email while secretary of State — and they couldn't be more delighted. — GOP figures are happy to see troubles befall Democrats in general.
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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton private email violated ‘clear-cut’ State Dept. rules
Clinton private email violated ‘clear-cut’ State Dept. rules
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Clinton e-mail review could find security issues
Clinton e-mail review could find security issues
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Sam Biddle / Gawker:
How Unsafe Was Hillary Clinton's Secret Staff Email System?
How Unsafe Was Hillary Clinton's Secret Staff Email System?
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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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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
TMZ asks Hillary Clinton a question
TMZ asks Hillary Clinton a question
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems vow to protect Boehner from conservative coup — Tea Party Republicans contemplating a bid to oust Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) shouldn't count on Democrats to help them unseat the Speaker. — And without their support, there is no chance to topple Boehner in this Congress.
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Rebels with a cause — A new group of far-right House Republicans tries to show they're not just a band of demagogues. — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is a member of the right-leaning Freedom Caucus. Getty — Sitting in a room on the fourth floor of the Cannon building …
TMZ.com:
Harrison Ford — Plane Crashes ... Actor Seriously Injured (VIDEO UPDATE: Paramedics Treat Harrison) — PLANE CRASHES — [Video Update: Paramedics Treat Harrison] — 6:20 PM PT — A rep for Ford says, “Harrison was flying a WW2 vintage plane today which stalled upon takeoff.”
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Supreme Court Weighs Health Law, G.O.P. Plans to Replace It — WASHINGTON — The legal campaign to destroy President Obama's health care law may be nearing its conclusion, but as the Supreme Court deliberates over the law's fate, the search for a replacement by Republican lawmakers is finally gaining momentum.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Netanyahu's Churchillian warning — Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress was notable in two respects. Queen Esther got her first standing O in 2,500 years. And President Obama came up empty in his campaign to preemptively undermine Netanyahu before the Israeli prime minister could present his case on the Iran negotiations.
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Philip Stephens / Financial Times:
The answer for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is war against Iran
Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
Deferring to the IRS — Given the Chief Justice's near-silence at oral argument in King v. Burwell, much will be made of Justice Kennedy's sensitivity to the argument that accepting the plaintiffs' interpretation of the statute would raise serious federalism concerns. That's completely appropriate.
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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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John R. Morris / The Hill:
Modern media and the destructive representation of conservativism — Although rightfully excoriated for his comments comparing public unions to ISIS, Gov. Scott Walker's (R-Wis.) treatment by the media continues to highlight the gross disparity in the way with which conservative candidates …
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Gangsters of Ferguson — Yesterday the Justice Department released the results of a long and thorough investigation into the killing of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson. The investigation concluded that there was not enough evidence to prove a violation of federal law by Officer Wilson.
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CNN:
Jeb Bush aides used private domain for public business — Photos: Political families 28 photos — Photos: Political families - Debbie Dingell announced Friday, February 28, that she would run for the seat held for 58 years by her husband, Rep. John Dingell, D-Michigan, who announced earlier that he was retiring.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Did the Obama Administration Lie to the Federal Court About Implementation of Executive Amnesty? — We wrote here about State of Texas et al. v. United States, in which 26 states sued to enjoin the Obama administration from implementing its illegal executive amnesty program.
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Abbe R. Gluck / Politico:
How States' Rights Shapes King v. Burwell — Understanding this is the key to knowing how the court will rule. — At long last, the federalism implications of the Obamacare challenge, King v. Burwell, appear widely understood. This is in no small part thanks to the justices themselves …
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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Did Jeb Bush Go Far Enough to Try to Save Terri Schiavo to Save His Iowa Chances? — Standing at the pulpit of his Sioux City, Iowa, mega-churche a decade ago, Reverend Cary Gordon wept over the death of Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman who had her feeding tubes removed more than 1,500 miles away in Florida.
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Ban or not, kids allowed to sled at Capitol … From sledding to snowball fights, dozens of children and their parents took to Capitol Hill Thursday afternoon to protest a controversial sledding ban. — Capitol Police have refused to lift the sledding ban, but some parents organized a …
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Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
Capitol grounds sledding ban upheld
Capitol grounds sledding ban upheld
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