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3:50 PM ET, March 11, 2015

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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
No Classified Emails by Clinton?  Some Experts Are Skeptical  —  WASHINGTON — Anyone who has tried to pry information from the federal government may have been surprised on Tuesday by Hillary Rodham Clinton's assertion that in all her emails in four years as secretary of state she never strayed into the classified realm.
John F. Harris / Politico:
Go to hell  —  Hillary Clinton had something to say to the media about her email.
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Admit: That Iran Letter Was a Dumb Idea  —  A day after releasing a letter that potentially threatened the administration's negotiations with Iran, some Republicans who signed on are realizing it was a bad call.  —  Behind the scenes, Republicans are wondering if sending …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
McCain: GOP letter to Iran not ‘most effective’ response  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), one of the signers of the controversial letter to Iran's leadership, admitted Tuesday night that the letter might not have been the way to express frustration that President Obama isn't working with Congress on nuclear negotiations with Tehran.
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Goldstein / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Precedent for GOP's Iran letter hard to find, historians say  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Historian's Office has so far been unable to find another example in the chamber's history where one political party openly tried to deal with a foreign power against a presidential policy …
Tom Cotton / USA Today:
Sen. Cotton: Why we wrote the letter to Iran
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Morning Joe, Bill Kristol Blame Racist SAE Video on Rap Music  —  The concerned parents on Morning Joe found something to be outraged about over the video of SAE frat members engaged in a racist chant: namely the rapper Waka Flocka Flame's decision not to perform for the fraternity …
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Robert Wilonsky / The Scoop Blog:
Parker Rice, parents of Levi Pettit apologize for ‘horrible mistake’ made in OU SAE video  —  Update at 6:40 p.m.: Moments after Levi Pettit's family apologized for their son's behavior in the SAE video, Parker Rice — the recent Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas graduate — sent his own apology, via his father Bob.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Morning Joe Finds the Real Racists in Oklahoma: Rap Musicians
Discussion: Guardian
Jean-Luc Renaudie / Agence France-Presse:
As Israel vote looms, centre-left pulls ahead of PM Netanyahu's Likud  —  Jerusalem (AFP) - Less than a week before Israel's second general election in two years, Isaac Herzog's centre-left Zionist Union opened up a lead on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightwing Likud, polls showed Wednesday.
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Gallup:
Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's much-publicized and controversial address to Congress, Americans' opinions of him have worsened.  His favorable rating is down seven percentage points, to 38%, while his unfavorable rating has increased five points, to 29%.
Tom LoBianco / Indianapolis Star:
Indiana state rep apologizes for sexting with Sydney Leathers  —  Indiana Rep. Justin Moed is apologizing for sexting with Sydney Leathers, the Evansville woman at the center of the 2013 Anthony Weiner sexting scandal.  —  “I am truly sorry I have hurt the ones I love most with my poor judgment.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   No, Really: Lawmaker Busted For Sexting With Woman From Weiner Scandal
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
More evidence Republicans will probably do nothing if Supreme Court guts subsidies  —  Scott Walker has now supplied yet another piece of evidence that Republicans will likely find themselves unable or unwilling to act if the Supreme Court guts Obamacare subsidies for millions in three dozen states.
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Sarah Zimmermann / The Badger Herald:
Unions file lawsuit against right-to-work
Discussion: Moe Lane
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Aaron Schock: I ‘certainly hope’ I didn't break the law  —  The embattled congressman gets testy in a face-to-face interview.  —  Getty  —  PEORIA, Ill. — The question to Rep. Aaron Schock was simple: Do you think you've broken any rules or federal laws?  But the scandal-plagued congressman did not have a definitive answer.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz's claim that the IRS tax code has more words than the Bible  —  In a speech to the International Association of Fire Fighters, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) talked about how the U.S. could restore “growth and opportunity” for small businesses, saying the answer is through tax and regulatory reform.
ProPublica:
Emails Reveal Lobbyist Had Undisclosed Role In Cuomo Financial Crisis Investigation  —  The Albany Times Union co-published a version of this story.  —  Previously undisclosed emails by a mortgage industry lobbyist doubling as a consultant for then Attorney General Andrew Cuomo show …
Discussion: Hot Air
The Huffington Post:
Senate Bill Would Effectively End The Federal War On Medical Marijuana  —  A sweeping Senate bill introduced Tuesday seeks to significantly roll back the federal government's war on medical marijuana.  —  The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act …
Reuters:
Russia says has right to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea: report  —  (Reuters) - Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday, adding he knew of no plans to do so.
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
TPP at the NABE  —  I was in DC yesterday, giving a talk to the National Association of Business Economists.  The subject was the Trans-Pacific Partnership; slides for my talk are here.  —  Not to keep you in suspense, I'm thumbs down.  I don't think the proposal is likely to be the terrible …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney boosts French comedian with anti-Semitic history  —  Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney shared her latest comedy recommendation with Facebook and Twitter followers last night.  The Georgia Democrat, who was the Green Party's 2008 presidential nominee …
Rep. Steve Russell / The Hill:
Right track, not fast track  —  At his State of the Union Address, President Obama asked us in Congress to grant him “fast track” trade promotion authority so he can “write rules for the world's economy.”  I sat alarmed for America's future should we expand this president's authority given …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
 
 
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Exclusive — Rand Paul: Arm The Kurds To Battle ISIS And Radical Islam, Give Them Kurdistan
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Storing Emails From These Senators Will Be Easy, if They Ever Send One
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