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2:40 PM ET, March 15, 2015

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Edward Klein / New York Post:

Obama adviser behind leak of Hillary Clinton's email scandal — President Obama's senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, right, and Hillary Clinton — It's the vast left-wing conspiracy. — Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett leaked to the press details of Hillary Clinton's use …

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Ali Elkin / Bloomberg Business:

Carville Says He Suspects Hillary Clinton 'Didn't Want Louie Gohmert Rifling Through Her E-Mails' — The Clinton ally departs from the “convenience” talking points. — Longtime Clinton ally James Carville said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail account might have been about more than convenience.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Political Wire

ABC News:

Hillary Clinton Emails: John Boehner Expected to Announce New House Investigation Into Her Practices … House Speaker John Boehner is expected to announce this week a new investigation into Hillary Clinton's email practices as Secretary of State, including her admission that more than 31,000 emails …

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg Business, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal and Political Wire

David Remnick / New Yorker:

Today's Woman — Early last week, while the political world was waiting for Hillary Clinton to address the moral, diplomatic, and technological questions posed by her e-mail habits, the United Nations issued a report asserting that more than one in three women experience sexual or physical violence in their lifetimes.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Jeremy Diamond / CNN:

McConnell: No Lynch vote unless Democrats relent on bill — Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday said he plans to hold up attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch's confirmation until the Senate passes a now-controversial human trafficking bill.

Discussion: Liberaland, Political Wire and The Week

Kyle Balluck / The Hill:

Kerry: GOP Iran letter ‘absolutely calculated’ to interfere with talks — Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview broadcast Sunday that a letter to Iranian leaders signed by 47 Republican senators was “absolutely calculated directly to interfere with these negotiations.”

Discussion: Politico, RedState and The Week

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

White House Issues Saturday Night Iran Deal Warning To Senate — WASHINGTON — In an effort to reassert control over the domestic political debate surrounding sensitive negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, the White House penned a letter Saturday night warning senators to hold back on legislation …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
WH Confirms: UN to Play Key Role in Iran Deal

Discussion: Power Line and The PJ Tatler

Ashley Southall / New York Times:

Robert Durst, Subject of ‘The Jinx’ on HBO, Is Arrested on Murder Charge — Robert A. Durst, the scion of a New York real estate family, was arraigned on Sunday morning in New Orleans after being arrested on first-degree murder charges in a killing 15 years ago in Los Angeles, law enforcement officials said.

Discussion: New York Magazine, NBC News and The Week

abc13.com:
Robert Durst arrested in New Orleans, faces murder charges

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:

For Poorer and Richer — SOME arguments are hard to settle but are too important to avoid. Here is one: whether the social crisis among America's poor and working class — the collapse of the two-parent family, the weakening of communal ties — is best understood as a problem of economics or of culture.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Marginal REVOLUTION

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Senate GOP budget to break with Paul Ryan's blueprints — Senate Republicans will not include detailed plans to overhaul entitlement programs when they unveil their first budget in nearly a decade this week, according to GOP sources. — The decision would break from Rep. Paul Ryan's …

Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:

Wanting More Say — Do most presidents really want a bigger role in faculty hiring and tenure decisions? Inside Higher Ed's annual Survey of College and University Presidents suggests they do. And some of them are playing a larger role than faculty leaders might find reasonable.

Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:

Jeb Bush slams Obama, Republicans in NH — Jeb Bush lobbed attacks at both President Obama and Congressional Republicans in an appearance in Dover, N.H. — “Pass a budget for crying out loud,” the Republican former governor of Florida said, slamming members of his own party. “Let the process work again.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business

Cameron Joseph / The Hill:

Will April bring shower of announcements? — Get ready for April to bring a shower of presidential campaign announcements. — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) is moving hard towards a launch early next month, according to sources close to her team.

Discussion: Liberaland