memeorandum: More Democrats Are Going Their Own Way, and That's Away From Obama (Jennifer Steinhauer/New York Times)

4:15 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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Arkansas Online, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Scared Monkeys, CANNONFIRE, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hullabaloo, Taylor Marsh, protein wisdom, Althouse and National Review

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

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, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite and The Reaction

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

Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:

Tom Cotton Seems Confused About The Basic Geography Of Iran — Screenshot of Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) on Face the Nation Sunday, March 15. — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stood by his decision Sunday to send a letter on a burgeoning nuclear deal directly to Iranian leaders.

Discussion: FreakOutNation and Liberaland

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: ThinkProgress and 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, The Atlantic Online, NBC News and The Week

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

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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 and The Week

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

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

More Democrats Are Going Their Own Way, and That's Away From Obama — WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans may be singularly focused on unraveling President Obama's executive orders and actions, but when it comes to what is left of his viable policy agenda on Capitol Hill, Mr. Obama's biggest problems are now often with Democrats.

Spencer Platt / National Review:

A Monster of Our Own — The impoverished life of Hillary Rodham Clinton — Bill Clinton won because he was always winning; if Hillary Rodham Clinton has lost, it is because she is losing. — President Clinton had a diabolical knack for turning his self-inflicted problems into referenda …

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