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7:50 AM ET, March 25, 2015

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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Ted Cruz to sign up for government health care  —  Ted Cruz, one of the loudest critics of Obamacare, will soon be using it for health insurance coverage.  —  “We will presumably go on the exchange and sign up for health care and we're in the process of transitioning over to do that,” Cruz …
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CNN:
Ted Cruz going on Obamacare  —  Ted Cruz says he will enroll in Obamacare 01:47  —  (CNN)Ted Cruz is going on Obamacare.  —  The newly announced Republican presidential candidate told CNN's Dana Bash on Tuesday that he will sign up for health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act — a law he has been on a crusade to kill.
Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
On Global Warming, Ted Cruz Says He's Galileo, Not a Flat-Earther  —  The Texas senator is not a believer in man-made climate change.  —  The similarities between Texas Senator Ted Cruz and 16th-century astronomer Galileo Galilei are remarkable, according to Cruz.
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Cruz signing up for ObamaCare  —  Sen. Ted Cruz is signing up for ObamaCare one day after launching his presidential bid.  —  Cruz, one of the biggest ObamaCare foes in Congress, found himself without health insurance after his wife, an executive at Goldman Sachs, announced she is taking an unpaid leave to join his campaign.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Ted Cruz's challenge: The other guys have done things  —  Tough road ahead: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who announced his candidacy for president Monday, will face GOP rivals with solid accomplishments.  —  Ted Cruz put on quite a show as he became the first official candidate for the presidency in 2016.
Rachelle Peterson / The Federalist:
Reporters Explain Why Balance Isn't Needed On Global Warming
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and BarbWire.com
Bill / The Hill:
Bill Press: Dems need a plan B  —  Hillary Clinton has survived the first crisis of her putative 2016 campaign.  She appears to have put Emailgate behind her, either because most people accept her explanation that she chose to use her own private email, rather than the official State Department system …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Cruz Candidacy  —  Ideology aside, the Republican is similar in many ways to Obama.  —  Can a smart, articulate, 40-something first term Senator trained in constitutional law, who disdains his colleagues and lacks executive experience, make the leap to the White House?
Caleb Bonham / Campus Reform:
Prof: Ted Cruz and Republicans are resurrecting ‘discrimination’  — “Politics of the 1960s to Now” is a class taught by Prof. Chris Hamilton, a two-time Fulbright Scholar at Washburn University.  — According to a student, Prof. Hamilton's course claims that Ted Cruz …
Fox News Insider:
Megyn to Rand Paul: Why Weren't You First to Announce a 2016 Run?
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and OnPolitics
George Sells / FOX2now.com:
Man kicked off Southwest flight over language on t-shirt … ST. LOUIS, MO. (KTVI) - A New York college student found himself stranded in St. Louis, Monday after being kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight that wasn't even supposed to land here.  The conflict raises a classic first amendment debate …
Jason Zengerle / GQ:
What If Sarah Palin Were a Brain Surgeon?  —  Until two years ago, Ben Carson was a mild-mannered neurosurgeon—a hero to black America, the subject of a tender made-for-TV movie.  Then he started raving about Nazis and America's demise.  Now he's the Tea Party's great White House hope—and the GOP's worst nightmare.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner ‘baffled’ by Israeli spying report
Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:
‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Imagines Vivid Rape And Murder Scenario For Atheist Family  —  “Duck Dynasty” star and conservative icon Phil Robertson told a gruesome, vivid story on Friday about the hypothetical rape and murder of a family to illustrate the perils of atheism, according to audio surfaced by Right Wing Watch.
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
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Washington Post:
Report: Va. governor received special treatment from Homeland Security  —  The now-No. 2 official at the Department of Homeland Security intervened on behalf of politically connected favor seekers — including Democrat Terry McAuliffe not long before he was elected Virginia governor …
Mary Bruce / ABC News:
President Obama Announces Slowdown of Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan … President Obama has agreed, at Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's request, to slow the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, leaving 9,800 in place through 2015.  —  “This flexibility reflects …
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
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Philip Ewing / Politico:
Obama to keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through 2015
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Indianapolis Star:
Gen Con threatens to move convention if Gov. Mike Pence signs religious freedom bill  —  The organizers of Gen Con, the city's largest convention in attendance and economic impact, are threatening to move the event elsewhere if Gov. Mike Pence signs controversial religious freedom legislation …
Lindsey Graham / CFR.org:
A Conversation With Lindsey Graham  —  Speaker:  —  U.S. Senator from South Carolina (R)  —  Presider:  —  Amy Davidson … DAVIDSON: Hello.  I'm Amy Davidson.  Welcome to today's Council on Foreign Relations meeting with Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina.
Discussion: Roll Call and Talking Points Memo
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Coats retirement in Indiana shakes up 2016 battle for Senate  —  Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) on Tuesday announced that he will not run for reelection in 2016.  —  “Today I am announcing that I will not seek re-election to the United States Senate,” Coats said in a statement.  “This was not an easy decision.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Ferguson and Benghazi's troubling parallels  —  Ferguson has become the liberal Benghazi.  It is more of a cause than a place, more of an ideological statement than an incident.  Ferguson was not the racist murder it was thought to be, and Benghazi was not an incident in which the Obama …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Washington Post Columnist Declares Ferguson Is The ‘Liberal Benghazi’
Emily Schultheis / National Journal:
Hillary Clinton Offers the Media an Olive Branch—and a Lecture  —  The former secretary of State joked about her struggles with the press.  —  Hillary Clinton opened her speech to a room full of political reporters by acknowledging an awkward, if obvious, fact: she's not known for being media-friendly.
Discussion: Power Line and Washington Post
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Reuters:
Iraq request for U.S.-led Tikrit air strikes ‘imminent’: diplomat
Discussion: NPR
Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business:
RadioShack's Bankruptcy Could Give Your Customer Data to the Highest Bidder
Discussion: The Verge, Consumerist and PandoDaily
Nick Gass / Politico:
Barney Frank: Joe Biden 'can't keep his mouth shut or his hands to himself'
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate's old guard just says ‘no’ to pot overhaul
Discussion: Althouse
James Hohmann / Politico:
Jeb's South Carolina firewall fails to take shape
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Bart Bedsole / KAJA-TV:
TAMUCC students appalled at racial slurs found inside apartment
Discussion: Addicting Info and Raw Story
Tom Randall / Bloomberg Business:
Here's How $20 Oil Could Become a Reality If Storage Runs Out
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Yahoo Politics:
Secret $1.5 million donation from Wisconsin billionaire uncovered in Scott Walker dark-money probe
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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