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11:15 AM ET, April 1, 2015

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Alyssa Marino / ABC57 News:
RFRA: First Michiana business to publicly deny same-sex service  —  A small-town pizza shop is saying they agree with Governor Pence and the signing of the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act.  —  The O'Connor family, who owns Memories Pizza, says they have a right to believe in their religion and protect those ideals.
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
The Left wages total war; and then plays victim  —  On one side is the CEO of the world's largest company, the president of the United States and a growing chunk of the Fortune 500.  On the other side is a solo wedding photographer in New Mexico, a 70-year-old grandma florist in Washington and a few bakers.
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Obama's Latest Numbers … NOTABLES  —  A FLATTENED APPROVAL RATING IS SOFTENED BY SOME UNDERLYING GAINS for Barack Obama in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll — with no sign of tailwinds for the Republicans in Congress.  After a 9-point jump in overall approval in January …
Discussion: Associated Press and abc7news.com
Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:
David Letterman: ‘This Is Not The Indiana I Remember As A Kid’ (VIDEO)  —  Comedian and native Hoosier David Letterman during his show Tuesday night tore into Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) for signing the state's divisive Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law.
Discussion: Mediaite
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Want Some Cheese With That Whine, Conservatives?  —  If you want a good example of what cultural conservatives are telling themselves about the backlash over Indiana's (and probably Arkansas' before the week is out) “religious liberty” law, there's none better than the pity party Timothy Carney held …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Indiana Pizzeria Vows To Never Deliver A Pizza To A Gay Wedding  —  A family that owns an Indiana pizzeria reportedly said Tuesday that the state's new “religious freedom” law protects their right to deny some service to gay couples.  —  Crystal O'Connor, whose family owns Memories Pizza in Walkerton …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Arkansas lawmakers approve religious liberty bill despite firestorm over Indiana law
David Brooks / New York Times:
Religious Liberty and Equality
Dana Liebelson / The Huffington Post:
Arkansas Legislature Copies Indiana, Passes Controversial Religious Freedom Bill
New York Times:
Defying Criticism, Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill on Religious Freedom
Danielle Kloap / Arkansas Online:
HB1228 passes House, heads to governor
Frédéric Helbert / Le fil info Royal Blog de …:
EXCLUSIVE: THE FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE THE CRASH  —  A short video found on the site of the crash appears to confirm the data recovered from one of the two black boxes of the A320.  —  Paris Match and Bild obtained a video taken during the final seconds of the fated Germanwings flight 4U9525 …
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Dick Cheney: No Good Can Come From Iran Nuclear Talks  —  WOODLAND PARK, N.J.—Former Vice President Dick Cheney attacked the Obama administration over its effort to seek an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, and said that the next president needs to repair the U.S.'s relationships with Europe and the Middle East.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Bloomberg Business:
Obama's Next Move May Be Lifting U.S. Protection of Israel at UN  —  (Bloomberg) — While the world remains fixated on the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, the Obama administration is facing another foreign policy showdown in the United Nations Security Council.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Could Another Democrat Beat Hillary Clinton?  Strategists Offer a Blueprint  —  She has been called inevitable.  The can't-be-stopped candidate.  Hillary Rodham Clinton is such an overwhelming favorite in presidential primary polls that most prominent Democrats are taking a pass on challenging her.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Hillary Clinton Makes It Hard to Follow the Money
Discussion: BREITBART.COM
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
IRS chief to GOP: You can't abolish us  —  The IRS commissioner on Tuesday brushed aside GOP proposals to abolish his agency, insisting the U.S. would have to have a tax collector one way or another.  —  “You can call them something other than the IRS if that made you feel better,” …
Discussion: BizPac Review and The PJ Tatler
Pew Internet:
U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015  —  Key Themes of This Report  —  10% of Americans own a smartphone but do not have broadband at home, and 15% own a smartphone but say that they have a limited number of options for going online other than their cell phone.  Those with relatively low income …
Discussion: The Hill and Pew Research Center
Los Angeles Times:
Andrew Getty's death does not appear to involve foul play, authorities say  —  Authorities investigating the death of Andrew Getty, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, said a preliminary investigation suggests foul play was not involved.  —  The death appeared to be natural or an accident …
Barack Obama / Medium:
A New Tool Against Cyber Threats  —  It's one of the great paradoxes of our Information Age—the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used by adversaries to inflict great harm.  The same technologies that help keep our military strong are used by hackers in China …
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Scott Walker, Allergic to Dogs, May Run Against Political History  —  Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and his wife, Tonette, had planned to spend a recent Friday night at the Nashua home of Jennifer Horn, the New Hampshire Republican chairwoman.  —  Then he heard about Al, the Horns' beloved Dalmatian-Catahoula Leopard mix.
The White House:
FACT SHEET: U.S. Reports its 2025 Emissions Target to the UNFCCC  —  State Department Submits President Obama's Ambitious 2025 Target to Cut U.S. Climate Pollution by 26-28 Percent from 2005 Levels  —  To view the INDC submission, click HERE.  —  Building on the strong progress …
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Washington Post:
Poll: Obama regains some ground lost to Republicans after midterms
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Margalit Fox / New York Times:
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Iran's Charmer in Chief Wins Again
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Israel Matzav
Washington Post:
How a Bush-allied nonprofit could inject more secret money into '16 race
Discussion: Reuters and Prairie Weather
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