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2:38 AM ET, April 15, 2015

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New York Times:
Obama Yields, Allowing Congress Say on Iran Nuclear Deal  —  WASHINGTON — The White House relented on Tuesday and said President Obama would sign a compromise bill giving Congress a voice on the proposed nuclear accord with Iran as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in rare unanimous agreement …
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Obama could accept revised bill on Iran nuclear vote: White House  —  (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he could accept a revised bipartisan bill on Iran's nuclear agreement after leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee reached agreement on revisions that would allow Congress to vote on it.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Iran Deal Reached In Senate; Read The Details
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Was Asked About Email 2 Years Ago  —  WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton was directly asked by congressional investigators in a December 2012 letter whether she had used a private email account while serving as secretary of state, according to letters obtained by The New York Times.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A Modest Proposal: Barack Obama Should Be Hillary Clinton's Running Mate  —  Because Hillary Clinton is white and no longer young, a strain of political thought holds that she might lack Barack Obama's inherent appeal to new and minority voters and thus that she won't be able to ride …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Inside Hillary's ‘Very Luxurious’ Van: A Bed, TV, and Lots of Leather
Kristen Desilva / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Is Hillary Clinton the democrats' Mitt Romney?
Discussion: Moe Lane
Eli Stokols / Politico:
The GOP's plan to turn Hillary into Mitt Romney
Jin Zhao / Raw Story:
Religious right pundit: Hillary Clinton too hideously ugly to become president  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  We expected to see some punches thrown at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as soon as she announced her run for president for a second time on Sunday.
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David Hochman / Playboy:
PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: BILL MAHER  —  Inside Bill Maher's office in Los Angeles, you don't need a poli-sci degree to know which way the political winds are blowing.  There's a (fake) Zagat guide to marijuana dispensaries, a bumper sticker that reads HONK IF YOU HATE AMERICA …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Angelamartincbs / CBS Dallas:
Dallas Woman Posts On Facebook “A Female Shouldn't Be President”  —  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - “A female shouldn't be President,” is a direct quote from a Dallas woman's Facebook page.  —  As you might imagine, the post has attracted quite a bit of attention from people across the country.
Discussion: Hot Air, Ed Driscoll and Raw Story
New York Times:
Obama Endorses Removing Cuba From Terrorism List  —  MEXICO CITY — The White House announced on Tuesday that President Obama intends to remove Cuba from the American government's list of nations that sponsor terrorism, eliminating a major obstacle to the restoration of diplomatic relations after decades of hostilities.
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:   Obama to remove Cuba from state sponsor of terror list
Nicole Gaouette / Bloomberg Business:
Obama to Drop Cuba From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
Discussion: Bloomberg View
Ashley Fantz / CNN:
Prison time for some Atlanta school educators in cheating scandal  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)There was nothing routine about a sentencing hearing Tuesday in Atlanta that wrote the final legal chapter of one of the most massive school cheating scandals in the country.
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Pentagon: Russian intercept of US plane ‘sloppy airmanship’  —  The Pentagon on Monday denounced a recent incident in which a Russian pilot intercepted a U.S. aircraft over the Baltic Sea as “sloppy airmanship.”  —  “Frankly, this is an example of sloppy airmanship on the part of a Russian pilot …
Discussion: Hot Air
David Nather / Politico:
Hillary Clinton names top three wonks for campaign  —  Hillary Clinton has named three senior policy advisers to lead the development of an agenda for her presidential campaign, setting the stage for a series of policy rollouts that campaign officials hope to begin late next month after her early phase of road trips to meet voters.
Deepak Saini / WGNO:
Lawsuit: Transgender man fired because he refused to wear a dress  —  NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A New Orleans law firm is taking on the civil rights case of a Lake Charles man who says he was fired from his job, after he refused to wear a dress, and be treated as a woman.
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Raw Story
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie Calls for Raising Age for Social Security, Cutting Benefit for Some Seniors  —  In New Hampshire speech, New Jersey governor proposes overhaul of Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare  —  MANCHESTER, N.H.—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to call …
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Yahoo Politics:
Chris Christie bets on bold
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A decision on Brian Williams's future at NBC could be coming soon  —  Andrew Lack, the former and current head of NBC News, started his old job anew last week staring at a monumental dilemma: What to do about Brian Williams?  —  The anchorman who was the face of NBC News and its signature …
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Boehner: Obama Made a Deal With the Devil  —  President Barack Obama made a “deal with the devil” in his nuclear framework with Iran and there's no reason to think it can verifiably prevent the Tehran regime from getting a nuclear weapon, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Sex, Dementia and a Husband on Trial at Age 78  —  There is no question that Donna Lou Rayhons had severe Alzheimer's.  —  In the days before being placed in a nursing home in Garner, Iowa, last year, Mrs. Rayhons, 78, could not recall her daughters' names or how to eat a hamburger.
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Comes Out Swinging at CEOs and Hedge Fund Managers  —  MONTICELLO, Iowa—Hillary Clinton launched her presidential campaign here Tuesday with aggressive attacks on the financial system as she offered broad strokes of her case for running at her first formal event.
Discussion: ABC News
TALKERS.COM:
FCC's Wheeler Agrees to Pursue AM Rule Changes.  Patting FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn on the back for work beginning the process of “AM revitalization” while acting chairman, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler writes in a blog post that he's “committed to taking action in this proceeding so that AM radio …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Obama pro-union rule to take effect  —  An Obama administration rule that speeds up the process by which employees can unionize will take effect Tuesday after Republicans last month failed to block the measure.  —  Under the new National Labor Relations Board rules, employees …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
 
 
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The Huffington Post:
Lawmakers Who Seem To Have Forgotten Iraq Insist They're Right About Iran
Discussion: Daily Kos
Pete Kasperowicz / TheBlaze.com:
Shock Testimony: VA Officials Retaliate Against Whistleblowers by Illegally Accessing Their Medical Records
Discussion: CNN, VodkaPundit and Hit & Run
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Islamic Extremists Have Seized Control Of U.S. Cities, Says NRA Seminar
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Lost Language of Privacy
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Los Angeles Times:
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DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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