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7:15 AM ET, April 15, 2015

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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.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton says she would support a constitutional amendment on campaign finance reform  —  MONTICELLO, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for changes to the nation's campaign finance system, saying here Tuesday that she would support a constitutional amendment if that's what it takes …
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Comes Out Swinging at CEOs and Hedge Fund Managers
Discussion: ABC News
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Inside Hillary's ‘Very Luxurious’ Van: A Bed, TV, and Lots of Leather
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House Dems jump to support new Iran bill  —  House Democratic leaders are quickly jumping aboard legislation empowering Congress to review an emerging nuclear deal with Iran.  —  House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) endorsed the Senate bill on Tuesday, shortly after it passed unanimously through …
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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 …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Iran Deal Reached In Senate; Read The Details
James Hohmann / Politico:
GOP insiders applaud Clinton rollout  —  Most Republicans thought the former secretary of state's announcement was contrived or phony, but they still viewed it as a savvy campaign launch.  —  Hillary Clinton has found a new constituency: Republicans.  —  A significant — and surprising …
Discussion: Political Wire and Taylor Marsh
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A Modest Proposal: Barack Obama Should Be Hillary Clinton's Running Mate
Kristen Desilva / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Is Hillary Clinton the democrats' Mitt Romney?
Discussion: Moe Lane
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
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Murray, Durbin hit the phones  —  Sens. Patty Murray and Dick Durbin placed calls to Democratic senators over the April recess, intensifying speculation about a possible leadership contest between the senior Democrats.  —  Murray (Wash.) has not specifically mentioned running for Senate Democratic whip …
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
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
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
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
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
Adam Walser / WFTS:
Veteran says he was repeatedly put on hold by veterans' suicide hotline  —  Hotline has problems with handling number of calls  —  He put himself in danger to protect our country, but when he needed help to save his own life all he got was a recorded message.  —  Ted Koran was thinking about committing suicide Saturday night.
Som Lisaius / Tucson News Now:
Marana police video shows cruiser ram crime spree suspect  —  TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) - Police released dash cam video showing how a police officer used his cruiser to put an end to a crime spree in February that stretched from Tucson to Marana.  —  In the video, an apparent gunshot …
 
 
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Global Citizen:
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Discussion: Politico and FishbowlDC
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Obama pro-union rule to take effect
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
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The Huffington Post:
Lawmakers Who Seem To Have Forgotten Iraq Insist They're Right About Iran
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Discussion: CNN, VodkaPundit and Hit & Run
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Probing the Heart of French Malaise
CNN:
R&B singer Percy Sledge dies at 73
Irene / Judicial Watch:
ISIS Camp a Few Miles from Texas, Mexican Authorities Confirm
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Islamic Extremists Have Seized Control Of U.S. Cities, Says NRA Seminar
Yahoo Politics:
Chris Christie bets on bold
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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