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9:50 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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Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Will Hillary Clinton Be the Agent of Her Campaign's Undoing—Again?  —  She'll have to avoid the infighting that plagued her mismanaged 2008 run for the presidency  —  The last time Hillary Clinton was riding high as a presidential candidate was March 5, 2008.  She had just beaten Barack Obama in the Ohio and Texas primaries.
The Times-Tribune:
Gravestone of Hillary Clinton's father toppled in Scranton cemetery  —  SCRANTON — The grave- stone of Hugh Rodham, Hillary Clinton's father, was found toppled over in the Washburn Street Cemetery, police said.  —  Someone in the cemetery reported that the stone was tipped over Tuesday morning, Police Chief Carl Graziano said.
Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Axelrod calls Clinton on track with authenticity  —  INDIANOLA, Ia.  - Demonstrating authenticity and an understanding of Americans' concerns will be Hillary Clinton's greatest challenge in her 2016 bid for the presidency, David Axelrod said in an interview Tuesday.
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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 …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Darrell Issa asked Hillary Clinton about her personal email use in 2012  —  A House committee sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton more than two years ago asking if she used a personal email account for official business, but never received a direct answer to the question.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
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
David Nather / Politico:   Hillary Clinton names top three wonks for campaign
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
Hillary Clinton Isn't Inevitable
Discussion: Daily Kos and Frankly Curious
Jin Zhao / Raw Story:
Religious right pundit: Hillary Clinton too hideously ugly to become president
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Comes Out Swinging at CEOs and Hedge Fund Managers
Discussion: ABC News
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:
A Reckless Act in the Senate on Iran  —  Congress has formally muscled its way into President Obama's negotiations with Iran, creating new and potentially dangerous uncertainties for an agreement that offers the best chance of restraining that country's nuclear program.
New York Times:
Obama Yields, Allowing Congress Say on Iran Nuclear Deal
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Obama could accept revised bill on Iran nuclear vote: White House
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Iran Deal Reached In Senate; Read The Details
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 …
Discussion: Chicago
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: Raw Story, Mediaite and Joe. My. God.
EU Press Room:
Antitrust: Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on comparison shopping service; opens separate formal investigation on Android  —  The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Google alleging the company has abused its dominant position in the markets …
Ed Kilgore / Talking Points Memo:
Marco Rubio's Double Game: Will It Work?  —  You know what the Republican Party could really, really use in 2016?  A presidential candidate who doesn't come across like a time-traveling ambassador from the 1950s.  Someone who can rid the GOP of its self-imposed bondage to Reaganomics …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jason Russell / Washington Examiner:
A yearly reminder that the gender wage gap is due to choice, not discrimination  —  Women earn just 77 or 78 cents to the dollar that men earn.  —  That line is thrown around so often it must be true, right?  As with most outrageous statistics, the shock disappears when you do even a bit of research into its background.
Discussion: Slate and Hot Air
Daily Mail:
More than 2 MILLION of Hillary Clinton's Twitter followers are fake or never tweet - and she's already under fire for ‘buying’ fake Facebook fans  — Two different online audit tools say no more than 44 per cent of Hillary's 3.6 million Twitter fans are real people who participate in the platform
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
Cameron Miculka / Pacific Daily News:
BREAKING: Guam attorney general directs Public Health to immediately begin processing gay marriage applications  —  The government of Guam agency which issues marriage licenses will not accept applications from same-sex couples “until further notice.”  —  The department will await …
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and BuzzFeed
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
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.
 
 
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
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