Using private emails, Clinton thwarted record requests . . . In 2012, congressional investigators asked the State Department for a wide range of documents related to the attack on the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The department eventually responded, furnishing House committees with thousands of documents. But it turns out that that was not everything. New York Times

Clinton ran her own computer system . . . The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails — on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — traced back to an Internet service registered to her family's home in Chappaqua, New York, according to Internet records reviewed by The Associated Press.

Missing emails raise Benghazi questions . . . Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, said the development will likely require Clinton to make several appearances before the panel, possibly stretching the investigation into 2016. The Hill

Not technically illegal . . . “What she did was not technically illegal,” said Patrice McDermott, a former National Archives staffer and the head of the Open The Government coalition, a transparency group. However, “it was highly inappropriate and it was inappropriate for the State Department to let this happen,” she said. The Hill

Dems circle the wagons . . . Democrats scrambled on Tuesday to contain the fallout for Hillary Clinton, their favored 2016 presidential candidate, after allegations she inappropriately used her personal email for work while secretary of state. Reuters​

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Obama may raise taxes by fiat . . . The White House may be inching closer to the idea of raising taxes by executive action – the same path President Obama took to push through his controversial immigration actions. Fox News

Netanyahu vows war if deal on table is struck . . . Speaking before a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it unequivocally clear that if the United States strikes a deal with Iran that Israel believes is flawed – as the one currently being negotiated is – it will attack the Iranians and try to deprive them of a nuclear weapons capability. White House Dossier

Obama dismisses Netanyahu speech . . . Obama Tuesday dismissed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress as a repetition of previous arguments that failed to add anything new. White House Dossier

Obama ensured top Western leaders missed Netanyahu . . . President Obama has added to his schedule an 11:30 am ET video conference with America’s top allies to discuss the situation in Ukraine, ensuring that neither he nor them will watch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plea before Congress and the world to reconsider the Iran nuclear deal. White House Dossier

Court hears King v Burwell . . . The nine justices of the Supreme Court on Wednesday will again hold the future of ObamaCare in their hands, as they take up a new legal challenge that could strip insurance subsidies from millions of people. The Hill

GOP offering alternatives . . . Congressional Republicans are proposing long and short-term alternatives to ObamaCare as the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments Wednesday in a case that has the potential to unravel the health care law. Fox News

Seven Things to Know About King v. Burwell

DOJ legalized 100K before order blocked it . . . President Obama's expanded executive amnesty started earlier than the administration said it would -- and before a court blocked it. CNS News

IRS wants another $490 million to enforce Obamacare . . . “This additional funding, the majority of which is for required information technology upgrades, will allow the IRS to increase efforts to ensure compliance with a number of tax-related provisions of the ACA, including the premium tax credit and individual shared responsibility provision,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. The Blaze 

Netanyahu rejects Obama's criticism . . . Netanyahu insisted on Wednesday that he had "presented a practical alternative, which would impose tougher restrictions on Iran's nuclear program, extending Iran's breakout time by years." AFP

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Iran expands its influence in Iraq . . . Iranian-supported militias make up the majority of ground forces now striking against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, in a growing shift of influence in the region even as the U.S. pours thousands of troops and millions of dollars in military equipment back into Iraq to bolster Baghdad's efforts against the terrorist group. Washington Examiner​

House passes Homeland Security bill Obama wants . . . A chaotic three-month-long fight in Congress over funding the U.S. domestic security agency ended on Tuesday, but not before it highlighted House Speaker John Boehner's inability to halt the Republican Party's further descent into disorder. Reuters

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Is Walker ready for prime time? . . . In countless discussions I had at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference — as well as among people I’ve talked to who attended the Club for Growth meeting in Florida last weekend — the concern for friends, and the hope for foes, is that Walker is peaking too soon. Jonah Goldberg

Democrats furious over Netanyahu's "condescension" . . .  House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi politely stood and clapped when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered the House chamber for his long-awaited, and highly controversial, speech to Congress. The longer he spoke, the less enthusiastic she got. Associated Press

NYC public schools to add two Muslim holidays . . . Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce on Wednesday morning that New York public schools will observe two of the most sacred Muslim holy days — Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. New York Times

Feds raid "maternity tourism" hotels . . . Federal agents raided about 20 Southern California locations on Tuesday suspected of involvement in "maternity tourism" schemes offering travel and lodging services to pregnant foreign women seeking to give birth in the United States, U.S. immigration officials said. Reuters

"The physician's assistant will see you now" . . . There won't be enough doctors to meet the booming demand for healthcare services over the next decade due primarily to the graying U.S. population, a new study claims. Washington Examiner

M. Stanton Evans, conservative giant, is dead . . . They were the giants of a political movement that reshaped American politics, and now they are all gone. Barry Goldwater. Ronald Reagan. William F. Buckley, Jr. went before him. On Monday evening, M. Stanton Evans followed them into eternity. Washington Examiner

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