Morning Jolt: Report says Hillary Clinton used personal email as secretary of state

The New York Times reported last night that Hillary Clinton used a personal email account when she was secretary of state, a move that may have broken the rules. Clinton never had a State Department email address, and her email account wasn’t archived as it would have been had she had the State Department email. Clinton’s spokesman responded by telling CNN, “Like Secretaries of State before her, she used her own email account when engaging with any department officials.”

Morning Jolt: ISIS threatens Twitter co-founder

ISIS threatened Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, saying that Twitter’s constant deleting of ISIS-linked accounts is cause for retribution. An online message to Dorsey said, “You started this failed war. We told you from the beginning it’s not your war, but you didn’t get it and kept closing our accounts on Twitter, but we always come back. But when our lions come and take your breath, you will never come back to life.”

Kerry tries to dampen fuss over Israeli PM's speech

Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday tried to calm tensions with Israel before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s congressional address, yet insisted the Obama administration’s diplomatic record with Iran entitles the U.S. to “the benefit of the doubt” as negotiators work toward a long-term nuclear deal. On a mission to warn of the dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran, the prime minister arrived in Washington for the speech the White House didn’t want him to give.

30,000 marchers in Moscow mourn slain Putin foe

For the tens of thousands bearing flowers and tying black ribbons to railings in honor of slain Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the solemn march through the Moscow drizzle on Sunday was a time for silence, not slogans. The marchers occasionally broke into chants of “Russia without Putin,” or “Say no to war,” but often the only sound was the steady thwack of police helicopters overhead or the hum of police boats patrolling the shores of the Moscow River. While the killing of Nemtsov […]