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10:40 AM ET, March 22, 2016

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BBC:
Brussels explosions: Airport and metro hit with ‘at least 13 killed’  —  Several explosions have struck Brussels airport and the metro system, causing at least 13 deaths, Belgian media say.  —  Two blasts tore through the departures area of Zaventem airport shortly after 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT).
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New York Times:
Deadly Explosions Bring Brussels Airport to a Halt  —  BRUSSELS — Two explosions killed at least one person and forced the evacuation of Brussels Airport around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the authorities and news reports, halting arrivals and departures.
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: At least 23 dead after ‘suicide bombers’ attack American Airlines check-in desk at Brussels Airport - as SECOND ‘terror attack’ hits Metro station near EU headquarters  — Shouts ‘in Arabic’ heard before two explosions went off near the American Airlines check-in desk at 8am (7am GMT)
Washington Post:
Blasts leave ‘scores’ dead at Brussels airport and metro station  —  BRUSSELS — Apparently coordinated terrorist explosions rocked Brussels Airport and a metro station Tuesday, leaving at least 26 dead and raising fears that attackers carried out retaliatory strikes after the arrest of a key suspect in last year's Paris massacres.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Hot Air
Mitch Prothero / BuzzFeed:
Belgian Authorities Overwhelmed By Terror Investigations  —  “It's literally an impossible situation,” one counterterrorism official told BuzzFeed News.  —  Michael Hastings Fellow  —  Reporting From  —  Brussels  —  BRUSSELS — Within minutes of a bomb blast at Brussels' main airport, mobile phone and internet networks crashed.
Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Brussels explosions: multiple casualties after airport and metro blasts - live … Angelique Chrisafis  —  All trains to Brussels stations from Paris have been cancelled, writes Angelique Chrisafis. … Jason Burke  —  Were the apparent attacks revenge for Salah Abdeslam's arrest? asks Jason Burke.
Associated Press:
Explosions rock Brussels airport, subway; 13 reported dead
Josh Rogin / BloombergView.com:   Belgium Warned of Attacks. It Wasn't Enough.
Bryan McManus / Agence France-Presse:   Europe vows to defend democracy on ‘black day’
Brussels, Belgium:
Security Message for U.S. Citizens:
Discussion: The Atlantic and New York's PIX11
Kelly Stevenson / ABC News:
Explosions Rock Multiple Sites in Brussels
Post Opinions / Washington Post:
A transcript of Donald Trump's meeting with The Washington Post editorial board  —  BY POST OPINIONS STAFF March 21 at 6:04 PM  —  FREDERICK RYAN JR., WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHER: Mr. Trump, welcome to the Washington Post.  Thank you for making time to meet with our editorial board.
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Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
I asked Trump a policy question.  Then he called me ‘beautiful.’  —  Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for the presidential nomination, met with The Washington Post's editorial board Monday to answer questions ranging from his views on NATO and the American criminal justice system …
Discussion: twitchy.com, The Slot, Mediaite and Mashable
Washington Post:
Donald Trump reveals foreign policy team in meeting with The Washington Post … Donald Trump revealed part of his foreign policy advisory team and outlined an unabashedly non-interventionist approach to world affairs during a wide-ranging meeting Monday with The Washington Post's editorial board.
Washington Post:
We met with Donald Trump.  Electing him will still be a radical risk.  —  AS DONALD Trump observed during a visit to The Post on Monday, we have been critical of his candidacy, so give him credit for agreeing to sit down with us and answer questions for more than an hour.
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
One of Trump's foreign policy advisers is a 2009 college grad who lists Model UN as a credential
Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Hillary Clinton goes full Neocon at AIPAC, Demonizes Iran, Palestinians  —  I once heard Hillary Clinton give her AIPAC speech at a university.  It doesn't change much, just as US policy toward the Mideast doesn't change much.  She was still a senator then.
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:   Trump's Republican Turnout Boost Extends to Battleground States
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Primary Primer
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Can the media cover Trump minus the contempt?
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Jon Ward / Yahoo Politics:
Donald Trump plays the politician and wins cheers from pro-Israel group
Discussion: Haaretz, The Hill, Hot Air and Politico
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Bill Clinton knocks ‘awful legacy’ of last 8 years  —  10k Shares  —  Former President Bill Clinton, stumping on behalf of his wife in Washington state on Monday, urged people to vote for Hillary Clinton “if you believe we've finally come to the point where we can put the awful legacy of the last eight years behind us.”
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Sanders blasts Bill Clinton for comment about ‘awful legacy’ of past 8 years
Discussion: Politico
Dan Merica / CNN:
Bill Clinton: Hillary can ‘put the awful legacy of the last eight years behind us’
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Bill Clinton slams Barack Obama's ‘awful legacy’
Discussion: PunditGuy and Hot Air
New York Times:
Most Republicans Feel Embarrassed by Campaign, Poll Says  —  Alarmed by the harsh attacks and negative tone of their presidential contest, broad majorities of Republican primary voters view their party as divided and a source of embarrassment and think that the campaign is more negative than in the past …
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CBS News:
CBS/NYT poll: Who's to blame for violence at Donald Trump rallies?
Discussion: RedState
Fox News:
Report: Olivia Newton-John's boyfriend who vanished 11 years ago seen in Mexico  —  Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John (C) poses with her daughter Chloe and Patrick McDermott upon arriving February 26, 2001 for the opening night of “Mamma Mia!” at the Los Angeles Shubert Theatre.  REUTERS
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Behind Trump's ‘job interview’ with Alicia Watkins  —  The woman who praised Donald Trump's military policy and inquired about veterans jobs at Trump Hotel during a press conference on Monday was not a member of the press.  —  Yet somehow, Alicia Watkins, a retired Air Force staff sergeant …
Discussion: Althouse and Oliver Willis
Marcel Harmon / Salon:
Sam Brownback, America's worst governor: He's gutted Kansas with an ultraconservative, religious agenda — and it's getting worse  —  Brownback's extremist economics have the state in a fiscal hole.  Now his nutty beliefs target our kids and schools  —  The Wicked Witch of the West …
Discussion: RedState
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: ‘I would close up our borders’ after Brussels … GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  on Tuesday said he would close the borders following a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Brussels.  —  “I would close up our borders to people until we figure out what's going on,” he said on Fox News's “Fox & Friends.”
 
 
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