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11:35 AM ET, March 22, 2016

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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.
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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).
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)
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.
Associated Press:
EXPLOSIONS ROCK BRUSSELS AIRPORT, SUBWAY; 28 REPORTED DEAD  —  BRUSSELS (AP) — Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the Belgian capital and heightened security across Europe.  At least 28 people were reported dead.
Discussion: WWLP-TV, Shakesville, WIAT-TV and The Week
CNN:
2 explosions at Brussels airport, reports of several killed  —  Brussels, Belgium (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 4:44 a.m. ET]  —  An explosion has occurred at a subway station in Molenbeek, Brussels, according to CNN affiliate RTL.  The station is near the European quarter.
Josh Rogin / BloombergView.com:
Belgium Warned of Attacks.  It Wasn't Enough.  —  Only days ago in Brussels, as Western leaders celebrated the arrest of a key terrorist suspect, Belgian officials warned that there were dozens more jihadists at large in the city and that more attacks were being planned.  They couldn't have known how right they were.
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
Associated Press:
Obama Pledges US Support to Belgium After Attacks
Discussion: Politico
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   Kasich On Belgium Explosions: These ‘Are Attacks Against Our Very Way Of Life’
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 …
Washington Post:
Donald Trump reveals foreign policy team in meeting with The Washington Post
Washington Post:
We met with Donald Trump. Electing him will still be a radical risk.
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
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Strike 2: Bill Clinton again hits Obama and his ‘awful legacy’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Cruz: “We Don't Need Another Lecture on Islamophobia”  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke to the press in the nation's capital Tuesday morning to address the horrific terror attacks in Brussels.  He mourned with the victims' families, then pinned the blame on failed leadership both at home and abroad.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Calls for Border Closings, ‘A Lot More than Waterboarding’ After Attacks
Discussion: Vox and The Atlantic
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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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, Oliver Willis and The Slot
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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