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3:20 PM 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).
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump's Frightening Response To The Brussels Attacks  —  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is seizing upon the attacks in Brussels to again call for the Mexican border to be closed, Muslims to be banned from entering the country, and terrorism suspects to be waterboarded.
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.
Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Calls for Border Closings, ‘A Lot More than Waterboarding’ After Attacks  —  “You have to get the information and you have to get it rapidly,” the Republican presidential front-runner said Tuesday morning following a series of deadly attacks in Brussels.
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.
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Who Is the Man in the Tan Jacket: Police Searching for Possible Suspect From Airport Blasts
Discussion: abc13.com and KTAR.com
Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump: Brussels is ‘catastrophic,’ waterboarding Paris suspect ‘would be fine’
Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
‘Why do they hate us so much?’  —  How the Brussels attacks strike …
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Cruz: “We Don't Need Another Lecture on Islamophobia”
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Josh Rogin / BloombergView.com:   Belgium Warned of Attacks. It Wasn't Enough.
Daily Mail:
‘It was like the apocalypse.. you could see peoples’ …
David Wright / CNN:
Donald Trump: Brussels ‘just the beginning’
Discussion: Jihad Watch and BizPac Review
Washington Post:
Blasts leave ‘scores’ dead at Brussels airport and metro station
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
AIPAC rebukes Trump for anti-Obama comments  —  The president of the pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) rebuked Donald Trump  —  on Tuesday, scolding him for his harsh comments about President Obama.  —  “Last evening, something occurred …
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Can the media cover Trump minus the contempt?
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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.’
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Ted Cruz Calls for Security Patrols in America's “Muslim Neighborhoods”  —  In the wake of the Brussels terror attacks Tuesday morning, GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz suggested that the United States “empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.”
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz cites Brussels terrorism to attack Trump
MilitaryTimes:
American service member, family injured in Brussels attacks
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama to Cuba: I'm here to ‘bury’ Cold War rivalry
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trump Says He Will Delegate Supreme Court Appointments To The Heritage Foundation  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, in an apparent bid to placate conservatives who fear that he could appoint an insufficiently ideological justice if elected president, plans to release a list of 5-10 names sometime in the next week.
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SSRN:
Why President Obama Has the Constitutional Power to Appoint—and Not Just Nominate—a Replacement for Justice Scalia  —  University of Illinois College of Law & University of Chicago Law School  —  Abstract:  —  After Justice Antonin Scalia's recent death, politicians wasted no time before teeing …
Discussion: Balkinization and Prairie Weather
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.”
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump camp issues rare admission of error: Charity donation to Florida AG was a mistake … Aides to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said this week that his charitable foundation made a mistake when it donated $25,000 to a political committee backing Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi …
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Trump Foundation admits error in donation to Florida attorney general campaign
Rick Madonik / Toronto Star:
Rob Ford, former Toronto mayor, dead after battle with cancer  —  Rob Ford, 46, seemed like an unstoppable political force, but the city councillor and former mayor could not beat cancer.  —  Former mayor Rob Ford, who was diagnosed with a rare cancer in 2014, would have turned 47 on May 28.
Tierney McAfee / People.com:
Sarah Palin Signs Deal to Preside Judge Judy-Style Over Her Own Reality TV Courtroom  —  Move over, Judge Judy.  There's a new TV courtroom judge coming to town - and it's none other than former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.  —  The onetime vice presidential candidate has been tapped to preside …
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Mediaite
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Here's Bernie Sanders And A Radio Host Joking About Checking Out A Topless Woman  —  Which he then seamlessly turned into an economics answer.  “Actually, I was trying to focus on a couple of other things.  And what we were focusing on is the disappearance of the American middle class.”
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
 
 
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
After Brussels, Democrats to push for tighter airport security in FAA bill
Discussion: Infowars
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Flashback: New York Times mocked Trump for saying “there is something bad going on” in Brussels
Discussion: Guardian and CityLab
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Fox News:
Parents, educators rally behind teacher suspended for ‘racist’ social media posts
Conor Skelding / Politico:
Giuliani says he'll probably endorse Trump
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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