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7:15 PM ET, March 5, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Seeks Inquiry Into Allegations That Obama Tapped His Phones  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump, a day after leveling a widely disputed allegation that President Barack Obama had ordered the tapping of his phones, demanded a congressional inquiry into whether Mr. Obama abused …
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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Former DNI James Clapper: ‘I Can Deny’ Wiretap of Trump Tower  —  WASHINGTON — Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Sunday denied any suggestion that Trump Tower communications were wiretapped before the election.  —  For the part of the national security apparatus that he oversaw …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
With tweetstorm, Trump may have exercised exclusive declassification authority  —  In tweeting accusations that former President Barack Obama ordered surveillance of his campaign, President Donald Trump potentially made public the existence of Top Secret wiretaps - a move that would be a federal crime …
Discussion: RedState
Christopher Ruddy / Newsmax:
Trump and Democratic Smokescreens  —  When I woke up Sunday, I thought the morning news shows would all be talking about the unusual, perhaps dangerous, decision of the Obama administration to wiretap the offices of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.  —  I've been watching Chuck Todd's “Meet the Press” as I write this.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Mark Levin on Trump Wiretapping Claims: ‘The Evidence Is Overwhelming’  —  Sunday on Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends,” while discussing President Donald Trump's tweets accusing the former Obama administration of wiretapping Trump Tower before the election, conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin broke …
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
If Trump Tower Was Wiretapped, Trump Can Declassify That Right Now  —  If in fact Trump Tower was wiretapped during the 2016 presidential campaign, as President Trump claimed in several tweets Saturday morning, he can do much more than say so on twitter: Presidents have the power …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Obama Camp's Disingenuous Denials on FISA Surveillance of Trump  —  President Trump's early Saturday morning tweeting has exploded to the forefront an uncovered scandal I've been talking about since early January (including in this weekend's column): The fact that the Obama Justice Department …
Associated Press:
The Latest: House intel panel to probe Trump wiretap claims  —  The Latest on President Donald Trump's claim that then-President Barack Obama had Trump's telephones tapped during last year's election (all times EST):  —  House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes says President Donald Trump's allegations …
Discussion: Politico
Riley Beggin / ABC News:
Franken: 'We don't know what the Russians have on Donald Trump'  —  Democratic Sen. Al Franken said President Trump's assertion that former President Obama tapped his phones at Trump Tower during the 2016 election campaign are “just ridiculous and a distraction.”
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Rubio: Whether Trump's claims are true will become clear ‘over the next few days’
Discussion: RedState, Hot Air and Politico
Associated Press:
THE LATEST: OBAMA INTEL DIRECTOR ON WIRETAP: ‘I CAN DENY IT’
Discussion: New York Post and IJR
Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Faces Furor Over Unsubstantiated Claim Obama Wiretapped Him
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Russia is the slow burn of the Trump administration, and it's not going away
New York Times:
Leashes Come Off Wall Street, Gun Sellers, Miners and More  —  WASHINGTON — Telecommunications giants like Verizon and AT&T will not have to take “reasonable measures” to ensure that their customers' Social Security numbers, web browsing history and other personal information are not stolen or accidentally released.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and NRA-ILA
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Thousands of ICE detainees claim they were forced into labor, a violation of anti-slavery laws  —  Tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were forced to work for $1 day, or for nothing at all — a violation of federal anti-slavery laws — a lawsuit claims.
Axios:
Schumer's plan to stop the wall  —  Chuck Schumer has concluded that denying President Trump his wall is perhaps the surest major defeat Democrats can hand the President in his first year.  —  Trump needs 60 Senate votes to fund construction of his “great wall” along the Southern border.
Discussion: Political Wire
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Fake Hate Crimes  —  And fake hate, too  —  Democrats find themselves in the odd position of simultaneously suggesting 1. that Donald Trump is a closet anti-Semite and 2. that his son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, is a nefarious Jewish agent of Israel hoping to turn Washington into the Jewish state's “Santa Claus.”
Discussion: Instapundit
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
It's literally pay to play at Mar-a-Lago  —  If you pay $200,000 a year to the company Donald Trump owns, you too can have access most weekends to the president and his top officials.  As an alternative, your organization could cut a $150,000 check to bring in a couple of hundred people …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Kristina Webb / Palm Beach Post:
Trump mingles with Mar-a-Lago guests outside charity ball
Discussion: Politico, Balloon Juice and CNN
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Patience Gone, Koch-Backed Groups Will Pressure G.O.P. on Health Repeal  —  WASHINGTON — Saying their patience is at an end, conservative activist groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and other powerful interests on the right are mobilizing to pressure Republicans to fulfill …
Discussion: Axios
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Patrons Walk Out As Ala. Official Pushes Voter ID At Selma Anniversary Service  —  After Alabama's Secretary of State John Merrill promoted the state's voter ID law at a church service held Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of a civil rights milestone in Selma, patrons walked out.
 
 
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
President Trump Plans Monday Morning Blitz with New Immigration Executive Order
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Pelosi punts on Democrat's joke about Kellyanne Conway looking ‘familiar’ kneeling on White House couch
Discussion: Mediaite and twitchy.com
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
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Discussion: RedState
Harold Meyerson / Los Angeles Times:
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 Earlier Items: 
The American Interest:
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Discussion: Instapundit
New York Times:
President Trump's Island Mentality
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Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Migrants Confront Judgment Day Over Old Deportation Orders
Daily Mail:
Revealed: Tony Blair's secret White House summit as he launches astonishing bid to work for Donald …
Discussion: The Guardian
Liam Deacon / Breitbart:
FAKE NEWS: Sweden's Integration Minister Admits Lying to BBC About Rape Stats