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1:25 PM ET, March 6, 2017

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The White House:
Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States  —  PROTECTING THE NATION FROM FOREIGN TERRORIST ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from getting new visas  —  President Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal challenges over the matter by imposing a 90-day ban on the issuance of new visas …
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump's New Order Bans Immigrants From 6 Muslim Nations, Except Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday signed a revised version of his executive order banning migrants from predominantly Muslim nations, removing Iraqi citizens from the original travel ban at the urging of the State and Defense departments.
Reuters:
Trump signs revised travel ban order, leaves Iraq off
Discussion: FOX6Now.com and Gothamist
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Conway: New immigration order will take effect March 16
Axios:
Towergate: Trump's great gamble  —  I have learned that some — though definitely not all — members of President Trump's inner circle share his belief that the Obama administration tapped his Trump Tower phones in October.  And a White House official told me President Trump not only doesn't regret …
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Media Matters for America:
Right-Wing Media Scramble To Recast Obama As Trump-Era Villain  —  In science, nature abhors a vacuum.  On cable news, Fox News abhors not having a Democratic villain.  So the network is trying to bring back former President Barack Obama for the starring role.
Reuters:
Why Trump might suspect Obama bugged Trump Tower  —  President Trump's claim that his predecessor bugged Trump Tower during the election has sent the media into fits, wondering where on earth he could've gotten such an idea.  But it's all-too-obvious why Trump would be suspicious.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Trump's Wiretap Claims: What We Know and What We Don't  —  I spent most of the last two days reporting out the extraordinary allegations President Donald Trump made against his predecessor, Barack Obama - that Obama had Trump's “wires tapped in Trump Tower.”
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Oversight chair: ‘I have not seen anything’ to back Trump's wiretapping claim
Discussion: RedState
Fox News:
Conway challenges Comey to release info on Trump's wiretap allegation
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Chaffetz: I've seen no evidence Obama ordered wiretap of Trump
Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn't believe Comey that Obama didn't wiretap
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Trump's fury: The president rages at leaks, setbacks and accusations  —  President Trump spent the weekend at “the winter White House,” Mar-a-Lago, the secluded Florida castle where he is king.  The sun sparkles off the glistening lawn and warms the russet clay Spanish tiles …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Knives are out for Reince  —  As the White House struggles to gain its footing almost two months into Donald Trump's presidency, administration officials increasingly put the blame on one person: Reince Priebus.  —  In interviews, more than a dozen Trump aides, allies …
Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:   The Eight Power Centers Of The Trump Administration
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Won't Hear Major Case on Transgender Rights  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would not hear a major case on transgender rights after all, acting after the Trump administration changed the federal government's position on whether public schools …
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights
Adam Liptak / New York Times:   Jury Secrecy Doesn't Apply if Marred by Bias, Supreme Court Rules
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sends Virginia transgender case back to lower court
Associated Press:
Supreme Court sides with defendant claiming jury race bias
Discussion: Washington Post
Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
Russian Hackers Said to Seek Hush Money From Liberal U.S. Groups  —  Post-election crime wave by attackers demanding bitcoins  —  Center for American Progress said to be among victims  —  Russian hackers are targeting U.S. progressive groups in a new wave of attacks …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Pause This Presidency!  —  The American people must immediately demand a cessation of all consequential actions by this “president” until we can be assured that Russian efforts to hack our election, in a way that was clearly meant to help him and damage his opponent, did not also include collusion …
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Jana Winter / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Warned of Foreign Intel Operations After Russian Met With Team Trump at RNC
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Party Not Ready to Govern
Discussion: Raw Story
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: David Letterman … Since retiring after 33 years on the late night television, David Letterman has kept a low public profile — aided by the growth of a truly impressive beard.  But that doesn't mean he hasn't been as fixated on politics as the rest of us.
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Worst Deal  —  The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard.  —  Heydar Aliyev Prospekti, a broad avenue in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, connects the airport to the city.
Discussion: Vox, Business Insider and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
At the root of Trump's new fury: Total contempt for American democracy  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  President Trump is now wallowing in fury, we are told, because he can't make the Russia story disappear; he can't stem the leaks to the media; and he can't seem to realize his promises.
 
 
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Peter Navarro / Wall Street Journal:
Why the White House Worries About Trade Deficits
Discussion: Axios, Forbes and Business Insider
Jennifer N. Victor / Vox:
Mapping the Trump-Russia network
Discussion: Raw Story
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
CBO: Obamacare Costing The Feds A Third Less Than Expected
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
A top House Republican says he's seen no evidence to back Trump wiretap claim
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Eli Rosenberg / New York Times:
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Wall Street Journal:
Washington Goes Nuts
Discussion: Just Security
Paulina Neuding / Weekly Standard:
The Truth About Sweden  —  As Saul Bellow said, 'A great deal …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘We are in crisis’: Morning Joe warns president's Twitter meltdown has ‘shaken this government to the core’
 

 
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Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance:
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