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12:35 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
Discussion: Political Wire, Engadget and The Week
Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Sign Revised Travel Restrictions, Exempting Iraqis
Discussion: CNBC and twitchy.com
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Conway: New immigration order will take effect March 16
Discussion: Politico, Fox News and Hot Air
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  —  With the White House struggling to gain its footing almost two months into Donald Trump's presidency, administration officials are increasingly putting the blame on one person: Reince Priebus.  —  In interviews, over 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  —  The Supreme Court is handing a transgender teen's case back to a lower court without reaching a decision.  —  The justices said Monday they have opted not to decide whether federal anti-discrimination law gives high school senior Gavin Grimm …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:   Jury Secrecy Doesn't Apply if Marred by Bias, Supreme Court Rules
Associated Press:
Supreme Court sides with defendant claiming jury race bias
Discussion: Washington Post
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sends Virginia transgender case back to lower court
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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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.
Eli Rosenberg / New York Times:
Welcome, Airbnb Guest! Your Neighbors Are the Trumps
Discussion: The Week
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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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.
Discussion: The Week, The Guardian and Hot Air
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Fox News:
Conway challenges Comey to release info on Trump's wiretap allegation
New York Times:
A Conspiracy Theory's Journey From Talk Radio to Trump's Twitter
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  —  The day Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak mingled with Trump campaign advisers—including then-Sen. Jeff Sessions—at a conference near the Republican National Convention, the Department of Homeland Security began preparing …
Discussion: Axios and Washington Post
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Party Not Ready to Govern
Discussion: Raw Story
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
A top House Republican says he's seen no evidence to back Trump wiretap claim  —  A top congressional Republican said Monday that he has not seen any evidence to corroborate President Trump's claim that former president Barack Obama ordered a wiretap on his phones before the election …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Chaffetz: I've seen no evidence Obama ordered wiretap of Trump
Discussion: Daily Kos
Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn't believe Comey that Obama didn't wiretap
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 and Raw Story
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Dept. staffers have one question: Where's Rex?  —  The State Department resumes its formal press briefing this week — an event that offers Secretary of State Rex Tillerson an ideal setting to appear before the public, assert to the world that America remains a diplomatic force and reassure …
Discussion: The Week and Washington Examiner
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Bloomberg:
Fox Anchor Heather Nauert Said to Land Spokeswoman Job at State
Discussion: TVNewser
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
CBO: Obamacare Costing The Feds A Third Less Than Expected  —  The Congressional Budget Office said Friday that its projections for the federal government's spending on the Affordable Care Act's coverage provisions in 2019 are now a third lower than what they were when the law was passed in 2010.
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
The Obamacare Sticking Points Behind Closed Doors
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Decoding the Wiretapping Claims
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Vice President Pence is quietly becoming a foreign policy power player
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
David Bossie: The Man the Trump Train Left Behind
Wall Street Journal:
Washington Goes Nuts
Discussion: Just Security
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Here's the List: More Than a Dozen Proven Victims of Obama's Many Wiretaps
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Chertoff on Trump's ability to handle a crisis: 'I'd be guessing'
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Paulina Neuding / Weekly Standard:
The Truth About Sweden  —  As Saul Bellow said, 'A great deal …
Phillip Reese / Sacramento Bee:
California exports its poor to Texas, other states, while wealthier people move in
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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Hannah Lang / Reuters:
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