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8:50 AM ET, March 6, 2017

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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 …
Fox News:
Conway challenges Comey to release info on Trump's wiretap allegation  —  Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway challenged FBI Director James Comey Sunday to reveal any information he might have about President Trump's allegations that former President Obama ordered the wiretapping …
Discussion: The Hill and BizPac Review
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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 …
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.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Former Bush attorney general: Trump right that there was surveillance … Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Sunday said that President Trump is likely correct that there was surveillance on Trump Tower for intelligence purposes, but incorrect in accusing former President Barack Obama
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
FBI asked Justice Department to reject Trump claim: report
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 …
Discussion: The Week
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Dept. staffers have one question: Where's Rex?  —  The State Department resumes its formal press briefing on Monday — an event that offers Secretary of State Rex Tillerson an ideal setting to assert to the world that America remains a diplomatic force and reassure his jittery employees …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Bloomberg:   Fox Anchor Heather Nauert Said to Land Spokeswoman Job at State
CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Most back special prosecutor for Russia investigation  —  Washington (CNN)About two-thirds of Americans say a special prosecutor should investigate contacts between Russians and Trump campaign associates, according to a new CNN/ORC poll, and 55% say they are at least somewhat concerned …
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Times and The Week
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 …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Kremlin distances itself from Trump's claim
Discussion: Politico
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Pelosi: Trump's Obama claim an ‘authoritarian’ tactic
Discussion: Political Wire
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
The Middlebury Meltdown  —  Future historians of the liberal arts in American academic life will be able to pinpoint the time and place of its death with remarkable accuracy.  The fatal blow was delivered Thursday night, March 2, at Wilson Hall, Middlebury College, Vermont.
Discussion: Power Line
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Jenna Lifhits / Weekly Standard:
The Middlebury Mob  —  The violent mob protest that greeted …
Discussion: Daily Wire
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.
Thomas James Brennan / Reveal:
Hundreds of Marines investigated for sharing photos of naked colleagues  —  The U.S. Department of Defense is investigating hundreds of Marines who used social media to solicit and share hundreds — possibly thousands — of naked photographs of women service members and veterans.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump's charge that he was wiretapped takes presidency into new territory  —  Donald Trump's presidency has veered onto a road with no centerlines or guardrails.  —  The president's accusation Saturday that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had tapped his phone “during the very sacred election process” …
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New York Times:
Trump Expected to Issue New Travel Ban Excluding Iraq on Monday  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to issue on Monday a new version of his executive order on immigration that excludes Iraq, a key ally in the fight against the Islamic State, from a list of predominantly Muslim …
Discussion: Hit & Run and NBC News
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
President Trump Plans Monday Morning Blitz with New Immigration Executive Order
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’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A deadly serious Joe Scarborough lambasted President Donald Trump on Monday morning over his outrageous accusations that President Barack Obama …
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.
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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
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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: Power Line and Axios
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