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9:30 PM ET, March 9, 2017

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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
In major shift, White House privately backing earlier rollback of Medicaid expansion  — Such a move, however, could blow up the already fragile efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act  —  Washington (CNN)The White House is privately lining up behind conservative calls to roll …
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump to conservative leaders: If this plan fails, I'll blame Democrats  —  Washington (CNN)In an Oval Office meeting featuring several leaders of conservative groups already lining up against the House Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, President Donald Trump revealed his plan …
CNN:
Sources: FBI investigation continues into ‘odd’ computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization  —  (CNN)Federal investigators and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, sources close to the investigation tell CNN.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, Axios and Hot Air
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
‘No Comment,’ Justice Dept. Says, Asked About a Trump Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — With questions still swirling over President Trump's unsubstantiated claims that he was wiretapped on orders of President Barack Obama, the Justice Department on Thursday declined to confirm statements a day earlier …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AG SUGGESTS OPENNESS TO REVIEW OF PREDECESSORS' ACTIONS  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested Thursday that he would be open to the appointment of an outside counsel to review actions taken by the Justice Department during the Obama administration.
Discussion: Power Line
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Sean Spicer tries to walk back wiretap claims by comically repeating 'I'm not aware' 10 times  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer wants everyone to know that he, the White House and the president are “not aware” of a Justice Department investigation …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:
EPA chief Scott Pruitt says carbon dioxide is not a primary contributor to global warming  —  EPA takes aim at CAFE standards: Scott Pruitt  —  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Thursday he does not believe carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming.
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Marie Le Conte / BuzzFeed:
Nigel Farage Just Visited The Ecuadorian Embassy In London  —  Asked by BuzzFeed News if he'd been visiting Julian Assange, the former UKIP leader said he couldn't remember what he'd been doing in the building.  —  Nigel Farage visited the Ecuadorian embassy in west London on Thursday …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:   Sasse to DOJ: Should Assange be in prison?
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
White House Pushes Back on McConnell: We're Getting Tax Reform Done By August
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
John Bacon / USA Today:
WikiLeaks will give tech firms access to CIA hacking tools: Assange
Ali Watkins / BuzzFeed:
Inside The Investigation To Get To The Bottom Of Russia's Role In The Election  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee has been given sweeping powers, unseen since the Watergate era, to investigate Russian meddling in the US election.  As its scope grows to include suspected ties between …
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Lee Stranahan / Breitbart:
Fix Is In: House Committee on ‘Russian Hacking’ Includes Only DNC-Hired Tech Experts
Brookings Institution:
Expect the CBO to estimate large coverage losses from the GOP health care plan  —  Editor's Note:  —  This analysis is part of The Leonard D. Schaeffer Initiative for Innovation in Health Policy, which is a partnership between the Center for Health Policy at Brookings and the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.
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Lauren Katz / Vox:
How has the ACA impacted your life? We asked, you answered.
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Almost 7,000 IRS Documents Relating To Targeting Scandal Found.  Bad News: No Clue When They'll Be Public  —  In 2013, the IRS was involved in a scandal regarding its Exempt Organizations Unit and conservative nonprofits.  Tea Party and other right-leaning groups claimed that they were targeted for audits …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
FISA-gate: The Times Revises History in Real Time  —  Donald Trump and President Barack Obama, right, arrive for Trump's inauguration ceremony (Reuters: J. Scott Applewhite)  —  For four months, media wanted us to think that Obama was investigating Trump; now they don't.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Run of Dumb Luck
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
Malik Obama shares photo of brother Barack's Kenya ‘certificate of birth’  —  An Obama has joined the birther movement.  —  Malik Obama, Barack Obama's half-brother, tweeted image of what appears to be Barack's birth certificate.  —  Except it's not from Hawaii, but rather Kenya.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Breaking: Malik Obama Tweets Alleged Barack Obama Birth Certificate in Kenya
Circa:
Widespread frustration  —  U.S. officials, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information, said there is widespread frustration among intelligence professionals who have watched in horror as a normally secretive process has been distorted by media leaks …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Russian ambassador denied meeting with Trump or campaign officials in October speech
Discussion: Business Insider
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Schwarzenegger for Senate?  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — the “Terminator” action hero who made “I'll be back” one of filmdom's most iconic phrases — may be mulling a political comeback, according to several GOP political insiders in California.
Discussion: RedState
Manu Raju / CNN:
First on CNN: After lobbying from Trump, Orrin Hatch plans to run again  —  (CNN)Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving GOP senator, told CNN he is planning to run for re-election next year, abandoning his plans to quit the chamber after four decades of service.
BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Helped Preserve DACA But Democrats And Activists Aren't Celebrating  —  They're bracing for what's coming: millions of deportations and further crackdowns on both legal and illegal immigration.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration doesn't want to talk about it.
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Wire, RedState and The Week
NBC News:
Wine Bar Sues Donald Trump for Unfair Competition Over D.C. Hotel  —  A Washington restaurant filed an unfair competition lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump and the company that runs his D.C. hotel, claiming he's siphoning away customers who hope to “curry favor” with his administration.
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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Wine bar owners sue President Trump, saying D.C. hotel unfairly takes away business
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Resurgent nationalism ‘taking us to the edge of our destruction’  —  Don't buy what purports to be nationalism that's engulfed politics in America and all over the world, former President Bill Clinton said Thursday; what's actually at play, he argued, is more insidious and interconnected than that.
Discussion: The Root
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cruz: Let's overrule Senate officer to expand ObamaCare bill  —  (R-Texas), emerging as a key player in negotiations to repeal and replace ObamaCare, says Vice President Pence should exert his power over the Senate to significantly expand the scope of the House healthcare reform bill.
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Szoldra / Business Insider:
The Marine Corps' nude-photo-sharing scandal is even worse than first realized  —  The scandal that prompted an investigation into hundreds of Marines who are accused of sharing naked photographs of their colleagues in a private Facebook group is much larger than has been reported, Business Insider has learned.
Discussion: Axios, Engadget, AOL and The Daily Caller
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Feud breaks out during health care hearing as Republican whines that men have to pay for prenatal care  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) got into a battle with Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) Thursday during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing for the healthcare bill.
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
President Mike Pence Doesn't Sound Quite So Bad, Some Top Democrats Say  —  “I'd sleep easier with almost any other human being as president than Donald Trump,” said a former Obama speechwriter.  And they won't say so publicly, but several elected Democrats told BuzzFeed News they would much prefer …
 
 
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Kevin Green / WAVY-TV:
Hampton man facing 65 charges after 21 dead dogs found inside home
Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
How Are All These Intel Leaks Happening?  Look At One Of The Last Things Obama Did Before Leaving Office
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Foreign Policy:
Trump's Ramped Up Bombing in Yemen Signals More Aggressive Use of Military
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Fox News:
Republicans want to know why Trump hasn't fired the IRS head
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Paul Ryan Doesn't Know How Insurance Works
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Up to five injured after ‘axe-wielding man’ …
Discussion: RedState
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Josephine McKenna / Religion News Service:
Claims of sex orgies, prostitution and porn videos shake Catholic Church in Italy
Discussion: Raw Story
Lou Michel / The Buffalo News:
Union tips off Border Patrol in immigration crackdown
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Austin Weinstein / Bloomberg:
U.S. Consumer Comfort Just Reached Its Highest Level in a Decade
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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