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6:30 PM ET, March 9, 2017

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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 …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump has a secret backup plan to kill Obamacare.  It's actually brilliant.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  The GOP drive to destroy Obamacare took another hit Thursday morning, when conservative Sen. Tom Cotton tweeted that the House GOP repeal-and-replace bill is probably dead on arrival in the Senate.
Washington Examiner:
Trump says privately second healthcare bill ready as early as next week  —  President Trump told a closed-door meeting of grassroots conservative leaders on Wednesday to expect another, companion healthcare bill to hit the House as early as next week, according to sources present for the meeting.
Discussion: RedState
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
GOP health-care plan: Two House panels approve legislation as Trump tweets reassurance
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Professor Paul Ryan's Health-Care Pitch: This Is the Bill
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
GOP health-care bill would drop mental-health mandate covering 1.3 million Americans
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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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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.
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
White House Pushes Back on McConnell: We're Getting Tax Reform Done By August
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
FISA-gate: The Times Revises History in Real Time
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Run of Dumb Luck
Discussion: Raw Story
Lauren Katz / Vox:
How has the ACA impacted your life?  We asked, you answered.  —  Millions of Americans aren't sure what will happen next for their health coverage.  —  House Republicans released their bill to replace Obamacare, the American Health Care Act, on Monday.  Vox senior policy correspondent Sarah Kliff explains:
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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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 …
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.
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
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Roger Stone's Russian Hacking “Hero”  —  Trump loyalist communicated with “Guccifer 2.0,” target of FBI probe  —  In the months before Election Day, a longtime confidante and political consultant for Donald Trump was in contact with the Russian hacking group that U.S. intelligence officials …
Discussion: Raw Story, ThinkProgress and Mediaite
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
FBI has records of Trump trickster Roger Stone communicating with Russians behind DNC hacks: report
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Progress Pond
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 …
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: RedState, Daily Wire and The Week
Josephine McKenna / Religion News Service:
Claims of sex orgies, prostitution and porn videos shake Catholic Church in Italy  —  ROME (RNS) Lurid accusations of priests involved in sex orgies, porn videos and prostitution have emerged from several parishes in Italy recently, sending shock waves all the way to the Vatican and challenging …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Sex Columnist Dan Savage Calls Melania Trump ‘Ugly on the Inside’  —  Savage says first lady gets a pass from some liberals because of her looks, but “is as ugly on the inside as she is pretty on the outside”  —  Author and sex columnist Dan Savage says many liberals are giving first lady Melania …
Mark Molloy / Telegraph:
Burger-flipping robot replaces humans on first day at work  —  A burger-flipping robot has just completed its first day on the job at a restaurant in California, replacing humans at the grill.  —  Flippy has mastered the art of cooking the perfect burger and has just started work at CaliBurger, a fast-food chain.
Tom Perry / Reuters:
Syrian force a ‘few weeks’ from Raqqa, U.S. Marines deploy  —  U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a U.S. Marines artillery unit deployed to help the campaign.
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Liz Sly / Washington Post:
With a show of Stars and Stripes, U.S. forces in Syria try to keep warring allies apart
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
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 …
Associated Press:
Former Trump aide Flynn says lobbying may have helped Turkey  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was fired from his prominent White House job last month, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for $530,000 worth …
Brian McNicoll / Breitbart:
Disney Boss Says No Political Bias at ABC News and ESPN, Complaints ‘Completely Exaggerated’  —  Robert Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Company, said Wednesday that ABC News has been “extremely fair” in its coverage of the 2016 election and the Trump administration and that complaints …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
States ask court to stop Trump's new travel ban from ever taking effect  —  At least five states are banding together in a legal drive to block key elements of President Donald Trump's second travel ban.  —  Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said his office is filing a motion asking …
Discussion: NPR, Daily Kos, The Week and Axios
David Smith / The Guardian:
Ex-Trump adviser says phone may have been tapped, without offering evidence  —  Carter Page writes to congressional investigators to describe concern, which he suggests would support Donald Trump's claim Trump Tower was wiretapped  —  A former foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump has written …
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.
Lou Michel / The Buffalo News:
Union tips off Border Patrol in immigration crackdown  —  Federal agents are not the only ones trying to remove people from the Buffalo area who have entered the country illegally.  —  If Bill Bing, a carpenters union official, discovers workers at local construction projects suspected …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 
 
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Elise Gould / Economic Policy Institute:
The State of American Wages 2016: Lower unemployment finally helps working people make up some lost ground on wages
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
Paul Szoldra / Business Insider:
The Marine Corps' nude-photo-sharing scandal is even worse than first realized
Discussion: Axios, The Daily Caller and NBC News
Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
Airbnb just closed a $1 billion round and became profitable in 2016
Discussion: New York Times, Mashable and Axios
Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
Ethics office rebukes White House over Kellyanne Conway's Ivanka Trump plug
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Lee Stranahan / Breitbart:
Fix Is In: House Committee on ‘Russian Hacking’ Includes Only DNC-Hired Tech Experts
Discussion: Sputnik International
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Up to five injured after ‘axe-wielding man’ …
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Wine bar owners sue President Trump, saying D.C. hotel unfairly takes away business
Austin Weinstein / Bloomberg:
U.S. Consumer Comfort Just Reached Its Highest Level in a Decade
Discussion: News Nuke
John Bacon / USA Today:
WikiLeaks will give tech firms access to CIA hacking tools: Assange
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The budget rule you've never heard of that ties Republicans' hands on Obamacare
John Sides / Washington Post:
The 40-year decline in the tolerance of college students, graphed
Discussion: Hit & Run, Daily Wire and The Week
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

 
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