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3:55 PM ET, March 12, 2017

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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
HHS Sec. Tom Price: ‘Nobody Will Be Worse Off Financially’ Under GOP Health Plan  —  WASHINGTON — No one will be adversely affected by the Republicans' new health care bill once its enacted, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.  —  “I firmly believe that nobody …
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Trump economic head: Whether millions have insurance is ‘interesting’ but beside the point  —  National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn says how many people lose health coverage is really only about headlines.  —  Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace grilled Gary Cohn …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
David Edwards / Raw Story:   HHS Secretary Tom Price boldly promises ‘nobody will be worse off’ after Obamacare is repealed
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Price on Obamacare replacement: ‘Nobody will be worse off financially’
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Riley Beggin / ABC News:
Trump budget chief: President is focused on health care, not insurance coverage
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s High-Risk Strategy for Health Law Repeal
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democrats to turn Obamacare attacks against GOP in 2018
Discussion: Mother Jones
The Intercept:
Next Phase of Obamacare Repeal Will Target Mandate Requiring Prenatal Coverage, GOP Leader Tells Allies
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Hill
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
WikiLeaks aids doubters of Russian election hacking  —  WikiLeaks is helping to cast doubt on the conclusion of intelligence agencies that the Russian government was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee, in what appears to be the latest disinformation campaign orchestrated by Moscow.
Discussion: RedState
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Paul Sonne / Wall Street Journal:
What WikiLeaks Really Revealed About the CIA's Spying Techniques  —  WASHINGTON—The “Vault 7” trove of documents released Tuesday by WikiLeaks has been cited by commentators to claim that the Central Intelligence Agency may have been masquerading as other foreign states while conducting its cyberhacks.
Wall Street Journal:   Authorities Question CIA Contractors in Connection With WikiLeaks Dump
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
New Ferguson Video Adds Wrinkle to Michael Brown Case  —  In the two and a half years since Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old, was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., the explosive case has been parsed in intricate detail.  Witnesses offered varying descriptions of the fatal encounter.
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
They are poor, sick and voted for Trump.  What will happen to them without Obamacare?  —  Another morning, another list  —  of patients and problems in the hands of 35-year-old Keisha Saunders.  Diabetes, depression, heart disease.  Robert needs lower blood pressure.  Buffy needs prescriptions filled.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Intel panel calls for wiretap evidence by Monday  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and ranking member Adam Schiff  —  (D-Calif.) have asked the White House to offer by Monday any evidence showing Trump Tower was wiretapped.  —  A congressional aide confirmed …
Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Why Preet was toast  —  Why did Trump insiders instantly know that the “Sheriff of Wall Street,” Preet Bharara of Manhattan, would be fired when he resisted President Trump's resignation order to all the holdover U.S. attorneys?  —  There's a school of thought that the whole purge …
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 3-12-17: Mick Mulvaney, Sen. Tom Cotton, Rep. Adam Schiff, and Rep. Elijah Cummings  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on March 12, 2017 and it will be updated.  —  ANNOUNCER: Starting right now on This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
New York Daily News:
Russian spies in New York City: Preet Bharara announces espionage charges against 3 men  —  The Cold War remains alive and well in New York City, where a trio of Russian nationals were acting as spies, federal investigators said Monday.  —  “The arrest of Evgeny Buryakov and the charges …
Discussion: Raw Story
Irwin M. Stelzer / Weekly Standard:
The American Left Discovers Its Inner George Wallace  —  Who would have imagined that it would come to this?  Leftish activists are campaigning to have the Confederate flag removed from statehouses, statutes of southern statesmen removed from campuses and public spaces …
Graham Moomaw / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Amid Trump resistance, Virginia Democrats see surge of candidates for House of Delegates  —  After retiring from her environmental law career, Mary Jo Sheeley spent much of her newfound free time volunteering for the Hillary Clinton campaign.  Upset by President Donald Trump's victory …
Brian Whitehead / Orange County Register:
Rep. Darrell Issa's town halls draw more than 1,000 people, including crowds of protesters  —  OCEANSIDE - More than 1,000 people showed up at two town halls on Saturday to hear Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, explain his stances on a variety of hot-button issues.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Kremlin spokesman: Russian ambassador met with advisers to Clinton campaign too  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said in an interview Sunday that the Russian ambassador who met with Trump campaign officials also met with “people working in think tanks advising Hillary or advising people working for Hillary.”
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Uber Gears Up to Block Bid to Form a Union in Seattle  —  Ride-hailing firm sends podcasts and messages through app to persuade drivers to remain as ‘partners’  —  Before accepting rides on his Uber app each day, Seattle driver Fasil Teka must first choose whether to listen to company-run podcasts …
Discussion: Axios
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Anti-immigrant anger threatens to remake the liberal Netherlands  —  AMSTERDAM — Xandra Lammers lives on an island in Amsterdam, the back door of her modern and spacious four-bedroom house opening onto a graceful canal where ducks, swans and canoes glide by.
 
 
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
McCain to Trump: Retract wiretapping claim or prove it
Discussion: NBC News, CBS New York and IJR
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Trump voters would be among the biggest losers in Republicans' Obamacare replacement plan
Discussion: The Guardian and KTLA
Washington Post:
20 years after 7 Israeli schoolgirls were killed, some hail Jordanian shooter as a hero upon his release
Liam Deacon / Breitbart:
Second Explosion Rocks Sweden in 24 Hours, Suspected Bomb
Spiegel Online:
Can Merkel Bring Trump to Reason?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Aaron Short / New York Post:
Cuomo takes key step toward launching presidential campaign
Discussion: Political Wire
Victoria McGrane GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
An uphill climb in the Rust Belt for Democrats
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Dangerous Safety of College
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Tillerson Leads From State Dept. Shadows as White House Steps In
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Chris Buskirk / American Greatness:
While Democrats Fume, Trump Becomes the Jobs President
Discussion: American Thinker
The Hill:
The future of politics is grassroots
Discussion: Political Wire
Max Fisher / New York Times:
What Happens When You Fight a ‘Deep State’ That Doesn't Exist
New York Times:
Trump Adviser Had Twitter Contact With Figure Tied to Russians
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
GOP senator reports hacking attempts after WikiLeaks criticism
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
“None Of It Made Sense”: Martin O'Malley's Long Year After Running For President
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 

 
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