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8:55 AM ET, March 13, 2017

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Big Winner in Donald Trump's Decision to Fire Preet Bharara Might Be Rupert Murdoch  —  Throughout his six-decade career working on three continents, Rupert Murdoch has used his media properties to advance the prospects of politicians whose policies help his business interests.
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Wall Street Journal:
Preet Bharara's Probes Likely to Continue After His Exit  —  Long-term direction of the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office is unclear  —  The sudden departure of Preet Bharara, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, isn't likely to change the course of several high-profile investigations …
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
Media Matters for America:
US Attorney Preet Bharara Was Investigating Fox News When Trump Fired Him  —  Fox News Faced Numerous Sexual Assault And Harassment Allegations  —  Ailes Left Fox News Amid Flurry Of Sexual Harassment Allegations.  In early July, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson sued the network's CEO …
New York Times:
Preet Bharara Shunned Politics. His End Was Tinged by Them.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
US Attorney fired by Trump was banned from entering Russia by Vladimir Putin
Discussion: New York Daily News
Mike Kelly / USA Today:
Kellyanne Conway suggests even wider surveillance of Trump campaign  —  ALPINE, N.J. — The White House is offering yet another wrinkle in its attempt to support President Trump's allegation — unfounded, so far — that his campaign headquarters in Manhattan was wiretapped by the Obama administration.
Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
Sean Spicer ambushed while shopping at the Apple Store  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer was accosted while shopping at an Apple store in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.  —  “How does it feel to work for a fascist?  Have you helped with the Russia stuff?  Are you a criminal as well?
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce  —  President Trump's budget proposal this week would shake the federal government to its core if enacted, culling back numerous programs and expediting a historic contraction of the federal workforce.
Discussion: Politico
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Tom Price is lying about the GOP health plan  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price made a bold promise during a Sunday morning interview with Meet the Press.  “Nobody will be worse off financially” under the Republicans' new health care plan, he boasted.  —  Let's be clear: This is a lie.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Another key Republican senator knocks GOP Obamacare plan  —  Sen. Dean Heller panned House Speaker Paul Ryan's bill to repeal and replace Obamacare during a closed meeting with constituents on Saturday, according to audio obtained by POLITICO.  —  The remarks by Heller …
Discussion: LasVegasSun.com and Balloon Juice
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Is Trump Trolling the White House Press Corps?  —  At daily briefings, Sean Spicer calls on young journalists from far-right sites.  The mainstream media sees them as an existential threat.  —  In normal times, White House press briefings make for boring television.
Axios:
Scoop: Trump to host Xi at Mar-a-Lago  —  President Trump plans to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at the gold-plated Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida next month for a lowering-the-temperature summit with vast economic and security implications, Axios has learned.
Leyla Hussein / The Guardian:
My vulva cupcakes were confiscated but I gained a sense of home  —  Campaigning against FGM around the world gets Leyla Hussein into some interesting situations.  But she didn't expect to be so affected by going ‘home’  —  muggling vulva-decorated cupcakes into the Somali region of Ethiopia …
Andrew Malcolm / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump is doing what Obama didn't do: reach out and listen  —  Elements of Donald Trump's presidential style are already emerging and they must be discouraging to his critics.  —  It's easy to miss things that do not happen.  But perhaps you too have noticed a decline of trivial Trump tweets …
Discussion: Instapundit
Ari Melber / NBC News:
After Pledging to Donate Salary, Trump Declines to Release Proof  —  President Donald Trump pledged to forego a presidential salary, but as his second payday approaches, the White House is declining to say if the president has donated any of his earnings yet.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Trump Lets Key Offices Gather Dust Amid ‘Slowest Transition in Decades’  —  WASHINGTON — At the State Department, the normally pulsating hub of executive offices is hushed and virtually empty.  At the Pentagon, military missions in some of the world's most troubled places are being run …
Discussion: Axios and The Week
Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
Trump's budget director claims Obama was ‘manipulating’ jobs data  —  President Trump's budget director claims the Obama administration was “manipulating” jobs data.  —  Mick Mulvaney told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday that he has long thought the previous administration framed data …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Want to Keep the President at Bay?  Two Consultants Have an Inside Track  —  For a fee, Corey Lewandowski, President Trump's pugilistic former campaign manager, and Barry Bennett, a former Trump senior adviser, will protect you from “tweet risk” — what happens to the stock price and reputation …
Kevin Lamarque / National Review:
Trump's Skeletal Crew  —  The administration needs to pick up the pace of hiring.  —  President Trump and his allies have lots of complaints about Democrats' holding up White House appointees.  “Their underlying goal is to allow remaining Obama-appointed bureaucrats to do as much damage …
Discussion: Political Wire
Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
83% Of America's Top High School Science Students Are The Children Of Immigrants  —  What would we lose if immigrants could no longer come to America?  Surprisingly, one of the most important things America would lose is the contributions made by their children.
Fox News:
Rep. Jim Jordan on fight over GOP's health care plan; White House national economic adviser talks Trump agenda  —  This is a rush transcript from “Fox News Sunday,” March 10, 2017.  This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.  —  CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS HOST: I'm Chris Wallace.
New York Times:
Trump Administration Is Said to Be Working to Loosen Counterterrorism Rules  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is exploring how to dismantle or bypass Obama-era constraints intended to prevent civilian deaths from drone attacks, commando raids and other counterterrorism missions outside …
 
 
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Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Video shows environmental activists defacing popular Trump golf course
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
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Austin Wright / Politico:
House investigators on a Trump-Russia ‘collision course’
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Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Islamic State's German Magazine Tells Fighters To Kill ‘Apostate’ Imams
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Employees who decline genetic testing could face penalties under proposed bill
Elliot Hannon / Slate:
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New York Times:
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