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10:25 PM ET, March 15, 2017

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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Federal judge blocks new Trump travel ban  —  (CNN)A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump's new travel ban on Wednesday afternoon, hours before the ban was set to go into effect.  —  This ruling means that travelers from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees will be able to travel to the US.
Discussion: TheBlaze and Death and Taxes
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Federal judge in Hawaii freezes President Trump's new entry ban  —  A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday issued a sweeping freeze of President Trump's new executive order, hours before it would have temporarily barred the issuance of new visas to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries and suspended the admission of new refugees.
Associated Press:
THE LATEST: JUDGE WHO PUT BAN ON HOLD QUESTIONS EVIDENCE  —  The Latest on legal challenges to the Trump administration's revised travel ban (all times Pacific unless noted):  —  The federal judge in Hawaii who put President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on hold cited …
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Latest Travel Ban Nationwide  —  A federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide order Wednesday evening blocking President Trump's ban on travel from parts of the Muslim world, dealing a political blow to the White House and signaling that proponents of the ban face a long and risky legal battle ahead.
The Hill:
Judge blocks Trump's revised travel ban  —  A federal judge in Hawaii has placed a nationwide block on President Trump's revised travel order, delivering a major blow to the president's policy just hours before it was set to go into effect.  —  U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson …
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:   Trump blasts court ruling blocking revised travel order
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Ryan: Health care plan must change to pass the House  —  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Wednesday that his health care proposal must change to pass the House, marking a significant retreat from his earlier position that the carefully crafted legislation would fail if altered.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:   How the GOP Crackup Happens
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Trump Aides Are Privately Blaming The Health Care Bill's Problems On Paul Ryan
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Hot Air
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Can Paul Ryan pull this off, or is he headed for a brutal defeat?
Discussion: Axios
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump approval slips, even as more feel economy improving  —  Voters think President Trump is ahead of most previous presidents on fulfilling campaign promises, and the most voters in more than a decade see an improving economy.  Yet that isn't enough to put the president's job rating …
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Trump Approval, Voter Optimism on the Rise  —  More Americans approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president and of the direction the country is headed, according to Morning Consult/POLITICO surveys conducted over the past six weeks.  —  The most recent poll, conducted March 9-13 …
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: 34% of voters favor GOP health care plan
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
Bloomberg:
Dutch Liberals Beat Wilders's Party in Blow to Populist Wave  —  Euro climbs to highest in more than a month on result  —  Freedom Party, Christian Democrats, D66 tied for second place  —  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Liberals easily beat off an election challenge by the anti-Islam Freedom Party …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mother Jones
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Daily Mail:
Dutch PM's liberal party takes lead in general election exit polls but loses ten seats …
Discussion: The Last Tradition
The Christian / Christian Science Monitor:
In Netherlands' elections, a fight for the Dutch soul
Discussion: New York Times
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump defends claim that Obama wiretapped his phones  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his explosive and so far unsupported claim that former President Barack Obama ordered an illegal wiretap of Trump Tower.  —  “Wiretap covers a lot of different things,” …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Devin Nunes confirms it: The evidence of Trump Tower being wiretapped just doesn't seem to exist  —  Here is a brief list of people who have said that President Trump's allegation that President Obama ordered a wire tap at Trump Tower during the 2016 election is simply not true:  —  1. Devin Nunes
New York Times:
In a Repudiation of Trump, a Senior House Leader Rejects Wiretap Claim
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:   Trump: ‘Wiretap covers a lot of different things’
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
McCain: Rand Paul ‘Is Now Working for Vladimir Putin’  —  Sen. John McCain on Wednesday directly accused fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul of working for Russian President Vladimir Putin.  While speaking from the Senate floor in support of a bill advancing Montenegro's bid to join NATO …
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
‘The senator from Kentucky is now working for Putin’: John McCain slams Rand Paul for blocking …
Discussion: RedState
WHAM-TV:
Trump calls tax document leak ‘illegal,’ calls reporter a ‘weird dude’  —  YPSILANTI, Mich. (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - President Donald Trump thinks it was “disgusting” and “illegal” that his 2005 federal tax returns were leaked to MSNBC Tuesday, calling the reporter who obtained them a “weird dude”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Willa Paskin / Slate:
Rachel Maddow Turned a Scoop on Donald Trump's Taxes Into a Cynical, Self-Defeating Spectacle
Brian Faler / Politico:
Five things to know about Trump's leaked tax return
Discussion: ABC News
New York Times:
Donald Trump Budget Slashes Funds for E.P.A. and State Department  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's budget blueprint for the coming fiscal year would slash the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 percent and cut State Department spending by a similar amount in a brash upending …
BuzzFeed:
An elaborate hoax based on forged documents escalates the phenomenon of “fake news” and reveals an audience on the left that seems willing to believe virtually any claim that could damage Trump.  —  In the third week of  —  January, an Israeli named Yoni Ariel flew from Tel Aviv …
Ben White / Politico:
Dina Powell to be named Trump's deputy national security adviser  —  President Donald Trump's senior counselor for economic initiatives Dina Powell will be named deputy national security adviser for strategy, according to National Security Council and administration sources.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Jazmin Rosa / New York Post:
Man beaten to pulp after offering to pay for attackers' meal  —  A good Samaritan who offered to lend two men short on cash a couple bucks to cover their meal at a Brooklyn eatery ended up beaten and robbed for trying to help, cops say.  —  The victim was savagely beaten by four men inside …
Discussion: Gothamist and The Daily Caller
Obama Foundation:
Sportsmanship & Citizenship: President Obama's 2017 NCAA Basketball Championship Brackets  —  We heard from many of you that your experiences playing sports have helped you develop confidence, an appreciation for hard work, and a positive outlook despite the ups and downs of life.
Mark Follman / Mother Jones:
Soon It Will Be Even Easier to Shoot Someone to Death in Florida and Claim Self-Defense  —  Florida lawmakers are on the cusp of expanding the state's controversial Stand Your Ground gun law in a radical new way.  Stand Your Ground allows people to use deadly force rather than retreat …
Discussion: New York Times, The FADER and Daily Kos
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
U.S. military likely to send as many as 1,000 more ground troops into Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive, officials say  —  The U.S. military has drawn up early plans that would deploy up to 1,000 more troops into northern Syria in the coming weeks, expanding the American presence in the country ahead …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Wherever Trump goes, his gang of aides stays close by  —  When President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One on Wednesday morning to travel to Michigan and Tennessee, he didn't wing it alone: his entire senior West Wing staff traveled with him.  —  Accompanying the president out of town …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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