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4:30 PM ET, March 17, 2017

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Steven Swinford / Telegraph:
Watch |  Spicer: GCHQ may have helped Obama spy on Trump  —  The US has made a formal apology to Britain after the White House accused GCHQ of helping Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump in the White House.  —  Sean Spicer, Mr Trump's press secretary, repeated a claim on Thursday evening …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Rex Tillerson Rejects Talks With North Korea on Nuclear Program  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson ruled out on Friday opening any negotiation with North Korea to freeze its nuclear and missile programs and said for the first time that the Trump administration might …
CNN:
White House apologizes to British government over spying claims  — Spokesman for UK Prime Minister says Britain has received assurances that claims won't be repeated  —  Washington (CNN)The White House has apologized to the British government after alleging that a UK intelligence agency spied …
New York Times:
Trump Offers No Apology for Claim on British Spying  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump refused to back down on Friday after his White House aired an unverified claim that Britain's spy agency secretly monitored him during last year's campaign at the behest of President Barack Obama …
Rocco Parascandola / New York Daily News:
Laptop holding Trump Tower floor plans, Hillary Clinton email investigation info stolen from Secret Service agent  —  A laptop computer containing floor plans for Trump Tower, information about the Hillary Clinton email investigation and other national security information was stolen …
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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
Secret Service laptop with Trump Tower floor plans, details on Clinton email probe stolen in New York  —  A laptop computer containing floor plans for Trump Tower, details on the criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and other national security information …
Discussion: Fox News, Mashable and AOL
CBS New York:
Secret Service Agent's Laptop Stolen In Brooklyn  —  NEW YORK — An unoccupied vehicle with Maryland plates was broken into and a bag with a laptop and other items belonging to a Secret Service agent was stolen, sources told CBS2.  —  The break-in happened outside of the agent's home in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, sources said.
CNN:
First on CNN: White House jumper on grounds for 15 minutes before caught, Secret Service source says
Discussion: Mediaite
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Trump's budget makes perfect sense and will fix America, and I will tell you why  —  Some people are complaining that the budget proffered by the Trump administration, despite its wonderful macho-sounding name, is too vague and makes all sorts of cuts to needed programs in favor of increasing military spending by leaps and bounds.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan says he fantasized about cutting health care for the poor at his college keggers  —  Meet the most insufferable frat boy in human history.  —  Oh, college!  It's a time when young adults discover their professional interests, when they live alone for the first time …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Can Steve Bannon Save Trumpcare?
David Brooks / New York Times:
Let Bannon Be Bannon!  —  I continue to worry about Steve Bannon.
Riley Beggin / ABC News:
Eric Cantor: GOP and Trump ‘will sink or swim together’ on health care
Discussion: Vox
New York Times:
Trump and Ryan: Health Bill May Test Marriage of Convenience
Discussion: Breitbart, CNN and Hot Air
Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Said to Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price  —  Trump's head of the Department of Health and Human Services traded stocks of health-related companies while working on legislation affecting the firms.  A source says Bharara was overseeing an investigation.
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency … Last month, when President Donald Trump toured a Boeing aircraft plant in North Charleston, South Carolina, he saw a familiar face in the crowd that greeted him: Patrick Caddell, a former Democratic political operative and pollster who …
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Vicky Ward / Highline:
The blow-it-all-up billionaires … Last December, about a month before Donald Trump's inauguration, Rebekah Mercer arrived at Stephen Bannon's office in Trump Tower, wearing a cape over a fur-trimmed dress and her distinctive diamond-studded glasses.  Tall and imposing, Rebekah …
Discussion: Axios
Liz Farmer / Dallas Morning News:
FBI arrests man accused of trolling Dallas journalist Kurt Eichenwald with seizure-inducing tweet  —  The FBI arrested a man accused of sending Dallas reporter Kurt Eichenwald a tweet that triggered an epileptic seizure.  —  The name of the suspect has not yet been released …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
FBI arrests man accused of triggering Newsweek reporter's epilepsy
Discussion: RedState
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump cracks the whip on Obamacare, fueling GOP momentum  —  Rep. Robert Aderholt was among a bloc of conservatives threatening to tank the Republican health care plan when President Donald Trump summoned him to the White House on Friday.  —  At a meeting with more than a dozen other lawmakers wary …
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Wall Street Journal:
Kellyanne Conway's Husband Is Set to Lead Justice Department Division  —  Job would put George Conway at forefront defending immigration executive order and other lawsuits against Trump administration  —  WASHINGTON—George Conway, the husband of senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway …
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
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Aidan Quigley / Politico:
Conway: No one can take a joke in Washington
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Eric Garcia / Roll Call:
Former Rep. Stockman Arrested on Election Law Charges  —  Accused of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to personal account  —  Protest Group Clashes with Rep. Turner Over Fraud Claim 3 GOP Dissenters as Budget Committee Passes Health Care Plan Sorenson Starts Sentence in 2012 Iowa Endorsement Scandal
Discussion: Daily Kos and Heat Street
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Liz Spayd / New York Times:
Snoop Dogg, Bow Wow and an Ill-Advised Retweet  —  Amid the thousands of tweets that fly from the keyboards of journalists every day, occasionally comes one that sets off an alarm: “Whoops.  Should I have said that?”  Wednesday afternoon, that bell should have sounded shortly …
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
What Trump and Merkel have said about each other  —  How do you say “awkward” in German?  —  President Donald Trump is set to appear at a joint news conference today with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after he spent months during the 2016 election campaign bad-mouthing her approach to the refugee crisis in Europe.
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WTVR-TV:
Paralyzed Virginia Marine walks for first time in 33 years … FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — For thirty-three years, Terry Labar has been looking up at life.  Terry's career as a U.S. Marine was derailed when a car slammed into him on a road in the Middle East.  —  “I just wanted to put this behind me and start a new chapter,” Terry said.
Donna Brazile / TIME:
Donna Brazile: Russian DNC Narrative Played Out Exactly As They Hoped  —  Brazile is a Democratic political strategist  —  For weeks now, we've seen a steady stream — not just leaks — of information about possible contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russians.
Discussion: Politico
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sen. Ernst calls for Trump to release his tax returns  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Facing a jeering crowd of demonstrators and left-leaning voters, Sen. Joni Ernst said that President Donald Trump should release his tax returns.  —  As she absorbed boos and heckles for her answers on health care …
Discussion: Political Wire
Ari Berman / The Nation:
In E-mails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts  —  Gorsuch's ties to Hans von Spakovksy suggest a hostility to voting rights.  —  By ,  —  Few people in the Republican Party have done more to limit voting rights than Hans von Spakovsky.
Discussion: Raw Story
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump supporter credits Trumpcare — which hasn't taken effect — for dramatically lower health costs  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A Tennessee woman who backs President Donald Trump credits God and the Republican health care bill — which hasn't been voted into law …
Jim Wyss / miamiherald:
Venezuela has a bread shortage.  The government has decided bakers are the problem.  —  Facing a bread shortage that is spawning massive lines and souring the national mood, the Venezuelan government is responding this week by detaining bakers and seizing establishments.
CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Americans break with Trump on immigration policy  — All told, 60% say the government's top priority should be a plan to legalize undocumented immigrants  —  Washington (CNN)Americans disagree with President Donald Trump's immigration priorities, according to a new CNN/ORC poll …
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and The Week
 
 
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Daniel Marans / The Huffington Post:
Progressives Slam Tom Perez's New DNC Transition Team
Discussion: Mediaite
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
McMullin open to challenging Chaffetz or Hatch in 2018
Economist:
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Discussion: The Resurgent
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Reach Across the Aisle, Mr. President
Discussion: Hot Air and The Rush Limbaugh Show
Dan Hyman / New York Times:
Dave Chappelle on Trump, Cosby and His Netflix Deal
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Anna Wilde Mathews / Wall Street Journal:
Insurers See Health-Care Premiums Increasing Significantly in 2018
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‘You Are the Future of Europe,’ Erdogan Tells Turks
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PR Newswire:
AARP to Alert 38 Million Members How Their Members of Congress Vote on Health Bill
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democrats slam DHS secretary after closed-door meeting
Discussion: Common Dreams
Ryan D. Williamson / Washington Post:
This is how to get rid of gerrymandered districts
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Trumpcare's Lonely, and Seedy, Supporter
Discussion: Bloomberg
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Trump's questionable Irish proverb, Paul Ryan's ‘despicable’ pint and other St. Patrick's Day mishaps
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Conservative Fantasies, Colliding With Reality
Discussion: Common Dreams
 

 
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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

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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