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CNN:
DOJ provides wiretap documents to Congress — Cooper: We know Trump has no wiretapping facts — The House Intelligence Chairman and ranking member have said Trump Tower was clearly not wiretapped — (CNN)The Justice Department delivered documents Friday to House and Senate investigators …
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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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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Sean Spicer's absurd accusation against British intelligence is the scariest news this week
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump drags key foreign allies into controversy over unproven wiretap claims
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Politico
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox's Andrew Napolitano Stirred the Pot for Trump's British Tempest
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Media Matters for America and Deadline
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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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Does Donald Trump know what the GOP health bill does? — Maybe not. — “I want everyone to know I'm 100 percent behind [the American Health Care Act],” President Trump said today. “The press has not been speaking properly about how great this is going to be. I watch, I say, 'That's not the bill we're passing.'
Osita Nwanevu / Slate:
Paul Ryan: I've Been Dreaming About Kicking Poors Off Medicaid Since I Was a Drunk Frat Boy — At the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit on Friday, House Speaker Paul Ryan had an interesting exchange with National Review editor Rich Lowry about the AHCA's changes to Medicaid:
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Paul Ryan says he's been “dreaming” of Medicaid cuts since he was “drinking out of kegs”
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Can Steve Bannon Save Trumpcare?
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
Some conservatives line up behind health care plan for vote next week
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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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Washington Post:
White House fence jumper roamed grounds for more than 16 minutes before arrest
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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
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Reuters:
Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings — A Reuters review found that at least 63 individuals with Russian passports or addresses have bought at least $98.4 million worth of property in seven Trump-branded luxury towers in southern Florida.
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Political Wire
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.
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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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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
The Mercers and Stephen Bannon: How a populist power base was funded and built — The wealthy GOP donors and Trump's chief strategist collaborated on at least five ventures. — The champagne was flowing as hedge fund executive Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah hosted a reception during …
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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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.
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Clinton: 'I'm ready to come out of the woods' — spoke at the Society of Irish Women's 19th Annual St Patrick's Day dinner in Scranton, Pa., Friday and encouraged people not to let politics divide them. — “I do not believe that we can let political divides harden into personal divides …
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Political Wire
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump Organization: First Treasury donation on hotel stays to come in 2018 — The Trump Organization will wait until 2018 to make its first annual donation to the U.S. Treasury on any profits it earns from foreign government officials who stay at one of President Donald Trump's luxury hotels, a company official said Friday.
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Lawfare:
The Revolt of the Judges: What Happens When the Judiciary Doesn't Trust the President's Oath — It's been a busy 24 hours in the increasingly fascinating relationship between President Trump and the federal judiciary. — First, a federal district judge in Hawaii entered …
Media Matters for America:
NY Times Public Editor Helps Out An “Alt-Right” Harassment Campaign — What is wrong with Liz Spayd? — This morning, The New York Times' public editor fell for an “alt-right” harassment campaign against a reporter of color for the paper, devoting her entire column to scolding the writer over a tweet.
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New York Times
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
A Top Adviser To Mike Pence Is An Investor In Favored Media Outlet — Nick Ayers, a top adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, is an investor in Independent Journal Review, a social media-geared site for young conservatives. IJR got special access to the Secretary of State this week.
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Erik Sherman / Forbes:
Liberals: Stop Saying That Trump Will Kill All Meals On Wheels — There is much about the Trump administration's actions and decisions that could reasonably concern one. The latest block of information to digest has been the budget blueprint, which is an unrealistic fiction of what the country needs …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Meals on Wheels reports surge in donations after WH's proposed cuts
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Dakin Campbell / Bloomberg:
Cohn Offers Plan to Sell China Bank Stake to Avoid Conflict — Former Goldman president owns 23.4 million shares of ICBC — Stake is valued at more than $15 million, disclosure shows — Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, disclosed a plan to sell his stake …
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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Madeline Conway / Politico:
In awkward exchange, Trump seems to ignore Merkel's handshake request — President Donald Trump, who made headlines for shaking hands with Japan's prime minister in front of reporters for a full 19 seconds, seemed to ignore German Chancellor Angela Merkel when she suggested that they exchange …
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