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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:
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Robert King / Washington Examiner:
Scalise: GOP won't wait for new CBO score on health bill  —  Republicans are pushing forward on a vote next week on their bill to repeal Obamacare and won't wait for a new estimate on the impact of major changes the legislation makes to Medicaid.  —  House Whip Steve Scalise, R-La. …
Discussion: Politico
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.'
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Paul Ryan says he's been “dreaming” of Medicaid cuts since he was “drinking out of kegs”
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Erin McPike / IJR:
Transcript: Independent Journal Review's Sit-Down Interview with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  —  In his first sit-down interview since becoming secretary of state, Rex Tillerson spoke with Independent Journal Review's Erin McPike about the challenges of American diplomacy with China …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Trump administration ramps up efforts to block media
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
A Top Adviser To Mike Pence Is An Investor In Favored Media Outlet
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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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The Resistance Cheers Tactics Trump Will Likely Use Against Them  —  Monday will be a moment of truth for the assortment of President Donald Trump's critics who like to call themselves “the resistance.”  FBI director James Comey and National Security Agency head Admiral Michael Rogers …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump drags key foreign allies into controversy over unproven wiretap claims
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
White House Fence Jumper Was on Grounds 17 Minutes Before Detection  —  WASHINGTON — A California man who climbed over the White House fence last week managed to roam undetected on the grounds for about 17 minutes, as Secret Service agents appeared to ignore several alarms, officials said Friday.
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Washington Post:
White House fence jumper roamed grounds for more than 16 minutes before arrest
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.
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.
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Kellyanne Conway Is the Real First Lady of Trump's America  —  Not your star, perhaps.  But that's the point.  —  On the third floor of the West Wing, one flight past the stairwell portrait of President Donald Trump talking on his Android phone, is an office once occupied by Valerie Jarrett …
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.
Discussion: The Hill
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Steve Reilly / USA Today:   Trump hasn't donated hotel profits from foreign governments yet
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox's Andrew Napolitano Stirred the Pot for Trump's British Tempest  —  Andrew Napolitano was a Superior Court judge in New Jersey until, frustrated by the constraints of his salary, he left the bench for more lucrative pastures: talk radio, a syndicated small-claims court TV series …
Molly Harbarger / Oregonian:
Multnomah County offers incentives for homeowners to house homeless in backyards  —  With more than $300,000 and volunteer homeowners, Multnomah County has a new idea to fight homelessness: Build tiny houses in people's backyards and rent them out to families with children now living on the street.
Discussion: Althouse and KOIN-TV
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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Highline
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:   The Mercers and Stephen Bannon: How a populist power base was funded and built
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
Apache Helicopter Guns Down Boat Full of Somali Refugees Fleeing Yemen  —  Refugees crossing oceans to flee war and famine have to contend with the risks drowning, dehydration and other perils on their journey.  Now add Apache helicopters to the list.  —  On Friday, an Apache military …
Dale R. Durran / Salon:
Whose votes count the least in the Electoral College?  It's not California or Texas  —  The largest states in the U.S. aren't the ones who are hurt most by our presidential electoral system  —  In the days following the 2016 presidential election, many pundits and voters alike were stunned …
John Podesta / Washington Post:
The governor's race that could define the Democratic Party's future  —  John Podesta, the chair of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, served as counselor to President Barack Obama and chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.  —  The recent race for Democratic National Committee chairman …
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
16-year-old girl who was fatally shot by Fremont police was pregnant, authorities says  —  A 16-year-old girl who was fatally shot by Fremont police during a robbery investigation was pregnant, authorities say.  —  The girl, who was a passenger in a stolen vehicle linked to a series of robberies …
Discussion: The Root
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.
Discussion: New York Times
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Chelsea Clinton joins Expedia's board of directors  —  Chelsea Clinton has joined Expedia's board of directors.  —  A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week shows the travel firm expanded the number of members on its board up from 13 to 14 members and voted for the former first daughter to take the new position.
Discussion: New York Post, Hot Air and Heat Street
Eliza Mackintosh / CNN:
Trump's ‘Irish proverb’ appears to be a Nigerian poem  —  (CNN)A Nigerian man has told CNN he was surprised to learn that US President Donald Trump had read a few lines of his poetry at an event marking St. Patrick's Day on Thursday.  —  “My sister just brought the news to me.
 
 
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USA Today:
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Fox News:
Donald Trump's sharp budget ax: Now the swamp fights back
Discussion: Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
John Anderson / New York Times:
Left-Leaning Documentary World Seeks Right-Wing Perspective
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Debunking a Myth: The Irish Were Not Slaves, Too
Discussion: Snopes.com and Raw Story
Dakin Campbell / Bloomberg:
Cohn Offers Plan to Sell China Bank Stake to Avoid Conflict
Yahoo:
Turkey threatens to send Europe ‘15,000 refugees a month’
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump optimistic on new health law
Discussion: Washington Post
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Amy Schumer: Alt-right Internet trolls behind Netflix special's bad reviews
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Trump administration rolls back protections for people in default on student loans
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Military nude photo investigation expands into gay porn websites
Discussion: Washington Post and Towleroad
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sen. Ernst calls for Trump to release his tax returns
Discussion: AOL and Political Wire
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Trump's budget makes perfect sense and will fix America, and I will tell you why
 

 
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