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10:45 AM 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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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 Digs In on Wiretap, No Matter Who Says Differently  —  WASHINGTON — The former president denied it.  So did the former national intelligence director.  The F.B.I. director has said privately that it is false.  The speaker of the House and the chairmen of the House …
Karla Adam / Washington Post:
Britain's surveillance agency slaps down claim it was involved in Trump ‘wiretap’  —  LONDON — In a highly unusual move, Britain's main surveillance agency slapped down allegations that the Obama administration used it to spy on Donald Trump during the presidential campaign, saying the claims were “utterly ridiculous.”
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:   'It's stupefying to watch': Jim Acosta and Jake Tapper stunned by White House's ‘depressing’ wiretap defense
Bloomberg:   British Complain After Trump Spokesman Cites Wiretapping Report
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Washington Post:
Tillerson says diplomacy has failed as North Korea warns of nuclear war  —  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the end of a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 16, 2017.  Tillerson called on North Korea to abandon its nuclear …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Associated Press:
AP Analysis: In Asia, Tillerson ponders US-N. Korea reboot
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Tillerson: Military action against North Korea is an option
Discussion: ABC News
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Conservative Fantasies, Colliding With Reality  —  This week the Trump administration put out a budget blueprint — or more accurately, a “budget” blueprint.  After all, real budgets detail where the money comes from and where it goes; this proclamation covers only around a third of federal spending …
Discussion: Common Dreams
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Mulvaney: Proposed cuts to Meals on Wheels are compassionate to taxpayers
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Sources: Sean Hannity once pulled a gun on Juan Williams  —  Sean Hannity is surrounded by jackasses.  —  The Wall Street Journal columnist who called Hannity the “dumbest anchor” on Fox News is a “jackass,” according to Hannity.  The forensic psychologist who suggested a blood vessel had popped inside Hannity's brain is a “jackass.”
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Very Fake News: Juan Williams Slams CNN Report Claiming Sean Hannity ‘Pulled Gun’ on Him After ‘Argument’
Robert Barnes / LawNewz:
Five 9th Circuit Judges Dish Out Ruthless Take Down to Anti-Trump Travel Ban Decision  —  In one of the most ruthless opinions issued of fellow panel judges, five judges from across the political spectrum in the Ninth Circuit went out of their way to issue an opinion about a dismissed appeal …
Discussion: Reuters, PoliPundit.com and IJR
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Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Judge Considers Ordering President Donald Trump to Double 50,000 Refugee Inflow to the United States
Discussion: Power Line
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
A Time to Choose for the Supreme Court
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, NPR and Bangor Daily News
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Freedom Caucus aligns with Bannon in risky Obamacare gambit  —  Steve Bannon was furious.  —  Last weekend, the Washington Examiner published a story claiming that President Donald Trump had vowed to back primary challengers to run against Republicans who oppose the GOP's health care plan.
Discussion: The Week
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CNN:
Health care bill: Ryan counting votes as Republicans lobby for changes
Discussion: Business Insider
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Republican health bill still alive despite renegade conservative votes
Discussion: Instapundit
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 …
Phil Archer / Click2Houston.com:
Former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman accused of violating federal election law  —  HOUSTON - Steve Stockman, who served two stints in the U.S. House of Representatives, spent part of Friday in federal court.  —  Stockman, a Tea Party favorite who courted controversy thorough two congressional terms …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Whom to trust when it comes to health-care reform?  Trump supporters put their faith in him.  —  NASHVILLE — Soon after Charla McComic's son lost his job, his health-insurance premium dropped from $567 per month to just $88, a “blessing from God” that she believes was made possible by President Trump.
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
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Trumpcare's Lonely, and Seedy, Supporter  —  The Republican health bill doesn't have many outside supporters.  Groups representing doctors, nurses, hospitals, retirees, patients of various diseases and even insurers have all criticized it.  Some of the only outside praise has come …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Joe Lawlorstaff / Press Herald:
Sen. Susan Collins says she can't support House ACA replacement in current form  —  The moderate Republican says ‘Older people living in rural America would be really left behind.’  —  Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Thursday that she opposes the House Republican health care bill being debated in Congress.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Tom Cole: Trump's Proposed Cuts To NIH, CDC Are ‘Short-Sighted’  —  Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), a top Republican who sits on the House Appropriations and Budget Committees, on Friday morning signaled he was not on board with all of President Donald Trump's proposed cuts in his budget blueprint.
Discussion: The Week, NBC News and The Stranger …
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Bloomberg:
These 80 Programs Would Lose Federal Funding Under Trump's Proposed Budget
Discussion: Refinery29
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Trump's questionable Irish proverb, Paul Ryan's ‘despicable’ pint and other St. Patrick's Day mishaps  —  The day began with a cringe-worthy, mildly offensive Irish cliche in front of a room-full of Irish people, and it all went downhill from there.  —  “Top of the morning,” …
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
‘All I Can Do Is Trust in Paul Ryan’  —  Bob Woodson likes to boast that he has “been screwed by the most famous and most influential people in Washington.”  At 79, the sprightly, swaggering community organizer and civil-rights veteran has spent decades in D.C. lobbying on behalf of the urban poor …
NBC News:
Inside Breitbart News: 'We're Not A Hate Site'  —  As one of President Donald Trump's favorite news sources, Breitbart News has been called a lot of names, including “Trumpbart,” a “platform for the alt-right,” and anti-Semitic.  —  But in an exclusive interview, editor-in-chief Alex Marlow said that the site has been misunderstood.
Discussion: Axios and Rewire
The Local:
Man held after his father and brother found with throats slit in Paris  —  Police in Paris have launched an investigation after two men, a father and his son, were found with their throats slit in the French capital.  Another son has been arrested in connection with the murders.
Discussion: Geller Report
Bill Chappell / NPR:
House OKs Bill Allowing ‘Mentally Incapacitated’ Veterans To Buy Guns  —  The House has approved legislation allowing veterans who are “mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent” or prone to blackouts to buy guns.  Critics of the bill say it could raise the suicide rate among veterans …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Jackie Northam / NPR:
Former Trump National Security Adviser Was Paid To Advise Russian Firms
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
The Onion Struggles to Lampoon Trump
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Rep. Steve King: GOP colleagues ‘patting me on the back’ after controversy
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Takes a Gamble in Cutting Programs His Base Relies On
Kristin Tate / The Hill:
Violent threats against the president are OK now?
Politico:
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