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12:05 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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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.”
Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
‘Utterly ridiculous nonsense’: Britain's spy agency on Trump wiretapping claims
Discussion: UPI, Joe.My.God. and ThinkProgress
Bloomberg:
British Complain After Trump Spokesman Cites Wiretapping Report
Discussion: Politico
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:   'It's stupefying to watch': Jim Acosta and Jake Tapper stunned by White House's ‘depressing’ wiretap defense
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 …
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Tillerson says ‘all options are on the table’ when it comes to North Korea  —  TOKYO ­— The Trump administration gave its clearest signal yet that it would consider taking military action against North Korea, with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson saying Friday that “all options are on the table” to deter the threat from Pyongyang.
Shin Hyon-hee / The Korea Herald-mobile:
US says ‘strategic patience’ on NK is over  —  Tillerson says military option is on the table, calls China's THAAD retaliation ‘inappropriate, troubling’  —  With Washington taking a North Korea policy overhaul, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday declared that the existing …
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Tillerson says diplomacy has failed as North Korea warns of nuclear war
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
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House to vote Thursday on GOP Obamacare replacement  —  House Republicans will vote Thursday on Speaker Paul Ryan's Obamacare replacement bill, two senior GOP sources told POLITICO.  —  The move shows that GOP leaders are confident they have the 216 votes needed to pass the bill …
Discussion: Axios
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Freedom Caucus aligns with Bannon in risky Obamacare gambit
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
Health care bill: Ryan counting votes as Republicans lobby for changes
Discussion: Business Insider
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
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: PoliPundit.com, Reuters 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
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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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 …
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 …
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
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.
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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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: The Week and Politico
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,” …
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.
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.
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
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.
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Rep. Steve King: GOP colleagues ‘patting me on the back’ after controversy  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) says he hasn't been getting much pushback from fellow House Republicans about his controversial tweet over the weekend saying that “we can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.”
 
 
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters want congressional investigations into Russia
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Florida moves to bolster its ‘stand-your-ground’ law
Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Subway sues TV network over ‘soy chicken’ report
Discussion: Eater, Consumerist and AOL
Ryan D. Williamson / Washington Post:
This is how to get rid of gerrymandered districts
Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
31 Somali refugees killed in helicopter attack off Yemen coast
Discussion: Common Dreams
Bill Chappell / NPR:
House OKs Bill Allowing ‘Mentally Incapacitated’ Veterans To Buy Guns
Discussion: Raw Story
Jackie Northam / NPR:
Former Trump National Security Adviser Was Paid To Advise Russian Firms
Discussion: The Jawa Report
 Earlier Items: 
Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
The Onion Struggles to Lampoon Trump
Discussion: Mediaite
The Local:
Man held after his father and brother found with throats slit in Paris
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Republican health bill still alive despite renegade conservative votes
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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

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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