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12:40 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 …
Bloomberg:
British Complain After Trump Spokesman Cites Wiretapping Report
Discussion: Politico
Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
‘Utterly ridiculous nonsense’: Britain's spy agency on Trump wiretapping claims
Discussion: UPI, Joe.My.God. and ThinkProgress
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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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
Reuters:
U.S. policy of ‘strategic patience’ with North Korea over: Tillerson
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Instapundit
Associated Press:
AP Analysis: In Asia, Tillerson ponders US-N. Korea reboot
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Axios
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: Talking Points Memo, Axios and CNBC
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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
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
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.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   Trump supporter credits Trumpcare — which hasn't taken effect — for dramatically lower health costs
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
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 …
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: Daily Kos, The Week and Politico
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters want congressional investigations into Russia
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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 …
Discussion: BizPac Review
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.
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.
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
Ryan D. Williamson / Washington Post:
This is how to get rid of gerrymandered districts  —  Are American legislative districts drawn fairly — or are they tilted to make it easier for Republicans to win?  Many observers believe that the answer is that they're unfair — and believe that the United States needs dramatic reforms …
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,” …
 
 
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Pamela Geller / Geller Report:
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
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The Local:
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Conservative Fantasies, Colliding With Reality
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Rep. Steve King: GOP colleagues ‘patting me on the back’ after controversy
 

 
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