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2:15 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 …
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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  —  A laptop computer containing floor plans for Trump Tower, details on the criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and other national security information …
CNN:   First on CNN: White House jumper on grounds for 15 minutes before caught, Secret Service source says
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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Hyun Oh / Reuters:   Sirens blare as Japan, fearing North Korea, holds first missile drill
Shin Hyon-hee / The Korea Herald-mobile:
US says ‘strategic patience’ on NK is over
Discussion: Salon and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Tillerson says diplomacy has failed as North Korea warns of nuclear war
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump supporter credits Trumpcare — which hasn't taken effect — for dramatically lower health costs  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A Tennessee woman who backs President Donald Trump credits God and the Republican health care bill — which hasn't been voted into law …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Whom to trust when it comes to health-care reform? Trump supporters put their faith in him.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
GOP rep splits with Trump on Meals on Wheels  —  GOP Rep. Chris Collins (N.Y.) says he disagrees with President Trump's federal budget blueprint, specifically citing its lack of funding for Meals on Wheels.  —  “This is the president's budget.  I'm not sure where the details came from,” …
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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Freedom Caucus aligns with Bannon in risky Obamacare gambit
Discussion: The Week
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
What Trump and Merkel have said about each other  —  How do you say “awkward” in German?  —  President Donald Trump is set to appear at a joint news conference today with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after he spent months during the 2016 election campaign bad-mouthing her approach to the refugee crisis in Europe.
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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 and New York Times
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
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 …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
CNN host, GOP rep spar over Trump wiretap talk … CNN host Chris Cuomo and Rep. Sean Duffy  —  (R-Wis.) got into a headed debate Friday over President Trump's unproven claim former President Barack Obama  —  wiretapped him in 2016.  —  “Why does this make sense to you?”  Cuomo asked Duffy on “New Day.”
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite, Politico and RedState
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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.
Liz Farmer / Dallas Morning News:
FBI arrests man accused of trolling Dallas journalist Kurt Eichenwald with seizure-inducing tweet  —  The FBI arrested a man accused of sending Dallas reporter Kurt Eichenwald a tweet that triggered an epileptic seizure.  —  The name of the suspect has not yet been released …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democrats slam DHS secretary after closed-door meeting  —  Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly struck a defiant tone in a meeting with House Democrats Friday, lawmakers said, telling them he's “the best thing to happen” to immigrants brought here as minors — and if members don't like current laws, they should change them.
Wall Street Journal:
Kellyanne Conway's Husband Is Set to Lead Justice Department Division  —  Job would put George Conway at forefront defending immigration executive order and other lawsuits against Trump administration  —  WASHINGTON—George Conway, the husband of senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway …
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
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PR Newswire:
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Congressman Jerrold Nadler:
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Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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TRUMP: ‘I love to read’
Discussion: RedState and Occupy Democrats
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Trumpcare's Lonely, and Seedy, Supporter
Discussion: Bloomberg
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Trump's questionable Irish proverb, Paul Ryan's ‘despicable’ pint and other St. Patrick's Day mishaps
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Rep. Steve King: GOP colleagues ‘patting me on the back’ after controversy
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