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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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New York Times:
White House Tries to Soothe British Officials Over Trump Wiretap Claim — WASHINGTON — The White House has tried to soothe an angry Britain after suggesting that President Barack Obama used London's spy agency to conduct secret surveillance on President Trump while he was a candidate last year.
Rocco Parascandola / New York Daily News:
Laptop holding Trump Tower floor plans, Hillary Clinton email investigation info stolen from Secret Service agent — A laptop computer containing floor plans for Trump Tower, information about the Hillary Clinton email investigation and other national security information was stolen …
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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 …
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CBS New York:
Secret Service Agent's Laptop Stolen In Brooklyn — NEW YORK — An unoccupied vehicle with Maryland plates was broken into and a bag with a laptop and other items belonging to a Secret Service agent was stolen, sources told CBS2. — The break-in happened outside of the agent's home in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, sources said.
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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
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Hyun Oh / Reuters:
Sirens blare as Japan, fearing North Korea, holds first missile drill
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Washington Post
Shin Hyon-hee / The Korea Herald-mobile:
US says ‘strategic patience’ on NK is over
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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.
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The White House:
1600 Daily: Everything White House for 3/17/17 — Summary: Get news, events and updates from the White House here at 1600 Daily. — The Easter Egg Roll ticket lottery closes on Saturday, March 18th. Be sure to enter the lottery for tickets today. — WHITE HOUSE MEMO
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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 …
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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 …
Anna Wilde Mathews / Wall Street Journal:
Insurers See Health-Care Premiums Increasing Significantly in 2018 — American Health Care Act, other factors could boost costs, reduce participation — Republicans seeking to overhaul the Affordable Care Act face growing signs that there could be big increases in premiums for individual plans next year …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Can Steve Bannon Save Trumpcare?
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Riley Beggin / ABC News:
Eric Cantor: GOP and Trump ‘will sink or swim together’ on health care
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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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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
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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 …
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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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James P. Rubin / Politico:
The Leader of the Free World Meets Donald Trump
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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 …
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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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Caroline Kenny / CNN:
Rep. Chris Collins on Meals on Wheels cuts: “That's not my plan”
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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 …
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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.
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Raw Story
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 …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Let Bannon Be Bannon! — I continue to worry about Steve Bannon. I see him in the White House photos, but he never has that sprightly Prince of Darkness gleam in his eye anymore. — His governing philosophy is being completely gutted by the mice around him.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Conservative Fantasies, Colliding With Reality
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