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8:00 AM ET, March 18, 2017

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Osita Nwanevu / Slate:
Paul Ryan: I've Been Dreaming About Kicking Poors Off Medicaid Since I Was a Drunk Frat Boy  —  At the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit on Friday, House Speaker Paul Ryan had an interesting exchange with National Review editor Rich Lowry about the AHCA's changes to Medicaid:
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Robert King / Washington Examiner:
Scalise: GOP won't wait for new CBO score on health bill  —  Republicans are pushing forward on a vote next week on their bill to repeal Obamacare and won't wait for a new estimate on the impact of major changes the legislation makes to Medicaid.  —  House Whip Steve Scalise, R-La. …
Discussion: Politico
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Does Donald Trump know what the GOP health bill does?  —  Maybe not.  —  “I want everyone to know I'm 100 percent behind [the American Health Care Act],” President Trump said today.  “The press has not been speaking properly about how great this is going to be.  I watch, I say, 'That's not the bill we're passing.'
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Paul Ryan says he's been “dreaming” of Medicaid cuts since he was “drinking out of kegs”
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Can Steve Bannon Save Trumpcare?
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Magazine
CNN:
DOJ provides wiretap documents to Congress  —  Cooper: We know Trump has no wiretapping facts  — The House Intelligence Chairman and ranking member have said Trump Tower was clearly not wiretapped  —  (CNN)The Justice Department delivered documents Friday to House and Senate investigators …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:   The Resistance Cheers Tactics Trump Will Likely Use Against Them
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump drags key foreign allies into controversy over unproven wiretap claims
Wall Street Journal:
Kellyanne Conway's Husband Is Set to Lead Justice Department Division
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Reuters:
Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings  —  A Reuters review found that at least 63 individuals with Russian passports or addresses have bought at least $98.4 million worth of property in seven Trump-branded luxury towers in southern Florida.
Discussion: Political Wire
Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Said to Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price  —  Trump's head of the Department of Health and Human Services traded stocks of health-related companies while working on legislation affecting the firms.  A source says Bharara was overseeing an investigation.
Washington Post:
White House fence jumper roamed grounds for more than 16 minutes before arrest  —  A California man carrying Mace roamed for nearly 17 minutes inside the secured White House perimeter before he was taken into custody March 10 near the South Portico entrance, the Secret Service acknowledged Friday.
Discussion: The Resurgent, Axios and CNN
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Rocco Parascandola / New York Daily News:
Laptop holding Trump Tower floor plans, Hillary Clinton email investigation info stolen from Secret Service agent
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Clinton: 'I'm ready to come out of the woods'  —  spoke at the Society of Irish Women's 19th Annual St Patrick's Day dinner in Scranton, Pa., Friday and encouraged people not to let politics divide them.  —  “I do not believe that we can let political divides harden into personal divides …
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Highline
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:   The Mercers and Stephen Bannon: How a populist power base was funded and built
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox's Andrew Napolitano Stirred the Pot for Trump's British Tempest  —  Andrew Napolitano was a Superior Court judge in New Jersey until, frustrated by the constraints of his salary, he left the bench for more lucrative pastures: talk radio, a syndicated small-claims court TV series …
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Sean Spicer's absurd accusation against British intelligence is the scariest news this week
Erin McPike / IJR:
Transcript: Independent Journal Review's Sit-Down Interview With Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  —  In his first sit-down interview since becoming secretary of state, Rex Tillerson spoke with Independent Journal Review's Erin McPike about the challenges of American diplomacy with China …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump Organization: First Treasury donation on hotel stays to come in 2018  —  The Trump Organization will wait until 2018 to make its first annual donation to the U.S. Treasury on any profits it earns from foreign government officials who stay at one of President Donald Trump's luxury hotels, a company official said Friday.
Discussion: The Hill
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Steve Reilly / USA Today:   Trump hasn't donated hotel profits from foreign governments yet
Donna Brazile / TIME:
Donna Brazile: Russian DNC Narrative Played Out Exactly As They Hoped  —  Brazile is a Democratic political strategist  —  For weeks now, we've seen a steady stream — not just leaks — of information about possible contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russians.
Media Matters for America:
NY Times Public Editor Helps Out An “Alt-Right” Harassment Campaign  —  What is wrong with Liz Spayd?  —  This morning, The New York Times' public editor fell for an “alt-right” harassment campaign against a reporter of color for the paper, devoting her entire column to scolding the writer over a tweet.
Discussion: New York Times
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
A Top Adviser To Mike Pence Is An Investor In Favored Media Outlet  —  Nick Ayers, a top adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, is an investor in Independent Journal Review, a social media-geared site for young conservatives.  IJR got special access to the Secretary of State this week.
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
16-year-old girl who was fatally shot by Fremont police was pregnant, authorities says  —  A 16-year-old girl who was fatally shot by Fremont police during a robbery investigation was pregnant, authorities say.  —  The girl, who was a passenger in a stolen vehicle linked to a series of robberies …
Discussion: The Root
Lawfare:
The Revolt of the Judges: What Happens When the Judiciary Doesn't Trust the President's Oath  —  It's been a busy 24 hours in the increasingly fascinating relationship between President Trump and the federal judiciary.  —  First, a federal district judge in Hawaii entered …
Dakin Campbell / Bloomberg:
Cohn Offers Plan to Sell China Bank Stake to Avoid Conflict  —  Former Goldman president owns 23.4 million shares of ICBC  —  Stake is valued at more than $15 million, disclosure shows  —  Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, disclosed a plan to sell his stake …
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.
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Trump administration rolls back protections for people in default on student loans  —  Days after a report on federal student loans revealed a double-digit rise in defaults, President Trump's administration revoked federal guidance Thursday that barred student debt collectors from charging high fees on past-due loans.
 
 
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John Anderson / New York Times:
Left-Leaning Documentary World Seeks Right-Wing Perspective
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Debunking a Myth: The Irish Were Not Slaves, Too
Discussion: Snopes.com and Raw Story
Yahoo:
Turkey threatens to send Europe ‘15,000 refugees a month’
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Lewandowski raising money for PAC to ‘drain the swamp’
Discussion: Axios
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump optimistic on new health law
Discussion: Washington Post
Fox News:
Amy Schumer: Alt-right Internet trolls behind Netflix special's bad reviews
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Military nude photo investigation expands into gay porn websites
Discussion: Washington Post and Towleroad
 Earlier Items: 
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Judge denies request to apply previous travel ban block to Trump's revised order
Discussion: Politico, RedState, ABC News and IJR
Daniel Marans / The Huffington Post:
Progressives Slam Tom Perez's New DNC Transition Team
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sen. Ernst calls for Trump to release his tax returns
Discussion: Political Wire
WTVR-TV:
Paralyzed Virginia Marine walks for first time in 33 years
Liz Farmer / Dallas Morning News:
FBI arrests man accused of trolling Dallas journalist Kurt Eichenwald with seizure-inducing tweet
 

 
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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

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks
 
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