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10:50 AM ET, March 21, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump's Weary Defenders Face Fresh Worries  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump began Monday as he has started so many other presidential mornings — by unleashing a blistering Twitter attack on critics who suggested his 2016 campaign colluded with the Russians.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
All the President's Lies  —  The ninth week of Donald Trump's presidency began with the F.B.I. director calling him a liar.  —  The director, the very complicated James Comey, didn't use the L-word in his congressional testimony Monday.  Comey serves at the pleasure of the president, after all.
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Comey drops a bombshell  —  THE BIG STORY: It's hard to pick the bigger headline out of FBI Director James Comey's day on Capitol Hill.  Yes, he stated clearly that President Trump issued a baseless and scurrilous accusation involving his predecessor.
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
President Trump faces his hardest truth: He was wrong
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
How the FBI tailing Trump could dog his presidency
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP leaders unveil changes to healthcare bill  —  House Republican leaders on Monday night released a set of changes to their ObamaCare replacement bill, as they seek to win more votes for the legislation.  —  The changes include two measures that conservative Republican Study Committee members won …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House conservatives say they have the votes to defeat ObamaCare replacement  —  Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said Monday night that they are confident they have enough votes to defeat the GOP's ObamaCare replacement bill unless substantial changes are made.
Discussion: RedState
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP leaders pile on sweeteners to sell Obamacare repeal  —  House Republican leaders are making a last-ditch attempt to win enough support to pass their Obamacare repeal, revealing an expansive series of changes to the bill on Monday night designed to woo wary GOP lawmakers.
The Huffington Post:
GOP Health Care Bill Offers Upstate New York A Sweetheart Deal
Discussion: Vox and New York Times
CNN:
Conservatives on health care bill: Negotiations are over
Axios:
Freedom Caucus chair pessimistic about health bill
Discussion: NPR, Political Wire and Politico
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Health-Care Plan Has Disappeared Again
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Conservative chair: ObamaCare talks ‘over’ but bill won't pass
Discussion: Vox
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News pulls Judge Napolitano over his Trump wiretap claims  —  Judge Andrew Napolitano, the senior judicial analyst for Fox News, is being kept off the air indefinitely.  (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)  —  Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano is being kept off …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Report: Fox News Pulls Judge Andrew Napolitano Following Trump Wiretap Comments (UPDATED)
Discussion: Deadline and TheBlaze
Media Matters for America:
The Bigotry And Idiocy Of Donald Trump's Favorite News Show
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI's Russian-influence probe includes a look at far-right news sites  —  WASHINGTON  —  Federal investigators are examining whether far-right news sites played any role last year in a Russian cyber operation that dramatically widened the reach of news stories — some fictional …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
FBI probe of Trump-Russia ties began 3 months before election
Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump set to get West Wing office as role expands  —  Ivanka Trump, who moved to Washington saying she would play no formal role in her father's administration, is now officially setting up shop in the White House.  —  The powerful first daughter has secured her own office …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Carter-era ethics rulings loom over Trump kids
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Moffitt / San Francisco Chronicle:
Spring breakers chant ‘Build that wall!’ during Cancun cruise  —  A Mexican newspaper condemned American spring breakers who reportedly chanted “Build that wall!” during a family show on a tourist ship off Cancun.  —  In an editorial Friday, the Yucatan Times called the singing during a …
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
The Blaze Suspends Tomi Lahren  —  Conservative media company The Blaze has suspended political commentator Tomi Lahren, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Daily Caller.  —  Lahren's show is suspended for effect for at least one week starting Monday, according to TheDC's sources.
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CNN:
Trump adviser Roger Stone repeatedly claimed to know of forthcoming WikiLeaks dumps  —  (CNN)In the final months of the 2016 campaign, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone repeatedly discussed his backchannel communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and claimed knowledge …
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
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Bloomberg:
Macron on Top After First Presidential Debate of French Race  —  Snap polls shows Macron most convincing, Hamon trailing  —  Le Pen, Macron clash on Europe, euro, Russia, and immigration  —  In the first debate between the main contenders to become France's next president the centrist front-runner emerged with his lead intact.
Discussion: Business Insider
Reuters:
Exclusive: Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April - sources  —  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip an April 5-6 meeting of NATO foreign ministers for a U.S. visit by the Chinese president and will travel to Russia later in the month, U.S. officials said on Monday …
Marianne Schneider-Petsinger / RealClearWorld:
The Debt Ceiling Will Come Back to Bite Trump  —  This piece was created in collaboration with Chatham House.  Marianne Schneider-Petsinger is the U.S. geoeconomics fellow at Chatham House's U.S. and the Americas Programme.  The views expressed are the author's own.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
 
 
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Washington Post:
Trump won't allow you to use iPads or laptops on certain airlines. Here's why.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Associated Press:
High court nominee to face daylong questioning in Senate
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Mother Jones:
The Trump Organization Says It's Vetting Deals for Conflicts—But Refuses to Say How
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump lets his aides sweat the details on health care
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump credits his Twitter wrath for Kaepernick's unemployment
CBS New York:
Mock Slave Auction Stokes Tempers At Maplewood Elementary School
Discussion: The Root
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‘W.’ and the Art of Redemption
Jessica Huseman / ProPublica:
Filing Taxes Could Be Free and Simple. But H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying Against It.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
New documents show Trump aide hid payments from Ukraine party with Moscow ties, lawmaker alleges
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
A Putin Opponent Is Doused in Green. He Makes It Work.
Discussion: Mashable and ABC News
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Georgia nonprofit says it unwittingly gave $25,000 to white nationalist Richard Spencer
Discussion: Raw Story