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12:55 PM ET, March 21, 2017

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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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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Trump didn't lie, Jeffrey Lord says on CNN.  He just speaks a different language — ‘Americanese.’  —  It was a rough night for Jeffrey Lord, CNN's preeminent surrogate for President Trump.  —  During a panel discussion on “Anderson Cooper 360” Monday evening, Lord and seven …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Andrew Napolitano absent from Fox after citing anonymous spying claims  —  Tracing the origin of the UK wiretapping lie  —  Judge Andrew Napolitano, the Fox News analyst who was praised by President Trump last week, has apparently been benched by the network.
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
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
How the FBI tailing Trump could dog his presidency
Washington Post:
President Trump faces his hardest truth: He was wrong
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Report: Fox News Pulls Judge Andrew Napolitano Following Trump Wiretap Comments (UPDATED)
Discussion: Deadline and TheBlaze
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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CNN:
Trump's make-or-break day on health care  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump now confronts the single biggest political test of his presidency: whether he can close the deal on the Republican health care bill.  —  The President met with House Republicans rally reluctant lawmakers …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat  —  President Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning with a stern message for Republicans who've been wobbly about dismantling Obamacare: Give me your vote or you may lose your seat in 2018.
Discussion: Mediaite, AOL and Vox
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus chairman shrugs off Trump warning on 2018
Discussion: Politicus USA
CNN:
Conservatives on health care bill: Negotiations are over
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP leaders pile on sweeteners to sell Obamacare repeal
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House conservatives say they have the votes to defeat ObamaCare replacement
Discussion: RedState
Associated Press:
TRUMP TO CAPITOL IN LAST-DITCH LOBBYING FOR HEALTH CARE BILL
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Inside the identity crisis at the Independent Journal Review, the outlet that has become a powerhouse in the Trump era  —  It was supposed to be Independent Journal Review's week to shine.  —  The upstart, millennial-focused news website, which has emerged as a favorite …
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 D. Shear / New York Times:
What Investigation? G.O.P. Responds to F.B.I. Inquiry by Changing Subject
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
U.S. Limits Devices for Passengers on Foreign Airlines From Eight Countries  —  Passengers on foreign airlines headed to the United States from 10 airports in eight majority-Muslim countries have been barred from carrying electronic devices larger than a cellphone under a new flight restriction enacted …
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Washington Post:
Trump won't allow you to use iPads or laptops on certain airlines. Here's why.
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: Washington Post and Raw Story
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Roger Stone, the ‘Trickster’ on Trump's Side, Is Under F.B.I. Scrutiny  —  In President Trump's oft-changing world order, Roger J. Stone Jr., the onetime political consultant and full-time provocateur, has been one of the few constants — a loyalist and self-proclaimed “dirty trickster” …
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CNN:
Trump adviser Roger Stone repeatedly claimed to know of forthcoming WikiLeaks dumps
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
Bwittes / Lawfare:
How to Read What Comey Said Today  —  FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Intelligence Committee / CSPAN  —  Today was a bad day for President Trump.  Really bad.  —  Over the weekend, I wrote a short piece about how to understand the testimony FBI Director James Comey was to give today.
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump credits his Twitter wrath for Kaepernick's unemployment  — Trump claims Kaepernick wasn't getting picked up because teams were avoiding his Twitter retribution  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump veered off message Monday night at a campaign-style rally aimed largely at pushing …
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 …
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 …
The Sit and Spin Room with LOLGOP & Eclectablog:
HOT MIC MOMENT: Millionaire Republican Rep. Trott & team plan to portray constituents as “un-American” after townhall  —  Millionaire Republican David Trott (MI-11) held a raucous townhall meeting this past weekend where upwards of one thousand of his constituents tried to attend …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Katie McHugh / Breitbart:
Police: Illegal Alien Suspects Charged After Allegedly Raping and Sodomizing 14-Year-Old Maryland High School Student
Brigitte Gabriel / BuzzFeed:
An Anti-Muslim Leader Says She's Going To The White House
The Daily Beast:
Gorsuch: Roe v. Wade ‘Worthy of Treatment as Precedent’
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Monasteries of the Mind
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Saudi Arabia's Oil Supremacy Falters
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The Huffington Post:
GOP Health Care Bill Offers Upstate New York A Sweetheart Deal
Marianne Schneider-Petsinger / RealClearWorld:
The Debt Ceiling Will Come Back to Bite Trump
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Mimi Swartz / New York Times:
‘W.’ and the Art of Redemption
Bloomberg:
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
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