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1:15 PM 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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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 …
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.
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
How the FBI tailing Trump could dog his presidency
Alice Stewart / CNN:
Plug the leaks and stop blaming Russians for Clinton's loss
Discussion: Instapundit
Washington Post:
President Trump faces his hardest truth: He was wrong
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
What Investigation? G.O.P. Responds to F.B.I. Inquiry by Changing Subject
CNN:
Trump adviser Roger Stone repeatedly claimed to know of forthcoming WikiLeaks dumps
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
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
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Tom Price on Obamacare repeal: Trump administration is ‘going to make this happen’
Discussion: Axios
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
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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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.
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
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 …
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.
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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
FBI Reportedly Looking At Breitbart, InfoWars As Part Of Russia Probe
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
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 …
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Fewer Americans Would Be Insured With G.O.P. Plan Than With Simple Repeal  —  The Congressional Budget Office recently said that around 24 million fewer Americans would have health insurance in 2026 under the Republican repeal plan than if the current law stayed in place.
Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
New documents show Trump aide hid payments from Ukraine party with Moscow ties, lawmaker alleges  —  KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian lawmaker on Tuesday released new financial documents allegedly showing that a former campaign chairman to President Trump laundered payments from the party …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Monasteries of the Mind  —  When everything is politicized, people retreat into mental mountaintops — dreams of the past and fantasies of the future. … The rapper Snoop Dogg released a video shooting a mock-up of the president.  Rapper Bow Wow wants to “pimp” the first lady.
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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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
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
Discussion: Raw Story
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’
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia's Oil Supremacy Falters
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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CBS New York:
Mock Slave Auction Stokes Tempers At Maplewood Elementary School
Discussion: Gothamist and The Root
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:
Macron on Top After First Presidential Debate of French Race
Discussion: Business Insider
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
The Blaze Suspends Tomi Lahren
 

 
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