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2:45 PM ET, March 21, 2017

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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.
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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 …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus chairman shrugs off Trump warning on 2018  —  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, says he's not worried about losing his seat in 2018 if the ObamaCare repeal plan fails.  —  “I serve at the pleasure of the people of western North Carolina …
Discussion: RedState and Politicus USA
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 …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump to GOP critics of health care bill: 'I'm gonna come after you'
Discussion: Politicus USA
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House conservatives say they have the votes to defeat ObamaCare replacement
Discussion: RedState
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Tom Price on Obamacare repeal: Trump administration is ‘going to make this happen’
Discussion: Axios and New York Magazine
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The new Republican health care bill doesn't fix the old bill's problems
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 …
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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.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Roger Stone, the ‘Trickster’ on Trump's Side, Is Under F.B.I. Scrutiny
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
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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Alex Davies / Wired:
THE TSA'S NEW BAN ON LAPTOPS IN CABINS MAY NOT BE THE WORST THING  —  If you've got travel plans involving the Middle East and Africa, pack some books.  The Department of Homeland Security is requiring passengers on some airlines serving those regions to pack their gadgets …
Discussion: Techdirt, Axios, The Guardian and NPR
Washington Post:
Trump won't allow you to use iPads or laptops on certain airlines.  Here's why.  —  From Tuesday on, passengers traveling to the U.S. from 10 airports in eight Muslim-majority countries will not be allowed to have iPads, laptops or any communications device larger than a smartphone in the cabin of the plane.
GOV.UK:
Additional airline security measures on some routes travelling to the UK
BuzzFeed:
The US Has Banned Laptops And Tablets On Flights From Major Middle Eastern Airports
Discussion: USA Today and New York Magazine
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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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 …
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.
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
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
For Democrats, no clear leader  —  The Democratic Party has a leadership vacuum at the top, with many registered voters eager to see someone who is not currently on the scene become the party's standard-bearer in 2020, according to a new Harvard-Harris Poll survey provided exclusively to The Hill.
Discussion: Hot Air and AOL
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 …
Brigitte Gabriel / BuzzFeed:
An Anti-Muslim Leader Says She's Going To The White House  —  Brigitte Gabriel is the leader of ACT for America.  —  Brigitte Gabriel, one of the most influential anti-Muslim leaders currently in America, said Monday evening she has a meeting at the White House.
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower  —  There, indeed, was an FBI wiretap involving Russians at Trump Tower.  —  But it was not placed at the behest of Barack Obama and the target was not the Trump campaign of 2016.  For two years ending in 2013 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
 
 
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Ronald A. Cass / USA Today:
Democrats' Gorsuch attacks undermine the law: Column
Discussion: Hot Air and ABC News
David Smith / The Guardian:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on transgender row: ‘I have nothing to apologise for’
Discussion: theGrio and The Daily Caller
Benny Avni / New York Post:
Team Trump is already kicking butt at the United Nations
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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
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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
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump credits his Twitter wrath for Kaepernick's unemployment
Marianne Schneider-Petsinger / RealClearWorld:
The Debt Ceiling Will Come Back to Bite Trump
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Bloomberg:
Macron on Top After First Presidential Debate of French Race
Discussion: Business Insider