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10:25 PM ET, March 22, 2017

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CNN:
US Officials: Info suggests Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign, US officials told CNN.
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Leakgate Finds Its Joe McCarthy  —  On Trump-Russia links, Rep. Schiff tries to fool the public with randomness.  —  If Donald Trump tweeted his accusations about President Obama wiretapping Trump Tower to get the media off his alleged ties to Russia, then Democrats at Monday's hearing …
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Comey Is Now the Most Powerful Person in Washington
Discussion: Power Line
Austin Wright / Politico:
Nunes claims some Trump transition messages were intercepted  —  House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes declared Wednesday that members of Donald Trump's transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under inadvertent surveillance following November's presidential election.
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
House Intel chairman: Trump's personal communications may have been collected  — Its chairman said Wednesday Trump's communication might have been part of ‘incidental collection’  —  (CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's personal communications …
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Schiff: I have ‘grave concerns’ over Nunes's surveillance claim  —  The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that he has “grave concerns” over Chairman Devin Nunes's (R-Calif.) handling of the Trump Tower wiretapping investigation.  —  Rep. Adam Schiff
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Bloomberg:
Nunes Says Trump Team Conversations Caught in Surveillance
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Nunes ‘Unmasking’ Report Vindicates Trump Claims on Surveillance
Discussion: CNN, Geller Report and RedState
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
GOP chairman: Surveillance was collected about Trump transition team
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The latest health care cut Republicans are weighing, explained  —  Politico's Josh Dawsey and Jennifer Haberkorn report that the White House is in negotiations with the House Freedom Caucus about getting the caucus's hard-line conservative members to support the American Health Care Act …
Discussion: Politico
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
White House moves to tweak health care bill to win over conservatives  —  White House officials are moving to eliminate broad coverage requirements for health insurers in the Obamacare repeal bill in a bid to win over holdout members of the House Freedom Caucus.
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and STAT
Jim Newell / Slate:
There's a secret, cynical reason Paul Ryan can't give conservatives what they want on the American Health Care Act.  —  You cannot fault House conservative holdouts for a lack of clarity in their refusal to support the American Health Care Act.  Each one I spoke with on Tuesday made the same point …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Kochs to withhold millions for health care ‘yes’ votes  —  Washington (CNN)In a last-minute effort to sink the Republican health care bill, a powerful network of conservative donors said Wednesday it would create a new fund for Republican 2018 reelection races — but they'll only open it up to GOPers who vote against the bill.
Discussion: TheBlaze
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Mike Lee: Senate parliamentarian told me it's possible to push harder on repealing Obamacare regulations
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Conservatives claim votes to stop GOP Obamacare repeal
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Defying Trump, Freedom Caucus insists they'll oppose GOP ObamaCare replacement
Discussion: Politico and RedState
The Hill:
Trump woos right with promise of Senate changes to ObamaCare replacement
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats weigh deal to let Gorsuch through  —  A group of Senate Democrats is beginning to explore trying to extract concessions from Republicans in return for allowing Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch to be confirmed, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
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Rep. Daniel Donovan / Staten Island Advance:
Why I will vote ‘no’ on the American Health Care Act  —  Rep. Daniel Donovan will vote “no” on the current Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.  (Staten Island Advance/Rachel Shapiro)  —  Since my first day serving in Congress I made a commitment to weigh the impact …
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New York Daily News:
Racist Maryland man who fatally stabbed black New Yorker admits his intent to kill African-American men  —  The 28-year-old man busted for fatally stabbing a black stranger in Midtown on Tuesday has told cops he came the city from Baltimore to kill African-Americans, sources said.
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Ashley Southall / New York Times:   Suspect in Manhattan Killing Hated Black Men, Police Say
Daniel Prendergast / New York Post:
Well-dressed suspect in fatal stabbing surrenders to cops
Discussion: Gothamist
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Manafort had plan to benefit Putin government  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed …
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Washington Post:
Secret Service asked for $60 million extra for Trump-era travel and protection, documents show  —  The U.S. Secret Service requested $60 million in additional funding for the next year, offering the most precise estimate yet of the escalating costs for travel and protection resulting …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
White House jumper caught on fence: report
Discussion: TMZ.com, RedState and BizPac Review
Fox News:
UK Parliament terror attack: 4 people killed, including cop and alleged assailant; 20 injured  —  DEVELOPING - Four people, including a London police officer who was stabbed and the alleged assailant, were killed after a terror attack that saw more than 20 people injured outside the Parliament building on Wednesday.
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Washington Post:
Attacker kills 3, injures 20 in vehicle and knife assault near British Parliament, according to officials
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Federal staffers panicked by conservative media attacks  —  Conservative news outlets, including one with links to a top White House official, are singling out individual career government employees for criticism, suggesting in articles that certain staffers will not be sufficiently loyal …
Discussion: Conservative Review
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Prosecutors Are Extracting Data From More Than 100 Locked Phones Seized During Inauguration Day Arrests  —  Police detain a demonstrator on January 20, 2017  —  WASHINGTON — Prosecutors are extracting data from more than 100 locked cell phones seized during arrests in downtown Washington …
Discussion: The Verge
P.R. Lockhart / Mother Jones:
Congressional Black Caucus Shows Trump Its Policy Vision for Black America  —  In the lead-up to their meeting today with President Donald Trump, Congressional Black Caucus leaders said they would focus on explaining what African Americans stand to lose under a Trump presidency.
Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump meets Black Caucus and vows action on drug prices
Discussion: ABC News and Mother Jones
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Republicans lied about healthcare for years, and they're about to get the punishment they deserve  —  It's hard to decide which would be the more politically damaging outcome for Republican politicians: passing the American Health Care Act, and therefore owning the premium increases …
 
 
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Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
The Trump Presidency Is Already a Joke
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New York Times:
‘Turkish Trump,’ a Hotel Plan and a Tangle of Foreign Ties
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Obama team lines up behind Perriello
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Tweeting Toward Oblivion
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Erdogan: Soon Europeans ‘Will Not Walk Safely on Their Streets’
Discussion: Geller Report
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mitch McConnell's Trumpcare Plan Is to Lose Fast
Caroline Winter / Bloomberg:
How Scott Adams Got Hypnotized by Trump
Discussion: The Concourse
Sage Lazzaro / Observer:
Exclusive: Trump Sics Lawyers on Teen for Making Silly Site Where Kittens Punch Him
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Ex-Colo. GOP leader said only Democrats committed voter fraud. Now he's charged with voter fraud.
Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
We Fact-Checked Lawmakers' Letters to Constituents on Health Care
Discussion: Vox and STAT
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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