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11:55 PM ET, March 27, 2017

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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Nunes says he was on WH grounds day before revealing Trump surveillance info  —  Washington (CNN)It has been something of a mystery, the whereabouts of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes on the day before his announcement that he saw information suggesting that communications …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Devin Nunes Explains His White House Visit  —  For the last few days, much of Washington has been obsessed with what Representative Devin Nunes did last Tuesday evening.  That was the night before Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, made the explosive allegation …
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Boris Epshteyn Named in July FISA Application; Did Nunes Obstruct Justice?  —  On November 7th, I reported at Heat Street that the FBI had obtained a FISA warrant covering the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.  —  I reported that the FISA warrant had been granted after an earlier …
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Devin Nunes is making it very hard for Republicans to claim they can run an impartial investigation on Russia  —  From the perspective of impartiality, one of the problems with Congress investigating Russia's meddling in the U.S. election and whether President Trump's circle had anything to do with it is Congress itself.
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Storm builds around Intel chair after secret White House trip
Discussion: Political Wire
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:   White House's Online Visitor Logs Remain Offline Under Trump
New York Times:
House Democrats Ask Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia Inquiry
Austin Wright / Politico:
Pelosi, Schiff call on Nunes to recuse himself from Russia probe
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Nunes admits meeting with source of Trump surveillance documents on White House grounds
Discussion: Mediaite, USA Today and Towleroad
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
After health care fiasco, Trump's next move may be even more disastrous  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Now that the GOP plan to wipe out Obamacare lies in smoking ruins, President Trump is mulling a new and fiendishly clever scheme: allow the law to collapse, or even further undermine …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump tweets: ‘Russia story is a hoax’  —  President Donald Trump criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's policies on Russia in a series of tweets Monday night, adding, the “Trump Russia story is a hoax.”  —  “Why isn't the House Intelligence Committee looking …
Discussion: Axios
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan: House Republicans will continue their push for health-care reform this year
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: After defeat, 3 paths ahead for President Trump
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to New Low of 36%  —  President Donald Trump's job approval rating fell to 36% for the three-day period of March 24-26, following Republican House leaders' failed effort to pass a new healthcare bill that would have replaced the Affordable Care Act.
CNN:
First on CNN: Border wall ask: $1 billion for 62 miles  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration wants the first $1 billion of border wall funding to cover 62 miles — including replacing some existing fencing along the southern border.  —  The $999 million requested by the White House …
Discussion: Business Insider and Axios
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Interesting Timing  —  Perhaps the White House had planned all along for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to make an appearance at today's press briefing to rail against sanctuary cities.  But the timing is consistent with what I've long feared will be the impulse for the Trump administration …
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Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Launches Neuralink to Connect Brains With Computers  —  Startup from CEO of Tesla and SpaceX aims to implant tiny electrodes in human brains  —  Building a mass-market electric vehicle and colonizing Mars aren't ambitious enough for Elon Musk.  The billionaire entrepreneur now wants …
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Maureen Dowd / Vanity Fair:
Elon Musk's Billion-Dollar Crusade to Stop the A.I. Apocalypse
New York Times:
Senate Committee to Question Jared Kushner Over Meetings With Russians  —  Senate investigators plan to question Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and a close adviser, as part of their broad inquiry into ties between Trump associates and Russian officials or others linked to the Kremlin …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: How Trump's presidency is succeeding
Discussion: Raw Story
Elana Schor / Politico:
Gorsuch's path to 60 votes closing fast  —  Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's path to 60 votes is rapidly closing — setting the stage for a nuclear showdown in the Senate as soon as next week.  —  Senior Democratic sources are now increasingly confident that Gorsuch can't clear a filibuster …
Discussion: Hot Air and CNN
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James Delingpole / Breitbart:
President Trump's attempts to drain the swamp are being undermined by one of his key administrators.  —  Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is more interested in building his political career than he is taking on the Green Blob, insiders report.
Axios:
GOP scrambles to defuse shutdown bomb  —  A top Republican with close ties to the White House tells me that after the GOP failure on healthcare, a government shutdown — looming when a continuing resolution runs out April 28 — is “more likely than not... Wall Street is not expecting a shutdown and the markets are unprepared.”
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Jeremy Binckes / Salon:
Republicans are facing another government shutdown, and they may not be able to stop it
Discussion: New York Magazine, Politico, Axios and AOL
Axios:
Scoop: Trump wants to make tax reform and infrastructure a package deal  —  The Trump administration is looking at driving tax reform and infrastructure concurrently, according to a White House source with direct knowledge.  —  It's a major strategic shift - infrastructure was likely …
Dan Rather:
We're roughly two months into the Trump Presidency, and it is the worst start to a time in office I have ever seen.  I am not alone in this conclusion.  Many Presidential scholars are saying it's the worst start of any Presidency in the history of the country.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Lockie / Business Insider:
DICK CHENEY: ‘No question’ Russia meddled in the US election, and it could be ‘an act of war’  —  In a wide-ranging speech at the Economic Times' Global Business Summit on Monday, former US Vice President Dick Cheney spoke unequivocally about Russia's meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.
Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and Political Wire
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Cheney: Russian election interference could be ‘act of war’
Discussion: Newsmax and AOL
Fox News:
Homeowner's son shoots, kills three would-be burglars  —  Three would-be robbers were shot and killed Monday when an Oklahoma homeowner's son opened fire on them with an AR-15, authorities said.  —  Wagoner County sheriff's deputies were called to the home in Broken Arrow, southeast of Tulsa at around 12:30 p.m. local time.
Discussion: Bearing Arms
Allison Graves / @politifact:
Is Obamacare in a ‘death spiral’? … Republican leaders say they will table health care talks following the defeat of the House GOP to replace Obamacare.  As House Speaker Paul Ryan put it, “Obamacare is the law of the land.”  —  But some conservatives say that President Barack Obama's signature piece …
Julia Harte / Reuters:
U.S. government watchdog to review Mar-a-Lago trips, Trump hotel profits  —  A U.S. government watchdog has agreed to review how classified information is kept secure at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, the agency said on Monday, after Democratic lawmakers raised concerns about the issue last month.
Discussion: Liberal Values
 
 
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New York Times:
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