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11:35 AM ET, March 27, 2017

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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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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump taps Kushner to lead a SWAT team to fix government with business ideas  —  President Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as reforming care for veterans …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Senate committee to question Kushner over Russian meetings: report  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee will reportedly question White House adviser Jared Kushner as part of its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.  —  The committee wants to question Kushner …
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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Juan Williams / The Hill:
If Obama had acted like Trump...
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Chairman and partisan: The dual roles of Devin Nunes raise questions about House investigation
MJ Lee / CNN:
To read Trump's mind, lawmakers read ‘The Art of the Deal’  —  (CNN)As members of the House Freedom Caucus plotted to seize control of Donald Trump's health care bill earlier this month, they discovered a key weakness in the President's strategy.  —  In a memo circulated to members …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and NPR
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: The aftermath of the failed health care push
Discussion: Associated Press
Tara Palmeri / Politico:   White House looks to rack up wins after health care calamity
Wall Street Journal:
The Tax Reform Damage
Discussion: TheStreet and Reuters
Francis Fukuyama / Politico:
Trump's a Dictator? He Can't Even Repeal Obamacare
Discussion: Associated Press
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Stop Blaming. Start Governing.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Fox News
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Dealt a Defeat, Republicans Set Their Sights on Major Tax Cuts  —  WASHINGTON — Picking themselves up after the bruising collapse of their health care plan, President Trump and Republicans in Congress will start this week on a legislative obstacle course that will be even more arduous …
Discussion: Salon and The Hill
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The King of Crash and Burn  —  In the movie “Iron Man 2” (yes, superhero films are my guilty pleasure, so just bear with me) the villain, a rogue Russian scientist, informs the hero, Iron Man, of his theory on how easily he could be brought down:  —  “If you could make God bleed, people will cease to believe in Him.
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
White House Opens Door to Democrats in Wake of Health-Bill Failure  —  Move signals Trump administration is fed up with many factions in House Republican conference  —  WASHINGTON—The White House sent a warning shot to congressional Republicans that it may increase its outreach to Democrats …
Discussion: Axios
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats, Buoyed by G.O.P. Health Defeat, See No Need to Offer Hand
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Scott Pelley is pulling no punches on the nightly news — and people are taking notice  —  With the words “credibility questioned” prominent on the screen, Scott Pelley once again is doing what network evening-news anchors generally don't do: abandoning careful neutrality in favor of pointed truth-telling.
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Mike Cernovich / Mike Cernovich Presents Danger & Play:
60 Minutes Preview, Mike Cernovich Calls Out Scott Pelley During Heated Interview
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
Ivanka Trump to attend women's economic summit in Berlin  —  Ivanka Trump is planning a trip to Germany to attend a summit on the economic empowerment of women, a senior administration official said Sunday.  —  The first daughter was invited by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during Merkel's …
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
Trump Reportedly Handed Merkel a $374 Billion Invoice for NATO
Discussion: CNBC, The Independent and The Slot
Liam Deacon / Breitbart:
British cultural icon and punk rock godfather John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) has hailed the “joy” of populist, anti-establishment movements across the West.  —  Mr Lydon backed Brexit, claimed President Donald J. Trump was unfairly smeared by the “left wing” media, and said he wanted to shake …
Discussion: Althouse
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Maureen Dowd / Vanity Fair:
Elon Musk's Billion-Dollar Crusade to Stop the A.I. Apocalypse  —  Elon Musk is famous for his futuristic gambles, but Silicon Valley's latest rush to embrace artificial intelligence scares him.  And he thinks you should be frightened too.  Inside his efforts to influence the rapidly advancing field …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Thomas Groome / New York Times:
To Win Again, Democrats Must Stop Being the Abortion Party  —  When I came to this country from Ireland some 45 years ago, a cousin, here 15 years before, advised me that Catholics vote Democratic.  Having grown up in the Irish Republic, I was well disposed to Republican Party principles like local autonomy and limited government.
Discussion: RedState, Shakesville and Althouse
Heather J. Carlson / Post Bulletin:
Democrat Walz to run for governor … Tim Walz U.S. Congressman First Congressional District of Minnesota held a town hall style meeting Thursday night February 23, 2017 at Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, Minn. This was the first such meeting held by Walz in Rochester since 2011.
Discussion: Washington Times
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Colorado mosque vandalized with Bible  —  Colorado police are looking into a Sunday vandalism incident in which a surveillance video caught someone throwing a bible and rocks into a mosque.  —  Footage captures the man heaving several large rocks and a Bible into the building's glass doors …
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Martin Evans / Telegraph:
London terrorist linked to remote-controlled car bomb plot to blow up Army base
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Miranda Yaver / Washington Post:
States with more Planned Parenthood clinics have fewer teen births and sexually transmitted diseases
Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Issue Far-Reaching Reversal of Obama Climate Push
Discussion: Scripting News
Liam Stack / New York Times:
After Barring Girls for Leggings, United Airlines Defends Decision
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: John Podesta May Have Violated Federal Law By Not Disclosing 75,000 Stock Shares
Sam Fellman / BuzzFeed:
The Trump Administration Was Silent For Hours After Russia Arrested Hundreds Of Protesters
Discussion: NPR, Hullabaloo and BBC
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Internal White House battles spill into Treasury
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump administration weighs deeper involvement in Yemen war
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