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8:15 AM ET, March 28, 2017

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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: The Hill, Axios and Newsmax
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
2018 Dilemma for Republicans: Which Way Now on Obamacare?  —  WASHINGTON — As they come to terms with their humiliating failure to undo the Affordable Care Act, Republicans eyeing next year's congressional campaign are grappling with a new dilemma: Do they risk depressing their conservative base …
Discussion: New York Times
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
After health care fiasco, Trump's next move may be even more disastrous
Allison Graves / @politifact:
Is Obamacare in a ‘death spiral’?
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
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Russia probe in turmoil as top Dem calls for Nunes' recusal  —  The House intelligence committee investigation into Russian interference in last year's election was thrown into new turmoil Monday night, after the ranking Democrat on the panel called on the Republican chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes …
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patribotics:   Boris Epshteyn Named in July FISA Application; Did Nunes Obstruct Justice?
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Devin Nunes is making it very hard for Republicans to claim they can run an impartial investigation on Russia
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:   Storm builds around Intel chair after secret White House trip
Austin Wright / Politico:   Pelosi, Schiff call on Nunes to recuse himself from Russia probe
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Devin Nunes Explains His White House Visit
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Nunes admits meeting with source of Trump surveillance documents on White House grounds
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
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Congress may stiff Trump on wall funding  —  Congressional Republicans might deliver some more bad news for President Donald Trump, fresh off their embarrassing failure to scrap Obamacare: No new money is coming to build his wall.  —  Trump hoped to jump-start construction of a massive wall …
Associated Press:   GOP divided over new course after House health care debacle
Fox News:
Schumer goes off on Trump supporter at NYC restaurant, witness says  —  Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., caused a scene at a Manhattan restaurant when he began yelling at a wealthy and well-connected Donald Trump supporter that the POTUS is “a liar.”  —  Schumer, the top Senate Democrat …
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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Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
23 people ask the Justice Department to launch a criminal inquiry into its chief, Jeff Sessions
Discussion: The Root and The FADER
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Russian Farce  —  Remember when Obama and Hillary cozied up to Putin?  And recall when the media rejoiced at surveillance leaks about Team Trump?  —  The American Left used to lecture the nation about its supposedly paranoid suspicions of Russia.  The World War II alliance …
John Gregory / abc7.com:
NOHO SCHOOL BUDGET CUTS DUE TO HIGH WHITE STUDENT PERCENTAGE SPARKS OUTRAGE … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid= 1817703" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) —  Outrage has grown at Walter Reed Middle School …
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.
Discussion: Politico, Axios and Washington Times
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.
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
AFL-CIO Ready to Sue If Trump Waters Down Overtime Regulations  —  Federation chief knocks Trump over Goldman Sachs hiring  —  Labor preparing for costly loss at U.S. Supreme Court  —  The AFL-CIO will sue if the Department of Labor tries to water down a boost in overtime eligibility put …
Discussion: Hot Air
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: Guns.com and Bearing Arms
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
Google Is Funding Alex Jones' Harassment And Hate On YouTube
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama's climate-change record
Bonnie Malkin / The Guardian:
Daily Mail ‘Legs-it’ front page criticised as ‘sexist, offensive and moronic’
Discussion: Refinery29, Business Insider and AOL
CBS Pittsburgh:
Government Says Man's Last Name Too ‘Offensive’ For License Plate
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Michigan and Flint just agreed to replace 18,000 lead-tainted pipes
Discussion: The FADER
New York Times:
Turk in Iran Sanctions Case Adds Rudy Giuliani to Legal Team
Discussion: Raw Story and CNBC
 Earlier Items: 
Madeleine Weast / Washington Free Beacon:
Josh Earnest Named NBC News, MSNBC Political Analyst
Dan Rather:
We're roughly two months into the Trump Presidency …
Discussion: Raw Story
Julia Harte / Reuters:
U.S. government watchdog to review Mar-a-Lago trips, Trump hotel profits
Discussion: Liberal Values
Chicago Tribune:
Man shot by ICE agent serving arrest warrant on Northwest Side
Discussion: Washington Post
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Democrats burned by polling blind spot
Discussion: Axios
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Trump's budget owes a huge debt to this right-wing Washington think tank
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

 
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