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Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Antiabortion activists face 15 felony charges over undercover videos that targeted Planned Parenthood  —  David Daleiden, right, leaves a courtroom after a hearing in Houston last year.  (Pat Sullivan / AP)  —  Two antiabortion activists whose controversial undercover videos accused Planned …
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David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S POLITICAL CRONIES FILE DISCREDITED CHARGES AGAINST DAVID DALEIDEN  —  The bogus charges from Planned Parenthood's political cronies are fake news.  They tried the same collusion with corrupt officials in Houston, TX and failed: both the charges and the DA were thrown out.
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood charged with 15 felonies  —  The two antiabortion activists who mounted a hidden-camera investigation against Planned Parenthood officials have been charged with 15 felonies for violating the privacy of health-care providers …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Health care debacle takes toll on Trump  —  Voter perceptions of President Donald Trump's job performance have eroded following the failure of a long-promised health care bill through Congress, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  —  Trump's approval rating dropped …
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Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
Red state Dems say no to Gorsuch, refuse to surrender stolen Supreme Court seat without a fight
Discussion: Townhall.com and Politico
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
The Fundamental Dishonesty of the Gorsuch Hearings
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and electionlawblog.org
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reeling Republicans desperate for a win on Gorsuch
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination is on track to change the Senate — and further divide the country
Discussion: Shareblue
Fox News:
Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team  —  A former top Obama administration official has acknowledged efforts by her colleagues to gather intelligence on Trump team ties to Russia before Donald Trump took office and to conceal the sources of that intelligence from the incoming administration.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Devin Nunes Is Dangerous  —  Representative Devin Nunes obviously fancies himself Jason Bourne.  To sneak onto the White House grounds for that rendezvous with an unnamed source last week, he switched cars and ditched aides, vanishing into the night.  —  But Senator Lindsey Graham looks at him and sees a different character.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Nunes tries to blame Democrats for troubled Russia probe  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes on Wednesday tried to blame Democrats for the troubles plaguing the panel's investigation into Russia's apparent meddling in the election, as a prominent moderate Republican cast doubt on the future of the House probe.
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How the White House and Republicans Blew Up the House Russia Investigation  —  The evidence is now clear that the White House and Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, have worked together to halt what was previously billed as a sweeping investigation of Russian interference in last year's election.
Circa:
2011 NSA minimization procedures submitted to the FISA Court
Discussion: RedState
Houston Chronicle:
Beto O'Rourke to challenge Ted Cruz in Texas' 2018 Senate race  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat and ex-punk rocker who pulled a stunning upset to win his House seat six years ago, plans to declare his candidacy on Friday for the Senate seat held by Ted Cruz, according to Democratic sources in Texas.
Discussion: Townhall.com and Washington Times
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Democrat O'Rourke to take on Cruz for Senate in 2018
Discussion: Axios
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
Trey Gowdy Stands Up For Nunes: I Don't Care If Info Came From White House Or Waffle House If It's True
Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
Chelsea Clinton: ‘I Am Not Running for Public Office’ (EXCLUSIVE) … Since the election, there's been endless chatter that Chelsea Clinton might follow in her parents' footsteps.  But in an interview with Variety, she quashed those rumors.  —  “I am not running for public office,” Clinton said.
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
2 Christie Allies Are Sentenced in George Washington Bridge Scandal  —  NEWARK — Bridget Anne Kelly, a former top aide to Gov. Chris Christie, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday for her role in closing access lanes to the George Washington Bridge as a form of political retribution …
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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:   Former Christie ally sentenced to 24 months in Bridgegate scandal
ABC News:
Former aide to Gov. Chris Christie gets prison term in bridge scandal
Discussion: Politico
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Interior secretary hints border wall could be on Mexican land  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday said America can't give away the Rio Grande to Mexico in the process of building President Trump's signature border wall, implying the structure could wind up standing partially on Mexican land.
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Dems Could Take House in 2018  —  GOP majority looks shaky with Trump deeply unpopular, Democrats highly energized, and vulnerable Republicans facing tough votes.  —  The de­feat of the Re­pub­lic­ans' health care over­haul was a pain­ful re­mind­er …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Hatch: I may retire if Romney runs to replace me
Discussion: RedState
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Sean Spicer's kiss of death: ‘Phenomenal’  —  The health care debacle, the travel ban setback, difficulties with Mexico, a slew of empty positions across the government — all are symptoms or causes of President Donald Trump's rocky first few weeks in office.
Discussion: Politico, ABC News, AOL and National Review
The Hill:
How North Korea could kill 90 percent of Americans  —  The mainstream media, and some officials who should know better, continue to allege North Korea does not yet have capability to deliver on its repeated threats to strike the U.S. with nuclear weapons.  False reassurance is given …
Adelle Nazarian / Breitbart:
Menendez to AIPAC: Steve Bannon a ‘White Nationalist’  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) took aim at President Donald Trump Chief White House Strategist Stephen K. Bannon on Tuesday, falsely claiming that “white nationalist dog whistles” were being “blown by Steve Bannon in the West Wing.”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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The Daily Beast:
Ex-Writer: Breitbart Broke the Law
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
2 Black Women Sue Fox News, Claiming Racial Discrimination  —  Fox News, whose chairman, Roger Ailes, was ousted last year after a string of sexual harassment claims, is facing new allegations of discrimination.  —  In a lawsuit filed Tuesday night in State Supreme Court in the Bronx …
T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them  —  They betrayed you for chump change  —  Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data.  Lawmakers provided no credible reason …
Michelle Krupa / CNN:
Russian dressing is actually from Nashua, New Hampshire  —  (CNN)The White House press secretary tried to twist a cap on reporters' questions Tuesday about the Trump team's alleged ties to the Kremlin.  —  “If the President puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that's a Russia connection,” Sean Spicer said.
Discussion: Breitbart
ABC News:
Woman in custody after ‘criminal’ incident near Capitol; police say ‘no nexus to terrorism’  —  U.S. Capitol Police have apprehended a female driver after she nearly hit several officers and struck another vehicle near the U.S. Capitol, police said this morning.
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
How to lose friends and ‘exfoliate’ people — Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is caught between 2 worlds, and his friends are cutting ties  —  Signing up to carry out Donald Trump's vision of America has come at a cost to many of the president's closest allies.
German Lopez / Vox:
One of the few bright spots in Trump's budget blueprint was bogus  —  Trump's budget claimed to add $500 million to fight the opioid epidemic.  It turns out it doesn't.  —  One of the silver linings in President Donald Trump's first budget blueprint was the supposed addition of $500 million …
Discussion: Politico, Common Dreams, YouTube, PRI and STAT
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Democrats Have a Shot in a Georgia District Dominated by Republicans  —  In a special election, anything can happen.  —  “Anything” may already be happening in the special election in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District, heralded as a key test of whether Democrats can capitalize on President Trump's unpopularity.
New York Times:
President Trump Risks the Planet  —  That didn't take long.  —  Only 10 weeks into his presidency, and at great risk to future generations, Donald Trump has ordered the demolition of most of President Barack Obama's policies to combat climate change by reducing emissions from fossil fuels.
 
 
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Census: Immigration to bust 100-year record, continue surging
Dow Jones Newswires:
Whatever Happened to Free Trade?
Discussion: Mother Jones
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Senate Intel Committee May Interview Ex-UK Spy Christopher Steele
Discussion: CNBC and Joe.My.God.
Bloomberg:
Trump's Favorite Fighter Jet Keeps Starving Pilots of Oxygen
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's poll numbers are low.  But the people who put him in office say it's not time to judge him — yet
Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
David Daley / Washington Post:
Trump can't stop the Freedom Caucus. He has GOP gerrymandering to blame.
Graham Moomaw / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Anti-establishment GOP candidate in Virginia governor's race looks to ride Confederate nostalgia to Richmond
Discussion: Washington Post and Politicus USA
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
Tom Perriello Is Not Bernie Sanders
Anna Palmer / Politico:
SCOOP: WHITE HOUSE eyeing young lawyers for judgeships …
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
President Trump's company pursues second Washington hotel