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CNN:
Nunes, Comey clash on whether FBI chief invited to House Russia investigation  —  Intel on Russia: We will get to bottom of this  —  Washington (CNN)House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes and FBI Director James Comey can't seem to agree on whether the former invited the latter …
Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Post and The Hill
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.
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Sean Spicer's kiss of death: ‘Phenomenal’
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:   What we don't know about Nunes' White House grounds visit
Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
What George W. Bush Really Thought of Donald Trump's Inauguration  —  The inauguration of Donald Trump was a surreal experience for pretty much everyone who witnessed it, whether or not they were at the event and regardless of who they supported in the election.
New York Times:
Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee  —  Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Trump, is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House.  —  Ms. Trump already has an office in the West Wing …
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Crisis of Trumpism  —  Trumpism is in crisis.  —  This isn't a function of poll numbers, or the Russia controversy, or any other melodrama of the past three months, but something more fundamental: No officeholder in Washington seems to understand President Donald Trump's populism …
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Bloomberg:
House GOP Weighing Another Try on Obamacare Vote Next Week  —  Two Republicans say leaders discussing new vote after setback  —  Trump and Ryan pulled the bill last week, citing lack of votes  —  House Republicans are considering making another run next week at passing the health-care bill …
Nan Aron / USA Today:
Don't torpedo Senate rules for Gorsuch: Nan Aron  —  If a nominee for a lifetime job on our highest court can't get 60 votes, don't go ‘nuclear.’ Change the nominee.  —  For four days this month, court-watchers were glued to C-SPAN or the web for the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
State Department Employee Arrested and Charged With Concealing Extensive Contacts With Foreign Agents  —  A federal complaint was unsealed today charging Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, of Washington, D.C., and an employee of the U.S. Department of State, with obstructing an official proceeding …
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Associated Press:
State Dept. employee accused of misleading FBI in China case
Discussion: Politico
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
House votes to restrict EPA's use of science  —  The House voted Wednesday to restrict the kind of scientific studies and data that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can use to justify new regulations.  —  The Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act, or HONEST Act, passed 228-194.
Discussion: Politicus USA and Joe.My.God.
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 …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
70 days in, Donald Trump's presidency is flailing  —  Trump's campaign rewarded him for breaking the rules.  His presidency has punished him for it.  —  During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump broke every rule of politics — and he won anyway.  —  He dominated the Republican primary by running against the Republican Party.
Eric Wolff / Politico:
Energy Department climate office bans use of phrase ‘climate change’  —  A supervisor at the Energy Department's international climate office told staff this week not to use the phrases “climate change,” “emissions reduction” or “Paris Agreement” in written memos, briefings or other written communication, sources have told POLITICO.
Discussion: New York Magazine, The Week, Axios and AOL
Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
After pledging to solve opioid crisis, Trump's strategy underwhelms  —  As a candidate, Donald Trump promised rural towns and states hit hard by opioid addiction that he'd solve the epidemic ravaging their communities.  “We will give people struggling with addiction access to the help they need,” Trump vowed in October.
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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.
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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.
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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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Who is ‘Source D’?  The man said to be behind the Trump-Russia dossier's most salacious claim.  —  In June, a Belarusan American businessman who goes by the name Sergei Millian shared some tantalizing claims about Donald Trump.  —  Trump had a long-standing relationship with Russian officials …
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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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Hill Republicans trying to avert a shutdown need Democrats — and Trump  —  Congressional Republicans are working aggressively to craft an agreement intended to keep the government open past April 28, but their bid to avert a shutdown hinges on courting Democrats wary of President Trump …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House signals it can live without border wall funds  —  The White House indicated Wednesday that President Trump could go along with a government funding bill that does not include money to begin building his proposed wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.  —  Senate Republicans are not planning …
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.
Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones: “The Head Of The Jewish Mafia Is George Soros”  —  CALLER: I've noticed since the very beginning that the two main guys out there at the forefront of all of this are Senator John McCain and Lindsey Graham, saying everybody's a Russian agent, trying to derail the Trump presidency.
The Jakarta Post:
Indonesian man found dead in belly of 7m-long python  —  An Indonesian man has been found dead inside the belly of a seven-meter-long python, a local media reports.  —  Akbar Salubiro had not been seen since setting off to harvest palm oil in a remote village on the island of Sulawesi.
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.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Is Obamacare a Lifesaver?  —  Now that the Republican Party has beclowned itself on health care, now that Obamacare repeal lies in rubble, now that every G.O.P. policy person who ever championed a replacement plan is out wandering in sackcloth and ashes, wailing, “The liberals were right about my party …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Mother Jones
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Fewer than 1 percent of papers published in scientific journals follow the scientific method, according to research by Wharton School professor and forecasting expert J. Scott Armstrong.  —  Professor Armstrong, who co-founded the peer-reviewed Journal of Forecasting in 1982 and the International Journal …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump not concerned about Mar-a-lago costs, criticism  —  President Trump isn't concerned about the rising costs associated with his regular trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., the White House press secretary said Wednesday.  —  Sean Spicer addressed the topic during his briefing …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Joe.My.God. and RedState
Ryan Pickrell / The Daily Caller:
North Korea Flips Out After McCain Calls Kim Jong-Un A ‘Crazy Fat Kid’  —  GOP Sen. John McCain managed to get a rise out of the North Korean regime by calling their Supreme Leader a “crazy fat kid” earlier in March on TV.  —  The Korean Central News Agency accused the senator on Tuesday …
Discussion: Mediaite, Fox News Insider and TheBlaze
 
 
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