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8:45 PM ET, March 29, 2017

Top Items:

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 …

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, Mother Jones, The Slot, NBC News, Political Wire, Business Insider, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, KTLA, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Axios, Towleroad, CNBC, New York Magazine, AOL, Refinery29 and The Week

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dem senators press ethics office over Ivanka Trump's role

Discussion: The Lid and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Newsweek:

FBI Director James Comey tried to reveal Russian tampering months before election — U.S. JAMES COMEY FBI RUSSIA 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION — FBI Director James Comey attempted to go public as early as the summer of 2016 with information on Russia's campaign to influence …

Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.

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.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Just Security, The Hill and The Daily Beast

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 and AOL

Tom LoBianco / CNN:

Senate intelligence leaders: 20 people to be questioned, first hearing Thursday — The Senate intelligence committee will host a public hearing on Russia's meddling into US elections — (CNN)The Senate intelligence committee has asked 20 people to be questioned in its investigation …

Discussion: The Atlantic, CNBC, New York Times, Occupy Democrats, IJR, Towleroad, Joe.My.God. and The Week

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Nunes tries to blame Democrats for troubled Russia probe

Discussion: RedState, ThinkProgress, Towleroad, Hot Air, Axios, Mediaite, Progress Pond, Joe.My.God. and New York Magazine

Fox News:
Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team

Discussion: Townhall.com, Power Line, The Last Refuge, twitchy.com, YouTube and SARAH PALIN

CNN:
Nunes, Comey clash on whether FBI chief invited to House Russia investigation

Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Post and The Hill

Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Democrats Target Nunes After He Reveals Trump Transition Team Was Surveilled

Discussion: RedState

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 …

Discussion: Politicus USA, Business Insider, Mediaite, Morning Consult, CBS News, The Week, TheBlaze, Washington Times and Axios

Damon Linker / The Week:
The futility of filibustering Neil Gorsuch

Discussion: NPR, Politico, Online Library …, Townhall.com, Hot Air, Power Line and Instapundit

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump's agenda is now squarely in Mitch McConnell's, and the Senate's, hands

Discussion: Political Wire

Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
Red state Dems say no to Gorsuch, refuse to surrender stolen Supreme Court seat without a fight

Discussion: Politico

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, AOL, NPR and Daily Wire

Associated Press:
State Dept. employee accused of misleading FBI in China case

Discussion: Politico

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.

Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Antiabortion activists face 15 felony charges over undercover videos that targeted Planned Parenthood

Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News, Rewire, Mother Jones, Refinery29, ThinkProgress, The Lid, Faithwire, New York Magazine, IJR and KTLA

Andrew Dalton / USA Today:
Felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood

Discussion: Shareblue, Associated Press, IJR and The Slot

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 …

Discussion: Daily Kos, more at Mediagazer »

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.

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

The Hill:
How North Korea could kill 90 percent of Americans

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Clayton Cramer

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: Occupy Democrats, Townhall.com, The Daily Caller and Washington Times

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.

Discussion: BBC, E&E News, Salon, WTVR-TV, The Mahablog, FOX6Now.com, FOX31 Denver, Occupy Democrats, RedState, The FADER, Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo and CNN

Corbin Hiar / E&E News:
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Raw Story, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Politico and Dallas Morning News

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Political Wire

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.

Discussion: Fox News Insider, KTLA, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, Washington Post, Politico, New York Magazine, Political Wire, The Slot, AOL and Althouse

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.

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.

Discussion: New York Magazine and Vox

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: Axios, New York Magazine and The Week

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: RedState, ThinkProgress and Joe.My.God.

Robert Lafranco / Bloomberg:

Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person — Amazon's founder adds $10.2 billion to his net worth this year — Warren Buffett falls $4.7 billion from peak during Trump rally — Jeff Bezos has leapt past Amancio Ortega and Warren Buffett to become the world's second-richest person.

Discussion: Axios

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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Liberal Values

Matea Gold / Washington Post:

A former Trump administration appointee who left without signing ethics pledge is now a lobbyist — He is the second known Trump appointee who left the administration without signing a pledge to limit his lobbying activities.

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 …

Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:

New Huma Abedin Emails Reveal Additional Instances of Clinton Sending Classified Information through Unsecured Emails, Special Favors for Clinton Donors — Classified Document on Unsecured Email Included Discussion of Request for ‘Various Classified Intelligence Documents’ Concerning Guantanamo Terrorist Detainee Binyam Mohamed

Discussion: New York Post, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Free Beacon

Ashley Collman / Daily Mail:

Christian student is suspended for ‘threatening’ his Muslim professor after he ‘confronted her for saying the Crucifixion was a hoax and Jesus’ disciples didn't believe he was God' — Marshall Polston, 20, was suspended from Rollins College on March 24, after his Middle Eastern humanities professor filed a police report about him

Discussion: The College Fix, Geller Report, Central Florida Post, The Gateway Pundit, SARAH PALIN, Associated Press and Heat Street

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.

Discussion: fox8.com, FOX6Now.com, Boing Boing, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Snopes.com

Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:

Trump's U.S. Census proposes, immediately cuts LGBT survey questions — The inclusion of LGBT categories in the Planned Subjects for the 2020 Census Report unveiled on Tuesday must have been music to the ears of LGBT advocates seeking to include sexual orientation and gender identity in federal surveys.