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10:30 PM ET, March 29, 2017

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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 …
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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.
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
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 …
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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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
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 …
Damon Linker / The Week:
The futility of filibustering Neil Gorsuch  —  Our free email newsletters … To filibuster or not to filibuster — that is the question facing Democrats over the next couple of weeks, as Neil Gorsuch's nomination prepares to move out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  —  The answer should be obvious: Don't filibuster.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump's agenda is now squarely in Mitch McConnell's, and the Senate's, hands
Discussion: Political Wire
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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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 …
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.
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: The Week, AOL, Axios and New York Magazine
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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The Hill:
How North Korea could kill 90 percent of Americans
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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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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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.
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.
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 …
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
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.
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 …
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.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Lahren negotiating with The Blaze over control of Facebook page  —  Conservative firebrand Tomi Lahren says she's in talks with The Blaze over control of her popular Facebook page that has more than 4 million followers.  —  Lahren was reportedly permanently banned from the conservative news outlet earlier this month.
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.
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 …
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, RedState and Joe.My.God.
 
 
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Seattle is suing Trump over sanctuary cities
Discussion: Politico
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
NBC Attacks Trump for Switching to iPhone for Security Reasons
Discussion: SARAH PALIN
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Fewer than 1 percent of papers published in scientific journals follow the scientific method …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones: “The Head Of The Jewish Mafia Is George Soros”
Associated Press:
Lara Trump hired by Trump campaign's digital vendor
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Poll: Paul Ryan's Support Slides after Ryancare Crash
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Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:
New Huma Abedin Emails Reveal Additional Instances of Clinton Sending Classified Information …
Robert Lafranco / Bloomberg:
Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person
Discussion: Axios
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
A former Trump administration appointee who left without signing ethics pledge is now a lobbyist
The Daily Beast:
Ex-Writer: Breitbart Broke the Law
Michelle Krupa / CNN:
Russian dressing is actually from Nashua, New Hampshire
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