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12:45 PM ET, March 29, 2017

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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.
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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  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy stood by his colleague, Chairman Devin Nunes, even after Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have demanded his resignation due to uncertainty over whether …
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Could Be Facing an Ethics Probe for Spilling Secrets  —  The controversy surrounding House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes may just be getting started.  Nunes could soon be staring down the barrel of a House Ethics Committee investigation, lawyers familiar with the House's rules tell The Daily Beast.
Circa:
2011 NSA minimization procedures submitted to the FISA Court
Discussion: RedState
Aidan Quigley / Politico:
Nunes tries to blame Democrats for troubled Russia probe
Discussion: RedState, The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reeling Republicans desperate for a win on Gorsuch  —  Mitch McConnell told his leadership team in private this week what's becoming increasingly obvious on Capitol Hill: Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch probably won't get 60 votes to avoid a filibuster.  —  But the Senate majority leader …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination is on track to change the Senate — and further divide the country  —  Sens. Roger E. Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) are not usually partisan firebrands, particularly on presidential appointments.  —  Back in 2013, Wicker helped temporarily defuse …
Discussion: Shareblue
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
The Fundamental Dishonesty of the Gorsuch Hearings
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and electionlawblog.org
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
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 …
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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 …
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.
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Fox News:   Driver rams into Capitol Police cruisers as car chase ends in Hill scare
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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Sam Gustin / Motherboard:
Here's the Data Republicans Just Allowed ISPs to Sell Without Your Consent
Tom Wheeler / New York Times:
How the Republicans Sold Your Privacy to Internet Providers
Discussion: Shakesville and Althouse
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 …
Anna Palmer / Politico:
SCOOP: WHITE HOUSE eyeing young lawyers for judgeships — TAX TALK — BANNON reaching out to the Hill on health care — CLINTON jabs TRUMP in SF — ASH CARTER's new job  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PLAYBOOK SCOOP — The White House Counsel's office is interviewing lawyers in their late 30s …
Discussion: Morning Consult
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Trump Approval Underwater After GOP's Obamacare Repeal Effort Stalls
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CBS News:
Republicans blame bill, not Trump, for health care defeat
Discussion: Political Wire
National Journal:
Wednesday Q+A With Sen. Orrin Hatch  —  The Republican stalwart on Gorsuch, tax reform, and his not-quite-announced run for another term. … You've con­sidered the nom­in­a­tion of every Su­preme Court justice on the bench, and seen the con­firm­a­tion battles …
Discussion: TheBlaze
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Hatch: I may retire if Romney runs to replace me
Discussion: RedState
CNN:
Hillary Clinton makes most political remarks since losing election  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton took the stage at a diversity conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, making her most political comments since losing the 2016 presidential election.  —  “There is no place I'd rather be than here with you …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Embattled DNC Asks All Staffers For Resignation Letters  —  Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has launched a major overhaul of the party's organization, which has been stung by recent crises — and the DNC has requested resignation letters from all current staffers.
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 …
Kayley Whalen / National LGBTQ Task Force:
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Erased from 2020 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS)  —  Original Document March 2017: “Subjects Planned for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey”  —  Document Modified March 28, 2017: “Subjects Planned for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey”
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Judge Andrew Napolitano Stands by British Surveillance Report in Return to Fox News  —  Judge Andrew Napolitano spoke on Fox News, Wednesday, making his first appearance on the network after pushing a controversial report in defense of President Trump's claims of wiretapping during the 2016 election.
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.
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
Tom Perriello Is Not Bernie Sanders  —  The first time I saw Tom Perriello, he was walking slowly down a light-soaked hall at Reagan National Airport, hands stuffed in his pockets, head bent in a textbook example of an attentive listening posture.  He was talking with two airport workers …
Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg:
Domino's Will Begin Using Robots to Deliver Pizzas in Europe  —  Will use Starship's sidewalk droid in Holland, Germany  —  Adds to Starship's partnerships in food, parcel delivery  —  Starship Technologies, the London-based company that has created six-wheeled self-driving delivery robots …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CBS Sacramento:
Holocaust Survivor Has Strong Words For ICE Director, Sheriff At Immigration Forum  —  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A holocaust survivor had strong words at an immigration forum in Sacramento County on Tuesday.  —  The forum was hosted by Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones and acting Immigration …
Discussion: Raw Story, Occupy Democrats and AOL
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
With Trump Struggling, Wealthy Backers Rush in to Shore Him Up  —  Supporters prepare 10-state television advertizing blitz  —  Campaign comes in wake of failed GOP bid to repeal Obamacare  —  With President Donald Trump trying to find his footing after his failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act …
David Daley / Washington Post:
Trump can't stop the Freedom Caucus.  He has GOP gerrymandering to blame.  —  For years, Republicans have used redistricting to grab power.  Now they can't control their own far-right flank.  —  Someday, when Paul D. Ryan and John A. Boehner reflect on the difficulties of herding …
Scott Bland / Politico:
Trump serves as rocket fuel for Democratic fundraising  —  Democrats are on a torrid fundraising pace in the first months of the Donald Trump era, powered by enraged small donors who are plowing millions of dollars worth of online contributions into campaign and committee treasuries.
Discussion: AOL and Political Wire
Corbin Hiar / E&E News:
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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Former Christie ally sentenced to 24 months in Bridgegate scandal
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
Monmouth University:
More trust ABC, MSNBC and Fox over Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Policy Shift Helps Coal, but Other Forces May Limit Effect
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
Ben Kew / Breitbart:
USA Today: Hijab Emerging as ‘Symbol of Resistance and Feminism’
Discussion: Geller Report and BizPac Review
 Earlier Items: 
Stuart Rothenberg / Inside Elections:
Even More Reason to Watch the House in 2018
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
President Trump's company pursues second Washington hotel
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Former Trump University student seeks trial
Discussion: Raw Story
BBC:
Article 50: UK set to formally trigger Brexit process
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Karen Pence is the vice president's ‘prayer warrior,’ gut check and shield
 

 
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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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