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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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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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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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YouTube:
Planned Parenthood Abortionist: “Pay Attention to Who's In the Room” to Deal With Infants Born Alive
Planned Parenthood Abortionist: “Pay Attention to Who's In the Room” to Deal With Infants Born Alive
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California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris:
Attorney General Xavier Becerra Announces Charges Filed Against David Robert Daleiden for Criminal Invasion of Privacy
Attorney General Xavier Becerra Announces Charges Filed Against David Robert Daleiden for Criminal Invasion of Privacy
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Hit & Run, Washington Free Beacon and Instapundit
Andrew Dalton / USA Today:
Felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood
Felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood
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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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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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Power Line, The Last Refuge, twitchy.com, YouTube and SARAH PALIN
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Could Be Facing an Ethics Probe for Spilling Secrets
Devin Nunes Could Be Facing an Ethics Probe for Spilling Secrets
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Aidan Quigley / Politico:
Nunes tries to blame Democrats for troubled Russia probe
Nunes tries to blame Democrats for troubled Russia probe
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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 — Senate Republicans are steamrolling ahead with their plan to give the Supreme Court seat they stole from President Obama to Donald Trump's appointee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, with a confirmation vote scheduled for April 7.
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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 …
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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
The Fundamental Dishonesty of the Gorsuch Hearings
The Fundamental Dishonesty of the Gorsuch Hearings
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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.
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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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Outside the Beltway, Occupy Democrats, CNN and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Corbin Hiar / E&E News:
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job
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RedState and Talking Points Memo
Corbin Hiar / E&E News:
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Politico, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Dallas Morning News and Raw Story
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.
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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 …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Clayton Cramer
Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Former Christie ally sentenced to 24 months in Bridgegate scandal — NEWARK — Bill Baroni, a former Republican state senator and ally of Gov. Chris Christie, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for his role in the George Washington Bridge lane closures, a bizarre political stunt …
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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.
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Politico, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and AOL
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.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Hatch: I may retire if Romney runs to replace me — (R-Utah) says he would consider retiring if Mitt Romney ran to replace him. — Hatch told National Journal in a Wednesday interview that he hasn't made a decision yet on whether he will run for reelection in 2018.
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National Journal:
Wednesday Q+A With Sen. Orrin Hatch
Wednesday Q+A With Sen. Orrin Hatch
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Political Wire, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
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.
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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 …
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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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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.
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Washington Post, National Review, Red Alert Politics and Daily Kos
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 — Trump supporter David Ambrulavage attends a minor league hockey game at the Mohegan Sun Arena — where Donald Trump held a rally during the election — in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times)
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Graham Moomaw / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Anti-establishment GOP candidate in Virginia governor's race looks to ride Confederate nostalgia to Richmond — Republican gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart called for supporters to display a Confederate battle flag during a March 18 rally in Roanoke streamed online via Facebook Live.
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Washington Post and Politicus USA
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
President Trump's company pursues second Washington hotel — President Trump's company is actively seeking to open a second Washington hotel as part of a planned nationwide expansion, potentially creating another venue where he stands to benefit financially from customers doing business in the nation's capital.
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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