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6:05 PM ET, April 1, 2017

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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Michael Flynn Failed to Disclose Payments From Russian Propaganda Network  —  Former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn initially failed to inform federal ethics officials of payments from a state-sponsored Russian propaganda outfit, according to newly released documents.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:   11 key points to remember about Trump-Russia affair
Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
More and more reports are coming out that show the Obama administration had surveilled …
Discussion: Slate, Daily Wire and The Last Refuge
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Russia investigation has a new front: Inside the White House
Discussion: The Guardian
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
April Ryan finds herself in the Trump spotlight
Discussion: Daily Kos
Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
The Political Walls Are Closing In On Donald Trump
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Times
New York Times:
Bill O'Reilly Thrives at Fox News, Even as Harassment Settlements Add Up  —  About $13 million has been paid out over the years to address complaints from women about Mr. O'Reilly's behavior.  He denies the claims have merit.  —  For nearly two decades, Bill O'Reilly has been Fox News's top asset …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Kushner's privileged status stokes resentment in White House  —  In a White House where President Donald Trump commands reverence, Jared Kushner often refers to the president by one name: Donald.  And while cable TV can dominate the president's mood and set the agenda for senior administration staff …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Xi Jinping's summit plan to tame Donald Trump  —  The returns on China's investment in the president's family have yet to be seen  —  Read next … China's Xi Jinping would be forgiven for feeling confused.  Donald Trump accused China of “raping our country” during his election campaign.
New York Times:
Trump Couple, Now White House Employees, Can't Escape Conflict Laws
Discussion: Political Wire, The Slot and The Hill
Justin Luke Zirilli / the-daily.buzz:
George Takei Has Bombshell Announcement, And Washington Is Reeling  —  George Takei and his husband Brad have been long time Los Angelinos, so when word got out that they were scoping property out in rural Tulare County, California, people grew curious as to why.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Sanders defends Trump voters: I don't think they're racists, sexists or homophobes  —  (I) on Friday defended voters of President Trump, saying that the election was Democrats' to lose and that the party needs to better represent the working-class voters who supported Trump and other GOP lawmakers
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David Weigel / Washington Post:   Joe Manchin's high-wire act: Working with Trump — and criticizing both parties
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
Police arrests are plummeting across California, fueling alarm and questions  —  Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Anthony Federico talks to a homeless couple in Compton after getting a report about a public disturbance.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)  —  In 2013, something changed on the streets of Los Angeles.
Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
Tom Price Intervened on Rule That Would Hurt Drug Profits, the Same Day He Acquired Drug Stock  —  On the same day the stockbroker for then-Georgia Congressman Tom Price bought him up to $90,000 of stock in six pharmaceutical companies last year, Price arranged to call a top U.S. health official …
CNN:
National Security Council No. 2 offered post in Singapore  —  (CNN)K.T. McFarland, a former Fox News analyst brought in as the No. 2 at the National Security Council by the fired national security adviser Michael Flynn, has been offered the post of US ambassador to Singapore, sources familiar with the situation tell CNN.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Democrats Know the Election Was Legitimate but Persist in a Dangerous Fraud  —  Putin is smiling.  —  orrifying!" inveighed an indignant Hillary Clinton at the last presidential debate, less than three weeks before Election Day.  What so horrified her?  Donald Trump's refusal to pledge …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Power Line
Dan Hirschman / scatterplot:
adventures in garbage millennial confirmation bias  —  The following is a guest post by Emily Beam.  —  There are few things more satisfying than finding another reason that millenials are the worst.  They're narcissistic, coddled, unpatriotic, racist, and nervous about free speech.
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump tells NBC to stop covering Russia story  —  President Trump on Saturday called for NBC News to devote more attention to his unproven claims that President Obama spied on him and stop covering the investigations into Russia's interference in the election.
Ken Johnson / New York Times:
James Rosenquist, Pop Art Pioneer, Dies at 83  —  James Rosenquist, who helped define Pop Art in its 1960s heyday with his boldly scaled painted montages of commercial imagery, died on Friday in New York City.  He was 83 years old.  —  His wife, Mimi Thompson, said Mr. Rosenquist died at his home after a long illness.
Discussion: The Guardian and Associated Press
Wall Street Journal:
President Trump's Advisers Made Big Money, Disclosures Show  —  Disclosures reveal some aides' portfolios before they divested any assets as required by ethics office  —  The White House offered a window into the concentration of wealth among senior advisers serving in President Donald …
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New York Times:
Bannon Made Millions in Shaping Right-Wing Thought
Discussion: New York Magazine
 
 
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
How Trump supporters survive in blue California: ‘You kind of keep your head down’
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Rosie O'Donnell Urges Melania Trump: ‘Divorce’ Donald and ‘Flee’
Ben Kew / Breitbart:
Montana Democrats Vote Against Bill Banning Sharia Law, Call It ‘Repugnant’
Discussion: Geller Report and BizPac Review
Gail Collins / New York Times:
And Now, the Dreaded Trump Curse
Dennis Hevesi / New York Times:
William T. Coleman Jr., Who Broke Racial Barriers in Court and Cabinet, Dies at 96
Discussion: The Root and Washington Post
Randy Krehbiel Tulsa / Tulsa World:
EPA chief Scott Pruitt target of Oklahoma Bar Association complaint
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Reuters
Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Judge temporarily stops abortion clinic shutdown
Discussion: CNN and LifeNews.com
 Earlier Items: 
Sophia Bollag / Associated Press:
FEDERAL OFFICIALS DEFEND IMMIGRATION ARRESTS IN COURTHOUSES
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
New EPA documents reveal even deeper proposed cuts to staff and programs
Discussion: Vox
CNN:
I-85 collapse: Three arrested after major fire under Atlanta highway
Discussion: The Root, The Week and KTLA
Stephen King / The Guardian:
Stephen King on Donald Trump: ‘How do such men rise? First as a joke’
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
White House ponders reorganization after health care debacle
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Trump set to sign executive orders to stop trade abuses
Discussion: RedState
Steven Camarota / Foreign Affairs:
The Case Against Immigration  —  Why the United States Should Look Out for Itself
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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