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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Bannon Removed From National Security Council Role in Shakeup  —  President Donald Trump reorganized his National Security Council on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, and downgrading the role of his Homeland Security Adviser, Tom Bossert, according to a person familiar with the decision and a regulatory filing.
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Don't Let Trump Get Away With His Latest Deception  —  The White House says Obama adviser Susan Rice spied on Trump aides.  We will all regret taking the claim at face value.  —  The story of President Donald Trump's infamous tweets falsely accusing President Barack Obama of having his …
Wall Street Journal:
House Intel Panel Wants Susan Rice to Testify in Russia Probe  —  Former national security adviser says she didn't leak any intelligence information  —  The House Intelligence Committee wants Susan Rice, a top aide in the Obama administration, to testify in a probe of alleged Russian election interference …
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:   Susan Rice somehow manages to make Benghazi cover-up seem minor
Neil W. McCabe / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Sen. Mike Lee: Government Surveillance for Political Espionage Too Common, Too Tempting
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Gorsuch's writings borrow from other authors  —  Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch copied the structure and language used by several authors and failed to cite source material in his book and an academic article, according to documents provided to POLITICO.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
A Short Section In Neil Gorsuch's 2006 Book Appears To Be Copied From A Law Review Article  —  WASHINGTON — A short section in Judge Neil Gorsuch's 2006 book appears to copy — at times word-for-word — from a 1984 law review article by a lawyer in Indiana.
Ed Whelan / National Review:
Bastardized Charges  —  Surprise, surprise.  Another desperate 11th-hour smear, something that appears to have become a rite of passage for Republican Supreme Court nominees.  —  Someone (David Brock, call your office?) is shopping around to news outlets baseless claims …
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Sen. Jeff Merkley can talk until he's blue in the face. But he can't stop a vote on Neil Gorsuch.
New York Times:
The Supreme Court as Partisan Tool
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Washington Post
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Reports: Gorsuch Used Language From Law Journal In Book Without Attribution
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
If Republicans Blow Up the Filibuster Over Gorsuch, Is Legislation Next?
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
This Democratic senator spoke against Neil Gorsuch for 15 hours
Discussion: Mediaite
Ken Klukowski / Breitbart:
Left Accuses Gorsuch of Plagiarism
Discussion: Mediaite
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Before This Is Over, Republicans Are Going to Wish Hillary Clinton Won  —  Imagine what the political world would look like for Republicans had Hillary Clinton won the election.  Clinton had dragged her dispirited base to the polls by promising a far more liberal domestic agenda than Barack Obama …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton unlikely to return to family foundation  —  has all but ruled out returning to her family's foundation, three sources close to the former Democratic nominee tell The Hill.  —  The former Democratic presidential nominee has indicated to confidants and associates …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rubio: It's no coincidence that Syria gas attack happened after ‘concerning’ Tillerson comments  —  (CNN)Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday that he doesn't think it's a coincidence that a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria occurred shortly after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Rubio: No coincidence that chemical attack followed Tillerson comments on Assad  —  (R-Fla.) on Wednesday said it was no coincidence that a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria followed comments Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made suggesting that Syrian President Bashar Assad can remain in power.
Discussion: CNN
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GOP rep tells 7-year-old Syrian girl: 'I'm ashamed' of government's inaction … Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said he is “ashamed” of the inaction of the U.S. government after the deadly gas attack in Syria.  —  During a Wednesday interview on CNN's “New Day,” Kinzinger was asked …
Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze, Washington Post and CNN
Mará Rose Williams / Kansas City Star:
New Pittsburg, Kan., High School principal resigns after student journalists question her credentials  —  Days after student reporters at Pittsburg High School in Kansas dug into the background of their newly hired principal and found questionable credentials, she resigned from the $93,000-a-year job.
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
These high school journalists investigated a new principal's credentials.  Days later, she resigned.  —  Connor Balthazor, 17, was in the middle of study hall when he was called into a meeting with his high school newspaper adviser.  —  A group of reporters and editors from the student newspaper …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Mediaite
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Rex Tillerson's incredibly odd and confusing statement on North Korea  —  (CNN)North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea off the Korean Peninsula, the latest in a series of test firings and one that comes just days before President Donald Trump is set to huddle with Chinese President Xi Jinping …
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The White House:
Statement from President Donald J. Trump  —  Today's chemical attack in Syria against innocent people, including women and children, is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilized world.  These heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution.
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Fact Check: Trump, Faulting Obama on Syria, Contradicts Himself
CBS News:
Ivanka Trump interview: “If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good ... then I'm complicit”  —  In her first interview since becoming assistant to the president, Ivanka Trump addressed critics who have said she and her husband, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, are “complicit” with President Trump.
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Rebecca Nelson / Cosmopolitan:
Ivanka Trump's Wine-Drinking, Fur Coat-Clad Neighbor Is a Little Confused Why The Internet Loves Her  —  “It's so weird, because I don't even quite understand what the word ‘go viral’ means.”  —  On Saturday night, hundreds of people danced outside of Ivanka Trump's Washington home …
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Here Were Trump's Questions About Air Force One, According to the General He Grilled  —  Air Mobility chief recounts Trump grilling at Mar-a-Lago  —  'He's an aviation enthusiast,' General Everhart says of Trump  —  Donald Trump asked “a lot of questions” that showed his general knowledge …
Discussion: Axios
Jim Norman / Gallup:
Affordable Care Act Gains Majority Approval for First Time  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five percent of Americans now support the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a major turnaround from five months ago when 42% approved and 53% disapproved.  This is the first time a majority of Americans …
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Emerging GOP Obamacare Repeal Would Mean Sick People Pay (Much) More
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politicus USA
Ildefonso Ortiz / Breitbart:
Brandon Darby: Border Patrol Agents Feel Betrayed by the Trump Administration  —  The Trump Administration rewarded Border Patrol agents for their support of Trump as president by picking an Obama holdover whom they despise to be their boss.  Trump chose the Obama-hired Customs and Border deputy …
Genevieve Shaw Brown / ABC News:
California high school replaces girls' bathroom mirrors with signs of affirmation  —  A high school in California has done away with mirrors in its girls' bathroom and substituted signs of affirmation.  —  Laguna Hills High School students look at signs that say things like, “You are beautiful” …
NBC News:
Ferguson, Missouri, Declines to Elect First Black Mayor  —  Voters in Ferguson, Missouri, re-elected Mayor James Knowles III on Tuesday in the first election since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in 2014.  —  Knowles — who rode out weeks of unrest after Brown, an unarmed teenager …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NBC News
Jeff Nelson / People.com:
Barry Manilow Reveals Why He Didn't Come Out for Decades: I Thought I Would ‘Disappoint’ Fans If They Knew I Was Gay  —  Pop legend Barry Manilow opens up for the first time about coming out, finding love, and surviving showbiz for 50 years.  Subscribe now for his exclusive untold story — only in PEOPLE.
Hannah Allam / BuzzFeed:
President Trump's Son-In-Law Secretly Met With Muslim Leaders Weeks Before The Travel Ban  —  President Trump's son-in-law quietly met with Muslim activists and businessmen days before the inauguration, but any hope for collaboration faded after Trump took office.
 
 
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Ana Marie Cox / New York Times:
Ben Sasse Thinks Biden Would Have Won
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Amie Tsang / New York Times:
Nivea Pulls ‘White Is Purity’ Ad After Online Uproar
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Every story I have read about Trump supporters in the past week
Dan Kaszeta / bellingcat:
The Chemical Realities of Russia's Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Warehouse Attack Claims
Discussion: Business Insider
Stanley McChrystal / New York Times:
Save PBS. It Makes Us Safer.
Discussion: Business Insider
New York Times:
Civil Rights Act Protects Gay Workers, Court Rules
David Siders / Politico:
Sanders wing dealt setback in Calif. special election
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
DHS: Immigration agents may arrest crime victims, witnesses at courthouses
Discussion: The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Another big month for job creation in March, ADP says
Discussion: Infowars
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Top DFL lawmaker's ‘white male’ comments set off spat on Minnesota House floor
Dr. Susan Berry / Breitbart:
Trump at CEO Business Town Hall: ‘Common Core... We Have to End It’
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Voters recoil from government shutdown
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Sessions Presses Shift at Justice Department
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
ISIS Officially Taunts Trump, Ending a Conspicuous Silence
Axios:
That was supposed to be a Trumpcare revival?
 

 
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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

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

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

 
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