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1:15 PM ET, April 4, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Susan Rice Unmasked  —  Obama's security adviser sought the name of at least one Trump official in intelligence reports.  —  Well, what do you know.  On the matter of who “unmasked” the names of Trump transition officials in U.S. intelligence reports, we now have one answer: Susan Rice, Barack Obama's national security adviser.
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CNN Goes on Rampage Against Susan Rice Bombshell, Instructs Viewers to Ignore Story  —  ‘We will not aid and abet the people trying to misinform you’  —  Since news broke Monday that the Obama Administration's National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, directed the “unmasking” …
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Former President Barack Obama's national security adviser Susan Rice ordered U.S. spy agencies to produce “detailed spreadsheets” of legal phone calls involving Donald Trump and his aides when he was running for president, according to former U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova.
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
I hope Susan Rice was keeping tabs on Trump's Russia ties.  —  The right-wing media is really excited about the new scoop from Eli Lake, national security columnist for Bloomberg View.  As connoisseurs of President Trump's Twitter feed know, in the alternative reality inhabited by the president …
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
ABC, NBC Cover-Up Revelation Susan Rice Ordered Trump Aides Unmasked, CBS Defends  —  A massive revelation in the alleged surveillance of President Trump's aides broke Monday morning when Bloomberg reported that “[f]ormer National Security Adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
McMaster staffing NSC with traditional GOP foreign policy hands
New York Post:   Fresh evidence the Russia ‘scandal’ is a Team Obama operation
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Susan Rice isn't a ‘smoking gun,’ but she does have some explaining to do
Discussion: Daily Wire and Power Line
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Report: Susan Rice Ordered ‘Spreadsheets’ of Trump Campaign Calls
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Axios and twitchy.com
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Graham: Congress should look into Susan Rice reports
Discussion: ABC News
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Republican Health Proposal Would Undermine Coverage for Pre-existing Conditions  —  Throughout the debate to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, President Trump and Republican congressional leaders have insisted they would retain a crucial, popular part of the health law …
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Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
The House GOP Health Care Bill Is Very Much Alive  —  And it could be disastrous for the sick.  —  WASHINGTON House Republicans still don't have a deal to revive their health care bill, but the White House is laying the groundwork for negotiations to move quickly, meeting individually Monday …
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Pence presents new healthcare offer to Freedom Caucus
Discussion: Breitbart, Axios and RedState
Scott Wong / The Hill:   Ryan tamps down expectations for new ObamaCare repeal bill
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans try to revive health-care effort as leaders seek to temper expectations
Discussion: Shakesville
BBC:
Syria conflict: ‘Chemical attack’ in Idlib kills 58  —  At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in north-western Syria, a monitoring group says.  —  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that strikes on Khan Sheikhoun …
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The Daily Beast:
Assad Apparently ‘Gasses’ Civilians Days After Tillerson Hints He Can Stay in Power
Discussion: Business Insider
Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Gas Attack Is Said to Kill Dozens in Syria
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Sessions orders Justice Department to review all police reform agreements  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with troubled police forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure these pacts do not work against the Trump …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Neil Gorsuch could help cement Republican majorities for a generation
Discussion: USA Today, New York Magazine and Axios
German Lopez / Vox:
The Trump administration now might reverse Obama-era police reforms
Discussion: ABC News
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Considers Far-Reaching Steps for ‘Extreme Vetting’  —  Foreigners entering U.S. could be forced to hand over phones, answer questions on ideology; changes could apply to allies like France and Germany  —  Foreigners who want to visit the U.S., even for a short trip …
NCAA.org:
NCAA Board of Governors' Position on HB2 Repeal  —  In August of 2016, the NCAA Board of Governors instructed the relocation of NCAA championships scheduled in North Carolina during the 2016-17 academic year because of the cumulative impact HB2 had on local communities' ability to ensure a safe …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
NCAA drops NC boycott over bathroom bill
Discussion: RedState
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro  —  “If we've had a pause in upgrades and updates, we're sorry for that — what happened with the Mac Pro — and we're going to come out with something great to replace it.”  —  Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
A (probably futile) plea for sanity in the Senate  —  If you think there isn't enough extremism in American politics, this week's for you.  —  If all goes as expected, the week will conclude with the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch as a Supreme Court justice.  This outcome is lamentable.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell bets the Senate on Gorsuch
Washington Post:
White House explores two new tax ideas — a value-added tax and carbon tax — as leading proposal to raise revenue falters  —  President Trump's administration is exploring the creation of two controversial new taxes — a value-added tax and a carbon tax — as part of a broad overhaul of the tax code …
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
CNN Had a Problem.  Donald Trump Solved It.  —  Inside the strange symbiosis between Jeff Zucker and the president he helped create.  —  At 3:58 on a recent Wednesday afternoon in Washington, CNN's largest control room was mostly empty but for a handful of producers hunched over control panels and …
Discussion: TVNewser
Donald J. Trump / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's Authoritarian Vision … Standing before the cheering throngs at the Republican National Convention last summer, Donald Trump bemoaned how special interests had rigged the country's politics and its economy, leaving Americans victimized by unfair trade deals, incompetent bureaucrats and spineless leaders.
New York Times:
More Trouble at Fox News: Ailes Faces New Sexual Claims and O'Reilly Loses Two Advertisers  —  The sexual harassment scandal that engulfed Fox News last year and led to the ouster of its chairman, Roger Ailes, continued to batter the network on Monday, as a new lawsuit described unwanted sexual advances …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Mercedes-Benz pulls ads from 'The O'Reilly Factor' — will others follow?
Washington Post:
Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel  —  The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi­mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish …
Tea Pain:
Data Patterns Suggest Trump Tower/Spectrum Health Ran a “Stealth Data Machine” With Russia  —  Jared Kushner is currently taking a victory lap, crowin' about his “Stealth Data Machine” that put Donald Trump over the top in the 2016 race.  Let's pry off the lid and peer into the inner-workings of this “Data Machine.”
Ali Watkins / BuzzFeed:
A Former Trump Adviser Met With A Russian Spy  —  Carter Page told BuzzFeed News that he had been in contact with at least one Russian spy working undercover out of Moscow's UN office in 2013.  —  NEW YORK — A former campaign adviser for Donald Trump met with and passed documents …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘If I have to get a lawyer, I will’: Trump voter upset the border wall will put her house on Mexico side  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Trump supporters in Texas are coming to the realization that their vote for the president may force some out them of their homes for less …
Discussion: CNN and The Root
 
 
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AP Story / Associated Press:
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Third Black Employee Sues Fox News for Racial Discrimination
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What does the federal government spend your tax dollars on? Social insurance programs, mostly
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Wikipedia user ‘Sk-Gorka’ edited info about WH aide Sebastian Gorka's gun charge
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Tianna Gaines-Turner / Washington Post:
I told Paul Ryan what it's like to be poor. I wonder if he remembers me now.
 Earlier Items: 
Amna Nawaz / ABC News:
‘Young Turk’ online news host attempting a ‘hostile takeover’ of Democratic Party
Discussion: Politico
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Name of Trump admin hire surfaced in Ashley Madison hack
Discussion: AOL
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rep. Cummings calls Steve Bannon a ‘white supremacist-type’
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
‘It went off the rails almost immediately’: How Trump's messy transition led to a chaotic presidency
Discussion: Axios
Mike Adams / Townhall.com:
Get Back in the Kitchen and Bake Me Another Petition!
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Fox News Cancels Red Eye
 

 
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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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