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8:50 AM ET, March 12, 2018

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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Trump Lawyers Are Considering A Challenge To Stop “60 Minutes” From Airing A Stormy Daniels Interview  —  Anderson Cooper interviewed the adult film performer and director on Thursday.  CBS plans to air the interview next Sunday, March 18.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: What to make of tomorrow's race in Pennsylvania  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Good Monday morning.  TOMORROW is the special election in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district.  Rick Saccone, a Republican with whom D.C. insiders are underwhelmed, faces Conor Lamb, a Democrat who is running as a conservative.
New York Times:
As ‘60 Minutes’ Prepares Stormy Daniels Interview, Lawyers Battle  —  The CBS News program “60 Minutes” was moving forward with plans to show an interview it conducted last week with the pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with Donald J. Trump as her lawyer and a lawyer …
Hadas Gold / CNN:
For Stormy, controversy blows up into a club scene bonanza  —  POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA (CNN)A propeller plane pulled an advertising banner across a darkening sky on Saturday afternoon.  —  “STORMY DANIELS LIVE TONIGHT @ SOLID GOLD POMPANO,” it said in large black letters.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
Stormy Daniels uncertain about fate of her ‘60 Minutes’ segment
Discussion: Breitbart
Jake Pearson / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Trump Jr. partners with donor who pitched gov't  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. has a previously undisclosed business relationship with a longtime hunting buddy who helped raise millions of dollars for his father's 2016 presidential campaign and has had special access …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Mueller Weighs Putting Off Trump Obstruction Decision  —  Delay would let him wrap up less explosive parts of inquiry  —  Obstruction decision might undercut probe, one way or another  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice …
New York Times:
5 People Killed in Helicopter Crash in East River Off Manhattan  —  The red helicopter carrying six people zoomed over the East River, flying along a popular route for sightseers who want to view the Manhattan skyline, but something appeared wrong with its path on Sunday evening.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump privately trashes Rick Saccone  —  There's a reason Trump said hardly anything about Republican candidate Rick Saccone during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday night that was supposed to promote his candidacy.  — The reason: Trump thinks Saccone is a terrible, “weak” candidate …
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Betsy DeVos on guns, school choice and why people don't like her  —  The secretary of education has been one of the most criticized members of President Trump's Cabinet, but DeVos says she's “more misunderstood than anything”  —  Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is a devout Christian grandmother …
Washington Post:
White House vows to help arm teachers and backs off raising age for buying guns  —  The White House on Sunday vowed to help provide “rigorous firearms training” to some schoolteachers and formally endorsed a bill to tighten the federal background checks system, but backed off President Trump's earlier call …
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Fox News:
White House backs off call to raise minimum age to buy long guns
Discussion: Breitbart and IJR
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
When the President of the United States Calls You a ‘Son of a Bitch’  —  Talking Trump, politics and foreign policy with ‘Meet the Press’ anchor Chuck Todd.  —  On Friday afternoon, Chuck Todd was talking Trump.  Never mind the over-the-top chaos of the last two weeks and a White House …
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Talking Points Memo:   US Officials: No More Conditions Imposed On North Korea For Talks
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Trump loves winning, but in his presidency and business, California has gotten in his way … President Trump's well-documented clashes with California owe plenty to politics, culture and personality.  But at bottom, what drives the president's toxic relationship with the nation's …
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Associated Press:
California here he comes! …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Carla Marinucci / Politico:   Californians wish Trump would pay attention to more than just his border wall
New York Times:
Saudis Said to Use Coercion and Abuse to Seize Billions  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Businessmen once considered giants of the Saudi economy now wear ankle bracelets that track their movements.  Princes who led military forces and appeared in glossy magazines are monitored by guards they do not command.
Discussion: Al Jazeera English
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
White Evangelical Women, Core Supporters of Trump, Begin Tiptoeing Away  —  GRAPEVINE, Tex. — Carol Rains, a white evangelical Christian, has no regrets over her vote for President Trump.  She likes most of his policies and would still support him over any Democrat.  But she is open to another Republican.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
The ‘attention-deficit-disorder’ Congress  —  Donald Trump's fondness for flitting from one topic to another is making it hard for lawmakers to focus, too.  —  Even in peak form, Congress struggles to focus on any one issue for more than a few days.  But its short attention span has taken on new meaning in the era of Donald Trump.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A Trump spokesman just said something about collusion that he might come to regret … If special counsel Robert S. Mueller III one day proves that someone on the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with Russia, a top White House spokesman may live to regret what he said Sunday.
Joseph Hudak / Rolling Stone:
Tim McGraw Collapses Onstage During Ireland C2C Concert  —  According to his wife Faith Hill, who addressed the crowd, McGraw was suffering from dehydration  —  Tim McGraw collapsed onstage Sunday night during a performance in Dublin, Ireland.  McGraw had reportedly just finished singing his Number One hit …
Discussion: IJR
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's giddy spree  —  His staff have whiplash, but Donald Trump is having the time of his life.  He had one of his most joyous weeks of his presidency last week.  —  While senior officials and cabinet secretaries were struggling to keep up — and many eventually threw up their hands …
 
 
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Ginger Hervey / Politico:
Knife attack at Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna leaves attacker dead
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Elon Musk, speaking at SXSW, projects Mars spaceship will be ready for short trips by first half of 2019
BBC:
Rwanda Seventh-Day Adventist churchgoers killed by lightning
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
After Appearing Before Mueller Grand Jury, Nunberg Urges Trump's Cooperation
Susan Shapiro / New York Daily News:
Liberal feminists for Farrakhan? Tamika Mallory is on the wrong side of a bright moral line
Mark Landler / New York Times:
The Mideast Peace Plan Is Nearly Finished. Is It Dead on Arrival?
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
‘Where is Ivanka?’ First daughter seeks control in dual role as White House aide
Discussion: New York Magazine
 Earlier Items: 
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
James Clapper avoids charges for ‘clearly erroneous’ surveillance testimony
Discussion: IJR
Kimberly Veklerov / San Francisco Chronicle:
Deaths of homeless people go uncounted in Oakland — and most places
Discussion: Breitbart
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Trade adviser ascends in Trump White House
Discussion: Breitbart
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Day-care worker gets 21 years for drugging children to go tanning
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Why Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren Are Eyeing Ohio in 2018
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
A New York Times columnist blamed a far-left ‘mob’ for her woes. But maybe she deserves them.
Discussion: NewsBusters
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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