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3:00 PM ET, March 15, 2018

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New York Times:
Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization, Demanding Documents About Russia  —  WASHINGTON — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter.
Washington Post:
In fundraising speech, Trump says he made up trade claim in meeting with Justin Trudeau … President Trump boasted in a fundraising speech Wednesday that he made up information in a meeting with the leader of a top U.S. ally, saying he insisted to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Canada citing US own stats on trade surplus
Discussion: Breitbart
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Trump administration sanctions Russian spies, trolls over U.S. election interference, cyber attacks … The Trump administration on Thursday imposed fresh financial sanctions on Russian government hackers and spy agencies to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 presidential election …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Time's Up: Trump Can't Have It Both Ways on Russia  —  It will be damning if the president continues to equivocate about Russia's role in the death of a former spy.  —  For the first 14 months of the Donald Trump administration, a fair analysis of its handling of Russia had to include some important caveats.
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Imposes Sweeping New Sanctions Against Russia Over Election Meddling … The Treasury Department on Thursday announced that it would roll out sweeping new sanctions against Russia and Kremlin-aligned entities over Moscow's election-meddling, including an infamous online troll farm …
CBS Sacramento:
California High School Teacher On Leave After Questioning School Shooting Walkout  —  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — A Rocklin High School teacher is on paid administrative leave over her views about the national school walk out.  The teacher says all she did was open up a debate about the politics of the protest in her classroom.
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Teacher on Leave After Questioning Whether School Would Let Pro-Life Students Walk Out, Too
Discussion: twitchy.com
James Andrew Miller / Hollywood Reporter:
John Skipper Details His ESPN Exit and a Cocaine Extortion Plot  —  The former network chief goes public in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter about the real reason behind his abrupt departure from Disney after 27 years, a confession to Bob Iger and his hope to work in sports media again.
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Heitkamp on when Hillary Clinton will go away: ‘Not soon enough’  —  Washington (CNN)North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp said on a radio show this week that it's past time for Hillary Clinton to exit the political landscape.  —  Heitkamp, who is facing a tough re-election race …
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Philippe Reines / Washington Post:
Trump is a freak of political nature.  Here's how you can beat him.  —  Philippe Reines has been a spokesman and adviser to Hillary Clinton since 2002, including during the 2016 campaign.  —  Campaigned in the wrong states.  Ineffective message.  Uninspiring orator.  Represented all that is wrong with Washington.
Discussion: New Republic and The Daily Caller
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Trump Says a Democrat Won in Pennsylvania Because He's ‘Like Trump’  —  If Donald Trump is worried about Democrats using an upset victory in Pennsylvania as a blueprint for winning big in the midterms, he didn't let on.  —  Trump broke his silence on the election at a private fundraiser …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Tied to Deal to Keep Ex-Porn Star Quiet  —  An assistant general counsel at the president's flagship holding company intervened in arbitration proceeding in California to enforce a nondisclosure deal with former porn star  —  Documents marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PROCEEDING” …
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Page Six:
Matt Damon moving family to Australia because of Trump  —  Matt Damon is moving his family to Australia — in part because the liberal star's fed up with President Trump.  —  Damon, 47, reportedly has purchased a property in Byron Bay, New South Wales, according to Sydney's Sunday Telegraph.
NBC News:
U.S. officials: Saudi crown prince has hidden his mother from his father, the king  —  WASHINGTON — When Saudi Arabia's crown prince visits the White House next week, he's expected to be welcomed as a reformer who's expanded women's rights in one of the most restrictive countries in the world …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Warren Stocker / WIS-TV:
Sister of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof given $5,000 bond, not allowed to return to SC school  —  COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -  —  The younger sister of Charleston church shooter, Dylann Roof was given a $5,000 bond on Wednesday after she was arrested for bringing weapons and drugs onto the campus of A.C. Flora High School.
Discussion: Daily Wire, NBC News, theGrio and CNN
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Emails reveal conservative alarm over ‘Obama holdovers’ in Trump administration  —  Two months into the Trump administration, a distraught State Department Iran expert named Sahar Nowrouzzadeh asked her new boss for help.  —  A conservative website had published an article depicting Nowrouzzadeh …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Exclusive: Trump finalizing opioid plan that includes death penalty for dealers  —  The Trump administration is finalizing a long-awaited plan that it says will solve the opioid crisis, but it also calls for law enforcement measures — like the death penalty for some drug dealers …
Jeremy Corbyn / The Guardian:
The Salisbury attack was appalling.  But we must avoid a drift to conflict  —  There can be no one in Britain who is not outraged by the appalling attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury last week.  The use of military nerve agents on the streets of Britain is barbaric and beyond reckless.
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Talal Ansari / BuzzFeed:
This Guy Says His Girlfriend Stabbed Him With A Samurai Sword Partly Because He Played Too Many Video Games  —  Alex Lovell said his extensive video game playing made him lose his sex drive, leading his girlfriend to suspect him of infidelity — and then allegedly attack him with a sword as he slept.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and thecut
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Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
She found a dating app on her boyfriend's phone. Then she bought a samurai sword.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Columbian
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Larry Kudlow may have been more wrong about the economy than anyone alive  —  It was the eve of the biggest economic collapse since the Great Depression.  Many on Wall Street worried that a recession loomed and that the housing bubble was bursting.  —  And then there was Larry Kudlow …
US Food and Drug Administration:
Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on pivotal public health step to dramatically reduce smoking rates by lowering nicotine in combustible cigarettes to minimally or non-addictive levels  —  For Immediate Release  —  When I returned to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year …
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Vox: We'll Have to Confiscate Guns To Reach Those Low ‘European Levels Of Violence’  —  Well, it's your run-of-the-mill piece about what anti-gun liberals want to do regarding the Second Amendment, but at least it's honest.  For years, we've been subjected to Democrats voicing their support for hunters …
Discussion: Vox, RedState and twitchy.com
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
So, uh, what's this bowling-ball test that Trump was talking about? … There is a group of people who are convinced that they have seen a movie called “Shazaam,” starring the comedian Sinbad.  In the film, Sinbad played a genie, doing the sorts of genie things that genies do.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and twitchy.com
David Roberts / Vox:
The real problem with the New York Times op-ed page: it's not honest about US conservatism  —  It wants to challenge its readers, but not with the ugly truth.  —  The New York Times editorial page has come in for a great deal of criticism since it fell under the leadership of James Bennet …
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
White Supremacists Are Increasingly Spreading Their Message With Public Banners  —  White supremacists are increasingly hanging banners in public places, such as from highway overpasses and rooftops, to promote their views, according to a report released on Thursday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
He wanted to build Trump's border wall.  He was just charged in the bombing of a Minnesota mosque. … Three men — including the owner of a company that submitted a bid to build President Trump's border wall — bombed a Minnesota mosque in an attempt to drive Muslims out of the United States, according to a federal complaint.
Discussion: NPR and The Daily Beast
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Golden shower?  Trump dossier authors doubt their most explosive allegation  —  The most explosive allegations of the Trump-Russia affair are in the Trump dossier.  And the most explosive allegation in the Trump dossier is the tale of Donald Trump, in a Moscow hotel room in 2013 …
Discussion: Power Line
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Amazon didn't kill Toys ‘R’ Us.  Here's what did  —  You won't be hearing the Toys ‘R’ Us jingle anymore  —  Don't blame Amazon for the death of Toys “R” Us.  —  It's true, online shopping didn't help matters, but the struggles of Toys “R” Us predate the boom in online shopping.
 
 
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
SOURCE: Dem Accusations Against Trump Nominee ‘Totally Made Up’
New York Times:
Easter Island Is Eroding
Discussion: Daily Mail
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Bill Gates: I don't agree with Trump's America first rhetoric
Discussion: Axios and RedState
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
2 dead in Kern County after vehicle overturns while fleeing ICE agents
Matt Bai / Yahoo:
The Artifice of the Deal
Washington Post:
Transcript of Trump's remarks at fundraiser in Missouri on March 14
Discussion: Daily Kos, IJR, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
Maura Ewing / Slate:
Philadelphia's New Top Prosecutor Is Rolling Out Wild, Unprecedented Criminal Justice Reforms
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Kellyanne Conway snaps at ‘Fox & Friends’ hosts for mentioning massive turnover in Trump administration
Courtney Vinopal / Washingtonian:
Writer Andrew Sullivan On Why He's Never Leaving Adams Morgan
Aaron Mehta / Defense News:
Fortress Sweden: Inside the plan to mobilize Swedish society against Russia
Peter Schweizer / New York Post:
Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden's kids
Discussion: Breitbart
Annie Karni / Politico:
Extreme secrecy surrounds Comey book manuscript
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
 

 
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