memeorandum: Six women have come forward to Stormy Daniels' lawyer with similar stories (Max Greenwood/The Hill)

12:20 PM ET, March 16, 2018

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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:

Donald Trump and John Kelly Reach Truce — White House chief of staff had made cryptic comments suggesting he may have been the next senior adviser to step down — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and White House chief of staff John Kelly have settled on a truce, at least temporarily …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Hill, RedState, CNBC, The Gateway Pundit and IJR

Washington Post:

Trump decides to remove national security adviser, and others may follow … President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements, according to five people with knowledge of the plans, preparing to deliver yet another jolt …

Associated Press:

Trump jokes 'who's next?' as tumult engulfs his White House — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump consumed Thursday morning's TV headlines with amusement. Reports of tumult in the administration were at a feverish pitch — even on his beloved Fox News — as the president reflected …

Discussion: Shareblue Media

James Hohmann / Washington Post:

The Daily 202: Trump may hire multiple cable news personalities as part of shake-up — THE BIG IDEA: Donald Trump's reality television presidency may be getting more star power for season two. — Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Splinter, TVNewser, No More Mister Nice Blog, RedState, The Week and Raw Story

Wall Street Journal: Trump Plans to Oust National Security Adviser McMaster

Washington Post:
Trump's personal aide apparently lost White House position over gambling habit

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Washington Press

CBS News:
White House shake-up: Chief of staff John Kelly may also be on the way out, sources say

Discussion: NBC News and Mediaite

CNN:
Sources: Trump ready to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser

Discussion: The Root and fox8.com

Sean Lahman / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter dies at 88 — Democratic Congresswoman Lousie Slaughter, who had represented the Rochester area in Congress since 1987, has died. She was 88. — Three sources confirmed the death to the Democrat and Chronicle Friday morning.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Towleroad, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Refinery29, The Daily Caller, The Week, Washington Free Beacon and Balloon Juice

Harrison Smith / Washington Post:

Rep. Louise Slaughter, N.Y. Democrat who championed women's rights, dies at 88 … Rep. Louise Slaughter, a folksy New York liberal who championed women's rights and American manufacturing for more than three decades as a Democratic congresswoman, and who became a top lieutenant …

Discussion: Vox, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, The Buffalo News, IJR and NPR

Politico:

Rep. Louise Slaughter dies — Rep. Louise Slaughter died early Friday morning after having been hospitalized for a fall at her her Washington, D.C. residence last week. — Her chief of staff Liam Fitzsimmons said the 88-year old New York Democrat was surrounded by family at George Washington University Hospital.

Discussion: ABC News and Axios

Max Greenwood / The Hill:

Six women have come forward to Stormy Daniels' lawyer with similar stories — Stormy Daniels' lawyer said on Thursday that he has been approached by six other women with stories about President Trump — similar to that of the adult-film actress. — Michael Avenatti cautioned in an appearance …

Discussion: CNN, RedState, New York Magazine, IJR and thecut

Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Stormy Daniels' attorney claims she was physically threatened

Discussion: Shareblue Media, Political Wire and Hollywood Life

Louis Nelson / Politico:
Stormy Daniels' attorney says she has been threatened with physical harm

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway, One America News Network, NBC News and IJR

Washington Post:

Britain's top diplomat accuses Putin of being behind Russian spy poisoning … MOSCOW — British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Friday it was “overwhelmingly likely” that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind the poisoning of a Russian former spy, in the most direct British accusation against the Russian leader to date.

Discussion: RedState, The Independent, One America News Network, The White House and Reuters

Reuters:
Russia to expel UK diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens

Discussion: Axios

Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Britain Hints at Tougher Blow Against Russia: Stripping Tycoons' Assets

Discussion: The Week and Al Jazeera English

New Yorker:

Barry Blitt's “Exposed” — Barry Blitt's latest cover for the magazine is his fifteenth to feature Donald Trump. ("The gift that keeps on grifting," in Blitt's words.) The image of Trump at the lectern, poised nude and cross-legged, recalls the prophet Bob Dylan, who once noted, in …

Discussion: IJR and Mediaite

Steve Peoples / Associated Press:

Flake eyes 2020 primary challenge to stop Trump — MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Jeff Flake has a direct message for the Republicans of New Hampshire: Someone needs to stop Donald Trump. And Flake, a Republican senator from Arizona, may stand up against the Republican president in 2020 …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Ashley Killough / CNN: Republican Jeff Flake: ‘My party might not deserve to lead’

McClatchy Washington Bureau:

NRA lawyer said to have had concerns about group's ties to Russia — WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators have learned that a longtime attorney for the National Rifle Association expressed concerns about the group's ties to Russia and possible involvement in channeling Russian money …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, The Root, Raw Story and Washington Post

Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:

Federal court tosses out Obama-era rule requiring financial advisers to act in customers' best interests — A divided federal appeals court on Thursday tossed out an Obama-era Department of Labor (DOL) rule that required financial investment advisers to act in the best interest of their clients.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Julia Marsh / Page Six:

Vanessa Trump files for divorce from Donald Trump Jr. — Vanessa Trump filed for divorce against her husband Donald Trump Jr. late Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court. — The president's daughter-in-law filed for an uncontested proceeding, meaning she's not expecting a legal battle …

Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:

A plane's door flew open during takeoff, raining gold and silver over 16 miles of Siberia … One of the coldest regions of the world saw some rain Thursday — a shower of silver and gold, that is. — A plane carrying 9.3 tons of precious metals lost part of its cargo Thursday as it was taking off …

The Siberian / Siberian Times:
Plane loses its $368 million cargo of gold, platinum and diamonds on takeoff

Discussion: The Daily Caller, TASS, KTLA, WREG-TV, WGN-TV, FOX31 Denver, NPR, Agence France-Presse, The Points Guy and NBC News

Bernie Sanders / The Guardian:

The corporate media ignores the rise of oligarchy. The rest of us shouldn't — The rapid rise of oligarchy and wealth and income inequality is the great moral, economic, and political issue of our time. Yet, it gets almost no coverage from the corporate media.

NBC News:

Possible Russian trolls try to register for Texas Democratic convention — Next Saturday, March 24, hundreds of Texas Democratic Party activists will gather at the Austin Hyatt Regency to nominate candidates for political office in Travis County, a kick-off event leading up to the 2018 midterm elections.

Associated Press:

Trump wildlife protection board stuffed with trophy hunters — WASHINGTON (AP) — A new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Mediaite, The Week and Axios

Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:

The Intellectual We Deserve — Jordan Peterson's popularity is the sign of a deeply impoverished political and intellectual landscape... If you want to appear very profound and convince people to take you seriously, but have nothing of value to say, there is a tried and tested method.

Discussion: The Guardian and Crooked Timber

Terrence T. McDonald / New Jersey Online:

Jersey City's 4,000-member teachers union strikes for first time since 1998 — Gallery: Jersey City teachers go on strike — JERSEY CITY — Strike! — Jersey City's public-school teachers walked off the job for the first time in 20 years today, leading to confusion and some chaos across …

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Amy B Wang / Washington Post:

In a first, an undocumented immigrant is appointed to a statewide post in California … A 33-year-old woman has become the first undocumented immigrant named to a statewide post in California. — Lizbeth Mateo, an attorney and immigrant rights activist, was appointed to an advisory committee …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Fox News Insider, Outside the Beltway, Louder With Crowder, CBS Sacramento, FOX40 and The Daily Caller

Tim Alberta / Politico:

‘God Made Me Black on Purpose’ — NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — At the end of Forest Avenue, a narrow artery slicing through blocks of muddy lots and decaying one-story homes, Tim Scott kicks at the gravel and waits. He had shared a table Saturday night with the world's wealthiest man …

Haley Byrd / Weekly Standard:

This Is Fine: House Republicans Open to Trump's ‘Drug Dealer Death Penalty’ — Not much resistance from the House GOP caucus. — Republicans in Congress appeared open to President Donald Trump's proposal to use the death penalty to crack down on drug dealers on Thursday night …

Discussion: Vox, CBS News, IJR, The Hill, Breitbart and The Week

Will Garbe / daytondailynews:

Ohio lawmaker: Allow students age 18-plus to carry guns in high school — Law-abiding high school students age 18 years or older should be able to carry long guns inside public high schools, state Rep. Niraj Antani, R-Miamisburg, told the Dayton Daily News in an interview Thursday.

Discussion: Raw Story

Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:

Let our airlines compete: Maybe more dogs will reach their destinations — Why shouldn't the best foreign airlines be able to carry passengers between American cities? — CONNECT — So United Airlines has apologized for killing a passenger's dog. Reportedly, a flight attendant ordered …

Zahra Hirji / BuzzFeed:

A Member Of Trump's Cabinet Actually Said “Konnichiwa” When Asked About Japanese Internment Camps — When asked whether the US would keep giving grants for preserving the history of Japanese-American confinement, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke responded with a Japanese greeting, “Konnichiwa.”

Discussion: Shareblue Media, CNN, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Mary Sue, IJR, YouTube, Splinter and Mediaite

John D. Sutter / CNN:

‘We are the forgotten people’: It's been almost six months since Hurricane Maria, and Puerto Ricans are still dying — Video by Leyla Santiago and Khushbu Shah, CNN — Photographs by Erika P. Rodriguez for CNN — Additional reporting and translation by Cristian Arroyo for CNN

Discussion: Common Dreams

Mike Allen / Axios:

Exclusive: Comey to come out hot on book tour, correct lies — Look for fired FBI Director James Comey to come out hot on the book tour that begins 30 days from now for “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” out April 17 from Flatiron Books. — We're told: Comey has been quiet …

Discussion: Mediaite and Politico

Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg:

Why Toys ‘R’ Us Is More Than a Business Story — Its vast inventory prepared us for an age of infinite choice. — I wasn't a Toys ‘R’ Us kid. — By the time the big box wonderland arrived in my hometown, I was a 25-year-old business reporter living 900 miles away.

Discussion: CBS Boston

Daniel Oberhaus / Motherboard:

This City Just Passed the First Bitcoin Mining Ban in the US — Plattsburgh, New York has imposed an 18-month moratorium on Bitcoin mining to prevent miners from using all the city's cheap electricity. — On Thursday evening, the city council in Plattsburgh, New York unanimously voted …

Discussion: Engadget, Mashable, Gizmodo and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Cabinet shakeups give Democrats a chance to block Trump picks — The White House was hoping for a smooth 2018 on Capitol Hill. Instead, President Donald Trump is staring at two bitter confirmation fights — and the possibility emboldened Democrats could block his new Cabinet nominees.

Discussion: Splinter and Climate Home News