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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The second-most dangerous American — Because John Bolton is five things President Trump is not — intelligent, educated, principled, articulate and experienced — and because of Bolton's West Wing proximity to a president responsive to the most recent thought he has heard emanating …
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CNN, New York Magazine, Vox, The Nation, The Daily Caller and IJR
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Foreign Policy:
Bolton Expected to ‘Clean House’ — The incoming national security advisor aims to ax dozens of White House officials as he dismantles McMaster's NSC. — Incoming National Security Advisor John Bolton and people close to him are expected to launch a massive shake-up at the National Security Council …
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The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, Political Wire and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
Trump Weighs Expulsion of Russian Envoys Over U.K. Attack — National Security Council has prepared recommendations — White House has been divided over how to respond to Putin — President Donald Trump is preparing to expel dozens of Russian diplomats from the U.S. in response …
New York Times:
After Another Week of Chaos, Trump Repairs to Palm Beach. No One Knows What Comes Next. — PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump decamped to his oceanfront estate here on Friday after a head-spinning series of presidential decisions on national security, trade and the budget that left …
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Axios, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNBC, The Daily Caller, New York Post, NewsBusters and Splinter
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Reaction to Bolton: Stunned, worried, horrified
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New York Times, National Review, Crooked Media, The Federalist, New York Magazine, The Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Vox
James S. Robbins / USA Today:
John Bolton will finally let Donald Trump be Donald Trump on foreign policy
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Defense One, CNBC and CNN
Andrew McCabe / Washington Post:
Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way — Andrew McCabe served in the FBI from 1996 until March 16. He was the bureau's deputy director from 2016 to January, including time as acting director from May to August 2017. — On March 16, I spent …
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Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Raw Story, Axios and AOL
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Relishes Off-Script Approach — President showcases a more unilateral style, relying on his sense of what the moment requires — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill early Friday afternoon, but not before leaving both his staff and lawmakers on edge …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump aides are ‘at their wits’ end'
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ThinkProgress, ABC News, Washington Post, RedState, Breitbart and CBS New York
Washington Post:
Attorney says Roy Moore supporters offered him $10,000 to drop client who accused the Senate candidate of sexual impropriety … BIRMINGHAM — Days after a woman accused U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual impropriety, two Moore supporters approached her attorney with an unusual request.
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Outside the Beltway, The Daily Beast, AOL, New York Magazine, Splinter, National Review, WHNT-TV, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Trump moves to ban most transgender troops — President Donald Trump on Friday issued orders to ban transgender troops who require surgery or significant medical treatment from serving in the military except in select cases — following through on a controversial pledge last year …
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New York Times:
Trump Approves New Limits on Transgender Troops in the Military — WASHINGTON — Transgender troops who are currently in the United States military may remain in the ranks, the White House said late Friday, but the Pentagon could require them to serve according to their gender at birth.
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Washington Monthly and Common Dreams
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Stormy Daniels' lawyer: Disc tweet is ‘warning shot’ to Trump — Washington (CNN)The lawyer representing the porn star suing President Donald Trump called a tweet he posted of an apparent data disc a “warning shot” to the President. — On Thursday night, Michael Avenatti tweeted an image …
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The Root
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Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
Parkland, Fla., students and families flew to Washington, D.C., on the Patriots' plane — Students and families from Parkland, Fla., were transported to Washington, D.C., ahead of the “March for Our Lives” against gun violence this Saturday with the help of the New England Patriots.
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Saul Cornell / Politico:
The Lessons of a School Shooting-in 1853 — This weekend, thousands of people are expected to gather in cities and towns across America for the “March for Our Lives,” a national response to the horrifying school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Will it change policy?
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Raw Story
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones — WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials are renewing a push for a legal mandate that tech companies build tools into smartphones and other devices that would allow access to encrypted data in criminal investigations.
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Uber's Self-Driving Cars Were Struggling Before Arizona Crash — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber's robotic vehicle project was not living up to expectations months before a self-driving car operated by the company struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Ariz. — The cars were having trouble driving …
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Mother Jones, Mashable, Bloomberg, Engadget, East Bay Times and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
‘You should do it.’ Trump officials encouraged George Papadopoulos's foreign outreach, documents show. … When a Russian news agency reached out to George Papadopoulos to request an interview shortly before the 2016 election, the young adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump made sure to seek approval from campaign headquarters.
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NPR, AOL, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Mediaite, The Atlantic and Political Wire
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
In new memoir, a top Clinton aide says campaign was ‘foolish’ not to address email issue more forcefully — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was “foolish” not to mount a louder and longer defense of her government email troubles in its last weeks, when the FBI had suddenly reopened …
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Political Wire
Joe Cunningham / RedState:
With Omnibus Signing, Trump Formally Surrenders To The Swamp — In the hours leading up to the signing of the omnibus spending deal - a bill that adds way more money to the nation's deficit, and one that was orchestrated largely by Congressional Republicans who campaigned for the last decade …
New York Times:
March for Our Lives: Students Protesting Guns Say ‘We Just Have Our Lives to Lose’ — Tens of thousands of people, outraged by a recent massacre at a South Florida school and energized by the students who survived, prepared to spill out in public protest in Washington and communities across …
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Political Wire, Mother Jones, CNBC, NPR, CBS Miami and Mediaite
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The (likely) last major act of an anti-spending Congress: A $1.3 trillion budget-busting bill — CORRECTION : An earlier version of this story misstated the size of the budget bill. It is $1.3 trillion, not $1.3 billion. — Is a budget-busting bill boosting just about every federal agency …
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Political Wire and Politico
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Austin bombing victim had that Rembrandt light — Draylen Mason, the 17-year-old musician killed by the Austin bomber, had a light about him “like a Rembrandt painting.” — It was late afternoon when I heard that coming over the TV as I was walking through the kitchen.
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The Root
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BBC:
Cambridge Analytica offices searched over data storage — The London offices of Cambridge Analytica have been searched by enforcement officers from the UK's information commissioner. — The High Court granted the data watchdog a warrant amid claims the firm amassed information about millions …
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Politico, The Week, The Guardian, 89.3 KPCC and Gizmodo, more at Mediagazer »
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