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3:45 PM ET, March 24, 2018

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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
NRA host taunts Parkland teens: ‘No one would know your names’ if classmates were still alive … As they've stepped out of the hallways of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and into the national spotlight, the Parkland, Fla., teenagers have become Twitter influencers …
Discussion: CNN
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Justin Carissimo Cbs / CBS News:
March for Our Lives 2018 — live blog  —  Tens of thousands of protesters are gathering in Washington, D.C., for a rally advocating for stricter gun control.  Organizers of the “March for Our Lives” rally are hoping to draw 500,000 protesters to the nation's capital on Saturday.
Discussion: KIRO, NPR, Mediaite, The Guardian, AOL and Joe.My.God.
Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Students rally in March for Our Lives events in Washington and across US  —  (CNN)Survivors of the deadly shooting rampage at a Parkland, Florida, high school are leading thousands Saturday in a March for Our Lives on Washington, delivering their impassioned pleas for stricter gun control law to the nation.
USA Today:
March for our Lives rallies happening in every U.S. state: 'We're here and coming to make a change'
Discussion: The Week
Steve Israel / New York Times:   First, March. Then, Follow This Gun Reform Battle Plan.
Shannon Watts / The Hill:
March for Our Lives means time is up for Congress to act on guns
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: CNBC, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Will John Bolton's hawkish views rub off on Trump?
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
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 …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, IJR and The Root
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Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:   “The President May Be Able to Fire Mueller, but He Can't Fire Me”: Stormy Daniels's Attorney Relishes …
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Obama sex accuser panned as a liar urges Stormy Daniels scrutiny
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
‘A grand illusion’: seven days that shattered Facebook's facade  —  Revelations about the depths of Facebook's failure to protect our data has finally pulled back the curtain, observers say … “Dumb fucks.”  That's how Mark Zuckerberg described users of Facebook for trusting him with their personal data back in 2004.
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Bloomberg:
Apple's Tim Cook Calls for More Regulations on Data Privacy
JONATHAN TURLEY:
“Confused and Distracted”: McCabe Uses Flynn Defense Against False Statement Allegation  —  Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe penned an op-ed for The Washington Post to contest the allegation of his “lack of candor” with federal investigators.  I have been writing (here and here and here) …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Andrew McCabe / Washington Post:
Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way
Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post:
Father blocked from taking daughter to her senior prom  —  There's no such thing as a daddy-daughter prom.  —  At least that's the stance taken by school officials in Fayette County, Georgia, where a high school senior's wish to take her father to her prom has been rejected, WSB-TV reports.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump infuriates his base with tweeted veto bluff  —  A former White House official tells me that online conservative ire (Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, etc.). about the spending bill President Trump signed yesterday — after a puzzling tweeted veto feint — “is the hardest I've seen ever seen …
Discussion: Political Wire
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
‘All Men Are Guilty,’ Says Mega-Mogul Barry Diller  —  The chairman of IAC and husband of Diane von Furstenberg reflects on pornography, philanthropy and the end of Hollywood as we knew it.  —  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Barry Diller knows your weaknesses.  —  He knows how to intimidate you …
Discussion: Deadline
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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Bryan Bender / Politico:
Trump moves to ban most transgender troops
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Sessions Announces Regulation Effectively Banning Bump Stocks  —  Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice is proposing to amend the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, clarifying that bump stocks fall within …
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice Department proposes banning bump stocks, branding them machine guns
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
How Close Is Donald Trump to a Psychiatric Breakdown?
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Media Matters for America:
Fox Business guest criticizes Parkland students for acting “like they're bulletproof”
Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal:
New FCC Rule Would Step Up U.S. Fight Against China's Huawei
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Gizmodo and The Verge
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones
Saul Cornell / Politico:
The Lessons of a School Shooting-in 1853
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The (probably) last major act of an anti-spending Congress: A $1.3 trillion budget-busting bill
Discussion: Political Wire
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
In new memoir, a top Clinton aide says campaign was ‘foolish’ not to address email issue more forcefully
Joe Cunningham / RedState:
With Omnibus Signing, Trump Formally Surrenders To The Swamp
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
John Bolton Is Right About the U.N.
New York Times:
Were the Austin Bombings Acts of Terrorism? Why Law Enforcement Says No
Mike Allen / Axios:
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