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12:35 PM ET, March 27, 2018

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John Paul Stevens / New York Times:
Repeal the Second Amendment  —  Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the type of civic engagement school children and their supporters demonstrated in Washington and other major cities throughout the country this past Saturday.  These demonstrations demand our respect.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Former Supreme Court justice: ‘Repeal the Second Amendment’  —  Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for a repeal of the Second Amendment, decrying the right to bear arms as outdated and misunderstood.  —  In an op-ed published by The New York Times, Stevens, a Republican …
Rich Lowry / National Review:   The Teenage Demagogues  —  Stoneman Douglas students' passion is not wisdom
BuzzFeed:
Christopher Steele's Other Report: A Murder In Washington  —  The author of the famous Trump dossier provided a secret report to the FBI asserting that RT founder Mikhail Lesin was bludgeoned to death by thugs hired by an oligarch close to Putin.  Three other sources independently told the FBI …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Citizenship question on 2020 census may result in undercount  —  The size of your child's kindergarten class.  Homeland security funds for your community.  Natural disaster preparation.  Highway and mass transit resources.  Health care and emergency room services.
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
California sues Trump administration over addition of citizenship question to census … The state of California sued the Trump administration Monday night, arguing that the decision to add a question about citizenship in the 2020 Census violates the U.S. Constitution.
Politico:
Census to add controversial question on citizenship status  —  The 2020 U.S. Census will include a controversial question about citizenship status, the Commerce Department announced Monday night, a move that sparked outrage from Congressional Democrats, civil rights groups and liberal state attorneys general.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump wants to change the census. But this undercuts his case.
Discussion: Media Matters for America and AOL
Emily Baumgaertner / New York Times:
Despite Concerns, Census Will Ask Respondents if They Are U.S. Citizens
Discussion: Mother Jones, Althouse and The Week
Katie England / Daily Herald:
At Q&A in Provo, Mitt Romney says he's more conservative than Trump on immigration … U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Utah County Republican Women's event in the ballroom at the Provo City Library on Monday, March 26, 2018, in Provo. … A notecard is read …
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Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:   Mitt Romney says he's more hardline than Trump on immigration, attacks DREAMers
Wall Street Journal:
The Tale of Stormy Donald  —  His willful self-indulgence catches up to President Trump.  —  Every sentient voter in 2016 understood that Donald Trump had a bad history with women.  He survived politically because his opponent had spent 20 years denying or apologizing for even worse behavior by her husband.
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
‘Not in a punch-back mode’: Why Trump has been largely silent on Stormy Daniels
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Talks of Bringing Back Rob Porter, Aide Accused of Spousal Abuse  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has stayed in touch with Rob Porter, the former White House staff secretary who stepped down after allegations that he had abused his two former wives came to light, according …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before Congress  —  Zuckerberg says he's open to testifying before Congress  —  After repeated calls for him to do so, Mark Zuckerberg has decided he will testify before Congress.  —  Facebook sources tell CNNMoney the 33-year-old CEO …
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Danny Vinik / Politico:
How Trump favored Texas over Puerto Rico  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — As Hurricane Maria unleashed its fury on Puerto Rico in mid-September, knocking out the island's electrical system and damaging hundreds of thousands of homes, disaster recovery experts expected that only one man could handle …
Tim Mak / NPR:
NRA Says It Receives Foreign Funds, But None Goes To Election Work  —  The National Rifle Association acknowledged that it accepts foreign donations but says it does not use them for election work — even as federal investigators look into the role the NRA might have played in Russia's attack on the 2016 election.
Discussion: Political Wire and RedState
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Her son, facing murder charges, is being called an ‘alt-right killer.’ This mother blames herself.  … Her troubled son had been up for two nights straight, inconsolable over a breakup, when she pulled him into her bed to soothe him.  She never meant to doze, but woke with a start at 4:26 a.m.
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Seth Rich's brother sues right-wing activists, Washington Times over conspiracy theories  —  This is why the Seth Rich conspiracy won't disappear  —  The brother of Seth Rich, the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose unsolved murder became the basis for conspiracy theories on the far-right …
The Daily Beast:
Dan Webb and Tom Buchanan Latest Lawyers to Decline to Join Trump's Legal Team … Two more high-power attorneys have had to turn down President Donald Trump.  Tom Buchanan and Dan Webb confirmed to The Daily Beast that Trump reached out to them about representing him, and that they couldn't do it.
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J.K. Trotter / Jezebel:
The New York Human Rights Commission Is Investigating The Wing  —  If you live in New York City or Washington, D.C. and work in a certain kind of industry, there's a good chance you've heard of The Wing.  If you haven't: Founded in 2016 as a private social club and co-working space for women …
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Amanda Arnold / thecut:   The Wing Is Under Investigation by the New York Human Rights Commission
John Kruzel / PolitiFact:
Does Mike Pence call his wife ‘Mother’?  —  The old-fashioned quality of Vice President Mike Pence's relationship with wife Karen has made their marriage something of an obsession.  —  Pence said in 2002 that in the interest of “building a zone around (his) marriage,” he never dines alone …
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Trump and the West give Putin the fight he needs … Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.  —  On Monday morning the United States, Canada and the European Union carried out a coordinated mass expulsion of Russian diplomats, responding to Moscow's alleged role in the March 4 poisoning …
New York Times:
After Stormy Daniels, Republicans Face a Referendum on Trump's Conduct  —  WASHINGTON — When Representative Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania announced on Sunday that he would join more than 40 other congressional Republicans not seeking re-election in November, he left no doubt about the reason …
Pamela Wood / Baltimore Sun:
Sheriff: Maryland high school shooter died by shooting himself  —  Austin Wyatt Rollins, the 17-year-old who opened fire on classmates at Great Mills High School in Southern Maryland last week, injuring one and killing another, died by shooting himself in the head, officials investigating the case said Monday.
Sarah Rumpf / RedState:
CBS Video Confusing.  Hogg Was on Campus.  —  UPDATE: This video shows Hogg apparently in a closet during the shooting:  —  His comments quoted below to CBS still don't make sense.  Did he leave campus and then violate the lockdown to enter campus and interview students?  How did he get home and back?
New York Daily News:
Legendary rocker Alice Cooper credits Jesus with curing him of alcoholism  —  Thirty-seven years ago, Alice Cooper awoke throwing up blood.  —  “Everything that could go wrong was shutting down inside of me,” the legendary rocker recalled to Confidential.  “I was drinking with Jim Morrison …
Bloomberg:
U.S. Weighs Use of Emergency Law to Curb Chinese Takeovers  —  Goal is to clamp down on acquisitions of sensitive technology  —  Trump asked Treasury secretary to act on Chinese investments  —  The Trump administration is considering a crackdown on Chinese investments in technologies …
Discussion: CNBC
Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Trump benefiting from economic policies  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing American economy and passage of a Republican tax overhaul appear to be helping President Donald Trump lift his approval ratings from historic lows, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump fundraiser turned to Foreign Affairs chair for help winning work in Romania  —  WASHINGTON  —  Top Donald Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy sought help last summer from the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and lobbyist Rick Gates, a key figure in the Russia influence probe …
Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh to extend media consultant's contract for $150,000  —  Mayor Catherine Pugh plans to retain a communications consultant on a one-year, $150,000 contract after several resignations from her media group.  —  The city's spending board is scheduled Wednesday …
Jason Hanna / CNN:
No charges to be filed against officers in Alton Sterling death, Louisiana attorney general says  —  (CNN)No charges will be filed against two Baton Rouge police officers in the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling after an investigation determined the officers' actions were …
Discussion: Vox and The Daily Caller
Ray Hagar / Nevada NewsMakers:
Rumor is Ryan will resign as U.S. House Speaker; Scalise will replace him, Amodei says  —  Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, said on Nevada Newsmakers Monday that Rep. Paul Ryan may soon resign as Speaker of the U.S. House.  —  Amodei said he was repeating a rumor that's around Capitol Hill.
New York Times:
Income Mobility Charts for Girls, Asian-Americans and Other Groups.  Or, Make Your Own.  —  Last week we wrote about a sweeping new study of income inequality, which followed 20 million children in the United States and showed how their adult incomes varied by race and gender.
Discussion: thecut
 
 
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Exclusive: OPEC, Russia consider 10-20 year oil alliance - Saudi Crown Prince
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
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Maxime Schlee / Politico:
NATO cuts Russian diplomats' access over nerve agent attack
Russell Goldman / New York Times:
Bulletproof, Slow and Full of Wine: Kim Jong-un's Mystery Train
Discussion: CNN and TheBlaze
David Unsworth / Washington Examiner:
Data on mass shootings at school don't live up to the hysteria
Roxana Kopetman / Orange County Register:
In response to California sanctuary law, Orange County Sheriff makes public inmates' release dates
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
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Detroit Free Press:
Sources: Police arrest Larry Nassar's Michigan State University boss
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Buttigieg Gets Closer to a 2020 Campaign
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Reuters:
Whistleblower says Canadian company worked on software to find Republican voters
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Aileen Chuang / Associated Press:
Indiana Governor Signs Bill Mandating Abortion Information
Discussion: Bustle
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Trump Does Trump, and Things Get Worse
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