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7:35 PM ET, March 28, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump's Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort as Special Counsel Closed In  —  WASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Trump broached the idea of Mr. Trump pardoning two of his former top advisers, Michael T. Flynn and Paul Manafort, with their lawyers last year …
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Miriam Rozen / National Law Journal:
John Dowd Calls Mueller ‘Terrific’ After Passing Trump Baton  —  Dowd said representing the president was hard work, and now he wants to “just take it easy, and get some rest.”  —  After 39 weeks and six days working for President Donald Trump, John Dowd figures he deserves a break.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Why Is Trump So Quiet?  —  It's quiet at the White House.  Is it ... too quiet?  —  Trump-watching over the last few days, since about 1 p.m. on Friday, has been a strange experience.  There are things happening, and even some big ones; the parade of occasional anonymously sourced West Wing stories continue.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Who Ratted Out John Dowd? I Think We Know
Hot Air:
Report: Former Trump Lawyer Talked Pardons For Flynn And Manafort With Their Attorneys Last Year
Discussion: CNN, IJR and Roll Call
Washington Post:
Trump ousts Veterans Affairs chief Shulkin, nominates personal physician to replace him … President Trump on Wednesday ousted Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin after turmoil in the agency's senior ranks generated weeks of unflattering headlines, nominating his personal physician, Rear Adm. Ronny L. Jackson as his replacement.
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Quil Lawrence / NPR:
Trump To Replace VA Secretary David Shulkin
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Shulkin out: Trump fires VA secretary after weeks of controversy
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Veterans Affairs Secretary Is Latest to Go as Trump Shakes Up Cabinet
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
CNN:
David Shulkin out, Ronny Jackson in as VA secretary
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Bustle
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: VA Secretary Shulkin to resign, Trump to nominate Ronny Jackson to succeed him - White House officials
Mukhtar M. Ibrahim / mprnews.org:
Minneapolis FBI agent charged with leaking classified information to reporter  —  A Minneapolis FBI agent who started his career with the agency as an intern in 2000 has been charged with leaking classified information to the news website The Intercept.  —  Terry James Albury …
Discussion: Washington Times
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Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune:
Justice Dept. charges Minnesota FBI agent for leaking secret document to news outlet
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump hates Amazon, not Facebook  —  Capitol Hill wants Facebook's blood, but President Trump isn't interested.  Instead, the tech behemoth Trump wants to go after is Amazon, according to five sources who've discussed it with him.  “He's obsessed with Amazon,” a source said.  “Obsessed.”
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Anti-abortion lawmakers lay groundwork for Roe challenge
Discussion: Daily Wire, Splinter and Common Dreams
Joseph Curl / Daily Wire:
Gun Rights Provocateur David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied  —  David Hogg, a self-appointed spokesman for a generation, revealed on Tuesday that four universities he has applied to have rejected his application.  —  The Florida high school student …
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence  —  WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official had repeated communications during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential race with a business associate tied to Russian intelligence, according to a document released …
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Washington Post:
Manafort associate had Russian intelligence ties during 2016 campaign, prosecutors say
Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
White House staffers view post-Hope Hicks era with trepidation  —  The reign of Hope Hicks, the unflappable White House communications director and the right side of President Trump's brain, comes to an end this week, leaving a communications team bitterly divided and an impetuous president increasingly isolated.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:
Trump Loses First Skirmish in Suit Over D.C. Hotel Profits  —  U.S. judge says joint Maryland-D.C. case goes forward for now  —  Justice Department argument seeking complete dismissal fails  —  President Donald Trump will have to contend for now with a lawsuit claiming he is improperly profiting …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:   Judge allows lawsuit alleging Trump took illegal foreign gifts
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: ‘Roseanne’ Revival Skyrockets With Stunning Premiere  —  The ABC comedy returns nearly three decades after its original premiere, averaging a whopping 18.1 million and an unbelievable 5.1 rating in the key demo.  —  Roseanne returned Tuesday.  The ABC sitcom, away from the air …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
‘Heartbroken’ Trump Critic Ann Coulter: He's a ‘Shallow, Lazy Ignoramus’ … Right-wing firebrand Ann Coulter, whose 2016 campaign book In Trump We Trust touted the many virtues of the Republican nominee, is having second, third, and possibly even fourth thoughts about Donald J. Trump.
Jessica Valenti:
On The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, and hiring men who want women dead  —  Yesterday, I spent much of my day fuming and tweeting about The Atlantic hiring Kevin Williamson—who compared a nine year old black boy to a primate and argued women who have abortions should be executed by hanging …
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Us Weekly:
Donald Trump Jr. and Aubrey O'Day ‘Were Trying’ to Have a Baby During Affair … Donald Trump Jr. and Aubrey O'Day's affair was much more than a one-night stand, so much so that they even considered the prospect of starting a family together, a source reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Discussion: Raw Story, Bustle, The Root and Splinter
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump: I look forward to meeting with Kim Jong-un  —  President Trump confirmed in a tweet this morning that his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is still on.  The president expressed hope that Kim, who just visited Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, “will do what is right for his people and for humanity.”
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook scoop: Republicans to push balanced-budget amendment
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump proposal would penalize immigrants who use tax credits and other benefits … Immigrants who accept almost any form of welfare or public benefit, even popular tax deductions, could be denied legal U.S. residency under a proposal awaiting approval by the Trump administration …
Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
DOJ watchdog will investigate surveillance of Trump campaign aide  —  The Justice Department's inspector general is investigating Republicans' allegations that prosecutors and FBI agents misled a federal judge so they could track a Donald Trump campaign adviser with ties to Russia.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Ryan Nobles / CNN:   Nunes opponent raises $1 million in first quarter
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Leaked Memo: EPA Issues Approved Talking Points Downplaying Climate Change  —  Point 5: Suggest that humans are only responsible “in some manner.”  —  The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday evening sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office …
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg:
Robert Mercer's Secret Adventure as a New Mexico Cop  —  Why was the fabulously wealthy Trump donor wearing a badge and a gun in a tiny desert town?  To obtain something that's impossible to buy.  —  Robert Mercer probably would have flown into Roswell.  From there—1,800 miles from home …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, Splinter and Jezebel
National Center on Sexual Exploitation:
Press Statement: Walmart to Remove Cosmopolitan Magazine from Checkout Lines Following Advocacy by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation  —  Washington, DC - The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has instigated a significant policy change at Walmart as part of our continued work …
Matt Mencarini / Lansing State Journal:
MSU spent $500K in January to monitor social media accounts of Nassar victims, others  —  EAST LANSING - A public relations firm billed MSU for more than $500,000 for January as it tracked social media activity surrounding the Larry Nassar case, which often included the accounts of victims and their families …
Discussion: thecut and Vox
Dana R. Fisher / Washington Post:
Here's who actually attended the March for Our Lives.  (No, it wasn't mostly young people.)  —  In the days before and after more than two million Americans participated in the March for Our Lives, the gun-violence conversation has focused on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas survivors and their “student movement.”
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Documents suggest possible coordination between CIA, FBI, Obama WH and Dem officials early in Trump-Russia probe: investigators  —  The political rhetoric over the FISA abuse memo took a new turn with the ranking Democrat drafting his own version; Catherine Herridge goes in-depth for ‘Special Report.’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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BBC:
Spy poisoning: Highest amount of nerve agent was on door
Discussion: The Week, TheBlaze and Axios
Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Report: VA missed background checks for thousands of employees
Elvia Limón / Dallas Morning News:
Mansfield teacher suspended for discussing her sexual orientation with students, officials say
Discussion: IJR, Law & Crime and TheBlaze
Robert Barnes / Law & Crime:
ANALYSIS: Constitution Compels Sessions Dismiss Mueller From Non-Campaign Cases
Emily Flitter / New York Times:
Morgan Stanley Knew of a Star's Alleged Abuse. He Still Works There.
New York Daily News:
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Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed:
Julian Assange Just Got His Internet Privileges Revoked
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Kathleen Joyce / Fox News:
Kentucky teen used money mom gave him for tattoo to buy AR-15 to shoot up school, police say
Discussion: Raw Story
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Tim Cook says Facebook should have regulated itself, but it's too late for that now
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
New York Post Botches Concealed Carry Hit Piece On Donald Trump Jr.
Discussion: Page Six, Jezebel and The Daily Caller
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