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11:35 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.
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence
Discussion: RedState
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Who Ratted Out John Dowd? I Think We Know
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 …
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Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune:
Justice Dept. charges Minnesota FBI agent for leaking secret document to news outlet
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
A Top Lawyer At The Justice Department Is Quitting To Fight For LGBT Rights
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Justice Dept. IG looking at allegations of FBI surveillance abuses
Discussion: CBS News and NewsBusters
Carolyn McAtee Cerbin / USA Today:
5 things to know about VA nominee Ronny Jackson  —  President Donald Trump's overall health “is excellent” and he did “exceedingly well” on cognitive screening.  That's according to his White House physician, Navy doctor Ronny Jackson.  (Jan. 16) AP  —  President Trump announced Wednesday …
Discussion: Bustle
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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.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
David Shulkin is out as secretary of veterans affairs
Leo Shane III / Military Times:   Report: VA missed background checks for thousands of employees
Osita Nwanevu / Slate:
It's Time to Stop Yammering About Liberal Bias  —  We're now several days into a roiling debate over whether liberals ought to be upset that the Atlantic hired a man who once argued that a quarter of American women should be executed.  Predictably, both sides have progressed from that specific …
Discussion: The Federalist
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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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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:   ‘Roseanne’ Revival's Huge Debut Stuns Hollywood, Prompts Soul-Searching
Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times:
Boeing hit by WannaCry virus, but says no impact on jet production  —  Boeing was hit by the WannaCry computer virus Wednesday, initially raising fears within the company that airplane production could be affected.  Later Boeing played down the impact and called it a “limited intrusion” with production unaffected.
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.’
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
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 …
Carly Wanna / Yale Daily News:
Jeb fires Trump barbs at Yale talk  —  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush's psychiatrist wants him to move past the 2016 presidential election.  —  “I'm not going to talk about the 2016 election,” Bush joked on Tuesday in a talk sponsored by the The William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale.
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, The Root, Splinter and Bustle
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Under Ben Carson, HUD Scales Back Fair Housing Enforcement  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is attempting to scale back federal efforts to enforce fair housing laws, freezing enforcement actions against local governments and businesses, including Facebook, while sidelining officials …
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
Trump Tweeted Pictures Claiming “The Start” Of His Border Wall, But It Was Actually An Old Project  —  President Trump on Wednesday tweeted that he had been briefed about “the start of our Southern Border WALL” and included pictures depicting construction for the project, but there was one slight problem with the announcement.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
Why Does Subway Construction Cost So Much?  Congress Wants to Find Out  —  The astronomical costs of building the Second Avenue subway and other New York public transit projects are now the subject of a federal inquiry.  —  The Government Accountability Office said on Wednesday …
BBC:
Julian Assange has internet cut at Ecuadorian embassy in London  —  Ecuador has cut Julian Assange's internet connection at its embassy in London, preventing him from communicating with the outside world.  —  The move is to prevent the WikiLeaks founder from interfering in other countries' affairs, Ecuador said.
Jessica Miller / Salt Lake Tribune:
Judge ‘beyond angry’ after Corrections workers withheld evidence, allowing Utah killer to avoid death penalty  —  Manti  • A Utah prisoner — who was weeks away from a trial where jurors would have decided whether he should be executed for killing his cellmate — was instead sentenced Wednesday …
Luke Barnes / ThinkProgress:
The ‘crying Nazi’ from Charlottesville now says he's an FBI informant  —  Ever since white supremacist Chris Cantwell took part in last August's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, his life has taken a turn for the worse.  —  First Cantwell posted a widely circulated video …
Elvia Limón / Dallas Morning News:
Mansfield teacher suspended for discussing her sexual orientation with students, officials say  —  Updated at 9:35 p.m. to include comments from MISD's school board meeting.  —  A Mansfield ISD elementary school art teacher was suspended after the district received complaints from parents …
Discussion: IJR, AOL, Law & Crime and TheBlaze
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.
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
AJ Willingham / CNN:
Donations to the NRA tripled after the Parkland shooting  —  (CNN)In the days and weeks following the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the National Rifle Association saw a significant spike in donations.  —  In fact, reports from the Federal …
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 …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Republicans consider ‘balanced-budget amendment’ after adding more than $1 trillion to the deficit  —  House Republicans are considering a vote on a “balanced-budget amendment,” a move that would proclaim their desire to eliminate the federal deficit even as they control a Congress that has added more than $1 trillion to it.
BBC:
Spy poisoning: Highest amount of nerve agent was on door  —  A Russian ex-spy and his daughter first came into contact with the nerve agent that poisoned them at their home, police have said.  —  The highest concentration of the agent used against Sergei and Yulia Skripal was found on their front door.
Discussion: TheBlaze, The Week and Axios
 
 
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Luke Ramseth / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah governor signs Medicaid expansion bill. Now, Utah waits to see if the feds will approve it.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Anti-abortion lawmakers lay groundwork for Roe challenge
Discussion: Daily Wire, Splinter and Common Dreams
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Citigroup Acted. Now, Two New Ideas on How Banks Can Limit Gun Sales.
Discussion: Guns.com
Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House calls police shootings of African-Americans a ‘local matter’
Discussion: ABC News and The Atlantic
Robert Barnes / Law & Crime:
ANALYSIS: Constitution Compels Sessions Dismiss Mueller From Non-Campaign Cases
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National Center on Sexual Exploitation:
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump hates Amazon, not Facebook
 

 
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