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11:50 PM ET, March 30, 2018

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Ralph Peters / Washington Post:
Why I left Fox News … You could measure the decline of Fox News by the drop in the quality of guests waiting in the green room.  A year and a half ago, you might have heard George Will discussing policy with a senator while a former Cabinet member listened in.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Ex-Fox News contributor: I was silenced on Russia because I didn't back Trump
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Pruitt's EPA security broke down door to lobbyist condo  —  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's protective detail broke down the door at the Capitol Hill condo where he was living, believing he was unconscious and unresponsive and needed rescue …
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Washington Post:
As new details emerge, Scott Pruitt's housing arrangements come under scrutiny … Scott Pruitt's unusual housing arrangement during much of last year — when he paid a lobbyist a modest sum each night for staying in a Capitol Hill condo she co-owned — has generated a new round of scrutiny …
Gal Tziperman Lotan / Orlando Sentinel:
Foreman: Jury ‘convinced’ Noor Salman knew Mateen was plotting attack, but couldn't convict  —  The foreman of the Noor Salman jury contacted the Orlando Sentinel with a statement about what the three days of deliberations were like for the 12 people who acquitted the widow of the Pulse shooter, Omar Mateen.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and CBS Miami
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Noor Salman, widow of Pulse nightclub gunman, found not guilty on all counts
Discussion: CNN, TheBlaze and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Noor Salman, the Orlando nightclub shooter's wife, acquitted of charges she aided 2016 massacre
CNN:
Federal investigators question Ted Malloch in special counsel probe  —  The Mueller investigation: Who could be next?  —  (CNN)The FBI this week detained and questioned Ted Malloch — who says he was an informal Trump campaign adviser in 2016 who was rumored last year to be a candidate …
Discussion: Media Matters for America and AOL
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Tom Winter / NBC News:
Trump ally detained, served with Mueller subpoena at Boston airport
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Behind the chaos: Office that vets Trump appointees plagued by inexperience … An obscure White House office responsible for recruiting and vetting thousands of political appointees has suffered from inexperience and a shortage of staff, hobbling the Trump administration's efforts …
Saba Hamedy / CNN:
‘Clueless’ star Stacey Dash withdraws from congressional race  —  Washington (CNN)"Clueless" star and former Fox News commentator Stacey Dash is withdrawing her congressional bid, a representative for the actress confirmed to CNN Friday.  —  “After much prayer, introspection and discussions with my family …
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Cosmopolitan:
Stacey Dash Is Withdrawing From the California Congressional Race  —  In an exclusive statement to Cosmopolitan.com, the former “Clueless” star says she's calling off her campaign for political office.  —  Only one month after filing paperwork to  —  run for Congress
Discussion: Washington Times and Mediaite
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Atlantis pulls ads from Laura Ingraham's show  —  The Atlantis, Paradise Island resort said Friday that it would be pulling its advertisements from Fox News host Laura Ingraham's show over her comments about a Parkland, Fla., high school shooting survivor.  —  “Atlantis does not support …
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Cheryl K. Chumley / Washington Times:
David Hogg would've made a good brownshirt
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Parkland survivor David Hogg to John McCain: ‘Why do you take so much money from the NRA?’
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Dan Abrams on Parkland Students Becoming ‘Advocates’: ‘These Kids Better Saddle Up’
Discussion: Daily Wire
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Stephon Clark was shot eight times, mostly in his back, according to autopsy requested by his family
Vanessa Romo / NPR:
Pope To World: Hell Does Exist  —  Things got a little heated at the Vatican this week when an Italian journalist reported that Pope Francis denied the existence of hell.  —  Apparently, the fiery 93-year-old avowed atheist reporter, Eugenio Scalfari of La Repubblica, set the social-media world aflame …
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Deloerabrust / americamagazine.org:   Vatican: Claim that pope denied hell's existence is unreliable
New York Times:
Russian Accused of Hacking U.S. Technology Firms Is Extradited  —  PRAGUE — A Russian man accused of hacking the systems of three American technology companies in 2012, possibly compromising the personal information of more than 100 million users, was extradited to the United States from the Czech Republic on Friday.
Associated Press:
AP-NORC/MTV Poll: Young people run from Trump  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A majority of young people believe President Donald Trump is racist, dishonest and “mentally unfit” for office, according to a new survey that finds the nation's youngest potential voters are more concerned about the Republican's performance …
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, AOL, Axios and CNN
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Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
The Republicans Are Clinging Frantically to Power … The Republican Party is building a wall.  Not the one Donald Trump promised his supporters Mexico would pay for (and then American taxpayers would pay and now, apparently, the U.S. military).  The GOP is desperately seeking to build …
Discussion: Raw Story
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims April 2018 as National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month  —  During National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, we remain steadfast in our efforts to stop crimes of sexual violence, provide care for victims, enforce the law …
Discussion: Mediaite and VICE News
Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Freezes Funds for Syrian Recovery, Signaling Pullback  —  Order to State Department to hold off on spending jibes with president's call for an early exit  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump froze more than $200 million in funds for recovery efforts in Syria as his administration …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Greg Walters / VICE News:
Paul Manafort, a mysterious Russian jet, and a secret meeting  —  In August 2016, a private jet linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska traveled from Moscow to Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey.  The Gulfstream G550 (registration M-ALAY) landed shortly after midnight and …
Hamed Aleaziz / San Francisco Chronicle:
Immigration chief in San Francisco apologizes for social media post seen as offensive  —  The head of federal immigration enforcement in Northern California apologized for posting an image on social media that Muslim American groups say is offensive because it dehumanizes Muslim women.
Discussion: Raw Story
Zack Kopplin / The Daily Beast:
New Video: Cop Called Alton Sterling a ‘Stupid Motherf**ker’ After Killing Him … BATON ROUGE, Louisiana—The cop who killed Alton Sterling called him a “stupid ass motherfucker” after shooting him six times at point-blank range, videos released Friday show.
Discussion: Mediaite
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Top government ethics chief Walter Shaub and staff used Headspace meditation app to deal with stress of working under Trump  — Then-Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub and his staff used the Headspace meditation app during the first six months of the administration of President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and thecut
Sewell Chan / New York Times:
14 Million Visitors to U.S. Face Social-Media Screening  —  Nearly all applicants for a visa to enter the United States — an estimated 14.7 million people a year — will be asked to submit their social-media user names for the past five years, under proposed rules that the State Department issued on Friday.
CNN:
Trump's ‘mini me’ could (partly) fill Hicks' void  —  How Daniel Scavino went from caddie to Trump insider  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has wondered aloud over the past weeks — to pretty much anyone listening — who would occupy the singular role of confidant and conspirator that long-time top aide Hope Hicks was leaving behind.
Discussion: The Western Journal
Anna Flagg / New York Times:
The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant  —  The Trump administration's first year of immigration policy has relied on claims that immigrants bring crime into America.  President Trump's latest target is sanctuary cities.  —  “Every day, sanctuary cities release illegal immigrants, drug dealers …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
 
 
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump admits less than quarter of proposed refugees at six-month mark
Hannah Furness / Telegraph:
Pippa Middleton's father-in-law investigated over ‘rape of minor’
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abc7ny.com:
Suffolk County district judge apologizes, admits he's serial underwear stealer
Discussion: Raw Story and myfox8.com
BBC:
Gaza-Israel border: Clashes ‘leave 16 Palestinians dead and hundreds injured’
Discussion: Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Mick Krever / CNN:
Top United Nations official ‘forced himself on me,’ employee says
John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
California voters are joining this party by mistake, but lawmakers aren't doing anything about it
Discussion: New York Magazine
Washington Post:
Congressman alleges McCabe lied to Comey, hinting at rift between FBI officials
Discussion: Raw Story and Mashable
NBC New York:
Teen Mob Randomly Beats Man to Death on NJ Street: Prosecutors
Discussion: Daily Wire
Hartford Courant:
Elizabeth Esty Must Resign