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8:55 AM ET, March 13, 2019

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Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
Jared Kushner Shows There's a Shady-Yet-Legal Way to Get Rich Kids Into College  —  Today's news of a massive college admissions scam that has ensnared at least 40 people, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, has a lot of people asking the same question …
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TMZ.com:
Felicity Huffman Arrested by FBI with Guns Drawn, Loughlin to Surrender Wed  —  Felicity Huffman — Arrested By FBI Agents with Guns Drawn ... Loughlin to Surrender Wednesday  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  7:58 PM PT — We just got Felicity and Mossimo after posting bail ... and it was clear they didn't want to talk.
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Felicity Huffman awoke to FBI agents with guns drawn at her L.A. home in college cheating raid  —  When Felicity Huffman opened the door to her Los Angeles home at 6 a.m. Tuesday, she was met by FBI agents with their guns drawn, according a source familiar with the incident.
NBC News:
Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman among 40 charged in college entrance exam cheating plot  —  The scheme involved students who attended or were seeking to attend Georgetown University, Stanford University, UCLA, and other top colleges.  —  Hollywood figures among those charged in college exam cheating scheme
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Massive college admissions cheating scandal snares Hollywood stars Lori Laughlin, Felicity Huffman
Tim Arango / New York Times:
After Soul Searching, Gov. Gavin Newsom Will Halt Executions in California  —  LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce a moratorium on capital punishment on Wednesday, granting a temporary reprieve for the 737 inmates who wait on the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Splinter and Slate
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Gov. Newsom to order halt to California's death penalty
Discussion: TheBlaze and Daily Kos
Sophia Bollag / Sacramento Bee:
Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop death penalty in California, giving reprieves to 737 death row inmates
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
NBC Southern California:
Governor Expected to Announce Executive Action to Reduce Use of Death Penalty
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom to impose moratorium on death penalty
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Guardian
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Newsom to sign moratorium on executions in California
Cary Aspinwall / Dallas Morning News:
Boeing 737 Max 8 pilots complained to feds for months about suspected safety flaw  —  Pilots repeatedly voiced safety concerns about the Boeing 737 Max 8 to federal authorities, with one captain calling the flight manual “inadequate and almost criminally insufficient” several months …
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Susan Davis / NPR:
Speaker Pelosi Revokes Vice President Pence's House Office Space  —  The speaker giveth, and the speaker taketh away.  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has reclaimed office space her predecessor, Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., awarded to Vice President Pence.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Pence, GOP senators discuss offer to kill Trump emergency disapproval resolution  —  Vice President Pence is discussing an offer with Republican senators that could lead to the defeat of a Democratic resolution overturning President Trump's emergency declaration to build a wall on the Mexican border …
Washington Post:
White House, GOP senators negotiating a deal to avert defeat on emergency order
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders aide apologizes for questioning American Jews' ‘dual allegiance’ to Israel  —  A spokeswoman for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign apologized Tuesday after questioning whether the “American-Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel” — a comment condemned …
Politico:
House Democrats struggle in Trump's news cycle  —  The media environment has been completely upended since the last time Nancy Pelosi was speaker.  —  House Democrats can't escape Trumpmania.  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her colleagues are living under a harsh new reality fueled by the rise …
Discussion: Breitbart and Reason
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Nancy Pelosi has a two-track strategy on impeachment
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller says Flynn's cooperation ‘complete’  —  Michael Flynn's cooperation in Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is complete, lawyers for the special counsel said in a Tuesday night report to a federal judge presiding over the former Trump national security adviser's case.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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New York Times:   Mueller Report Has Washington Spinning (and It's Not Even Filed)
Reuters:
Mueller says former Trump adviser Flynn's cooperation ‘otherwise complete’
Discussion: Axios
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
New Pentagon transgender rule sets limits for troops  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department has approved a new policy that will largely bar transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex, and require most individuals to serve in their birth gender.
Discussion: Advocate, Splinter and PinkNews
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Gigi Sukin / Axios:
Defense Department's new transgender policy outlines harsh limits for troops
National Center for Transgender Equality:   Trump Administration Announces Beginning of Transgender Military Ban on April 12
New York Times:
College Admissions Scandal: Actresses, Business Leaders and Other Wealthy Parents Charged  —  Federal prosecutors charged dozens of people on Tuesday in a major college admission scandal that involved wealthy parents, including Hollywood celebrities and prominent business leaders …
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New York Times:
Lori Loughlin's Daughter Is Caught Up in College Admissions Scandal  —  Ms. Giannulli, an influencer with big audiences on YouTube and Instagram, posted sponsored content about being a student.  —  Olivia Jade Giannulli, whose parents are two of the dozens of people accused of cheating …
YouTube:
Mitt Romney Explains His Candle Technique |  TMZ … We just got Mitt in D.C. who offered up an explanation as to why he plucked the candles off one by one — and it's a legit reason — dude just wanted to keep his staff healthy.  —  About TMZ:  —  TMZ has consistently been credited …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Lisa Page transcripts reveal details of anti-Trump ‘insurance policy,’ concerns over full-blown probe  —  House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Tuesday released hundreds of pages of transcripts from last year's closed-door interview with ex-FBI attorney Lisa Page, revealing new details …
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Washington Post:
THE FENTANYL FAILURE  —  Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the Obama administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say.  —  SCROLL DOWN  —  In May 2016, a group of national health experts issued an urgent plea in a private letter …
Discussion: Political Wire
Allison Pecorin / ABC News:
Looking at 47 months in jail in Virginia case, Paul Manafort faces 2nd sentencing in DC case  —  Paul Manafort is expected to be sentenced in the District of Columbia Wednesday morning, marking the likely conclusion of the former Trump campaign chairman's year-and-a-half long legal battle.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Week
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
The Wacky Tale of Paul Manafort, Anne Hathaway's Fraudster Ex-Boyfriend, and a Vatican Land Scam  —  Manafort and his then-partner talked about their plans to do business with the Italian who lured in investors with phony claims about sweetheart deals on the church's real estate.  —  Betsy Woodruff
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Merica / CNN:
John Hickenlooper didn't mean to forget who you are: How face blindness has affected his political career  —  How Hickenlooper grew from brewery owner to governor  —  Austin, Texas (CNN)John Hickenlooper knows he knows you from somewhere.  The former Colorado governor just doesn't know if it's really you.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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