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7:10 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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Fox News and Deadline
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Massive college admissions cheating scandal snares Hollywood stars Lori Laughlin, Felicity Huffman
NBC News:
Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman among 40 charged in college entrance exam cheating plot
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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Associated Press:
Pilots have reported issues in US with new Boeing jet  —  Airline pilots on at least two flights have reported that an automated system seemed to cause their Boeing planes to tilt down suddenly, the same problem suspected of contributing to a deadly crash in Indonesia.
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
2 charts refuting Trump's claim that “airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly”
New York Times:
As Europe and Others Ground Boeing 737 Max 8s, U.S. Holds Back
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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NBC Southern California:
Governor Expected to Announce Executive Action to Reduce Use of Death Penalty  —  Colorado Man Arrested in 1973 Newport Beach Killing  —  Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to announce he is taking executive action to try to eliminate the use of the death penalty in California.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
San Francisco Chronicle:
Gov. Newsom to order halt to California's death penalty
Discussion: TheBlaze and Daily Kos
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Newsom to sign moratorium on executions in California
Washington Post:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom to impose moratorium on death penalty
Discussion: The Guardian
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 …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's winless first quarter  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE WINLESS FIRST QUARTER ... It's the middle of March — almost the end of the first quarter of 2019 — and here's what PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has going on:  —  THE NORTH KOREA summit blew up. ...
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 …
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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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump vowed to eliminate the debt in 8 years.  He's on track to leave it at least 50 percent higher.  —  In March 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump told The Washington Post he could eliminate the entire U.S. debt in eight years.  Now that he's president, Trump is doing the exact opposite.
Discussion: The Democrats and East Bay Times
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
The White House's New Budget Exposes Donald Trump's Lies About Protecting Medicare and Medicaid
Discussion: CNBC, The Atlantic and IJR
GOV.UK:
Temporary tariff regime for no deal Brexit published  —  Government has published details of the UK's temporary tariff regime for no deal, designed to minimise costs to business and consumers while protecting vulnerable industries.  —  Government has this morning (Wednesday 13 March) …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
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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
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Hasn't Asked Dershowitz About His Pedophile Client Jeffrey Epstein  —  The attorney has appeared on Fox News 27 times since major news broke about the illegal plea deal Epstein's lawyers negotiated.  Fox has not asked Dershowitz about it even once.
Discussion: miamiherald
Gigi Sukin / Axios:
Defense Department's new transgender policy outlines harsh limits for troops  —  The Defense Department approved a new policy on Tuesday after a prolonged legal conflict that dramatically limits transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex, ordering members …
Wall Street Journal:
Navy, Industry Partners Are ‘Under Cyber Siege’ by Chinese Hackers, Review Asserts  —  The Navy and its contractors are “under cyber siege” by Chinese hackers who have stolen national security secrets in recent years, an internal review concluded.
Discussion: Task & Purpose
New York Times:
Mueller Report Has Washington Spinning (and It's Not Even Filed)  —  WASHINGTON — Television crews have been positioned outside the offices of the special counsel, the federal courthouse and, at least before they were asked to leave, the McLean, Va., home of the new attorney general, William P. Barr.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate Advances Trump Court Pick Who Blamed Women For Date Rape  —  Neomi Rao, up for a lifetime federal court seat, also has a record of weakening protections for sexual assault survivors.  —  WASHINGTON The Senate voted Tuesday to advance President Donald Trump's judicial nominee Neomi Rao …
Umair Irfan / Vox:
We need to talk about the ethics of having children in a warming world  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, nonprofits, and ethicists are now publicly addressing questions about procreation in the age of climate change.  —  In a recent Instagram live stream from her kitchen, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Discussion: The Week
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal:
Dick's Sporting Goods to Remove Guns From 125 Stores  —  Dick's Sporting Goods will stop selling firearms at 125 of its stores, further pulling back from the business after it decided last year to tighten policies on gun sales.
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Oregonian and Splinter
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
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National Center for Transgender Equality:
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Nancy Pelosi has a two-track strategy on impeachment
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
Anthony G. Attrino / New Jersey Online:
Disgraced priest from N.J. who was ‘credibly accused’ of sexual misconduct found shot to death in Nevada
Discussion: Daily Wire
Seth Moulton / Washington Post:
Abolish the filibuster and the electoral college
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