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9:30 AM ET, March 15, 2021

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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Navy probe finds contractor charged in Capitol insurrection was well-known Nazi sympathizer  —  (CNN)An Army reservist charged with storming the US Capitol was a well-known White supremacist and Nazi sympathizer at the Navy base where he worked as a contractor, and was even rebuked for sporting a distinctive …
Politico:
Biden eyes Gene Sperling to serve as Covid rescue plan czar  —  President Joe Biden is eyeing Gene Sperling for a role to oversee the implementation of the administration's coronavirus relief plan, according to two sources with knowledge of the plans.  —  The White House could announce …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Political Wire
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Joe Concha / The Hill:   The media fact-checkers finally come for Joe Biden
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:   Biden, Harris and others to promote relief plan's benefits
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Gene Sperling to oversee $1.9 trillion stimulus
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill and The Week
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Prosperity Over Vengeance  —  The future of American democracy depends on Joe Biden's ability to show that even when the Republican Party loses, Americans who vote Republican do not.  —  Staff writer at The Atlantic  —  Donald Trump was a punishment.  —  Conservatives saw him that way, and Trump saw himself that way, too.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Texas GOP launches avalanche of bills to curtail voting  —  Texas Republicans are rolling out a slew of restrictive election bills, taking particular aim at early voting after Democrats enthusiastically embraced the practice last year.  —  More than two dozen GOP-sponsored elections bills …
Discussion: New York Times and Bloomberg
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New York Times:
Desperation as Migrant Traffic Piles Up  —  Mexico is struggling to deal with a new wave of migrants expelled from the U.S. while even more come north hoping to cross.  Shelters that were empty four months ago are now having to turn many away.  —  CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico …
Discussion: Fox News, Vox and NBC News
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Backlog of migrant children in Border Patrol custody soars to 4,200, with 3,000 held past legal limit
Discussion: BuzzFeed News, National Review and UPI
ABC News:   Number of unaccompanied migrant kids in US custody up 25% since last week, administration facing unprecedented crisis
Kadia Goba / Axios:
Vaccine brawl riles House  —  Uncertainty about why only 75% of the House is confirmed as vaccinated against the coronavirus is fueling a debate about when the chamber can return to its normal rules of operation.  —  Between the lines: The other 25% of members have either refused to get the vaccine …
Axios:
Florida's pandemic response gets a second look from the national media  —  After a solid year of living with a pandemic, the national press is beginning to ask the question that even Democrats have been quietly pondering in the Sunshine State: Was Gov. Ron DeSantis' pandemic response right for Florida?
Tonya Riley / Washington Post:
The Cybersecurity 202: White House weighs new cybersecurity proposals after two major hacking campaigns  —  The White House is ramping up coordination with the private sector to address the ongoing fallout from a major breach of Microsoft software leaving thousands of American organizations vulnerable to hackers.
Discussion: Defense One
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New York Times:
White House Weighs New Cybersecurity Approach After Failure to Detect Hacks
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘Clear and present danger’: Republicans fret about Greitens' comeback  —  Disgraced former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is moving closer to a 2022 Senate bid, alarming top Republicans who worry he will jeopardize the party's grip on the seat and imperil their prospects of seizing the majority.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Massive Facebook study on users' doubt in vaccines finds a small group appears to play a big role in pushing the skepticism  —  Internal study finds a QAnon connection and that content that doesn't break the rules may be causing ‘substantial’ harm  —  Facebook is conducting a vast behind …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
‘We want to be educated, not indoctrinated,’ say Trump voters wary of covid shots  —  The responses of focus group participants suggest they can be persuaded — but perhaps not by politicians, including the former president.  —  Be honest that scientists don't have all the answers.
New York Times:
As Cuomo Reels, Pleas for Political Support Come From His Vaccine Czar  —  Larry Schwartz, whom Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo put in charge of the state's vaccination efforts, called some county executives about support for the governor.  —  At the height of the pandemic, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called upon …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
New Suitor May Enter Fray for Tribune Publishing  —  A Maryland hotel magnate who had a deal to buy The Baltimore Sun is now weighing a bid for all of Tribune's newspapers that could thwart a hedge fund's plan.  —  A deal that would reshape the American newspaper industry has run …
Jason Morris / CNN:
Officials located December recording of Trump call in a trash folder on Georgia investigator's device  —  (CNN)Officials in the Georgia Secretary of State's Office located a recently released recording of former President Donald Trump's call to a state investigator in a trash folder on her device …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Jared Kushner / Wall Street Journal:
Opportunity Beckons in the Mideast  —  The Biden administration called Iran's bluff early.  It should continue to play the strong hand it was dealt.  —  The geopolitical earthquake that began with the Abraham Accords hasn't ended.  More than 130,000 Israelis have visited Dubai since President Trump hosted …
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and Just The News
Washington Examiner:
Congressional Democrats push a job-killing law even Californians couldn't stand  —  In the 2020 election, 63% of California voters backed President Biden.  On the same ballot, those voters essentially repealed a job-killing state law that Biden and Democrats now want to impose on a national level in the form of the PRO Act.
Lev Facher / STAT:
The White House is set to unveil a wide-reaching, billion-dollar campaign aimed at convincing every American to get vaccinated  —  WASHINGTON — The White House this week will unveil a wide-reaching, $1.5 billion public relations campaign aimed at boosting vaccine confidence and uptake across the U.S. …
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
A Pro-Trump scam PAC returns with a vengeance  —  President Donald Trump is out of office, but the scammers that used his name to raise money aren't stopping.  —  Over the past few weeks, POLITICO has received a number of robocalls from generically named political groups asking for cash …
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Biden Eyes First Major Tax Hike Since 1993 in Next Economic Plan  — Tax increases would help fund long-term U.S. recovery program  — Corporate, capital-gains levies targeted for hikes, aides say  —  President Joe Biden is planning the first major federal tax hike since 1993 …
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, The Hill and IJR
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
‘Most influential voice’: Warren's network spreads throughout Biden administration  —  Wall Street was relieved when Sen. Elizabeth Warren was passed over for the leadership of the Treasury Department.  But now the financial industry faces another threat: President Joe Biden is enlisting …
BBC:
US remains top arms exporter and grows market share  —  The US has increased its global share of arms exports to 37% during the last five years, according to a Sweden-based research institute.  —  Increased exports by the US, France and Germany were offset by declining Russian and Chinese exports.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Capitol rioter boasted he could access powerful weapons to ‘take back’ country, prosecutors say
Jeremy Fassler / Kansas Reflector:
Kobach teamed up with Wichita businessman to sell COVID-killing device. An investigation found no validity to their claims.
Discussion: Raw Story