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8:15 PM ET, March 15, 2017

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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Federal judge blocks new Trump travel ban  —  (CNN)A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump's new travel ban on Wednesday afternoon, hours before the ban was set to go into effect.  —  This ruling means that travelers from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees will be able to travel to the US.
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Federal judge in Hawaii freezes President Trump's new travel ban  —  A federal judge in Hawaii has frozen President Trump's new executive order temporarily barring the issuance of new visas to citizens of six-Muslim majority countries and suspending the admission of new refugees.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
The cost of failure on health care?  It may be the rest of Trump's agenda.  —  In the roiling debate over the plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, there's a lot more at stake for President Trump than whether the bill can be saved: Its fate could also determine how much else he can get done …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Ryan: Health care plan must change to pass the House
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Can Paul Ryan pull this off, or is he headed for a brutal defeat?
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Obamacare repeal bill faces tough committee vote Thursday
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show and TheBlaze
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump approval slips, even as more feel economy improving  —  Voters think President Trump is ahead of most previous presidents on fulfilling campaign promises, and the most voters in more than a decade see an improving economy.  Yet that isn't enough to put the president's job rating …
Discussion: Political Wire and Washington Post
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Trump Approval, Voter Optimism on the Rise  —  More Americans approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president and of the direction the country is headed, according to Morning Consult/POLITICO surveys conducted over the past six weeks.  —  The most recent poll, conducted March 9-13 …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Only 24% of Voters Support GOP Health Care Plan  —  PPP's newest national poll finds that there is very little support for the American Health Care Act.  Only 24% of voters support it, to 49% who are opposed.  Even among Republican voters only 37% are in favor of the proposal to 22% who are against it …
Willa Paskin / Slate:
Rachel Maddow Turned a Scoop on Donald Trump's Taxes Into a Cynical, Self-Defeating Spectacle  —  At 7:36 pm Tuesday night, Rachel Maddow tweeted “BREAKING: We've got Trump tax returns.  Tonight, 9pm ET.  MSNBC.  (Seriously),” sending the internet into a frenzy of theorizing.
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WHAM-TV:
Trump calls tax document leak ‘illegal,’ calls reporter a ‘weird dude’  —  YPSILANTI, Mich. (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - President Donald Trump thinks it was “disgusting” and “illegal” that his 2005 federal tax returns were leaked to MSNBC Tuesday, calling the reporter who obtained them a “weird dude”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jay Yarow / CNBC:
Op-Ed: Donald Trump just got a nice victory, thanks, of all people, to Rachel Maddow
Brian Faler / Politico:
Five things to know about Trump's leaked tax return
Discussion: ABC News
BuzzFeed:
An elaborate hoax based on forged documents escalates the phenomenon of “fake news” and reveals an audience on the left that seems willing to believe virtually any claim that could damage Trump.  —  In the third week of  —  January, an Israeli named Yoni Ariel flew from Tel Aviv …
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
McCain: Rand Paul ‘Is Now Working for Vladimir Putin’  —  Sen. John McCain on Wednesday directly accused fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul of working for Russian President Vladimir Putin.  While speaking from the Senate floor in support of a bill advancing Montenegro's bid to join NATO …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Grassley accuses law enforcement officials of withholding information in Trump-Russia probe  —  Sen. Charles Grassley on Wednesday accused federal law enforcement officials of lying to lawmakers about their willingness to share information with them as part of congressional oversight.
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New York Times:
In a Repudiation of Trump, a Senior House Leader Rejects Wiretap Claim
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:   Trump: ‘Wiretap covers a lot of different things’
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Justice Department charges Russian spies and criminal hackers in Yahoo intrusion  —  The Justice Department announced Wednesday the indictments of two Russian spies and two criminal hackers in connection with the heist of 500 million Yahoo user accounts in 2014, marking the first U.S. criminal …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Budget Slashes Funds for E.P.A. and State Department  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's budget blueprint for the coming fiscal year would slash the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 percent and cut State Department spending by a similar amount in a brash upending …
Discussion: Vox, Reuters, ewg.org and CNN
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
‘People are scared’: Paranoia seizes Trump's White House  —  A culture of paranoia is consuming the Trump administration, with staffers increasingly preoccupied with perceived enemies — inside their own government.  —  In interviews, nearly a dozen White House aides and federal agency staffers described …
Daily Mail:
Dutch PM's liberal party takes lead in general election exit polls but loses ten seats as anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders gains seven and vows 'you've not seen the last of me'  —  Right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders has hailed his party's General Election results despite exit polls saying …
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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
PM Mark Rutte set to beat Geert Wilders in Dutch election
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
BUSTED: Trump campaign chair caught in a motel room with an underage boy  —  Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey is under investigation by the Moore, OK police after he was caught in a Super 8 Motel room with a minor boy.  —  “On March 9 ... officers of the Moore Police Department were contacted …
Discussion: Towleroad and Daily Oklahoman
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Abby Broyles / KFOR-TV:
Oklahoma Senator under investigation for incident at motel with teen boy
Discussion: The Root
Jazmin Rosa / New York Post:
Man beaten to pulp after offering to pay for attackers' meal  —  A good Samaritan who offered to lend two men short on cash a couple bucks to cover their meal at a Brooklyn eatery ended up beaten and robbed for trying to help, cops say.  —  The victim was savagely beaten by four men inside …
Discussion: Gothamist and The Daily Caller
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
U.S. military likely to send as many as 1,000 more ground troops into Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive, officials say  —  The U.S. military has drawn up early plans that would deploy up to 1,000 more troops into northern Syria in the coming weeks, expanding the American presence in the country ahead …
Obama Foundation:
Sportsmanship & Citizenship: President Obama's 2017 NCAA Basketball Championship Brackets  —  We heard from many of you that your experiences playing sports have helped you develop confidence, an appreciation for hard work, and a positive outlook despite the ups and downs of life.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Palm Beach may slap Mar-a-Lago with big tax to pay for ‘devastating’ cost of Trump's weekend trips  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Donald Trump's weekend excursions to his private Mar-a-Lago resort cost American taxpayers more than $3 million per trip …
Discussion: mypalmbeachpost
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: ACA, Replacement Plans, Women's Health  —  Ashley Kirzinger, Liz Hamel, Elise Sugarman, Bryan Wu, and Mollyann Brodie  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll examines the public's early attitudes towards the House Republican plan to replace …
Mark Follman / Mother Jones:
Soon It Will Be Even Easier to Shoot Someone to Death in Florida and Claim Self-Defense  —  Florida lawmakers are on the cusp of expanding the state's controversial Stand Your Ground gun law in a radical new way.  Stand Your Ground allows people to use deadly force rather than retreat …
Discussion: New York Times, The FADER and Daily Kos
Australian Transport Safety Bureau:
Battery explosion mid-flight prompts passenger warning  —  As the range of products using batteries grows, the potential for in-flight issues increases.  —  On a recent flight from Beijing to Melbourne, a passenger was listening to music using a pair of her own battery-operated headphones.
Mother Jones:
Businesswoman Who Bought Trump Penthouse Is Connected to Chinese Intelligence Front Group  —  When a Chinese American businesswoman who sells access to powerful people recently purchased a $15.8 million penthouse in a building owned by President Donald Trump, the deal raised a key question.
 
 
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CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
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Discussion: KFOR-TV and IJR
Fox News:
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Emily Jashinsky / Washington Examiner:
Rep. Massie's theory: Voters who voted for libertarians and then Trump were always just seeking …
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 Earlier Items: 
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and TalkLeft
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
What We Can All Learn from Maddow's Trump Taxes Broadcast
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon in College: Grateful Dead Fan, ‘Jerry Brown Liberal,’ ‘Ladies Man’
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Lessons of Obamacare
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Axios and Eschaton