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3:05 PM ET, March 16, 2017

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The Forward:
EXCLUSIVE: Nazi-Allied Group Claims Top Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka As Sworn Member  —  Sebastian Gorka, President Trump's top counter-terrorism adviser, is a formal member of a Hungarian far-right group that is listed by the U.S. State Department as having been “under the direction …
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Eli Clifton / BuzzFeed:
Top Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka Stonewalled When Asked If He Belongs To A Nazi-Allied Group  —  “Send a request to White House press,” Gorka told BuzzFeed News.  —  Sebastian Gorka, a top national security adviser to President Trump, stonewalled when BuzzFeed News asked about a report that he belongs to a Nazi-allied group.
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn Worked for Several Russian Companies, Was Paid More Than $50,000, Documents Show  —  Former Trump national security adviser had business connections with Russia beyond RT that hadn't been previously known  —  President Trump's former national security adviser, Mike Flynn …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Moscow paid $45,000 for Flynn's 2015 talk, documents show  —  RT, the Russian state-owned television network described by U.S. intelligence officials as “the Kremlin's principal international propaganda outlet,” paid $45,386 for former Defense Intelligence Agency Director Michael Flynn to fly …
Discussion: CNBC and Raw Story
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump adviser Flynn paid by multiple Russia-related entities, new records show  —  Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign as national security adviser amid controversy over his contacts with Russia's ambassador, collected nearly $68,000 in fees and expenses from Russia-related entities in 2015 …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Week
CNN:   Former top Trump aide Flynn paid over $30,000 by Russian TV, top House Dem says
Washington Post:
Trump federal budget 2018: Massive cuts to the arts, science and the poor  —  President Trump on Thursday will unveil a budget plan that calls for a sharp increase in military spending and stark cuts across much of the rest of the government including the elimination of dozens …
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Trump's budget calls for seismic disruption in medical and science research  —  President Trump's budget calls for a seismic disruption in government-funded medical and scientific research.  The cuts are deep and broad.  —  They also go beyond what many political observers expected.
Discussion: NPR, Vox, Daily Kos and Common Dreams
Washington Post:
What's getting cut in Trump's budget
Bloomberg:
Trump Budget Plan Declares War on ‘War on Poverty’ Programs
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
Nivea Serrao / EW.com:
Chelsea Clinton announces new picture book, She Persisted  —  Count Chelsea Clinton among the many people whom Elizabeth Warren inspired when she refused to be silenced in the Senate.  —  Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. President Bill Clinton …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Chelsea Clinton to release children's book: ‘She Persisted’
Discussion: The Resurgent and twitchy.com
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: Trump might've leaked classified information  —  The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee suggested Thursday President Trump disclosed classified information during a Fox News interview the night before.  —  “In his effort to once again blame Obama …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Key senators say they have no evidence that Trump Tower was wiretapped
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
McDonald's tweets to Trump: ‘You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President’  —  McDonald's' in a tweet on its corporate account called President Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President” on Thursday morning.  —  The tweet, which was briefly pinned to the top of the account before being deleted …
Fox News:
Trump says he will submit evidence of wiretapping to House committee ‘very soon’  —  President Trump discussed his tweeted accusation that President Obama ordered “wires” at Trump Tower tapped during last year's presidential campaign in an exclusive interview with Fox News' “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Wednesday.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump to Tucker Carlson: “I know” counties that voted for me will lose under the Republican health plan  —  “A lot of things aren't consistent.”  —  Tucker Carlson's sit-down with Donald Trump Wednesday night was not exactly a hard-hitting interview, but the Fox News host did speak …
Kyle Becker / IJR:
Ex-President Obama Made ‘Surprise Visit’ to Hawaii, Just Days Before Judge Issued Travel Ban Ruling  —  Former president Barack Obama made a “surprise visit” to Oahu this week, just days ahead of a controversial ruling on President Trump's new travel ban executive order issued by a Hawaiian judge.
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Obamacare repeal bill survives narrow committee vote  —  Republicans overcame conservative opposition to push their Obamacare repeal bill through the House Budget Committee Thursday, keeping the legislation on track for a floor vote next week.  —  A narrow 19-17 vote to advance …
Discussion: Vox and Common Dreams
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The Hill:
Conservative RSC says it's close to backing ObamaCare repeal bill
Discussion: Mother Jones
Sophie Gilbert / The Atlantic:
The Real Cost of Abolishing the National Endowment for the Arts  —  On Thursday morning, President Trump's proposal for the federal budget confirmed a fact long suspected: the proposed elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities …
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Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
Trump wants to cut the NEA and NEH. This is the worst-case scenario for arts groups
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Trump nominates Boeing VP for deputy Defense secretary  —  President Trump on Thursday nominated a top Boeing executive to be the second-highest-ranking civilian at the Pentagon.  —  Trump announced Patrick Shanahan's nomination to be deputy Defense secretary, along with nominations for five …
Discussion: Axios, RedState and Shakesville
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The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Key Administration Posts
J. D. Vance / New York Times:
Why I'm Moving Home  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — In recent months, I've frequently found myself in places hit hard by manufacturing job losses, speaking to people affected in various ways.  Sometimes, the conversation turns to the conflict people feel between the love of their home and the desire to leave in search of better work.
Discussion: Althouse
Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Dutch elections: Turkish minister claims ‘holy wars will soon begin in Europe’ after Geert Wilders beaten  —  Minister claims there is no difference between liberal politicians and ‘fascist’ far-right leader  —  A Turkish minister has claimed “holy wars will soon begin” in Europe …
Discussion: Instapundit
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Reuters:
Europe headed for ‘religion wars’ despite Wilders' stumble, Turkish minister says
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Clinton Ally Says Smoke, But No Fire: No Russia-Trump Collusion  —  Former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell, who endorsed Hillary Clinton and called Donald Trump a dupe of Russia, cast doubt Wednesday night on allegations that members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Rand Paul Responds to John McCain: Senator From Arizona Is “Unhinged” and “Past His Prime”  —  Sen. Rand Paul responds to attacks from Sen. John McCain on this morning's ‘Morning Joe.’  —  ON Thursday, Paul released this statement: “Currently, the United States has troops in dozens of countries …
Discussion: Sputnik International
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Mark Finkelstein / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Paul: McCain “makes a really, really strong case for term limits”
Discussion: The Week
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Mulvaney justifies budget: We can't ask a coal miner to pay for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting  —  As they fleshed out the budget blueprint released Thursday morning by the White House, Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney said officials from the administration …
Washington Post:
Tillerson says diplomacy with North Korea has ‘failed,’ Pyongyang warns of war  —  TOKYO — Diplomacy has failed and it's time to “take a different approach” to North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said here Thursday, as the North Korean embassy in China warned that American military threats …
Discussion: Hot Air and Associated Press
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Elaine Lies / Reuters:
Tillerson says State Department spending ‘simply not sustainable’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Yashar Ali / Mother Jones:
Secret Service Agents Under Investigation for Taking Photos of Donald Trump's Sleeping Grandson  —  A source with knowledge of the information tells Mother Jones that two Secret Service agents who were assigned to protect Donald Trump III, President Donald Trump's grandson, took selfies with the eight year old while he was sleeping.
Discussion: Death and Taxes, IJR, Mediaite and RedState
Sara Chodosh / Popular Science:
Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why  —  It flies in the face of typical humpback behavior  —  The world is ending and only the whales know.  At least, that's one explanation.  Humpback whales are normally pretty solitary—scientists used to call groups of 10 to 20 “large.”
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and AOL
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Increasing Significance of the Decline of Men  —  At one end of the scale, men continue to dominate.  —  In 2016, 95.8 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs were male and so were 348 of the Forbes 400.  Of the 260 people on the Forbes list described as “self-made,” 250 were men.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Steep Cuts Face Rebuff in Congress Even With GOP Control
Discussion: Politico
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Stephen Bannon Is a Fan of a French Philosopher...Who Was an Anti-Semite and a Nazi Supporter
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Initial 2018 House Ratings
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Officials Are Learning How Hard It Is to Sell $1 Billion of Their Assets
Snejana Farberov / Daily Mail:
Pro-Trump radio host Michael Savage claims he was assaulted while having dinner with his toy poodle Teddy
Discussion: IJR, TheBlaze and TMZ.com
Louis Jacobson / @politifact:
Is being in the United States unlawfully a ‘crime’?
Discussion: Hot Air
Jon Ward / Yahoo:
Health care fight raises concerns about Paul Ryan's political skills
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
No criminal charges for New York mayor de Blasio
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Immigrants are going hungry so Trump won't deport them
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Debt ceiling returns, creating new headache for GOP
Discussion: Political Wire
BuzzFeed:
How Trump's Lawyer Placed A Big Casino Bet That Left Dozens Empty-Handed
Amanda Whiting / Washingtonian:
Trump Places Personal Call To Tomi Lahren, Thanking Her After Hannity Appearance
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Magazine
Sam Knight / The Guardian:
Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen's death
Tristan Hallman / Dallas Morning News:
Dallas city leaders, T-Mobile vow to find solutions as 2nd death is publicly connected to 911 ‘ghost calls’
Discussion: Engadget and CBS Dallas