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9:45 AM ET, March 17, 2017

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Steven Swinford / Telegraph:
Watch |  Spicer: GCHQ may have helped Obama spy on Trump  —  The US has made a formal apology to Britain after the White House accused GCHQ of helping Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump in the White House.  —  Sean Spicer, Mr Trump's press secretary, repeated a claim on Thursday evening …
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Bloomberg:
British Complain After Trump Spokesman Cites Wiretapping Report  —  Multiple high-level government contacts after Spicer briefing  —  Press secretary cited Fox report U.K. calls ‘nonsense’  —  British officials complained to the White House Thursday after press secretary Sean Spicer cited …
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
'It's stupefying to watch': Jim Acosta and Jake Tapper stunned by White House's ‘depressing’ wiretap defense  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  CNN's Jim Acosta spoke with “The Lead” host Jake Tapper after Sean Spicer's contentious press briefing on Thursday.
Discussion: Reuters
New York Times:
Trump Digs In on Wiretap, No Matter Who Says Differently
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Spicer says Trump ‘stands by’ unproven allegation that Obama ordered wiretapping of Trump Tower
Joe Concha / The Hill:
CNN's Chalian: Trump ‘looked like a third-grader’ in Fox interview
Discussion: Raw Story
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Rex Tillerson Rejects Talks With North Korea on Nuclear Program  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson ruled out on Friday opening any negotiation with North Korea to freeze its nuclear and missile programs and said for the first time that the Trump administration might …
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Washington Post:
Tillerson says diplomacy has failed as North Korea warns of nuclear war  —  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the end of a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 16, 2017.  Tillerson called on North Korea to abandon its nuclear …
Associated Press:
AP Analysis: In Asia, Tillerson ponders US-N. Korea reboot
Discussion: Axios
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Tillerson: Military action against North Korea is an option
Discussion: ABC News
CNN:
Tillerson on North Korea: Military action is ‘an option’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Sources: Sean Hannity once pulled a gun on Juan Williams  —  Sean Hannity is surrounded by jackasses.  —  The Wall Street Journal columnist who called Hannity the “dumbest anchor” on Fox News is a “jackass,” according to Hannity.  The forensic psychologist who suggested a blood vessel had popped inside Hannity's brain is a “jackass.”
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Robert Barnes / LawNewz:
Five 9th Circuit Judges Dish Out Ruthless Take Down to Anti-Trump Travel Ban Decision  —  In one of the most ruthless opinions issued of fellow panel judges, five judges from across the political spectrum in the Ninth Circuit went out of their way to issue an opinion about a dismissed appeal …
Discussion: PoliPundit.com, Reuters and IJR
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
A Time to Choose for the Supreme Court  —  Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are getting plenty of advice in the run-up to next week's Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Neil M. Gorsuch.  I offered my own advice in the days immediately following Judge Gorsuch's nomination …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, NPR and Bangor Daily News
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Judge Considers Ordering President Donald Trump to Double 50,000 Refugee Inflow to the United States  —  A federal District Court judge in Maryland is considering whether he should order President Donald Trump to double the annual inflow of refugees up to 100,000 per year.
Discussion: Power Line
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
White House Says Cutting Meals on Wheels Is ‘Compassionate’  —  President Trump's new budget would increase defense spending by $54 billion — while slashing funding for medical research, climate science, public housing, education, aid to the indigent, infrastructure, and many, many other things.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Takes a Gamble in Cutting Programs His Base Relies On
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Mulvaney: Proposed cuts to Meals on Wheels are compassionate to taxpayers
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Freedom Caucus aligns with Bannon in risky Obamacare gambit  —  Steve Bannon was furious.  —  Last weekend, the Washington Examiner published a story claiming that President Donald Trump had vowed to back primary challengers to run against Republicans who oppose the GOP's health care plan.
Discussion: The Week
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CNN:
Health care bill: Ryan counting votes as Republicans lobby for changes
Discussion: Business Insider
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Republican health bill still alive despite renegade conservative votes
Discussion: Instapundit
Phil Archer / Click2Houston.com:
Former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman accused of violating federal election law  —  HOUSTON - Steve Stockman, who served two stints in the U.S. House of Representatives, spent part of Friday in federal court.  —  Stockman, a Tea Party favorite who courted controversy thorough two congressional terms …
Discussion: Hot Air, TheBlaze and Joe.My.God.
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Whom to trust when it comes to health-care reform?  Trump supporters put their faith in him.  —  NASHVILLE — Soon after Charla McComic's son lost his job, his health-insurance premium dropped from $567 per month to just $88, a “blessing from God” that she believes was made possible by President Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story and Eschaton
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Conservative Fantasies, Colliding With Reality  —  This week the Trump administration put out a budget blueprint — or more accurately, a “budget” blueprint.  After all, real budgets detail where the money comes from and where it goes; this proclamation covers only around a third of federal spending …
Discussion: Common Dreams
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Washington Post:
Capitol Hill Republicans not on board with Trump budget
Discussion: The Week and Politico
Joe Lawlorstaff / Press Herald:
Sen. Susan Collins says she can't support House ACA replacement in current form  —  The moderate Republican says ‘Older people living in rural America would be really left behind.’  —  Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Thursday that she opposes the House Republican health care bill being debated in Congress.
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Stephanie Allen / Orlando Sentinel:
Gov. Scott appoints special prosecutor after Ayala says she won't pursue death penalty
Discussion: The Root and Naked Politics
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
Snoop Dogg, Bow Wow and an Ill-Advised Retweet  —  Amid the thousands of tweets that fly from the keyboards of journalists every day, occasionally comes one that sets off an alarm: “Whoops.  Should I have said that?”  Wednesday afternoon, that bell should have sounded shortly …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Suspected Hack Attack Snagging Cell Phone Data Across D.C.  —  An unusual amount of highly suspicious cellphone activity in the Washington, D.C., region is fueling concerns that a rogue entity is surveying the communications of numerous individuals, likely including U.S. government officials …
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
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Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed:   A Security Expert Warned Congress That T-Mobile's DC Cell Network Has Been Hacked
The Local:
Man held after father and brother found with throats slit in Paris  —  Police in Paris have launched an investigation after two men, a father and his son, were found with their throats slit in the French capital.  Another son has been arrested in connection with the murders.
Discussion: Geller Report
Lauren Goode / The Verge:
Netflix is ditching five-star ratings in favor of a thumbs up  —  And it will show a percentage to “match” you with shows  —  Netflix vice president of product Todd Yellin said in a press briefing today that the video streaming company would be changing its ratings system …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Hawaii judge's ruling could lead to constitutional crisis  —  When a Ninth Circuit panel issued a decision striking down President Trump's original travel ban, I described its opinion as “limited in impact, but full of mischief.”  The biggest piece of mischief, I thought …
The California Courts Newsroom:
Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye Objects to Immigration Enforcement Tactics at California Courthouses  —  Expresses concerns in letter to Attorney General Sessions and Secretary Kelly  —  Dear Attorney General Sessions and Secretary Kelly:  —  As Chief Justice of California responsible …
 
 
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
The Onion Struggles to Lampoon Trump
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Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon:
Dem Sen. Attends Cocktail Party for Trump Nominee He Opposed
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Rep. Steve King: GOP colleagues ‘patting me on the back’ after controversy
Discussion: Political Wire
Kristin Tate / The Hill:
Violent threats against the president are OK now?
Associated Press:
AP Explains: The doctrine sure to emerge in Gorsuch hearings
Discussion: Washington Post
Marisa Gerber / Los Angeles Times:
After 32 years behind bars, man walks free to meet jubilant family after judge throws out murder conviction
Discussion: KTLA
 Earlier Items: 
Yashar Ali / Mother Jones:
White House Official May Have Violated Campaign Finance Laws
Discussion: Politico
Politico:
Sources: Trump expected to tap Wheeler as EPA deputy
Discussion: The Hill
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MuckRock's guided tour of lesser-known DEA patches
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Foreign Applications Dip at Some Colleges Amid Fear of ‘Trump Effect’
Discussion: Axios, FiveThirtyEight and rubber hose
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IJR published an article that does not meet our editorial standards …
 

 
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