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9:25 AM ET, March 20, 2017

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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
White House installs political aides at Cabinet agencies to be Trump's eyes and ears  —  The political appointee charged with keeping watch over Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides has offered unsolicited advice so often that after just four weeks on the job …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's wiretapping accusation comes to a head at Comey hearing  — Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama of wiretapping him during the campaign  —  (CNN)The bizarre saga of President Donald Trump's claims that he was wiretapped by President Barack Obama …
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Associated Press:
Hill Russia inquiry goes _ at last _ before public hearing
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:   Russia Inquiries Overlap in a Tangle of Secrets and Sniping
Jennifer Vanlaar / Townhall.com:
Devin Nunes' “Fox News Sunday” Interview Was Far More Nuanced Than Reported
Discussion: Scripting News and RedState
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Gorsuch Confirmation Presents Democrats With 2 Difficult Paths  —  WASHINGTON — When it comes to the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, Senate Democrats appear to have two options: Get out of the way or get run over.  —  Senate Republicans' enthusiastic backing …
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The Huffington Post:
Democrats May Be Botching This Supreme Court Confirmation Fight
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hit & Run
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Inside Democrats' battle plan against Gorsuch
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
Senate hearings get underway on Trump Supreme Court pick
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Rex Tillerson's Hope for a Media-Free Bubble May Burst  —  SEOUL — Rex W. Tillerson, the new secretary of state, offered the diplomatic understatement of the month on Saturday when he told the sole reporter he permitted on his airplane: “I'm not a big media press access person.  I personally don't need it.”
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Elise Hu / NPR:
The ‘Tillerson Is Tired’ Meme And Things That Happen In A News Vacuum  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's inaugural trip to East Asia was marred by misunderstandings that arguably could have been avoided had Tillerson followed decades-old practice and spoken for himself — to the State Department press corps aboard his plane.
Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
In China debut, Tillerson appears to hand Beijing a diplomatic victory
Discussion: Just Security and Daily Kos
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Uber president Jeff Jones is quitting, citing differences over ‘beliefs and approach to leadership’  —  He is leaving after apparently deciding the current controversies are too much to handle.  —  Jeff Jones, the president of Uber, is quitting the car-hailing company after less than a year.
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Heather Somerville / Reuters:
Uber president Jeff Jones quits, deepening turmoil
Discussion: naked capitalism
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Two Executives to Leave Uber, Adding to Departures
Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
New York Attorney General Steps Up Scrutiny of White House  —  Eric Schneiderman hires a public-corruption prosecutor to target the Trump administration  —  New York state's attorney general, to date one of the most vocal antagonists of President Donald Trump, is preparing to escalate …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
James Vincent / The Verge:
Jeff Bezos looks a little too happy piloting a giant mechanical robot  —  Add this one to the growing pile of evidence that the world is slowly transitioning into a sci-fi dystopia: a billionaire entrepreneur with a side-line building space rockets has been showing off piloting a 13-foot-tall robot.
The Hill:
Republicans take heat on Trump's tax returns  —  Most of the Republicans who have called for President Trump to release his tax returns have declined to join efforts to use the power of Congress to make it happen.  —  Only two Republicans who think Trump should make his finances public …
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
How two old-school Washington insiders became the cool kids of Trumpism  —  The day after a tape of Donald Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women went public in October, Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, appeared on Fox News to defend him.
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Hollywood's self-inflicted wounds  —  No industry is more identified with Southern California than entertainment.  Yet, in the past, the industry's appeal has lain in identifying with the always-changing values and mythos of American society.  But, today, that connection is being undermined …
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The ugly news at St. Thomas  —  St. Paul's University of St. Thomas is in the news and the news is ugly.  The linked story includes the full text of the messages/statements cited in the column below by Robert J. Delahunty, UST Le Jeune Chair and Professor of Law; Willis Krumholz, UST JD/MBA 2014 …
Dean Balsamini / New York Post:
Guy wearing Trump hat sues bar for refusing to serve him  —  Greg Piatek says his pro-Trump hat got him bounced from The Happiest Hour in the Village.  —  Angel Chevrestt  —  Bartenders at a West Village hot spot served up discrimination — with a liberal twist — refusing to serve …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers deported - Reuters poll  —  Nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States, and a similar number disapprove of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is handling the influx …
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Trump Still Hasn't Done Very Much  —  Monday marks the end of President Donald Trump's second month in office.  And once again, it was a month dominated by news coverage of President Donald Trump.  —  He plunged into a ferocious battle over Obamacare, delivered his first speech to Congress …
myajc:
Trump voters in South Georgia come to terms with GOP health plan  —  ATLANTA-NEWS By Craig Schneider and Misty Williams - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  Kenneth Peek had a rough year.  The South Georgia farm where he and his wife grow corn, wheat and soybeans faced a drought and lost money in 2016.
Kurtis Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Here's what Trump supporters mean when they talk about the ‘deep state’  —  Donald Trump waits to step out onto the portico of the U.S. Capitol for his inauguration in January.  (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)  —  Leaks to reporters.  Supposed wiretaps of Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.
 
 
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Here are 23 ways Trump should follow up his wiretap claims
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Arnie Seipel / NPR:
Former Law Student: Gorsuch Told Class Women ‘Manipulate’ Maternal Leave
Discussion: Vox and New York Magazine
New York Times:
No Crackdown on Illegal Employers
Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
Can Chuck Schumer Check Donald Trump?
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan stakes it all on Obamacare repeal
Wall Street Journal:
It's Good to Be a CEO, Again: Stocks Rise, and So Does Pay
Discussion: Axios
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
A Government of Laws, Not Men
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Andreas Rinke / Reuters:
Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes NATO and U.S. ‘vast sums’ for defense
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Tammy Baldwin Paid Clinton Lawyer $90K For Crisis Control After VA Scandal
New York Daily News:
Legendary Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin dead at 88
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Tracking the special treatment media get when they play nice with the White House
Emily Q. Hazzard / ThinkProgress:
Ryan announces major changes to Trumpcare, wants vote before Congress learns its impact on Americans
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Ex-intelligence official: Napolitano's British wiretapping claim 'didn't get it right'
Discussion: RedState
 

 
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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