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11:50 AM ET, March 21, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump's Weary Defenders Face Fresh Worries  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump began Monday as he has started so many other presidential mornings — by unleashing a blistering Twitter attack on critics who suggested his 2016 campaign colluded with the Russians.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News pulls Judge Napolitano over his Trump wiretap claims  —  Judge Andrew Napolitano, the senior judicial analyst for Fox News, is being kept off the air indefinitely.  (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)  —  Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano is being kept off …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Andrew Napolitano absent from Fox after citing anonymous spying claims  —  Tracing the origin of the UK wiretapping lie  —  Judge Andrew Napolitano, the Fox News analyst who was praised by President Trump last week, has apparently been benched by the network.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
All the President's Lies  —  The ninth week of Donald Trump's presidency began with the F.B.I. director calling him a liar.  —  The director, the very complicated James Comey, didn't use the L-word in his congressional testimony Monday.  Comey serves at the pleasure of the president, after all.
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Comey drops a bombshell  —  THE BIG STORY: It's hard to pick the bigger headline out of FBI Director James Comey's day on Capitol Hill.  Yes, he stated clearly that President Trump issued a baseless and scurrilous accusation involving his predecessor.
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
President Trump faces his hardest truth: He was wrong
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
How the FBI tailing Trump could dog his presidency
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Report: Fox News Pulls Judge Andrew Napolitano Following Trump Wiretap Comments (UPDATED)
Discussion: Deadline and TheBlaze
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP leaders unveil changes to healthcare bill  —  House Republican leaders on Monday night released a set of changes to their ObamaCare replacement bill, as they seek to win more votes for the legislation.  —  The changes include two measures that conservative Republican Study Committee members won …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House conservatives say they have the votes to defeat ObamaCare replacement
Discussion: RedState
Marianne Schneider-Petsinger / RealClearWorld:
The Debt Ceiling Will Come Back to Bite Trump
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
The Huffington Post:
GOP Health Care Bill Offers Upstate New York A Sweetheart Deal
Discussion: Vox
CNN:
Conservatives on health care bill: Negotiations are over
New York Times:
House Republicans Turn to Upstate New York to Lure Votes for Health Bill
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI's Russian-influence probe includes a look at far-right news sites  —  WASHINGTON  —  Federal investigators are examining whether far-right news sites played any role last year in a Russian cyber operation that dramatically widened the reach of news stories — some fictional …
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Ron Nixon / New York Times:
U.S. Limits Devices for Passengers on Foreign Airlines From Eight Countries  —  Passengers on foreign airlines headed to the United States from 10 airports in eight majority-Muslim countries have been barred from carrying electronic devices larger than a cellphone under a new flight restriction enacted …
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Washington Post:
Trump won't allow you to use iPads or laptops on certain airlines.  Here's why.  —  From Tuesday on, passengers traveling to the U.S. from 10 airports in eight Muslim-majority countries will not be allowed to have iPads, laptops or any communications device larger than a smartphone in the cabin of the plane.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Lori Aratani / Washington Post:
U.S. bans laptops, other devices as carry-on from 10 airports in Muslim-majority nations
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Guardian
Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump set to get West Wing office as role expands  —  Ivanka Trump, who moved to Washington saying she would play no formal role in her father's administration, is now officially setting up shop in the White House.  —  The powerful first daughter has secured her own office …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Carter-era ethics rulings loom over Trump kids
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Trump adviser Roger Stone repeatedly claimed to know of forthcoming WikiLeaks dumps  —  (CNN)In the final months of the 2016 campaign, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone repeatedly discussed his backchannel communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and claimed knowledge …
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Inside the identity crisis at the Independent Journal Review, the outlet that has become a powerhouse in the Trump era  —  It was supposed to be Independent Journal Review's week to shine.  —  The upstart, millennial-focused news website, which has emerged as a favorite …
Brigitte Gabriel / BuzzFeed:
An Anti-Muslim Leader Says She's Going To The White House  —  Brigitte Gabriel is the leader of ACT for America.  —  Brigitte Gabriel, one of the most influential anti-Muslim leaders currently in America, said Monday evening she has a meeting at the White House.
Mike Moffitt / San Francisco Chronicle:
Spring breakers chant ‘Build that wall!’ during Cancun cruise  —  A Mexican newspaper condemned American spring breakers who reportedly chanted “Build that wall!” during a family show on a tourist ship off Cancun.  —  In an editorial Friday, the Yucatan Times called the singing during a …
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
The Blaze Suspends Tomi Lahren  —  Conservative media company The Blaze has suspended political commentator Tomi Lahren, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Daily Caller.  —  Lahren's show is suspended for effect for at least one week starting Monday, according to TheDC's sources.
Bloomberg:
Macron on Top After First Presidential Debate of French Race  —  Snap polls shows Macron most convincing, Hamon trailing  —  Le Pen, Macron clash on Europe, euro, Russia, and immigration  —  In the first debate between the main contenders to become France's next president the centrist front-runner emerged with his lead intact.
Discussion: Business Insider
Reuters:
Exclusive: Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April - sources  —  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip an April 5-6 meeting of NATO foreign ministers for a U.S. visit by the Chinese president and will travel to Russia later in the month, U.S. officials said on Monday …
 
 
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Mother Jones:
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
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Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
New documents show Trump aide hid payments from Ukraine party with Moscow ties, lawmaker alleges
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