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2:20 PM ET, March 21, 2017

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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat  —  President Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning with a stern message for Republicans who've been wobbly about dismantling Obamacare: Give me your vote or you may lose your seat in 2018.
Discussion: FOX6Now.com, Mediaite, AOL, Vox and Vox Popoli
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus chairman shrugs off Trump warning on 2018  —  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, says he's not worried about losing his seat in 2018 if the ObamaCare repeal plan fails.  —  “I serve at the pleasure of the people of western North Carolina …
Discussion: RedState and Politicus USA
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 …
CNN:
Trump's make-or-break day on health care  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump now confronts the single biggest political test of his presidency: whether he can close the deal on the Republican health care bill.  —  The President met with House Republicans rally reluctant lawmakers …
CNN:
Conservatives on health care bill: Negotiations are over
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House conservatives say they have the votes to defeat ObamaCare replacement
Discussion: RedState
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Tom Price on Obamacare repeal: Trump administration is ‘going to make this happen’
Discussion: Axios and Vox
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP leaders pile on sweeteners to sell Obamacare repeal
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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Lori Aratani / Washington Post:
Britain follows U.S. in banning laptops, other devices in cabins on certain flights from several Muslim-majority countries  —  LONDON— Britain joined the United States on Tuesday in banning passengers traveling from airports in several Muslim-majority countries from bringing laptops …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Common Dreams
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.
BuzzFeed:
The US Has Banned Laptops And Tablets On Flights From Major Middle Eastern Airports
Discussion: USA Today and New York Magazine
GOV.UK:
Additional airline security measures on some routes travelling to the UK
Discussion: Engadget and Mashable
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Trump didn't lie, Jeffrey Lord says on CNN.  He just speaks a different language — ‘Americanese.’  —  It was a rough night for Jeffrey Lord, CNN's preeminent surrogate for President Trump.  —  During a panel discussion on “Anderson Cooper 360” Monday evening, Lord and seven …
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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.
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
How the FBI tailing Trump could dog his presidency
Alice Stewart / CNN:
Plug the leaks and stop blaming Russians for Clinton's loss
Discussion: Instapundit
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 …
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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
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 …
Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
New documents show Trump aide hid payments from Ukraine party with Moscow ties, lawmaker alleges  —  KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian lawmaker on Tuesday released new financial documents allegedly showing that a former campaign chairman to President Trump laundered payments from the party …
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Fewer Americans Would Be Insured With G.O.P. Plan Than With Simple Repeal  —  The Congressional Budget Office recently said that around 24 million fewer Americans would have health insurance in 2026 under the Republican repeal plan than if the current law stayed in place.
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 …
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
FBI Reportedly Looking At Breitbart, InfoWars As Part Of Russia Probe  —  The FBI's Counterintelligence Division is looking into the role far-right news sites including Breitbart, InfoWars and the Kremlin-backed RT might have played in Russia's influence campaign during the U.S. presidential election, McClatchy reported Monday.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI's Russian-influence probe includes a look at far-right news sites
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 …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower  —  There, indeed, was an FBI wiretap involving Russians at Trump Tower.  —  But it was not placed at the behest of Barack Obama and the target was not the Trump campaign of 2016.  For two years ending in 2013 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Monasteries of the Mind  —  When everything is politicized, people retreat into mental mountaintops — dreams of the past and fantasies of the future. … The rapper Snoop Dogg released a video shooting a mock-up of the president.  Rapper Bow Wow wants to “pimp” the first lady.
Discussion: Althouse
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.
 
 
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
For Democrats, no clear leader
Discussion: Hot Air and AOL
Benny Avni / New York Post:
Team Trump is already kicking butt at the United Nations
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Katie McHugh / Breitbart:
Police: Illegal Alien Suspects Charged After Allegedly Raping and Sodomizing 14-Year-Old Maryland High School Student
The Sit and Spin Room with LOLGOP & Eclectablog:
HOT MIC MOMENT: Millionaire Republican Rep. Trott & team plan to portray constituents as “un-American” after townhall
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Gorsuch: Roe v. Wade ‘Worthy of Treatment as Precedent’
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Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia's Oil Supremacy Falters
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Roger Stone, the ‘Trickster’ on Trump's Side, Is Under F.B.I. Scrutiny
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump credits his Twitter wrath for Kaepernick's unemployment
CBS New York:
Mock Slave Auction Stokes Tempers At Maplewood Elementary School
Discussion: Gothamist and The Root
Marianne Schneider-Petsinger / RealClearWorld:
The Debt Ceiling Will Come Back to Bite Trump
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Bloomberg:
Macron on Top After First Presidential Debate of French Race
Discussion: Business Insider
Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump set to get West Wing office as role expands
 

 
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