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2:15 AM ET, March 23, 2017

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CNN:
US Officials: Info suggests Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign, US officials told CNN.
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Nunes claims some Trump transition messages were intercepted  —  House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes declared Wednesday that members of Donald Trump's transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under inadvertent surveillance following November's presidential election.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Schiff: There is now ‘more than circumstantial evidence’ of Trump-Russia collusion  —  Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday that there is “more than circumstantial evidence now” to suggest that President Donald Trump's campaign may have colluded …
Discussion: Political Wire
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Leakgate Finds Its Joe McCarthy  —  On Trump-Russia links, Rep. Schiff tries to fool the public with randomness.  —  If Donald Trump tweeted his accusations about President Obama wiretapping Trump Tower to get the media off his alleged ties to Russia, then Democrats at Monday's hearing …
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Wednesday called for a select committee to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election and potential ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian officials, telling MSNBC's Greta Van Susteren …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM=> House Intel Chair: We Cannot Rule Out That Sr. Obama Officials Were Involved in Trump Surveillance
Discussion: ABC News and Daily Wire
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Schiff: I have ‘grave concerns’ over Nunes's surveillance claim
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Nunes ‘Unmasking’ Report Vindicates Trump Claims on Surveillance
Discussion: CNN, RedState and Geller Report
Bloomberg:
Nunes Says Trump Team Conversations Caught in Surveillance
The Hill:
Freedom Caucus, Trump reach ‘agreement in principle’ on ObamaCare repeal bill  —  Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said Wednesday night he and President Trump have come to an “agreement in principle” on a plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, just one day before a historic House vote on the bill.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
White House moves to tweak health care bill to win over conservatives  —  White House officials are moving to eliminate broad coverage requirements for health insurers in the Obamacare repeal bill in a bid to win over holdout members of the House Freedom Caucus.
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Kochs to withhold millions for health care ‘yes’ votes  —  Washington (CNN)In a last-minute effort to sink the Republican health care bill, a powerful network of conservative donors said Wednesday it would create a new fund for Republican 2018 reelection races — but they'll only open it up to GOPers who vote against the bill.
Discussion: TheBlaze
John Bresnahan / Politico:
White House shift to right on health care angers moderates  —  The Republican push to replace Obamacare - backed forcefully by President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan —is in jeopardy, as a last-ditch bid by the White House to win conservative support late Wednesday appeared to repel moderates.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The latest health care cut Republicans are weighing, explained
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Conservatives claim votes to stop GOP Obamacare repeal
Rep. Daniel Donovan / Staten Island Advance:
Why I will vote ‘no’ on the American Health Care Act  —  Rep. Daniel Donovan will vote “no” on the current Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.  (Staten Island Advance/Rachel Shapiro)  —  Since my first day serving in Congress I made a commitment to weigh the impact …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump's weak closing argument on health care — and why it matters  —  When you're arguing from political cynicism, you need a better case than this. … Will House Republicans muster the votes to pass the American Health Care Act tomorrow?  I don't know.
Jim Newell / Slate:
There's a secret, cynical reason Paul Ryan can't give conservatives what they want on the American Health Care Act.  —  You cannot fault House conservative holdouts for a lack of clarity in their refusal to support the American Health Care Act.  Each one I spoke with on Tuesday made the same point …
Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Mike Lee: Senate parliamentarian told me it's possible to push harder on repealing Obamacare regulations
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Post
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats weigh deal to let Gorsuch through  —  A group of Senate Democrats is beginning to explore trying to extract concessions from Republicans in return for allowing Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch to be confirmed, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
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Democracy Now:
A Driver Fled His Truck to Avoid Freezing to Death. Only One Judge Ruled Against Him: Neil Gorsuch
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
While Gorsuch was testifying, the Supreme Court unanimously said he was wrong
New York Daily News:
Racist Maryland man who fatally stabbed black New Yorker admits his intent to kill African-American men  —  The 28-year-old man busted for fatally stabbing a black stranger in Midtown on Tuesday has told cops he came the city from Baltimore to kill African-Americans, sources said.
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Ashley Southall / New York Times:
Suspect in Manhattan Killing Hated Black Men, Police Say  —  A military veteran with a long-simmering hatred of black men claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the fatal stabbing of a homeless man in Manhattan this week, the police said, in an attack that officials have determined was racially motivated.
Daniel Prendergast / New York Post:
Well-dressed suspect in fatal stabbing surrenders to cops
Discussion: Gothamist
Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
The Trump Presidency Is Already a Joke  —  But it's no laughing matter.  —  It can reasonably be said that our dear leader is now the most ridiculed man on the planet.  In fact, he may well be the most ridiculed man in history.  For a preening narcissist who takes himself terribly seriously …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Fox News:
UK Parliament terror attack: 4 people killed, including cop and alleged assailant; 20 injured  —  DEVELOPING - Four people, including a London police officer who was stabbed and the alleged assailant, were killed after a terror attack that saw more than 20 people injured outside the Parliament building on Wednesday.
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Federal staffers panicked by conservative media attacks  —  Conservative news outlets, including one with links to a top White House official, are singling out individual career government employees for criticism, suggesting in articles that certain staffers will not be sufficiently loyal …
Washington Post:
Secret Service asked for $60 million extra for Trump-era travel and protection, documents show  —  The U.S. Secret Service requested $60 million in additional funding for the next year, offering the most precise estimate yet of the escalating costs for travel and protection resulting …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
White House jumper caught on fence: report
Discussion: TMZ.com, BizPac Review and RedState
 
 
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