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9:15 PM ET, March 28, 2017

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Washington Post:
Trump administration sought to block Sally Yates from testifying to Congress on Russia  —  The Trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying to Congress in the House investigation of links between Russian officials and Donald Trump's presidential campaign …
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
First GOP lawmaker calls for Nunes to recuse himself  —  Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) on Tuesday told The Hill that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) should “absolutely” recuse himself from his panel's investigation into Russia's meddling in last year's election.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Now we know why Trump panicked about Russia probe  —  You know things are looking grim for President Trump when he starts tweeting about Hillary Clinton again.  Monday evening he sounded trapped and wounded: “Why isn't the House Intelligence Committee looking into the Bill & Hillary deal …
Rep. Devin Nunes / National Review:
Devin Nunes Should Step Down as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee
Discussion: NewsHounds blog and Hot Air
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Dem: White House in ‘fantasy land’ on Yates testimony
Discussion: Politico
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Schiff: Yates would have testified on Flynn ‘cover-up’
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Embattled DNC Asks All Staffers For Resignation Letters  —  Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has launched a major overhaul of the party's organization, which has been stung by recent crises — and the DNC has requested resignation letters from all current staffers.
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Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Cleaning House: DNC Chair Perez Orders All Staffers To Resign
Discussion: Geller Report and SARAH PALIN
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump gives Chuck the silent treatment  —  It was supposed to be one of Washington's most intriguing relationships.  Instead, they've had virtually no relationship at all.  —  President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the most powerful Democrat in Washington …
Discussion: Axios
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Border wall funding likely to be put on hold  —  President Trump's funding request for a border wall will likely be put on hold, Senate Republican leaders signaled Tuesday.  —  Sen. Roy Blunt  —  (R-Mo.), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, announced at a leadership press conference …
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
GOP Senator: Funding For Border Wall Will Likely Have to Wait
Discussion: SARAH PALIN
Media Matters for America:
Bill O'Reilly: I “Didn't Hear A Word” Rep. Maxine Waters Said Because Of Her “James Brown Wig”  —  BILL O'REILLY: I didn't hear a word [Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)] said.  I was looking at the James Brown wig.  If we have a picture of James, it's the same wig.  —  STEVE DOOCY (CO-HOST): It's the same one.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Bill O'Reilly apologizes after making racially charged joke about congresswoman
Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Trump's business network reached alleged Russian mobsters  —  To expand his real estate developments over the years, Donald Trump, his company and partners repeatedly turned to wealthy Russians and oligarchs from former Soviet republics — several allegedly connected to organized crime …
New York Times:
Affordable Care Act Repeal Is Back on the Agenda, Republicans Say  —  WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders and the White House, under extreme pressure from conservative activists, have restarted negotiations on legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, with House leaders declaring …
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Alex Byers / Politico:
House votes to revoke broadband privacy rules
Discussion: Shareblue
Ilya Marritz / WNYC News:
Paul Manafort's Puzzling New York Real Estate Purchases  —  Paul J. Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager facing multiple investigations for his political and financial ties to Russia, has engaged in a series of puzzling real estate deals in New York City over the past 11 years.
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NBC News:   Manafort-Linked Accounts on Cyprus Raised Red Flag
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Republicans vote to block resolutions on Trump's tax returns  —  The House and its tax-writing committee voted on Tuesday to block Democratic resolutions demanding President Trump's tax returns.  —  The votes were latest of many Democratic attempts to get Congress to request Trump's tax returns.
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Reuters:
Trump signs order dismantling Obama-era climate policies  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to undo Obama-era climate change regulations, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry and calling into question U.S. support for an international deal to fight global warming.
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Claims U.S. Constitution Bars ‘Apprentice’ Star's Defamation Suit While in Office  —  The president believes the Supremacy Clause bars state lawsuits against a sitting president and looks to tackle an issue “not decided” by the Supreme Court in Bill Clinton v. Paula Jones.
Eric Owens / The Daily Caller:
This $56,199-Per-Year Campus Offers ‘Self-Identified White Students’ A Safe Space To Feel Guilty  —  Loyola University Chicago offers a campus club “for self-identified White students” to admit their own racist feelings and to complain about the racism they perceive around themselves.
Elana Schor / Politico:
Gorsuch needs a straight flush to beat filibuster  —  Senate Democrats on Tuesday left Judge Neil Gorsuch with two roads to the Supreme Court: winning over all of the party's remaining swing votes, or relying on the so-called nuclear option.  —  The five Democratic senators up for reelection next year …
John Gregory / abc7.com:
NOHO SCHOOL BUDGET CUTS DUE TO HIGH WHITE STUDENT PERCENTAGE SPARKS OUTRAGE … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid= 1817703" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) —  Outrage has grown at Walter Reed Middle School …
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year  —  Spiders are quite literally all around us.  A recent entomological survey of North Carolina homes turned up spiders in 100 percent of them, including 68 percent of bathrooms and more than three-quarters of bedrooms.
Michael Weiss / The Daily Beast:
Jared Kushner Tempted by Russia's Bank of Spies  —  Not every bank lists a convicted spy serving 30 months in an Ohio prison as its active deputy representative in New York.  But then, not every bank is headed by a former spy, much less one found to have spent time with Jared Kushner during a …
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Ryan: Don't tie Planned Parenthood to government funding fight  —  Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Tuesday that Congress shouldn't try to defund Planned Parenthood in a measure to fund the government, but instead should use a separate healthcare reform bill.
Discussion: Politico and Mashable
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
April Ryan on Sean Spicer's insulting behavior: 'I'll be back'  —  Thanks to the dysfunction stemming from his boss, White House press secretary Sean Spicer is getting heavy exposure to the public via televised daily sessions in the briefing room.  And the more we see of him, the nastier he appears.
 
 
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Marisa Gerber / Los Angeles Times:
Innocent man freed after spending 20 years behind bars for attempted murder in a Compton shooting
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John Crudele / New York Post:
The New York Times' ongoing dishonesty only helps Trump
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Schock staffer was FBI informant, court filings reveal
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Dan Levine / Reuters:
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Katherine Skiba / Chicago Tribune:
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Top House Republicans favor funding key ObamaCare payments
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Meredith Newman / capitalgazette.com:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
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Discussion: BGR and The Daily Caller
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
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Discussion: RSLC
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A 2016 Review: Turnout Wasn't the Driver of Clinton's Defeat
Jill Filipovic / CNN:
We all know why the right is angry at Tomi Lahren
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
William Nardi / The College Fix:
Christian student suspended after challenging Muslim prof's claim that Jesus wasn't crucified
Victoria Herrmann / The Guardian:
I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations
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