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10:45 PM ET, April 3, 2017

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Washington Post:
Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel  —  The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi­mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish …
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Ali Watkins / BuzzFeed:
A Former Trump Adviser Met With A Russian Spy  —  Carter Page told BuzzFeed News that he had been in contact with at least one Russian spy working undercover out of Moscow's UN office in 2013.  —  NEW YORK — A former campaign adviser for Donald Trump met with and passed documents …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump campaign advisor Carter Page targeted by Russian spies  —  Two years before joining the Trump campaign as a foreign policy adviser, New York business consultant Carter Page was targeted for recruitment as an intelligence source by Russian spies promising favors for business opportunities in Russia …
Discussion: RedState
NBC News:
Blackwater Founder Repped Trump at Secret Meeting Overseas: Sources  —  Blackwater founder Erik Prince represented Donald Trump at a secret overseas meeting convened by the United Arab Emirates in early January, two intelligence sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel  —  White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign …
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Adam Housley / Fox News:
Susan Rice requested to unmask names of Trump transition officials, sources say  —  Multiple sources tell Fox News that Susan Rice, former national security adviser under then-President Barack Obama, requested to unmask the names of Trump transition officials caught up in surveillance.
Circa:
Watch |  Circa's Sara Carter reports on Susan Rice and her involvement in unmasking intel on Trump associates.
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
We now have a better idea who's behind ‘unmasking’ Trump officials' contact with foreign agents — and why
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Susan Rice In Crosshairs as Potential Felon
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Trump's risk of impeachment rises
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Far from idle speculation’: Dem. senator says ‘looming’ impeachment is reason to filibuster Gorsuch  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) argued on Monday that Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, should not be nominated in the midst of a “looming” constitutional crisis.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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Patrick Leahy / U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont:
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of Neil Gorsuch To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Here are 9 steps the Senate may take to ‘go nuclear’ and approve Gorsuch
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:   A New Tribalism Spreads in Donald Trump's Washington
Bloomberg:
Democrats Choose Path on Gorsuch That Could Change Washington
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Democrats secure enough votes to block Gorsuch, setting stage for ‘nuclear’ option
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
At Fox News, fear and silence amid O'Reilly controversy  —  Lawyer: Payouts are the ‘cost of doing business’ at Fox  —  There are women at Fox News who want to speak up.  But they're afraid.  They've seen other women stand up for themselves — against former Fox News chief Roger Ailes …
Lili Bayer / The Forward:
EXCLUSIVE: Controversial Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka Backed Violent Anti-Semitic Militia  —  As a Hungarian political leader in 2007, Sebastian Gorka, President Trump's chief counter-terrorism adviser, publicly supported a violent racist and anti-Semitic paramilitary militia that was later banned …
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Devin Nunes Isn't a Joke Back Home  —  He's become a figure of great fun in Washington, even among his fellow Republicans (e.g., Senator Lindsey Graham, who mocked his “Inspector Clouseau investigation” of the Trump-Russia connection).  HBO comedian John Oliver said he had managed somehow to make …
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Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Amid the storm, Devin Nunes' two worlds render vastly different judgments of him
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Sessions orders Justice Department to review all police reform agreements  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with troubled police forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure these pacts do not work against the Trump …
Discussion: Political Wire
Business Insider:
AOL and Yahoo plan to call themselves by a new name after the Verizon deal closes: Oath  —  When Verizon merges Yahoo with AOL after its acquisition of Yahoo closes, the newly created division will get a new name.  —  That new name is Oath, sources tell Business Insider.
Wall Street Journal:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's Rent in Washington: $15,000 a Month  —  Owner is a Chilean magnate who bought house for $5.5 million  —  Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's daughter and her White House adviser husband, are paying $15,000 a month to rent their new home …
Discussion: AOL
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Putin Derangement Syndrome Arrives  —  Whatever the truth about Trump and Russia, the speculation surrounding it has become a dangerous case of mass hysteria  —  So Michael Flynn, who was Donald Trump's national security adviser before he got busted talking out of school to Russia's ambassador …
ProPublica:
Trump Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants — Without Ever Telling Us  —  When President Donald Trump placed his businesses in a trust upon entering the White House, he put his sons in charge and claimed to distance himself from his sprawling empire.
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:   Spicer Contradicts Trump Trust Docs, Says The Trust Didn't Change
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
She voted illegally.  But was the punishment too harsh?  —  GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. — Rosa Ortega stirred herself awake at the sound of a prison guard yelling in her dreams.  —  “It's just a nightmare,” Oscar Sherman assured her as the pair rested in his low-slung apartment complex in a desolate part of town.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House, conservatives mull deal to revive Obamacare repeal  —  House conservatives and the White House are mulling a potential agreement to revive the GOP Obamacare replacement bill that was pulled from the House floor just over a week ago, POLITICO has learned.
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Amber Randall / The Daily Caller:
Black Lives Matter Philly Bans White People From Its Meetings  —  Black Lives Matter Philly banned white people from an upcoming event, claiming it is a “black only space.”  —  The April 15 meeting plans to discuss projects and initiatives for the upcoming year and a place for people to “meet, strategize and organize.”
Discussion: Daily Wire
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
New details emerge about 2014 Russian hack of the State Department: It was ‘hand to hand combat’  —  Over a 24-hour period, top U.S. cyber defenders engaged in a pitched battle with Russian hackers who had breached the unclassified State Department computer system and displayed an unprecedented level …
Discussion: Axios
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The big Russia questions loom even larger  —  Following his extraordinary testimony last week, former FBI special agent Clint Watts appeared on “Meet the Press” on Sunday.  This exchange, in which he explained Russia's “active measures” during the 2016 campaign, was eye-popping:
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Fox News Cancels Red Eye  —  Red Eye the TV show has outlived Red Eye the newspaper, by a couple months.  —  The overnight news/comedy show on Fox News has been canceled, TVNewser has learned, with the final show airing this Friday night at 3 a.m.  —  Host Tom Shillue and co-host Andy Levy are expected to stay on with Fox News.
Discussion: TheBlaze, Mediaite and IJR
 
 
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Discussion: The Hill and Politicus USA
Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid the turmoil over staff shake-ups, blocked travel bans and the Russia …
Dan Walters / Sacramento Bee:
California GOP continues its plunge into irrelevance
James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Joe Biden to address N.H. Democrats
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Report: Android overtakes Windows as the internet's most used operating system
Bloomberg:
Musk Trolls Shorts as Tesla's Value Hits Record, Passes Ford
Discussion: CleanTechnica
South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Woman accused of threatening Sandy Hook parent jailed after she was a no-show for court
Discussion: Raw Story
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore on shortlist for ambassador to Germany
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
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