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2:45 PM ET, April 4, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Susan Rice Unmasked  —  Obama's security adviser sought the name of at least one Trump official in intelligence reports.  —  Well, what do you know.  On the matter of who “unmasked” the names of Trump transition officials in U.S. intelligence reports, we now have one answer: Susan Rice, Barack Obama's national security adviser.
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CNN Goes on Rampage Against Susan Rice Bombshell, Instructs Viewers to Ignore Story  —  ‘We will not aid and abet the people trying to misinform you’  —  Since news broke Monday that the Obama Administration's National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, directed the “unmasking” …
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
I hope Susan Rice was keeping tabs on Trump's Russia ties.  —  The right-wing media is really excited about the new scoop from Eli Lake, national security columnist for Bloomberg View.  As connoisseurs of President Trump's Twitter feed know, in the alternative reality inhabited by the president …
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
ABC, NBC Cover-Up Revelation Susan Rice Ordered Trump Aides Unmasked, CBS Defends  —  A massive revelation in the alleged surveillance of President Trump's aides broke Monday morning when Bloomberg reported that “[f]ormer National Security Adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
McMaster staffing NSC with traditional GOP foreign policy hands  —  National security adviser H.R. McMaster is continuing to fill out his national security staff with conservative foreign policy experts from the establishment think-tank world, preferring them to the military intelligence types favored …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Susan Rice isn't a ‘smoking gun,’ but she does have some explaining to do  —  Susan E. Rice reportedly sought to unmask the identities of Americans connected with President Trump's campaign and transition who were mentioned in foreign surveillance intelligence reports.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Daily Wire
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Trump Has a Problem With NSA—But So Does Obama
Discussion: Hot Air
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Why Is CNN Refuting The Susan Rice Story It Refuses To Cover?
Andrea Mitchell / MSNBC:
‘I leaked nothing to nobody,’ Susan Rice insists
Discussion: AOL and Daily Wire
New York Post:   Fresh evidence the Russia ‘scandal’ is a Team Obama operation
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Former President Barack Obama's national security adviser Susan …
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Republican Health Proposal Would Undermine Coverage for Pre-existing Conditions  —  Throughout the debate to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, President Trump and Republican congressional leaders have insisted they would retain a crucial, popular part of the health law …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Poll: Trump approval rating plummets  —  President Trump's approval rating has tumbled 11 points since March, according to a new poll released Monday.  —  Thirty-four percent of Americans approve of Trump's job performance in the latest Investor's Business Daily (IBD)/TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics (TIPP) survey.
Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
The House GOP Health Care Bill Is Very Much Alive
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans try to revive health-care effort as leaders seek to temper expectations
Discussion: Shakesville
Scott Wong / The Hill:   Ryan tamps down expectations for new ObamaCare repeal bill
Washington Post:
White House explores two new tax ideas — a value-added tax and carbon tax — as leading proposal to raise revenue falters  —  President Trump's administration is exploring the creation of two controversial new taxes — a value-added tax and a carbon tax — as part of a broad overhaul of the tax code …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
A (probably futile) plea for sanity in the Senate  —  If you think there isn't enough extremism in American politics, this week's for you.  —  If all goes as expected, the week will conclude with the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch as a Supreme Court justice.  This outcome is lamentable.
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Washington Post:
Sessions orders Justice Department to review all police reform agreements
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Neil Gorsuch could help cement Republican majorities for a generation
Discussion: USA Today, New York Magazine and Axios
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Considers Far-Reaching Steps for ‘Extreme Vetting’  —  Foreigners entering U.S. could be forced to hand over phones, answer questions on ideology; changes could apply to allies like France and Germany  —  Foreigners who want to visit the U.S., even for a short trip …
The Daily Beast:
Assad Apparently ‘Gasses’ Civilians Days After Tillerson Hints He Can Stay in Power  —  Days ago, in Ankara, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signaled that the U.S. had no quarrel with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a man Tillerson's predecessor compared to Adolf Hitler after he slaughtered …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Business Insider
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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro  —  “If we've had a pause in upgrades and updates, we're sorry for that — what happened with the Mac Pro — and we're going to come out with something great to replace it.”  —  Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller …
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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
CNN Had a Problem.  Donald Trump Solved It.  —  Inside the strange symbiosis between Jeff Zucker and the president he helped create.  —  At 3:58 on a recent Wednesday afternoon in Washington, CNN's largest control room was mostly empty but for a handful of producers hunched over control panels and …
Discussion: The Week and TVNewser
Tea Pain:
Data Patterns Suggest Trump Tower/Spectrum Health Ran a “Stealth Data Machine” With Russia  —  Jared Kushner is currently taking a victory lap, crowin' about his “Stealth Data Machine” that put Donald Trump over the top in the 2016 race.  Let's pry off the lid and peer into the inner-workings of this “Data Machine.”
NCAA.org:
NCAA Board of Governors' Position on HB2 Repeal  —  In August of 2016, the NCAA Board of Governors instructed the relocation of NCAA championships scheduled in North Carolina during the 2016-17 academic year because of the cumulative impact HB2 had on local communities' ability to ensure a safe …
Donald J. Trump / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's Authoritarian Vision … Standing before the cheering throngs at the Republican National Convention last summer, Donald Trump bemoaned how special interests had rigged the country's politics and its economy, leaving Americans victimized by unfair trade deals, incompetent bureaucrats and spineless leaders.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘If I have to get a lawyer, I will’: Trump voter upset the border wall will put her house on Mexico side  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Trump supporters in Texas are coming to the realization that their vote for the president may force some out them of their homes for less …
Discussion: CNN and The Root
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
‘It went off the rails almost immediately’: How Trump's messy transition led to a chaotic presidency  —  Two days after the November election, leaders of President Trump's transition team presented his inner circle with more than 100 names of candidates for key Cabinet and other senior positions in the new administration.
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Kirsten Gillibrand Is Becoming a Progressive Champion.  Is a 2020 Run Next?  —  The Democrats' most unlikely holy warrior smells rebellion in the air.  —  As Kirsten Gillibrand ascended to the pulpit at the Bridge Street AME Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant in late February, the congregation seemed to tense with apprehension.
Discussion: Daily Wire, Shareblue and twitchy.com
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Elizabeth Warren's Female Staffers Made 71% of Male Staffers' Salaries in 2016  —  The gender pay gap in Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D., Mass.) is nearly 10 percent wider than the national average, meaning women in the Massachusetts Democrat's office will have to wait longer than most women across the country to recognize Equal Pay Day.
Madison Park / CNN:
In a Trump-defying move, California's Senate passes sanctuary state bill  —  Sanctuary cities: what you need to know  —  San Francisco (CNN)In defiance of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, the California Senate passed a bill to limit state and local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
 
 
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
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Katie Morley / Telegraph:
Easter egg row: Church of England accuses National Trust of ‘airbrushing’ religion out of children's egg hunt
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Pew Research Center:
Most Say Tensions Between Trump Administration and News Media Hinder Access to Political News
Discussion: Politico and TVNewser
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
House intel Dem: Panel ‘getting back to business’ on Russia investigation
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CNNMoney:
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
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Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Name of Trump admin hire surfaced in Ashley Madison hack
Discussion: AOL
Harry Yorke / Telegraph:
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New York Times:
More Trouble at Fox News: Ailes Faces New Sexual Claims and O'Reilly Loses Two Advertisers
Ali Watkins / BuzzFeed:
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