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New York Times:
Trump Says Susan Rice May Have Committed a Crime  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he thought that the former national security adviser Susan E. Rice may have committed a crime by seeking the identities of Trump associates who were mentioned on intercepted communications …
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Who Is Mike Cernovich?  A Guide  —  President Trump has frequently derided the news media as “fake news,” and on Tuesday his son, Donald Trump Jr., told the world there was one person he wants to see win the Pulitzer Prize, the highest honor in American journalism: Mike Cernovich.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump claims Susan Rice may have committed crime
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Bannon Removed From National Security Council Role in Shakeup  —  President Donald Trump reorganized his National Security Council on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, and downgrading the role of his Homeland Security Adviser, Tom Bossert, according to a person familiar with the decision and a regulatory filing.
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Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon Removed From National Security Council With Trump's Sign-off  —  National security adviser McMaster also orders top intelligence officials to be restored as members  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has been removed from the National …
Washington Post:
Stephen Bannon removed from National Security Council  —  White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon will no longer be a member of the National Security Council's principals committee, according to three White House officials and federal register filings.  —  Two senior White House officials …
Fox News:
Susan Rice's alleged unmasking requests not so routine, ex-officials say
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rubio: It's no coincidence that Syria gas attack happened after ‘concerning’ Tillerson comments  —  (CNN)Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday that he doesn't think it's a coincidence that a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria occurred shortly after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson …
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Eleanor Mueller / CNN:
Congressman: 'I don't think' Assad is behind Syria attack  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Thomas Massie expressed doubt Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is responsible for Tuesday's chemical attack, and reinforced his stance that US intervention could “end up making the situation worse.”
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump: Chemical attack in Syria ‘crossed many, many lines’  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria “crossed many, many lines” for him, and he said his attitude toward Syria and President Bashar Assad had “changed very much” as a result.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
President Trump's Real-World Syria Lesson
Discussion: Just Security and Eschaton
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Rubio: No coincidence that chemical attack followed Tillerson comments on Assad
Discussion: BBC, Hit & Run and Hullabaloo
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Before This Is Over, Republicans Are Going to Wish Hillary Clinton Won  —  Imagine what the political world would look like for Republicans had Hillary Clinton won the election.  Clinton had dragged her dispirited base to the polls by promising a far more liberal domestic agenda than Barack Obama …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton unlikely to return to family foundation
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Gorsuch's writings borrow from other authors  —  Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch copied the structure and language used by several authors and failed to cite source material in his book and an academic article, according to documents provided to POLITICO.
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Ed Whelan / National Review:
Bastardized Charges  —  Surprise, surprise.  Another desperate …
Discussion: IJR and Daily Wire
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump keeps blaming Obama. Fresh polls show voters don't buy it.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Republicans considering broader change to Senate rules  —  Republicans are discussing making an additional change to the Senate's rules to more quickly confirm President Trump's nominees.  —  The change is separate from an expected vote Thursday that would prevent Democrats from using …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McConnell: ‘Nuclear option’ helps Senate. McCain: ‘Whoever says that is a stupid idiot.’
Discussion: Political Wire
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dem senator wraps all-night Supreme Court protest after 15 hours
Alex Pareene / Fusion:
The Long, Lucrative Right-wing Grift Is Blowing Up in the World's Face  —  If you want to understand intra-GOP warfare, the decision-making process of our president, the implosion of the Republican healthcare plan, and the rest of the politics of the Trump era, you don't need …
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Every story I have read about Trump supporters in the past week  —  Since Donald Trump's approval rating now looks like something that got stuck to the bottom of my shoe, I joined the flood of journalists who went to Real America to see how the Trump supporters are getting along.
Jeff Nelson / People.com:
Barry Manilow Reveals Why He Didn't Come Out for Decades: I Thought I Would ‘Disappoint’ Fans If They Knew I Was Gay  —  Pop legend Barry Manilow opens up for the first time about coming out, finding love, and surviving showbiz for 50 years.  Subscribe now for his exclusive untold story — only in PEOPLE.
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
From Breitbart to Sputnik  —  A former Breitbart News writer is launching a radio show for Russian propaganda network Sputnik.  —  “I'm on the Russian payroll now, when you work at Sputnik you're being paid by the Russians,” former Breitbart investigative reporter Lee Stranahan told me.
Mará Rose Williams / Kansas City Star:
New Pittsburg, Kan., High School principal resigns after student journalists question her credentials  —  Days after student reporters at Pittsburg High School in Kansas dug into the background of their newly hired principal and found questionable credentials, she resigned from the $93,000-a-year job.
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Rex Tillerson's incredibly odd and confusing statement on North Korea  —  (CNN)North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea off the Korean Peninsula, the latest in a series of test firings and one that comes just days before President Donald Trump is set to huddle with Chinese President Xi Jinping …
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David Usborne / The Independent:
Donald Trump will find China's Xi Jinping unmoved by the usual golf-and-cocktails Mar-a-Lago treatment
Discussion: Washington Monthly
NBC News:
Ferguson, Missouri, Declines to Elect First Black Mayor  —  Voters in Ferguson, Missouri, re-elected Mayor James Knowles III on Tuesday in the first election since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in 2014.  —  Knowles — who rode out weeks of unrest after Brown, an unarmed teenager …
Pew Research Center:
The Changing Global Religious Landscape  —  Babies born to Muslims will begin to outnumber Christian births by 2035; people with no religion face a birth dearth  —  More babies were born to Christian mothers than to members of any other religion in recent years, reflecting Christianity's continued status …
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The President Is This Presidency's Worst Enemy  —  The administration doesn't suffer from a failure of ideas, but a failure of character.  —  The conservative commentariat is full of suggestions these days for how Donald Trump can salvage his first 100 days.
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Jared Kushner Hiring Hollywood PR Exec for White House Role (Exclusive)  —  President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser will name Blumhouse Productions' Josh Raffel to run communications for the nascent Office of American Innovation, as former Universal executive Teri Everett takes Raffel's position.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump to CNN chief: ‘I always find a way to get even’  —  President Trump reportedly threatened CNN's president last year in an email, with Trump warning “I always find a way to get even.”  —  Trump's email to CNN president Jeff Zucker, reported by the New York Times Wednesday …
Discussion: RedState and Occupy Democrats
 
 
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
ICE deports convicted Russian spy
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Patrick Shanley / Hollywood Reporter:
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William Petroski / Des Moines Register:
Gun rights bill passes Iowa Senate, likely headed to Branstad
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrats Are Bad at Midterm Turnout. That Seems Ready to Change.
CBS Pittsburgh:
Man In Drunk Lives Matter Shirt Charged With Drunken Driving
Discussion: Daily Wire and Heat Street
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
Dem challenger has GOP so scared of losing safe Georgia seat, they're dredging up bin Laden
Discussion: Daily Kos
CBS Chicago:
CPS To Set New Graduation Requirement: Acceptance Letter
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and Hit & Run
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Navy instructor pilots refusing to fly over safety concerns; Pence's son affected
 Earlier Items: 
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Clinton nephew lands modeling contract
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump immigration adviser ordered to turn over briefing document
Discussion: Raw Story
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
On Trump surveillance, Rice, Schiff talk but say nothing
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
White House Tallies $10 Billion Saved by Repeal of Regulations
Discussion: Politico
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Heritage Action blames GOP moderates for collapse of new health deal
Discussion: Business Insider and Politico
Ildefonso Ortiz / Breitbart:
Brandon Darby: Border Patrol Agents Feel Betrayed by the Trump Administration