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3:10 PM ET, March 12, 2018

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Bloomberg:
Mueller Weighs Putting Off Trump Obstruction Decision  —  Delay would let him wrap up less explosive parts of inquiry  —  Obstruction decision might undercut probe, one way or another  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem Gains in CD18 Special  —  Voters divided on steel tariffs, but negligible impact on vote  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrat Conor Lamb has taken a lead over Republican Rick Saccone in the special election for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is about to get some very bad news … THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Prediction: If Republican Rick Saccone scrapes out a close win in tomorrow's special election for a House seat in southwestern Pennsylvania, Donald Trump will claim it was all because of Donald Trump.
Shamlet / RRH Elections:   PA-18 Special Election Preview
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Betsy DeVos on guns, school choice and why people don't like her  —  The secretary of education has been one of the most criticized members of President Trump's Cabinet, but DeVos says she's “more misunderstood than anything”  —  Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is a devout Christian grandmother …
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CNN:
White House officials alarmed at education secretary's ‘60 Minutes’ performance  —  DeVos: Haven't visited underperforming schools  —  (CNN)White House officials were alarmed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' struggle to answer basic questions about the nation's schools and failure to defend …
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:   Education Secretary Betsy DeVos stumbles during pointed ‘60 Minutes’ interview
CBS News:
Police: “Similarities” indicate link in deadly Austin package explosions  —  AUSTIN, Texas — Police in Austin say “similarities” between two deadly package explosions in Texas' capital city this month lead them to believe the incidents are related.  The latest incident, reported Monday morning …
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Roberto Villalpando / Austin American-Statesman:
Deadly Austin bombings likely related, police say, urging caution with packages
Mark D. Wilson / Austin American-Statesman:
Woman injured in 2nd explosion in Austin on Monday, EMS says
Discussion: The Daily Beast
CBS Dallas Fort Worth:
Police: 2 Deadly Package Bombs In Austin Are Linked
Discussion: CBS Dallas
Anita Kumar / mcclatchydc:
Ivanka Trump never cut ties with the Trump Organization.  That's turned into a problem.  —  WASHINGTON Donald Trump isn't the only Trump with potential conflicts of interest in the White House.  —  Ivanka Trump — a senior White House adviser who is doing everything from lobbying the Senate …
Jake Pearson / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Trump Jr. partners with donor who pitched gov't  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. has a previously undisclosed business relationship with a longtime hunting buddy who helped raise millions of dollars for his father's 2016 presidential campaign and has had special access …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Political Wire
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Stormy Daniels Offers to Return Payment to End Deal for Her Silence  —  The pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with President Trump offered on Monday to return $130,000 she received from Mr. Trump's personal lawyer in 2016 for agreeing not to discuss the alleged relationship.
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BBC:
Russian spy: Highly likely Moscow behind attack, says Theresa May  —  Former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia, Theresa May has told MPs.  —  The PM said the government concluded it was “highly likely” Russia was responsible for the Salisbury attack.
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Washington Post:   British prime minister says it's ‘highly likely’ …
NBC News:
Qataris opted not to give info on Kushner, secret meetings to Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — Qatari officials gathered evidence of what they claim is illicit influence by the United Arab Emirates on Jared Kushner and other Trump associates, including details of secret meetings …
BuzzFeed:
How A Player In The Trump-Russia Scandal Led A Double Life As An American Spy  —  Felix Sater has been cast as a Russian mafioso, a career criminal, and a key business associate of President Donald Trump — but he spent more than two decades as an intelligence asset who helped the US government track terrorists and mobsters.
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
House Intelligence Panel Wraps Up Russia Probe Interviews  —  The House Intelligence Committee has finished interviewing witnesses in its yearlong probe into Russian election interference, signaling the end is near of a contentious investigation that has revealed deep partisan divisions.
Discussion: Axios, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
New York Times:
Saudis Said to Use Coercion and Abuse to Seize Billions  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Businessmen once considered giants of the Saudi economy now wear ankle bracelets that track their movements.  Princes who led military forces and appeared in glossy magazines are monitored by guards they do not command.
CNN:
Five people die in NYC helicopter crash, but the pilot survives  —  New York (CNN)The fatal New York City helicopter crash that killed everyone on board except the pilot may have been caused by a passenger's piece of luggage, the pilot told investigators.  —  The pilot said one of the passenger's bags …
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Susan Goldberg / National Geographic Magazine:
For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist.  To Rise Above Our Past, We Must Acknowledge It  —  We asked a preeminent historian to investigate our coverage of people of color in the U.S. and abroad.  Here's what he found.  —  It is November 2, 1930, and National Geographic has sent a reporter …
Discussion: theGrio and Boing Boing
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Schwarzenegger to Sue Big Oil for ‘First Degree Murder’  —  AUSTIN, Texas — Arnold Schwarzenegger's next mission: taking oil companies to court “for knowingly killing people all over the world.”  —  The former California governor and global environmental activist announced the move Sunday …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Look who's afraid of the NRA now: Trump owes Toomey an apology … Just a few weeks ago at a meeting with lawmakers, President Trump had this exchange with Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.): … Well, now it seems — to the surprise of no one who has noted Trump's insincere rhetoric and fidelity to the far right …
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Washington Post:
White House vows to help arm teachers and backs off raising age for buying guns
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Trump's abuses of power may not matter … The charges range widely, from relatively trivial abuses of privilege to completely unprecedented breaches of ethical laws and norms.  The president and his son-in-law may be using American foreign policy to enrich themselves.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Why Democrats Would Lose the Second Civil War, Too  —  It's obvious that the central tenet of the Democrat Party platform is now hatred and contempt for Normal Americans.  Taking their cue from the elites in Europe and Canada who are stripping dissenters of their free speech rights and religious freedoms …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Mediaite and Raw Story
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
When the President of the United States Calls You a ‘Son of a Bitch’  —  On Friday afternoon, Chuck Todd was talking Trump.  Never mind the over-the-top chaos of the past two weeks and a White House that at times seems to be coming unglued, Todd told me in an interview for The Global Politico …
 
 
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Tillerson ending Africa trip a day early
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Senate leader Bill Dix resigns after video of him kissing woman in Des Moines bar is posted
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
GOP Senator: It Looks Like We'll Have a SCOTUS Vacancy This Year
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
His American Dream died. His town got over it.
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Fox News Touts ‘Real’ News and Opinion in Marketing Push
VICE News:
An ethnic cleansing campaign may be underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a VICE News investigation reveals
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Krystal Ball / The Hill:
I hate Trump, but I love these tariffs
Discussion: National Review
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton says ‘follow the money’ in the Trump-Putin relationship
Discussion: Politico and Front Page Magazine
Renee Montagne / NPR:
Many Women Come Close To Death In Childbirth
Eric Adler / Kansas City Star:
Missouri is a destination wedding spot — for 15-year-old brides
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A Trump spokesman just said something about collusion that he might come to regret
Joseph Hudak / Rolling Stone:
Tim McGraw Collapses Onstage During Ireland C2C Concert
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