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5:25 AM ET, March 15, 2018

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Washington Post:
In fundraising speech, Trump says he made up facts in meeting with Justin Trudeau … President Trump boasted in a fundraising speech Wednesday that he made up facts in a meeting with the leader of a top U.S ally, saying he insisted to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the United States runs …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Tied to Deal to Keep Ex-Porn Star Quiet  —  An assistant general counsel at the president's flagship holding company intervened in arbitration proceeding in California to enforce a nondisclosure deal with former porn star  —  Documents marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PROCEEDING” …
Discussion: Vox, Raw Story and JONATHAN TURLEY
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
BuzzFeed maneuver could free Stormy Daniels to speak on Trump  —  BuzzFeed may have found a legal opening to allow the porn actress Stormy Daniels to discuss her alleged relationship with President Donald Trump and a $130,000 payment she received just before the 2016 election as part …
CNN:
Another Trump attorney involved in Stormy Daniels case  —  (CNN)New documents obtained by CNN's “Anderson Cooper 360” on Wednesday suggest a deeper link than previously known between the Trump Organization and the company that Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen …
Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Says More Women Are Exploring Legal Cases Against President Trump  —  A lawyer representing the adult film actress said he has received inquires from other women about potential cases against the president.  —  Multiple women are exploring potential legal cases …
Discussion: Mediaite
Dallas Morning News:
‘I would vote for him every time’: Stormy Daniels' mother hopes alleged affair doesn't hurt Trump
Discussion: The Daily Caller and thecut
NBC News:
Another Trump lawyer signed Stormy Daniels gag-order documents
Discussion: The Daily Beast and CNBC
New York Times:
Conor Lamb Wins Pennsylvania House Seat, Giving Democrats a Map for Trump Country  —  Conor Lamb, a Democrat and former Marine, scored a razor-thin but extraordinary upset in a special House election in southwestern Pennsylvania after a few thousand absentee ballots delivered Democrats a win …
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Trump Says a Democrat Won in Pennsylvania Because He's ‘Like Trump’  —  If Donald Trump is worried about Democrats using an upset victory in Pennsylvania as a blueprint for winning big in the midterms, he didn't let on.  —  Trump broke his silence on the election at a private fundraiser …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The ‘Enthusiasm Gap’ Could Turn A Democratic Wave Into A Tsunami
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
White House says Dem's upset win came from embracing Trump policies
Discussion: Politicus USA and RedState
New York Times:
Andrew McCabe, a Symbol of Trump's F.B.I. Ire, Faces Possible Firing  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reviewing a recommendation to fire the former F.B.I. deputy director, Andrew G. McCabe, just days before he is scheduled to retire on Sunday, people briefed on the matter said.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI disciplinary office recommends firing former deputy director Andrew McCabe … The FBI office that handles employee discipline has recommended firing the bureau's former deputy director over allegations that he authorized the disclosure of sensitive information to a reporter …
Discussion: Towleroad
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Wants Them Out of There”: After Swinging the Axe at Tillerson, Trump Mulls What to Do with McMaster, Sessions, Jared, and Ivanka  —  With tariffs done, Trump's sights are now on the Iran deal—and, possibly, the Russia investigation.  “The president is finally realizing he is the president …
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Reuters:   Differences on North Korea key to Trump's Tillerson decision: sources
New York Times:
Beware of Devin Nunes's Next Move  —  This week Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee announced that they will be ending their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, having found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the Trump administration.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Associated Press:
Ex-Trump campaign chairman asks judge to dismiss charges
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:   Paul Manafort Takes Another Crack At Challenging Robert Mueller's Appointment As Special Counsel
CNN:
Kudlow to become Trump's next top economic adviser  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump will name Larry Kudlow, the conservative media analyst who served as his informal economic adviser during the 2016 campaign, as the next head of the White House National Economic Council, two sources familiar with the decision tell CNN.
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CNBC:
Larry Kudlow to replace Gary Cohn as Trump's top economic advisor
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Donald Trump Jr. and wife headed for divorce, friends say  —  Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Vanessa Trump, are struggling through marital problems and friends say they are heading for divorce, multiple sources have exclusively confirmed to Page Six.  —  Vanessa and the eldest son …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios PM  —  Subscribe  —  1 big thing: “The most toxic working environment on the planet”  —  In 14 months covering this White House, Axios' Jonathan Swan emails, he's never registered such a mood of acute anxiety from within the West Wing.  —  What we're hearing: Nobody knows what exactly …
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Toys R Us to close all 800 of its U.S. stores … Toy store chain Toys R Us is planning to sell or close all 800 of its U.S. stores, affecting as many as 33,000 jobs as the company winds down its operations after six decades, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Discussion: FOX 61, The Verge and Bangor Daily News
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The Guardian:
Dog gone: United Airlines mistakenly flies family German shepherd to Japan … United Airlines is investigating after mistakenly flying a Kansas family's dog to Japan.  —  KCTV reports that Kara Swindle and her two children flew from Oregon to Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday on a United flight.
Katherine Lam / Fox News:
Muslim teen watched jihadi videos, read Koran for ‘courage’ before Florida sleepover stabbings, cops say  —  A Florida teenager — who had previously been investigated for “alleged violent tendencies” — watched jihadist videos and read the Koran “to give him courage” before stabbing …
Nolan Clay / Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma mom pleads guilty to incest, going to prison  —  DUNCAN — A mother who once married her son and later her daughter is going to prison for incest.  —  Patricia Ann Spann, 45, of Norman, must register as a sex offender after her release.  —  She pleaded guilty Tuesday to the felony offense …
Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart and WTKR-TV
Joseph Kosten / American Enterprise Institute:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  —  CONTACT: [email protected], 202.862.5829  —  Washington, DC (March 14, 2018) — Tully Friedman and Daniel D'Aniello, co-chairs of AEI's Board of Trustees, announced that Arthur C. Brooks intends to step down as president in the summer of 2019, after a decade of distinguished service.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Politico
Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:
‘A Different Kind of University’  —  “Shocked, dismayed and angry”: faculty members at Wisconsin Stevens Point react to a plan to cut 13 majors, including English, history, political science and sociology, and expand more job-oriented programs.  —  Many professors in Wisconsin saw their fears …
Elvia Limón / Dallas Morning News:
‘Clock boy’ Ahmed Mohamed's lawsuit against Irving ISD, city dismissed  —  Updated at 7:30 p.m. to include response from Irving ISD  —  A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Irving ISD, the city of Irving and several individuals by the father of a teen who was arrested …
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Boston students show up on school snow day to protest gun violence  —  Students in Boston marched from the city's Park Street Station to the state house in protest of gun violence, participating in the national walkout despite their schools being closed for inclement weather.
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
South Carolina governor: Student walkouts are ‘shameful’
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Shareblue Media and CNN
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Adhering to Family Tradition, Gotti's Grandson Is Sentenced  —  With apologies to Tolstoy, happy families may all be alike, but the Gotti family has long been unhappy in its own particular fashion.  For nearly half a century, that has involved the serial ordeal of men in the Mafia clan being sent to federal prison.
Media Matters for America:
Limbaugh questions Stephen Hawking's promotion of the Big Bang Theory: “Since nobody could see it, how the hell do they know it really happened?”  —  RUSH LIMBAUGH (HOST): If there are questions we can ask to which we will never have the answers, then that gives me confidence that there is more than just life on Earth.
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
‘She Should Be in Jail’—Rights Groups Rally to Stop Torture Overseer Turned Trump CIA Pick Gina Haspel … There were no legal consequences when Gina Haspel oversaw the torture of two men at a secret CIA prison in Thailand 16 years ago.  There were no legal consequences 13 years ago …
CNN:
Exclusive: Defense Dept. charged nearly $140,000 at Trump branded properties  —  (CNN)Defense Department employees charged just over $138,000 at Trump branded properties in the first eight months of Donald Trump's presidency, according to a CNN review of hundreds of records.
New York Times:
U.S. Kept Silent About Its Role in Another Firefight in Niger  —  WASHINGTON — Green Berets working with government forces in Niger killed 11 Islamic State militants in a firefight in December, the American military acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday.
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Kelly Mclaughlin / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Penn's debut novel calls for the assassination of a president identical to Trump by main character who taunts: ‘Tweet me b****’  — The two-time Oscar winner's 176-page journalism-style fiction is about a ‘modern American man, entrepreneur, and part-time assassin’
Discussion: Breitbart
 
 
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Bill Higgins / Hollywood Reporter:
Robert De Niro Slams Trump's “World of Dishonesty and Greed”
Washington Post:
FEC considers expanding political ad disclaimers to mobile apps
Marc Caputo / Politico:
In rare Republican rebuke, Grassley blasts Scott's DCF
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Oil group to lobby president after stay at Trump hotel
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Facebook Quietly Hid Webpages Bragging of Ability to Influence Elections
Discussion: Boing Boing
Geoff Pender / The Clarion Ledger:
Gov. Phil Bryant slams Chris McDaniel for switch to Cochran race
Discussion: Political Wire
John Sexton / Hot Air:
Professor Notes Men Are Taller Than Women On Average, SJWs Storm Out Angrily
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
All that optimism for hot first-quarter economic growth is rapidly fading away
Rebecca Shapiro / HuffPost:
24 Pets Died Flying With U.S. Carriers Last Year. 18 Were On United.
Discussion: CBS Chicago and IJR
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump's lawyer in Mueller probe, John Dowd, cited for Trump campaign contribution above the legal max
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire