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2:05 PM ET, March 15, 2018

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Washington Post:
In fundraising speech, Trump says he made up trade claim in meeting with Justin Trudeau … President Trump boasted in a fundraising speech Wednesday that he made up information in a meeting with the leader of a top U.S. ally, saying he insisted to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau …
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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 …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
So, uh, what's this bowling-ball test that Trump was talking about?
Discussion: Weekly Standard and twitchy.com
Washington Post:
Transcript of Trump's remarks at fundraiser in Missouri on March 14
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
New York Times:
Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization, Demanding Documents About Russia  —  WASHINGTON — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter.
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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” …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Trump administration sanctions Russian spies, trolls over U.S. election interference, cyber attacks … The Trump administration on Thursday imposed fresh financial sanctions on Russian government hackers and spy agencies to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 presidential election …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Time's Up: Trump Can't Have It Both Ways on Russia  —  It will be damning if the president continues to equivocate about Russia's role in the death of a former spy.  —  For the first 14 months of the Donald Trump administration, a fair analysis of its handling of Russia had to include some important caveats.
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Imposes Sweeping New Sanctions Against Russia Over Election Meddling … The Treasury Department on Thursday announced that it would roll out sweeping new sanctions against Russia and Kremlin-aligned entities over Moscow's election-meddling, including an infamous online troll farm …
CBS Sacramento:
Rocklin High Teacher On Leave After Questioning School Shooting Walkout  —  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — A Rocklin High School teacher is on paid administrative leave over her views about the national school walk out.  —  The teacher says all she did was open up a debate about the politics of the protest in her classroom.
Discussion: National Review and Joanne Jacobs
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Marion Kirkpatrick / WSMV-TV:
Antioch students tear down flag, brawl during ‘peaceful’ protest  —  While most Mid-state student walk-outs advocating for gun policy changes were peaceful and productive, videos have surfaced on social media of some Mid-state students perpetrating violence.
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Teacher on Leave After Questioning Whether School Would Let Pro-Life Students Walk Out, Too
Discussion: twitchy.com
James Andrew Miller / Hollywood Reporter:
John Skipper Details His ESPN Exit and a Cocaine Extortion Plot  —  The former network chief goes public in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter about the real reason behind his abrupt departure from Disney after 27 years, a confession to Bob Iger and his hope to work in sports media again.
Philippe Reines / Washington Post:
Trump is a freak of political nature.  Here's how you can beat him.  —  Philippe Reines has been a spokesman and adviser to Hillary Clinton since 2002, including during the 2016 campaign.  —  Campaigned in the wrong states.  Ineffective message.  Uninspiring orator.  Represented all that is wrong with Washington.
Discussion: New Republic and The Daily Caller
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Heitkamp on when Hillary Clinton will go away: ‘Not soon enough’  —  Washington (CNN)North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp said on a radio show this week that it's past time for Hillary Clinton to exit the political landscape.  —  Heitkamp, who is facing a tough re-election race …
Warren Stocker / WIS-TV:
Sister of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof given $5,000 bond, not allowed to return to SC school  —  COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -  —  The younger sister of Charleston church shooter, Dylann Roof was given a $5,000 bond on Wednesday after she was arrested for bringing weapons and drugs onto the campus of A.C. Flora High School.
Discussion: Daily Wire, NBC News, theGrio and CNN
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NBC News:
U.S. officials: Saudi crown prince has hidden his mother from his father, the king  —  WASHINGTON — When Saudi Arabia's crown prince visits the White House next week, he's expected to be welcomed as a reformer who's expanded women's rights in one of the most restrictive countries in the world …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Emails reveal conservative alarm over ‘Obama holdovers’ in Trump administration  —  Two months into the Trump administration, a distraught State Department Iran expert named Sahar Nowrouzzadeh asked her new boss for help.  —  A conservative website had published an article depicting Nowrouzzadeh …
US-CERT:
Alert (TA18-074A)  —  Russian Government Cyber Activity Targeting Energy and Other Critical Infrastructure Sectors  —  Systems Affected  —  Overview  —  This joint Technical Alert (TA) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Tim Starks / Politico:
DHS, FBI: Russian hackers targeted U.S. energy grid
Discussion: New York Magazine
Boris Johnson / Washington Post:
Britain needs its allies to stand with us against Russia  —  Boris Johnson is Britain's foreign secretary.  —  We have a tradition in Britain that any town with a cathedral becomes a city.  Salisbury won that title nearly 800 years ago, thanks to the magnificent cathedral that still dominates its streets.
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump: ‘It certainly looks like’ Russia behind attack on ex-spy
Discussion: ABC News
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Vox: We'll Have to Confiscate Guns To Reach Those Low ‘European Levels Of Violence’  —  Well, it's your run-of-the-mill piece about what anti-gun liberals want to do regarding the Second Amendment, but at least it's honest.  For years, we've been subjected to Democrats voicing their support for hunters …
Discussion: Vox, RedState and twitchy.com
Page Six:
Matt Damon moving family to Australia because of Trump  —  Matt Damon is moving his family to Australia — in part because the liberal star's fed up with President Trump.  —  Damon, 47, reportedly has purchased a property in Byron Bay, New South Wales, according to Sydney's Sunday Telegraph.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Larry Kudlow may have been more wrong about the economy than anyone alive  —  It was the eve of the biggest economic collapse since the Great Depression.  Many on Wall Street worried that a recession loomed and that the housing bubble was bursting.  —  And then there was Larry Kudlow …
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Exclusive: Trump finalizing opioid plan that includes death penalty for dealers  —  The Trump administration is finalizing a long-awaited plan that it says will solve the opioid crisis, but it also calls for law enforcement measures — like the death penalty for some drug dealers …
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
White Supremacists Are Increasingly Spreading Their Message With Public Banners  —  White supremacists are increasingly hanging banners in public places, such as from highway overpasses and rooftops, to promote their views, according to a report released on Thursday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Discussion: Raw Story
David Roberts / Vox:
The real problem with the New York Times op-ed page: it's not honest about US conservatism  —  It wants to challenge its readers, but not with the ugly truth.  —  The New York Times editorial page has come in for a great deal of criticism since it fell under the leadership of James Bennet …
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Amazon didn't kill Toys ‘R’ Us.  Here's what did  —  You won't be hearing the Toys ‘R’ Us jingle anymore  —  Don't blame Amazon for the death of Toys “R” Us.  —  It's true, online shopping didn't help matters, but the struggles of Toys “R” Us predate the boom in online shopping.
US Food and Drug Administration:
Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on pivotal public health step to dramatically reduce smoking rates by lowering nicotine in combustible cigarettes to minimally or non-addictive levels  —  For Immediate Release  —  When I returned to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year …
Discussion: Politico, Vox, NBC News and Balloon Juice
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
He wanted to build Trump's border wall.  He was just charged in the bombing of a Minnesota mosque. … Three men — including the owner of a company that submitted a bid to build President Trump's border wall — bombed a Minnesota mosque in an attempt to drive Muslims out of the United States, according to a federal complaint.
Discussion: NPR and The Daily Beast
Susan Scutti / CNN:
‘Space genes’  —  The transformation of 7% of Scott's DNA suggests longer-term changes in genes related to at least five biological pathways and functions.  —  The newest preliminary results from this unique study of Scott, now retired from NASA, were released at the 2018 Investigator's Workshop …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Golden shower?  Trump dossier authors doubt their most explosive allegation  —  The most explosive allegations of the Trump-Russia affair are in the Trump dossier.  And the most explosive allegation in the Trump dossier is the tale of Donald Trump, in a Moscow hotel room in 2013 …
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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Peter Schweizer / New York Post:
Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden's kids
Discussion: Breitbart
Annie Karni / Politico:
Extreme secrecy surrounds Comey book manuscript
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
George Will / National Review:
The Real Down Syndrome ‘Problem’
Discussion: Townhall.com
Bloomberg:
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