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2:15 PM ET, March 16, 2018

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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump and John Kelly Reach Truce  —  White House chief of staff had made cryptic comments suggesting he may have been the next senior adviser to step down  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and White House chief of staff John Kelly have settled on a truce, at least temporarily …
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Washington Post:
Trump decides to remove national security adviser, and others may follow … President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements, according to five people with knowledge of the plans, preparing to deliver yet another jolt …
Associated Press:
Trump jokes 'who's next?' as tumult engulfs his White House  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump consumed Thursday morning's TV headlines with amusement.  Reports of tumult in the administration were at a feverish pitch — even on his beloved Fox News — as the president reflected …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump may hire multiple cable news personalities as part of shake-up  —  THE BIG IDEA: Donald Trump's reality television presidency may be getting more star power for season two.  —  Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser …
Sean Lahman / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter dies at 88  —  Democratic Congresswoman Lousie Slaughter, who had represented the Rochester area in Congress since 1987, has died.  She was 88.  —  Three sources confirmed the death to the Democrat and Chronicle Friday morning.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Rep. Louise Slaughter dies  —  Rep. Louise Slaughter died early Friday morning, leaving behind a legacy as a liberal stalwart who broke down barriers for female lawmakers during her more than 30 years in Congress.  —  The 88-year old New York Democrat, who was the first woman to chair …
Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
Rep. Louise Slaughter, N.Y. Democrat who championed women's rights, dies at 88
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Louise Slaughter, oldest member of Congress, dies at 88
Discussion: nrdc.org and thecut
Julia Marsh / Page Six:
Vanessa Trump hires criminal defense attorney for Donald Jr. divorce  —  Vanessa Trump hired a criminal defense attorney to represent her in her divorce from Donald Trump Jr. just as special counsel Robert Mueller subpoenaed the president's family business, The Post has learned.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Six women have come forward to Stormy Daniels' lawyer with similar stories  —  Stormy Daniels' lawyer said on Thursday that he has been approached by six other women with stories about President Trump  —  similar to that of the adult-film actress.  —  Michael Avenatti cautioned in an appearance …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Stormy Daniels' attorney claims she was physically threatened
TMZ.com:
O.J. Simpson Rips Colin Kaepernick, ‘Bad Choice Attacking the Flag’  —  O.J. Simpson says he agrees with Donald Trump — Colin Kaepernick “made a mistake” taking a knee during the national anthem ... and completely disrespected the American flag.  —  “I think Colin made a mistake,” …
The Guardian:
Police launch murder inquiry over death of Nikolai Glushkov  —  Met announces move after pathologist's report on death of Russian exile in London this week … Police have launched a murder investigation into the death of the Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov.
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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Nikolai Glushkov: Russian exile murdered at London home by ‘compression to neck’, police say
Discussion: RedState
Reuters:
Russia to expel UK diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens
Discussion: IJR and Axios
Ashley Collman / Daily Mail:
Now Hillary Clinton fractures her wrist after slipping in a palace bathtub during trip to India  — The former Secretary of State was forced to cancel her appearances in Jodhpur, India this week when she slipped in a palace bathtub and hurt her wrist  — Doctors advised the 70-year-old to rest …
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Times of India:
Injury forces Hillary Clinton to stay indoors
Discussion: Fox News, bizpacreview.com and IJR
Tom Kertscher / PolitiFact Wisconsin:   In Context: Did Hillary Clinton call Wisconsin ‘backwards’?
New Yorker:
Barry Blitt's “Exposed”  —  Barry Blitt's latest cover for the magazine is his fifteenth to feature Donald Trump.  ("The gift that keeps on grifting," in Blitt's words.)  The image of Trump at the lectern, poised nude and cross-legged, recalls the prophet Bob Dylan, who once noted, in …
Discussion: IJR and Mediaite
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
REVEALED: Peter Strzok Had Personal Relationship With Recused Judge In Michael Flynn Case  —  Newly discovered text messages obtained by The Federalist reveal two key federal law enforcement officials conspired to meet with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) judge who presided over the federal case against Michael Flynn.
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Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
New Text Msgs Reveal FBI Agent was Friends with Judge in Flynn Case
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Tarkanian drops out of U.S. Senate race, jumps into 3rd Congressional District at Trump's request  —  Conservative businessman Danny Tarkanian is dropping his insurgent bid against incumbent Sen. Dean Heller and will instead run in the state's open 3rd Congressional District at President Donald Trump's behest.
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James DeHaven / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Tarkanian won't run against Heller after Trump asks him to switch to U.S. House race
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
‘Scumbags’: Conservative Super-Lawyer Blasts Schiff, Media Over NRA-Russia Story  —  A former lawyer for the National Rifle Association says she's “totally outraged” over a report that she expressed concerns about the gun group's ties to Russia and possible use of Russian money to help Donald Trump's 2016 campaign
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Black man beaten in Charlottesville found not guilty of assaulting white supremacist … A black man brutally beaten at last year's white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville — and who was later charged with assaulting a white nationalist — was acquitted Friday.
Discussion: Axios and The Root
Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg:
Why Toys ‘R’ Us Is More Than a Business Story  —  Its vast inventory prepared us for an age of infinite choice.  —  I wasn't a Toys ‘R’ Us kid.  —  By the time the big box wonderland arrived in my hometown, I was a 25-year-old business reporter living 900 miles away.
Discussion: CBS Boston
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Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:   Toys R Us's baby problem is everybody's baby problem
Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
The Intellectual We Deserve  —  Jordan Peterson's popularity is the sign of a deeply impoverished political and intellectual landscape...  If you want to appear very profound and convince people to take you seriously, but have nothing of value to say, there is a tried and tested method.
Discussion: The Guardian and Crooked Timber
The Siberian / Siberian Times:
Plane loses its $368 million cargo of gold, platinum and diamonds on takeoff  —  Gems and precious metals rain over Russia's coldest region as police and secret services stage emergency search.  —  The plane with ten tons of gold, platinum and diamonds lost part of its cargo after taking off from Yakutsk airport today.
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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:   A plane's door flew open during takeoff, raining gold and silver over 16 miles of Siberia
Associated Press:
Trump wildlife protection board stuffed with trophy hunters  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family.
Discussion: Mother Jones, The Week, Mediaite and Axios
Bernie Sanders / The Guardian:
The corporate media ignores the rise of oligarchy.  The rest of us shouldn't  —  The rapid rise of oligarchy and wealth and income inequality is the great moral, economic, and political issue of our time.  Yet, it gets almost no coverage from the corporate media.
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Wall Street Journal:
Andrew McCabe and Consequences  —  The FBI recommends firing its former deputy director.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions faces a decision that will be controversial no matter what he does: Fire former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, or overrule the recommendation of the FBI's own internal investigators.
Discussion: National Review
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Federal court tosses out Obama-era rule requiring financial advisers to act in customers' best interests  —  A divided federal appeals court on Thursday tossed out an Obama-era Department of Labor (DOL) rule that required financial investment advisers to act in the best interest of their clients.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Zahra Hirji / BuzzFeed:
A Member Of Trump's Cabinet Actually Said “Konnichiwa” When Asked About Japanese Internment Camps  —  When asked whether the US would keep giving grants for preserving the history of Japanese-American confinement, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke responded with a Japanese greeting, “Konnichiwa.”
Tim Alberta / Politico:
‘God Made Me Black on Purpose’  —  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — At the end of Forest Avenue, a narrow artery slicing through blocks of muddy lots and decaying one-story homes, Tim Scott kicks at the gravel and waits.  He had shared a table Saturday night with the world's wealthiest man …
Discussion: The Week
NBC News:
Possible Russian trolls try to register for Texas Democratic convention  —  Next Saturday, March 24, hundreds of Texas Democratic Party activists will gather at the Austin Hyatt Regency to nominate candidates for political office in Travis County, a kick-off event leading up to the 2018 midterm elections.
Shiho Fukada / Bloomberg:
Japan's Prisons Are a Haven for Elderly Women  —  Every aging society faces distinct challenges.  But Japan, with the world's oldest population (27.3 percent of its citizens are 65 or older, almost twice the share in the U.S.), has been dealing with one it didn't foresee: senior crime.
Jon Wiener / Los Angeles Times:
A forgotten hero stopped the My Lai massacre 50 years ago today  —  Everybody's heard of the My Lai massacre — March 16, 1968, 50 years ago today — but not many know about the man who stopped it: Hugh Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot.  When he arrived, American soldiers …
 
 
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Jason Howerton / IJR:
Ohio Student Suspended for Refusing to Leave Classroom During Gun Control Walkout
Discussion: WBNS-TV
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Most U.S. Teachers Oppose Carrying Guns in Schools
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Kos
Rana Moussaoui / Yahoo:
Hollywood director Gilliam hits out at #MeToo ‘mob rule’
Discussion: IJR and IndieWire
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Russian Twitter trolls stoked racial tension in wake of Sherman Park rioting in Milwaukee before 2016 Trump election
Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
'They'll squash you like a bug': how Silicon Valley keeps a lid on leakers
John Kiriakou / Washington Post:
I went to prison for disclosing the CIA's torture. Gina Haspel helped cover it up.
Will Garbe / daytondailynews:
Ohio lawmaker: Allow students age 18-plus to carry guns in high school
Discussion: Raw Story
Tre'vell Anderson / Los Angeles Times:
Inside Fox's strategy to market ‘Love, Simon,’ the first film of its kind from a major studio
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Romanian Court Rejects Man's Claim That He's Alive
Discussion: The Week
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Let our airlines compete: Maybe more dogs will reach their destinations
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Flake eyes 2020 primary challenge to stop Trump
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cabinet shakeups give Democrats a chance to block Trump picks
Discussion: Splinter and Climate Home News
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Comey to come out hot on book tour, correct lies
Discussion: Mediaite and Politico