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2:40 PM ET, March 20, 2018

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Ex-Playboy Model Sues to Break Silence on Trump  —  A former Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald J. Trump sued on Tuesday to be released from a 2016 legal agreement requiring her silence, becoming the second woman this month to challenge Trump allies' efforts during …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Stormy History: The Seven-Year Battle Between the President and the Porn Star  —  Since 2011, Stormy Daniels and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen have battled over her allegations of an affair, a standoff that has now reached the White House  —  The extraordinary legal battle between …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Stormy Daniels — not Robert Mueller — might spell Trump's doom  —  It was just a little thing, a scratch, that he failed to treat and gangrene set in and it was killing him.  They were on safari, in Africa, and their truck had broken down and the rescue plane was never going to make it in time.
Discussion: CNN and Balloon Juice
Paul Lewis / The Guardian:
‘Utterly horrifying’: ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine  —  Sandy Parakilas says numerous companies deployed these techniques - likely affecting hundreds of millions of users - and that Facebook looked the other way … Hundreds of millions of Facebook users …
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Ben Shapiro / The Hill:
What's genius for Obama is scandal when it comes to Trump  —  On Sunday, The Guardian reported on the supposedly nefarious workings of President Trump  —  's data-gathering team at Cambridge Analytica.  The report suggested that Cambridge Analytica had essentially issued questionnaires through …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook will hold an emergency meeting to let employees ask questions about Cambridge Analytica  —  It's set for Tuesday morning  —  Facebook has scheduled an open meeting to all employees Tuesday to let them ask questions about the unfolding Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal …
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Funny, When Obama Harvested Facebook Data On Millions Of Users To Win In 2012, Everyone Cheered
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:   Whistleblower: We tested Trump slogans in 2014 - CNN Video
New York Times:
Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over Disinformation
Washington Post:
Facebook's rules for accessing user data lured more than just Cambridge Analytica
Washington Post:
Trump legal team seeks to add star GOP attorney Theodore B. Olson … President Trump's legal team has reached out to Theodore B. Olson, one of the country's most high-profile and seasoned litigators, to join forces amid mounting challenges in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election …
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New York Times:
Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's legal team was poised for a shake-up on Monday, according to two people briefed on the matter, as he openly discussed firing one of his lawyers, another considered resigning and a third …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How the attacks on Mueller are putting Trump in greater danger
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Ryan: I've ‘received assurances’ Mueller won't be fired
NBC4 Washington:
2 Students, Gunman Injured in Shooting at St. Mary's Co. High School  —  “This is the realization of your worst nightmare — that, in a school, that our children could be attacked,” Sheriff Tim Cameron said  —  A student pulled a gun out and shot two other students at a high school …
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NBC4 Washington:
Multiple Injuries Reported in Shooting at St. Mary's Co. High School  —  Multiple people were injured in a shooting at a high school in southeast Maryland Tuesday morning, the St. Mary's sheriff's office confirmed.  —  The shooting happened Tuesday morning at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland.
Eric Levenson / CNN:
Shooting reported at Great Mills High School in Maryland, school district says
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Christine Quinn bashes ‘unqualified lesbian’ Cynthia Nixon  —  Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, an openly-gay supporter of Gov. Cuomo, called Cynthia Nixon an “unqualified lesbian” a day after the actress announced she's going to challenge the governor in a primary.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Ben Carson Defends Purchase of $31,000 Dining Set at Congressional Hearing  —  WASHINGTON — Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, told a House committee on Tuesday he failed to adhere to a $5,000 federal spending cap for the purchase of a $31,000 lavish mahogany dining room set …
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Amy Russo / Mediaite:
Ben Carson Throws Wife Under The Bus Before House Cmte: She's Responsible For $31K Dining Set  —  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has been getting some heat for his new dining set with a $31,000 price tag.  —  His response?  It wasn't me.
Axios:
Trump wants to meet Putin in “not too distant future”  —  In an Oval Office meeting with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Tuesday, President Trump said he wants to meet Vladimir Putin in the “not too distant future” to discuss the “arms race” and North Korea, reports the AP.
Discussion: ABC News
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Says He Congratulated Putin on His Re-Election and They May Meet Soon
Discussion: Daily Kos
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump congratulates Putin on Russian election win
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Right Is Worse Than the Left on Free Speech.  So What?  —  Mari Uyehara has a column arguing that too many columns have been written about free speech on campus.  Uyehara does not endorse the kinds of repressive actions that these columns decry (no-platforming is “a terrible technique …
Discussion: GQ, Crooked Timber, Power Line and Hit & Run
Washington Post:
Package believed to be bound for Austin explodes at Texas FedEx facility, police say … A package believed to be bound for Austin exploded at a Texas FedEx facility early Tuesday, law enforcement officials said, opening another potential front in investigations into of a series of blasts …
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Reuters:
Fifth device explodes in Texas; White House sees no link to terrorism
Discussion: Breitbart
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant can sue Trump for defamation  —  President Trump must face a defamation suit filed by former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos — as a Manhattan Supreme Court judge denied him immunity through his job as the nation's commander-in-chief.
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Susan Pompeo's role as ‘first lady of the CIA’ draws critics and defenders … Susan Pompeo, the wife of Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, has taken an unusually active and prominent role at the organization, and has fashioned herself as an unofficial “first lady of the CIA …
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Jenna McLaughlin / CNN:
A family affair: Susan Pompeo's active role raising debate within the CIA
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Insiders See Democratic House Gains of 30-45 seats  —  Seven and a half months before the midterm elections, the combination of attitudinal and behavioral evidence leads to a single conclusion: The Democrats are very likely to win control of the House in November.
Andrew Exum / The Atlantic:
One Morning in Baghdad  —  One morning in October 2003, I was shaken out of bed by an explosion.  I was in Baghdad, leading a platoon of Army Rangers as part of a special operations task force that was hunting down the famous “deck of cards”—the last of the Ba'ath Regime loyalists, and Saddam himself.
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Matt Ufford / New York Times:   15 Years Ago, I Helped Start a War That Hasn't Ended
mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP CONGRATULATING VLADIMIR PUTIN  —  Washington, D.C. ­- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on President Trump congratulating Vladimir Putin on his “election” victory:
Discussion: Axios, The Guardian and VICE News
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Lobbyist says he was nearly killed by man he hired to investigate Seth Rich's death … As conspiracy theories swirled around the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, lobbyist Jack Burkman took the unusual step of launching his own private investigation.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
Samuel Petrequin / Associated Press:
Ex-French president Sarkozy held on Gadhafi claims  —  PARIS (AP) — In the latest judicial setback for the former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in custody on Tuesday as part of an investigation that he received millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Discussion: The Week
Justina Crabtree / CNBC:
Africa is on the verge of forming the largest free trade area since the World Trade Organization  — African leaders are poised to sign a deal that would unite the 55 member countries of the African Union in tariff-free trade across the continent.  — According to the African Union …
Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Republican candidate suggests shooting Congressman John Yarmuth over NRA stance  —  This is a developing story; please check back for updates.  —  A Republican candidate for Kentucky secretary of state tweeted Tuesday that he would like to use Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth as target practice.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
Facebook Has Agreed to Brief House Panel on Misuse of Data, Official Says
Discussion: Engadget
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Notes, emails reveal Trump appointees' war to end HHS teen pregnancy program
Discussion: The Week and Daily Kos
Katelyn Caralle / Washington Examiner:
Obama used executive powers to benefit close friends' private investment firms: Book
Discussion: Daily Wire
Susan Crabtree / Washington Free Beacon:
Judicial Watch Fights Uphill Battle for McCabe Texts
Discussion: National Review
Kansas City Star:
Subpoenas issued as part of investigation of Greitens' use of charity donor list
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Tennessean.com:
Nashville lawyer who introduced Russian operative to the NRA has ties to Blackburn
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump congratulates Putin on election, discusses meeting to overcome 'piled-up problems …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Lindsey Graham On Austin Bombings, And Whether Firing of Special Counsel Mueller Would Be
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Google Pours $300 Million Into Effort to Aid News Publishers
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
What happens the day after Trump pulls out of the Iran deal
Page Six:
Eddie Scarry releasing book aimed to ‘shred’ ‘Fire and Fury’
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
As DeVos Faces Congress, Officials Say She Hid Plans to Overhaul Department
Discussion: Common Dreams
Jeff Daniels / CNBC:
Californians fed up with housing costs and taxes are fleeing state in big numbers
 

 
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