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9:30 AM ET, March 21, 2018

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Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
Austin bombing suspect, 24-year-old man, dies as police close in, chief says  —  5:50 a.m. update: The suspect in a string of bombings in Austin is dead, interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley confirmed early Wednesday.  —  The name of the suspect, described only as a 24-year-old white man …
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CNN:
Austin bomber kills himself with explosive device  —  (CNN)A suspect in a wave of bombing attacks in Austin killed himself inside his car with an explosive device early Wednesday as authorities closed in, police said.  —  Since the bombings started on March 2, investigators frantically searched for clues …
The Texas Tribune:
Police say the suspect in the Austin bombing attacks is dead  —  Police say a suspect died by his own explosive device early Wednesday morning as they attempted to arrest him.  —  Austin police say the man suspected of several bombings in Austin died early Wednesday morning as officers attempted to arrest him.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Washington Post:
Austin bombing suspect dies after detonating explosive as SWAT team closed in, police say … ROUND ROCK, Tex. — The suspected serial bomber who terrorized Austin with a slew of exploding packages died early Wednesday after detonating another explosive device in his vehicle as Austin police closed in on him …
KXAN-TV:
Bombing suspect dead after police track him to Round Rock, sources say
Discussion: The Guardian and NBC News
Washington Post:
Trump's national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin.  He did it anyway. … President Trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers when he congratulated Russian President Vladi­mir Putin Tuesday on his reelection, including a section …
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Kelly furious over leak of warning to Trump to not congratulate Putin  —  WaPo: Trump warned not to congratulate Putin  —  Washington (CNN)White House chief of staff John Kelly is furious about the quick leak of a warning to President Donald Trump to not congratulate his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Washington Post
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
A stunning leak rattles Trump and his aides  —  One of the most startling leaks — and stunning revelations — of this whole administration has left President Trump and his senior staff furious and rattled.  The Washington Post reports in its lead story: “Trump did not follow specific warnings …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:   Trump faces backlash after congratulating Putin on election win
Washington Post:
Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's collection of Facebook data, according to former employee … LONDON — Conservative strategist Stephen K. Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's early efforts to collect troves of Facebook data as part of an ambitious program to build detailed profiles …
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Channel 4 News:
Exposed: Undercover secrets of Trump's data firm  —  An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran key parts of the presidential campaign for Donald Trump.  —  The British data company was secretly filmed discussing coordination between Trump's campaign …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg AWOL From Facebook's Data Leak Damage Control Session
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Scientist at center of data controversy says Facebook is making him a scapegoat
Tom Namako / BuzzFeed:
An “Ashamed” Fox News Commentator Just Quit The “Propaganda Machine”  —  “Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association,” Col. Ralph Peters wrote in an email to colleagues.  “Now I am ashamed.”  —  A retired United States Army lieutenant colonel and Fox News contributor quit Tuesday …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Analyst Quits, Calling Network a ‘Propaganda Machine’  —  A longtime analyst for Fox News is leaving the network, saying that he could not “in good conscience” remain with an organization that, he argued, “is now wittingly harming our system of government for profit.”
Discussion: alicublog, Mediaite and IJR
Tennessean.com:
New poll finds Bredesen with narrow lead over Blackburn in US Senate race  —  Former Gov. Phil Bredesen has a slight edge over U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn in a new poll on the U.S. Senate race from a Democratic-leaning firm.  —  The poll, conducted by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling …
Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Trump is right: The special counsel should never have been appointed  —  is right in saying that a special counsel should never have been appointed to investigate the so-called Russian connection.  There was no evidence of any crime committed by the Trump administration.
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary  —  Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier described as a Nazi by the Illinois Republican Party, won the Republican primary on Tuesday in the state's Third Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district …
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Holocaust denier is officially the GOP nominee in Chicago-area House race
Discussion: Splinter, Vox, The Week and KTLA
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
John Oliver OBLITERATES Children's Book Benefiting Human Trafficking Victims  —  About a year back, I remember seeing two tweets come across my feed that summed up perfectly the level of discourse some liberal comedy show hosts bring to the table. … To recap, then-Indiana Governor Mike Pence posted …
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Children's Book About Mike Pence's Gay Bunny Jumps to No. 1
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Mediaite
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Campaign between Rauner, Pritzker expected to be expensive, brutal and long  —  Democratic billionaire J.B. Pritzker will take on wealthy Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in November, a race expected to easily shatter Illinois campaign spending records and make a run at the national mark.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God. and Vox
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:   Top takeaways from the Illinois primary
Associated Press:
Rauner, Pritzker win primaries in Illinois governor's race
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
Sun-Sentinel:
Two students arrested at Stoneman Douglas on weapons charges; deputy suspended for sleeping  —  Two students were arrested Tuesday for bringing knives to the Parkland school where 17 were killed by a gunman on Feb. 14 and a third is being mentally evaluated for making online threats.
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Tim Swift / WPLG-TV:
Deputy suspended accused of sleeping on duty at Stoneman Douglas
Discussion: IJR, RedState and Daily Wire
The Daily Beast:
Prosecutor: Nikolas Cruz's Brother Wants to Set Up a Fan Club for Him
Discussion: miamiherald
James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
President Trump Must Face Accusations of ‘Apprentice’ Contestant  —  A New York State judge ruled on Tuesday that a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who has said President Trump made unwanted sexual advances could go forward, raising the possibility of a public airing of other allegations of sexual misconduct against the president.
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Trump subjected to trifecta of sex-scandal lawsuits
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Scandal Questions Never Asked, Much Less Answered  —  Sometimes the hysteria of crowds causes them to overlook the obvious.  Here is a series of 12 questions that do not seem to trouble anyone, but the answers to these should expose why so many of the people today alleging scandals should themselves be considered scandalous.
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Kris Kobach Just Got Humiliated in Federal Court  —  Judge Julie Robinson was losing patience.  Before the 2016 election, she had ordered Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to restore the right to vote to thousands of Kansans who'd been disenfranchised by a state law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
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Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Federal judge scolds Kobach for violating her trust at contempt hearing
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Adam Schiff / USA Today:
Republicans leading Russia probe ignored every lesson I learned as a prosecutor: Adam Schiff  —  The House GOP ignored best practices in its investigation of Russian interference.  As a former prosecutor of complex crimes, let me count the ways.  —  Almost 30 years ago …
Discussion: NPR
Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
New travel costs revealed for EPA head amid ongoing scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt spent more than $120,000 in public funds last summer for a trip to Italy that included a meeting of G-7 ministers and a private tour of the Vatican.
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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Steven Rogers / Washington Post:
Democrats are contesting more state legislative seats than they have in decades.
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Associated Press:
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Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
The End for Facebook's Security Evangelist
Bloomberg:
Google Sweetens Deals With Publishers
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Small-town America has gotten an economic jolt under Trump
Discussion: Instapundit
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump Hacked the Media Right Before Our Eyes
Discussion: The Federalist
Weekly Standard:
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Farenthold weighs resigning from Congress
Discussion: Political Wire
Pew Research Center:
Wide Gender Gap, Growing Educational Divide in Voters' Party Identification
Discussion: Washington Post, Vox and Daily Wire