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10:50 PM ET, March 22, 2018

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New York Times:
McMaster to Resign as National Security Adviser, and Will Be Replaced by John Bolton  —  WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the battle-tested Army officer tapped as President Trump's national security adviser last year to stabilize a turbulent foreign policy operation …
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
It's Time to Panic Now  —  It's time to push the panic button.  —  John Bolton's appointment as national security adviser—a post that requires no Senate confirmation—puts the United States on a path to war.  And it's fair to say President Donald Trump wants us on that path.
Tim Mak / NPR:
John Bolton's Curious Appearance In A Russian Gun Rights Video  —  Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton recorded a video used by the Russian gun rights group The Right to Bear Arms in 2013 to encourage the Russian government to loosen gun laws.  —  The episode, which has not been previously reported …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
John Bolton, Trump's ultra-hawkish new national security adviser, explained  —  Bolton has recently called for war with both Iran and North Korea.  —  President Donald Trump finally jettisoned National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster on Thursday afternoon.  His replacement is John Bolton …
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
McMaster firing upends plan to oust other top Trump officials  —  President Donald Trump's decision to abruptly fire national security adviser H.R. McMaster surprised senior White House aides who had been preparing a single statement announcing the departure of multiple top Trump officials …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
With Bolton, Trump Creates a Historically Hard-Line Foreign Policy Team
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Guardian
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Bannon: If Kelly leaves White House, Trump won't replace him
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
China slaps reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports
NBC News:
Amid White House turmoil, Trump mused about life without a chief of staff
Discussion: Politicus USA
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New York Times:
John Dowd Resigns as Trump's Lead Lawyer in Special Counsel Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The president's lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation, John Dowd, resigned on Thursday, according to two people briefed on the matter, days after the president called for an end to the inquiry.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Victoria Toensing joins husband Joseph diGenova on Trump's legal team in Russia probe  —  President Trump retained the law firm diGenova & Toensing this week to represent him in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling and potential collusion with Trump campaign associates …
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Trump Lawyer Resigned After Friction Over DiGenova, Sources Say
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Trump attorney John Dowd resigns amid shake-up in president's legal team
The Daily Beast:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Lone DNC Hacker’ Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Intelligence Officer … Guccifer 2.0, the “lone hacker” who took credit for providing WikiLeaks with stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee, was in fact an officer of Russia's military intelligence directorate …
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Karen McDougal tells CNN Trump tried to pay her after sex  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump once tried to offer Karen McDougal money after they had been intimate, the former Playboy model told Anderson Cooper Thursday in an exclusive interview on CNN.  —  “After we had been intimate …
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Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Dow plunges 724 points as trade war fears rock Wall Street  —  U.S. trade moves could spark Chinese retaliation  —  Trade war fears rocked Wall Street on Thursday after President Trump launched a crackdown on China.  —  The Dow plummeted 724 points, or 2.9%, underlining mounting concerns among investors …
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Daniel Shane / CNNMoney:
China plans to hit US with tariffs following Trump trade sanctions  —  U.S. trade moves could spark Chinese retaliation  —  China plans to slap tariffs on $3 billion worth of imports of US goods in the latest move to increase trade tensions between the two countries.
Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Apply Tariffs on Chinese Imports, Restrict Tech Deals
Discussion: The Atlantic
Katie Langin / Science:
Exclusive: 'I've never seen anything like it.' Video of mating deep-sea anglerfish stuns biologists  —  Anglerfish, with their menacing gape and dangling lure, are among the most curious inhabitants of the deep ocean.  Scientists have hardly ever seen them alive in their natural environment.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Gizmodo
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Judge orders Gov. Scott Walker to hold special elections for open legislative seats in Eric Holder suit  —  MADISON - Dealing a setback to Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans, a judge ruled Thursday the governor must call special elections to fill two vacant seats in the Legislature.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Jeff Zucker Hits “Propaganda Machine” Fox News: “It Is Really State-Run TV”  —  The CNN chief said the network does a “disservice to the country.”  —  CNN President Jeff Zucker lashed out at competitor Fox News at an industry conference on Thursday afternoon, saying that Fox News “is really state-run TV.
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
CNN Chief: Fox News Harms America, Is Worse Than Russian Propaganda
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Ian Duncan / Baltimore Sun:
16-year-old victim of Maryland school shooting to be taken off life support, family says  —  The 16-year-old victim of Tuesday's shooting at Great Mills High School will be taken off life support, her family announced Thursday night.  —  Jaelynn Willey was one of two students who were injured …
Geoffrey Skelley / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Exit Stage Left or Right: Midterm Retirements and Open Seats in the House From 1974 to 2018  —  Republicans already have many abandoned districts to defend this November.  Are there more to come?  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — By multiple measures — such as retirements, “pure” …
Yahoo:
Septuagenarian smackdown?  Trump, Biden trade fighting words  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are in a rhetorical smackdown over who could clean the other's clock in a brawl.  —  Trump, reacting to comments Biden made about him earlier …
Discussion: NewsBusters
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden Could Beat Trump in a Fight—and an Election
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Cynthia Nixon and the Degradation of Experience  —  You wouldn't want to be operated on by a physician with only a few surgeries under his or her belt, and the assurance that this doctor brought a fresh perspective to anesthesia and incisions wouldn't thrill you.
Discussion: CNN, New York Post and Mashable
The Hill:
Russian uranium informant says FBI sought new information from him about the Clintons  —  An undercover informant who helped the FBI prove Russia's uranium industry engaged in criminal activity says congressional Democrats' recent attacks on his credibility were insulting to his medical disability …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
The Atlantic:
The Atlantic Announces Ideas Columnists Ibram X. Kendi, Annie Lowrey, Alex Wagner, and Kevin D. Williamson  —  Washington, D.C. (March 22, 2018)—The Atlantic has named the first four contributors to its forthcoming section for ideas, opinion, and commentary at TheAtlantic.com …
Discussion: National Review
Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
De Blasio Donor Says He Steered Thousands in Bribes to Mayor's Campaigns  —  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A Long Island restaurateur testified under oath on Thursday that he steered tens of thousands of dollars to Mayor Bill de Blasio's political campaigns in return for favorable treatment by the city.
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Congress Snuck New Russia Sanctions Into Spending Bill … Buried in the massive $1.3 trillion spending bill that Congress is considering this week are strict new punishments against Russia, in what lawmakers and aides say is a message to President Donald Trump to reconsider his relaxed posture toward Moscow.
Kelly Mclaughlin / Daily Mail:
The Clintons have ‘at least a one-way open marriage’, pollster says  —  Mark Penn, who served as a pollster for Bill Clinton in the 1990s and chief strategist for Hillary's 2008 presidential campaign, says that the couple's open marriage was possibly ‘not by choice’.
 
 
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Maria LaMagna / MarketWatch:
Your Facebook data is only worth $5.20 on the dark web
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Ryan Saavedra / Daily Wire:
WATCH: In Profanity-Laced Interview, Parkland Student Says NRA Could Have Children's Blood …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Mueller examining Cambridge Analytica, Trump campaign ties
Discussion: Political Wire
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Wall Street Journal:
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