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10:30 AM ET, March 24, 2018

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Foreign Policy:
Bolton Expected to ‘Clean House’  —  The incoming national security advisor aims to ax dozens of White House officials as he dismantles McMaster's NSC.  —  Incoming National Security Advisor John Bolton and people close to him are expected to launch a massive shake-up at the National Security Council …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The second-most dangerous American  —  Because John Bolton is five things President Trump is not — intelligent, educated, principled, articulate and experienced — and because of Bolton's West Wing proximity to a president responsive to the most recent thought he has heard emanating …
New York Times:
After Another Week of Chaos, Trump Repairs to Palm Beach.  No One Knows What Comes Next.  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump decamped to his oceanfront estate here on Friday after a head-spinning series of presidential decisions on national security, trade and the budget that left …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Reaction to Bolton: Stunned, worried, horrified … Following the “if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything” adage, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) put out an effusive statement thanking outgoing national security adviser H.R. McMaster for his service …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:   John Bolton Is Right About the U.N.
Bloomberg:   Mattis Holds Firm as Chaos Engulfs Trump's National Security Team
CNN:
John Bolton has decade-long association with anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller
Associated Press:
Will John Bolton's hawkish views rub off on Trump?
Discussion: Breitbart and ABC News
James S. Robbins / USA Today:
John Bolton will finally let Donald Trump be Donald Trump on foreign policy
Discussion: Defense One, CNBC and CNN
Andrew McCabe / Washington Post:
Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way  —  Andrew McCabe served in the FBI from 1996 until March 16.  He was the bureau's deputy director from 2016 to January, including time as acting director from May to August 2017.  —  On March 16, I spent …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Relishes Off-Script Approach  —  President showcases a more unilateral style, relying on his sense of what the moment requires  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill early Friday afternoon, but not before leaving both his staff and lawmakers on edge …
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Washington Post:
Attorney says Roy Moore supporters offered him $10,000 to drop client who accused the Senate candidate of sexual impropriety … BIRMINGHAM — Days after a woman accused U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual impropriety, two Moore supporters approached her attorney with an unusual request.
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
“The President May Be Able to Fire Mueller, but He Can't Fire Me”: Stormy Daniels's Attorney Relishes His Role as Trump Nemesis du Jour  —  On the eve of the porn star's 60 Minutes appearance, Michael Avenatti insists the show is only just beginning.  —  With only 48 hours until Stormy Daniels appears …
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Stormy Daniels' lawyer: Disc tweet is ‘warning shot’ to Trump  —  Washington (CNN)The lawyer representing the porn star suing President Donald Trump called a tweet he posted of an apparent data disc a “warning shot” to the President.  —  On Thursday night, Michael Avenatti tweeted an image …
Discussion: The Root
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Obama sex accuser panned as a liar urges Stormy Daniels scrutiny
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Trump moves to ban most transgender troops  —  President Donald Trump on Friday issued orders to ban transgender troops who require surgery or significant medical treatment from serving in the military except in select cases — following through on a controversial pledge last year …
Washington Post:
‘You should do it.’ Trump officials encouraged George Papadopoulos's foreign outreach, documents show. … When a Russian news agency reached out to George Papadopoulos to request an interview shortly before the 2016 election, the young adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump made sure to seek approval from campaign headquarters.
Joe Cunningham / RedState:
With Omnibus Signing, Trump Formally Surrenders To The Swamp  —  In the hours leading up to the signing of the omnibus spending deal - a bill that adds way more money to the nation's deficit, and one that was orchestrated largely by Congressional Republicans who campaigned for the last decade …
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Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
Parkland, Fla., students and families flew to Washington, D.C., on the Patriots' plane  —  Students and families from Parkland, Fla., were transported to Washington, D.C., ahead of the “March for Our Lives” against gun violence this Saturday with the help of the New England Patriots.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Uber's Self-Driving Cars Were Struggling Before Arizona Crash  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Uber's robotic vehicle project was not living up to expectations months before a self-driving car operated by the company struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Ariz.  —  The cars were having trouble driving …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
In new memoir, a top Clinton aide says campaign was ‘foolish’ not to address email issue more forcefully  —  Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was “foolish” not to mount a louder and longer defense of her government email troubles in its last weeks, when the FBI had suddenly reopened …
Discussion: Political Wire
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Austin bombing victim had that Rembrandt light  —  Draylen Mason, the 17-year-old musician killed by the Austin bomber, had a light about him “like a Rembrandt painting.”  —  It was late afternoon when I heard that coming over the TV as I was walking through the kitchen.
Discussion: The Root
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New York Times:   Were the Austin Bombings Acts of Terrorism? Why Law Enforcement Says No
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The (likely) last major act of an anti-spending Congress: A $1.3 trillion budget-busting bill  —  CORRECTION : An earlier version of this story misstated the size of the budget bill.  It is $1.3 trillion, not $1.3 billion.  —  Is a budget-busting bill boosting just about every federal agency …
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
New York Times:
March for Our Lives: Students Protesting Guns Say ‘We Just Have Our Lives to Lose’  —  Tens of thousands of people, outraged by a recent massacre at a South Florida school and energized by the students who survived, prepared to spill out in public protest in Washington and communities across …
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
U.K. Watchdog Gets Warrant to Search Cambridge Analytica  —  ICO plans to ‘execute the warrant shortly,’ regulator says  —  Privacy watchdogs will ‘work together’ as U.K. probe continues  —  The U.K.'s top privacy watchdog was granted a warrant to search the offices of Cambridge Analytica …
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Saul Cornell / Politico:
The Lessons of a School Shooting-in 1853  —  This weekend, thousands of people are expected to gather in cities and towns across America for the “March for Our Lives,” a national response to the horrifying school shooting in Parkland, Florida.  Will it change policy?
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios PM  —  Subscribe  —  Situational awareness: The Dow dropped another 400 points today.  The market is down more than 3,000 points from its January peak.  —  1 big thing: What gets missed in the chaos  —  This was quite a week for the president!  —  The chaotic:
 
 
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Michelle Kosinski / CNN:
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Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Schumer's Flack: ‘I, for one, am Tired of all the Winning’
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