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8:55 AM ET, March 28, 2018

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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump: I look forward to meeting with Kim Jong-un  —  President Trump confirmed in a tweet this morning that his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is still on.  The president expressed hope that Kim, who just visited Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, “will do what is right for his people and for humanity.”
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook scoop: Republicans to push balanced-budget amendment  —  BRING 'EM TO THE BALLOT BOX!  — THE PRESIDENT at 5:52 a.m.: “THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED!  As much as Democrats would like to see this happen, and despite the words yesterday of former Supreme Court Justice Stevens, NO WAY.
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Kim Jong-un Met Xi Jinping in Secret Beijing Visit, China Says
BBC:
Kim Jong-un was in Beijing, China and NK confirm
Discussion: New York Times and Just Security
New York Times:
Trump Secures Trade Deal With South Korea Ahead of Nuclear Talks
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and Axios
Politico:
Trump is winning the trade war — for now
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Trump's early trade gains could come at future cost
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The sliming of Parkland students shows the spreading stain of media polarization … Six months ago, the conservative radio host and blogger Erick Erickson wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times, inspiringly titled “How to Find Common Ground.”  —  “We owe it to one another to disagree agreeably …
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Isabelle Robinson / New York Times:
I Was Kind to Nikolas Cruz.  He Still Killed My Friends.  —  My first interaction with Nikolas Cruz happened when I was in seventh grade.  I was eating lunch with my friends, most likely discussing One Direction or Ed Sheeran, when a sudden pain consumed my lower back.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Mediaite
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Robert Mueller's Office Wants A Judge To Consider Jail Time For A Lawyer Who Pleaded Guilty To Lying  —  Alex van der Zwaan, who pleaded guilty to lying to special counsel prosecutors and the FBI, is asking for no jail time.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
New Gates tie alleged in special counsel filing on van der Zwaan sentencing  —  (CNN)The special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election revealed Tuesday night that prosecutors say they have connected former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates to a person …
Discussion: The Week
Washington Post:
Manafort associate had Russian intelligence ties during 2016 campaign, prosecutors say
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Surrounded by hawks, Mattis digs in amid Trump admin chaos  —  Washington (CNN)Defense Secretary James Mattis is doing his best to downplay notions that he is concerned about working with President Donald Trump's hawkish new national security adviser John Bolton despite signs of a shifting power dynamic …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Mattis: ‘No reservations, no concerns at all’ in working with Bolton
Discussion: VICE News
David Ignatius / Washington Post:   Trump's war cabinet is now complete
Andy Court / CBS News:
Stormy Daniels' lawyer seeks to depose President Trump, Michael Cohen  —  Stormy Daniels' attorney asked a federal judge this morning for permission to depose President Donald J. Trump about his knowledge of an agreement to pay the porn star $130,000 a week and a half before the 2016 election.
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Stormy Daniels asks court to order deposition of Trump and his lawyer Michael Cohen
Discussion: Bustle
USA Today:
Don't mess with the Census  —  By including a question on citizenship, the Trump administration is driving down compliance and driving up costs: Our view  —  The Trump administration has decided to ask people, on the 2020 Census form, whether they are U.S. citizens.  —  Of course it has.
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New York Times:
At Least Twelve States to Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump hates Amazon, not Facebook  —  Capitol Hill wants Facebook's blood, but President Trump isn't interested.  Instead, the tech behemoth Trump wants to go after is Amazon, according to five sources who've discussed it with him.  “He's obsessed with Amazon,” a source said.  “Obsessed.”
Discussion: Raw Story, CNBC and The Week
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump attack unleashes oppo against Mueller  —  When President Donald Trump lashed out against Robert Mueller by name earlier this month, the president's supporters sprang into action—treating the chief Russia investigator to political campaign-style opposition research.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, CNBC and LewRockwell
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:   Dems to top DOJ officials: Publicly promise not to interfere in Mueller's probe
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Former Disney star joins White House press team  —  Washington (CNN)The White House press office is getting a bit more Sunshine these days — former Disney Channel star Caroline Sunshine, that is.  She's joining the team as a press assistant.  —  Sunshine, 22, is known for her role alongside Zendaya …
Discussion: Bustle, Raw Story, The Week and TheBlaze
New York Times:
Peter Thiel Employee Helped Cambridge Analytica Before It Harvested Data  —  As a start-up called Cambridge Analytica sought to harvest the Facebook data of tens of millions of Americans in summer 2014, the company received help from at least one employee at Palantir Technologies …
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg:
Robert Mercer's Secret Adventure as a New Mexico Cop  —  Why was the fabulously wealthy Trump donor wearing a badge and a gun in a tiny desert town?  To obtain something that's impossible to buy.  —  Robert Mercer probably would have flown into Roswell.  From there—1,800 miles from home …
Washington Post:
‘He knows he is done’: Veterans Affairs chief lies low amid rumors he'll be ousted … Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has lived in presidential purgatory for weeks.  —  The president has told a number of advisers that he wants to oust Shulkin, once a favorite in his Cabinet.
Jim Newell / Slate:
When Ryan Costello Knew He Was in Trouble  —  It only took a week for Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Costello, a moderate Republican representing suburban Philadelphia, to recognize the headwinds that Donald Trump's presidency would create for him and members in similar districts.
Discussion: Hit & Run
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Jeff Singer / Daily Kos:   In final screw-you to his party, GOP Rep. Ryan Costello takes name off Pennsylvania primary ballot
New York Times:
A Cyberattack Hobbles Atlanta, and Security Experts Shudder  —  ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta's 8,000 employees got the word on Tuesday that they had been waiting for: It was O.K. to turn their computers on.  —  But as the city government's desktops, hard drives and printers flickered …
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Don't Blow Up The Iran Deal.  Trump's Strategy Is Working.  —  The U.S. can play hardball on renegotiating the agreement without alienating European allies.  —  It looks like the Iran nuclear deal will not survive past May 12.  That is the next occasion President Donald Trump will have to certify Iranian compliance with the bargain.
Discussion: DailySabah
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Minnesota Woman Blamed For Al Franken's Fall Had Nothing To Do With It  —  Lindsey Port accused another man of harassment.  But fellow Democrats say she “softened the ground” for Franken's resignation.  —  Lindsey Port, 35, doesn't really know Al Franken.
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
House subpoena rattles Justice Department; Sessions ‘angry’ at slow response; FBI ‘called on the carpet’  —  The FBI is promising swift action on a House subpoena covering three politically charged investigations after word that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has grown angry with the bureau's slow-walking …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ben Beaumont-Thomas / The Guardian:
R Kelly accused of grooming 14-year-old girl as ‘sex pet’  —  In a BBC3 documentary, former girlfriend Kitti Jones alleges the R&B star groomed an underage girl as well as her and other young women; Kelly has refused to comment … The R&B singer R Kelly has been accused of sexually abusing a girl since she was 14 years old.
Discussion: thecut and Jezebel
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Exclusive: Spurned by top lawyers, Trump's defense elevates Washington outsider  —  (Reuters) - A little-known former prosecutor with a doctorate in medieval history will play a central role on U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team, as many top-tier lawyers shy away from representing …
Kari Weiler / Sam Harris:
Ezra Klein: Editor-in-Chief  —  In April of 2017, I published a podcast with Charles Murray, coauthor of the controversial (and endlessly misrepresented) book The Bell Curve.  These are the most provocative claims in the book:  — Human “general intelligence” is a scientifically valid concept.
Discussion: Vox and bradford-delong.com
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Why Would the Atlantic Hire Kevin Williamson?  —  In a memo to staff, editor Jeffrey Goldberg cites an affinity for “second chances” and ideological diversity in hiring the conservative troll.  Both justifications ring hollow.  —  Jeffrey Goldberg knows that he hired a troll.
The Roanoke Times:
Virginia Tech ‘apologetic’ after video of lacrosse team posted  —  Virginia Tech women's lacrosse coach John Sung considers it “a teachable moment.”  —  On a 13-second video that was posted and re-posted on Twitter over the weekend, some white members of Sung's squad can be heard singing along …
 
 
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Senate's female members push for harassment vote
Discussion: Axios and CNN
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
This time, SCOTUS gerrymandering case focuses on Democrats
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Dems would need to win nationwide by 11 points to retake House: analysis
Discussion: Politico, Vox and USA Today
Joshua Stewart / sandiegouniontribune.com:
On the campaign trail, House Candidate Sara Jacobs has inflated her resume
 Earlier Items: 
Yahoo:
McCain to release ‘no-holds-barred’ verdict on Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Putin's Grim Reality: Public Fury Over Children's Deaths in Mall
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Howard Stern to Trump: ‘Get the f— out of there, man’
Discussion: AOL, IJR, RedState and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Trump privately presses for military to pay for border wall