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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein tells confidantes he is prepared to be fired  —  WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has struck a stoic and righteous tone in private conversations he has had this week about the fate of his job as President Donald Trump has launched public criticism …
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Lauren Effron / ABC News:
Comey says Trump asked if he could disprove salacious prostitute allegations in ‘dossier’  —  Former FBI director James Comey says President Donald Trump asked him to investigate the salacious allegations from the so-called “dossier” to “prove that it didn't happen” and said it would be …
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Rosenstein consulted with ethics adviser at DOJ on Russia probe  —  White House seeks to undermine Rosenstein  —  (CNN)Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein continues to oversee special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation after consulting with a career ethics adviser …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Publisher printing 850,000 copies of James Comey book  —  Comey: Briefing Trump felt like out-of-body experience  —  The publisher of James Comey's book “A Higher Loyalty” is printing 850,000 copies to meet the expected demand from buyers.  —  To put that number in perspective …
Discussion: CNN, HuffPost, Mediaite and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Sets Out Tougher Approaches to Syria, Justice Department in Tumultuous Week
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Calls Comey ‘Untruthful Slime Ball’ as Book Details Released
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Comey paints unsparing portrait of Trump in devastating tell-all book
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
What Could Happen if Trump Fired Rosenstein
Discussion: Fox News
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Negotiated $1.6 Million Settlement for Top Republican Fundraiser  —  The 2017 deal was on behalf of Elliott Broidy, a businessman who faced allegations he impregnated a former Playboy model, and resembles one Mr. Cohen arranged with Stormy Daniels
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Wall Street Journal:
Elliott Broidy Quits RNC Post After Report on Payment to Ex-Model  —  Fundraiser agreed to pay $1.6 million to woman who said he had impregnated her, Wall Street Journal reported  —  GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy on Friday resigned from his post as deputy national finance chairman …
Jim Norman / Gallup:
Trump Favorable Rating Dips  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's favorable rating, already low by historical standards, has dropped to 38% — while his unfavorable rating is at 59%.  —  This marks a dip in his favorable rating from 41% in December last year.
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Associated Press:
Hearing related to FBI raid at Trump lawyer's office is set  —  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's personal attorney is trying to prevent the government from using materials it found in a search of his office and residence this week.  —  A federal prosecutor's office …
Discussion: Common Dreams
New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Seeks to Block Files From F.B.I. Until Search Can Be Done ‘Scrupulously’  —  President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Friday to block the Justice Department from reading documents related to his decade-long legal representation …
CNN:   DOJ: Michael Cohen ‘under criminal investigation’
Washington Post:
Trump's allies worry that federal investigators may have seized recordings made by his attorney
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed:   Lawyers For Michael Cohen, Joined By Trump, Fight To Halt Government Review Of Searched Evidence
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
President Trump poised to pardon Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, sources say  —  President Donald Trump is poised to pardon Scooter J. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, according to sources familiar with the president's thinking.
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The White House:
Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the Pardon of I.  “Scooter” Lewis Libby  —  Today, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Grant of Clemency (Full Pardon) to I.  “Scooter” Lewis Libby, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Richard Cheney, for convictions stemming from a 2007 trial.
Washington Post:
Trump issues pardon to Scooter Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney
New York Times:
Former F.B.I. Deputy Director Is Faulted in Scathing Inspector General Report  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inspector general delivered to Congress on Friday a highly critical report that accused Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director, of repeatedly misleading investigators.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ inspector general report on FBI's McCabe said to be headed to Congress
Discussion: Axios and The Gateway Pundit
WJBK-TV:
Black teen misses bus, gets shot at after asking for directions in Rochester Hills  —  ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (WJBK) - A 14-year-old missed his bus and it nearly cost him his life.  —  Things took a dangerous turn when Brennan Walker went looking for help at a Rochester Hills home Thursday morning …
New Yorker:
Chick-fil-A's Creepy Infiltration of New York City  —  During a recent lunch hour, I was alone on the rooftop of the largest Chick-fil-A in the world.  The restaurant, on Fulton Street, is the company's fourth in Manhattan, and it opened last month to the kind of slick, corporate-friendly fanfare that can only greet a new chain.
TMZ.com:
Will Ferrell Involved in Serious Two-Car Accident, SUV Flipped Over  —  8:21 AM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the SUV was sideswiped from the right rear by a Toyota, causing the SUV to spin and flip over.  We're told drugs and alcohol did not play a role in the accident.
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Majorities back investigations of Trump from Russia to alleged hush money (POLL)  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller has majority support in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll for extending his investigation into both Donald Trump's business dealings and the alleged payment of hush money …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   James Comey is drawing fire, but he's not Trump's real problem
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump, Gardner strike deal on legalized marijuana, ending standoff over Justice nominees … President Trump has promised a top Senate Republican that he will support congressional efforts to protect states that have legalized marijuana — defusing a months-long standoff between Sen. Cory Gardner …
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:   Trump Backs State-Level Marijuana Regulation, Lifting Pot Stocks
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Pro-Trump fundraising group refuses to give back $500,000 contribution from Steve Wynn  — A pro-Trump political action committee refuses to return a hefty contribution from Steve Wynn, the former casino magnate who has been accused of sexual misconduct.  — Wynn gave $500,000 to America …
New York Post:
Tourist mugged at knifepoint for MAGA hat  —  A Danish tourist was robbed at knifepoint by two thugs who snatched his “Make America Great Again” cap — and threatened him when he tried to get it back, authorities said.  —  The 18-year-old victim was about to jump on the subway at Union Square …
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abc7ny.com:
Tourist robbed at knife-point of ‘Make America Great Again’ hat in Union Square
Discussion: Daily Wire
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Ryan backs McCarthy for top House GOP leader as Freedom Caucus co-founder also explores run  —  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan made clear Friday that he wants his current No. 2, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), to take the helm of the House Republican Conference and potentially the speaker's gavel when he leaves office in January.
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Axios:
Report: Trump fatigue contributed to Paul Ryan's abrupt exit
Discussion: Politico and Vox
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich's shameless smear of the FBI … Normally one can safely ignore Newt Gingrich's bombast.  He holds no position in the Trump administration, and is not thought to be among those who regularly counsels the president.  However, when he says something so egregious …
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Alex Jones Claims Attractive Women Tried to Date Him In High School To Convert Him To Satanism  —  Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who publishes Infowars, claims that he never knowingly spreads false information.  Last night, he told listeners that when he was a teenager he used to be courted …
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:   Alex Jones: Hot Women Tried to Date Me When I Was 13 to Try to Convert Me to Satanism
Ashley May / USA Today:
Teen with full ride to 20 colleges requests public apology from Fox affiliate in order to air interview … Micheal Brown knows he'll be enrolled in one of America's top universities next year, he just has to decide which one.  —  A teen accepted to 20 colleges offering …
Discussion: AOL
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Paul Ryan Story: From Flimflam to Fascism  —  Why did Paul Ryan choose not to run for re-election?  What will be the consequences?  Your guess is as good as mine — literally.  I can speculate based on what I read in the papers, but so can you.  —  On the other hand …
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Suspected White Supremacist Died Building ISIS-Style Bombs … Benjamin Morrow was found dead with white supremacist literature and the ingredients for a notorious bomb known as the “Mother of Satan.”  —  Morrow, 28, died in an explosion in the kitchen of his Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, apartment on March 5.
Discussion: Defense One
VICE News:
Exclusive: Two top Trump officials are ex-lobbyists for a billionaire with deep ties to Russian oligarchs  —  Two senior Trump administration officials were once registered as lobbyists for an investment company controlled by a Soviet-born industrialist who made billions doing business with newly sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
In a Leaked Memo, Apple Warns Employees to Stop Leaking Information  —  Company memo says it found 29 ‘leakers’ last year, 12 arrested  —  CEO Tim Cook pledged to ‘double down’ on secrecy in 2012  —  Apple Inc. warned employees to stop leaking internal information on future plans and raised …
 
 
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New York Times:
Flexing Their Support for Cuomo, Key Unions Leave Working Families Party
Roque Planas / HuffPost:
Trump's ICE Chief Loves His Deportation Force — And Thinks You Should Too
Discussion: Mother Jones and Latino Rebels
Brittany Shammas / Miami New Times:
Parkland Education Advisory Board Member Compares David Hogg to Nazis on Twitter
Discussion: Raw Story and VICE News
Robert McCoppin / Chicago Tribune:
New DUI policy: Refuse breath test, cop will seek instant warrant for blood test
Discussion: National Review
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Vote Leave broke spending limits on industrial scale, says former staffer
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
American Politics In a Convex Mirror
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Watchdog alleges Trump, The National Enquirer publisher violated campaign finance law
Discussion: RedState
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
Chris Wallace Surprised At ‘How B****y’ Comey's Book Is
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Attorney General Brad Schimel suggests Donald Trump won Wisconsin because of the state's voter ID law
Anjali Khosla / Fast Company:
Donald Trump Will Do Anything To Avoid Prosecution-And John Bolton Will Help
BBC:
Russia says Syrian ‘chemical attack’ was staged
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Trump Weighs Return to Trans-Pacific Partnership. Not So Fast, Say Members.
Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Russia monitored poisoned spy's daughter's emails for years, British intelligence says
Zane Anthony / Washington Post:
Whatever happened to Trump neckties? They're over. So is most of Trump's merchandising empire.
Discussion: Racked
Jacob Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:
More Men Are Wearing Makeup Than You Think—Here's Why
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP breaks the glass as House outlook darkens
Discussion: Shareblue Media