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Wall Street Journal:
Cohen Would Turn Against President if Charged, Counselor Warned Trump  —  Former prosecutor Jay Goldberg says he cautioned president that his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, could be compelled to cooperate with prosecutors  —  One of President Donald Trump's longtime legal advisers …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump allies worry Cohen will flip  —  President Donald Trump and his outside advisers are increasingly worried that his longtime personal attorney might be susceptible to cooperating with federal prosecutors.  —  Two sources close to the president said people in Trump's inner circle …
Discussion: ABC News and IJR
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Lawyer Forgets to Pretend He's Innocent, Also Compares Him to Mobster  —  One of the ways in which the scandals around President Trump have come to resemble a mob movie, other than the nature of the crimes themselves, is that nobody involved is putting up much of a pretense that Trump is innocent.
Discussion: Politico
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Ex-Playboy Model, Let Out of Tabloid Contract, Can Freely Discuss Alleged Trump Affair  —  The tabloid news company American Media Inc. agreed to let a former Playboy model out of a contract that had kept her from talking freely about an alleged affair with Donald J. Trump, her lawyer said.
Politico:
Haley sets a red line for Trump  —  The U.N. ambassador made crystal clear after initially being blamed for ‘confusion’ on Russia sanctions that she will not tolerate public humiliation quietly.  —  In the span of 24 hours, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has done what none of her colleagues …
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SE Cupp / CNN:
The White House response to Haley is pure sexism  —  SE Cupp is a CNN political commentator and the host of “S.E. Cupp Unfiltered,” covering contemporary issues on HLN.  The views expressed in this commentary are solely hers.  —  (CNN)I'm not prone to cry sexism, and I don't do it often or lightly.
Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
Trump After Dark: Haley's Comet edition
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Haley's retort shows why she's unique in Trump's White House
Discussion: TheBlaze
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Judge Holds Kobach In Contempt Of Court  —  A federal judge has ordered that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach be held in contempt of court for disobeying her orders in the proof-of-citizenship voter registration case.  —  Judge Julie Robinson in her decision Wednesday bashed Kobach's failure …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Splinter
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Hunter Woodall / Kansas City Star:
Federal judge finds Kris Kobach in contempt of court in voting rights case
Discussion: NPR
Sherman Smith / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Federal judge finds Kris Kobach in contempt of court
Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
Trump Voter Fraud Investigator Kris Kobach Found in Contempt of Court
Discussion: The Week
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Kobach helped lead Trump's election panel. A judge just found him in contempt in a voter ID case
Discussion: Associated Press and ThinkProgress
Washington Post:
Trump allies press Rosenstein in private meeting in latest sign of tensions … Two of President Trump's top legislative allies met with Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein this week to press him for more documents about the conduct of law enforcement officials involved in the Russia probe …
Discussion: ABC News
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate panel moving ahead with Mueller bill despite McConnell opposition  —  (R-Iowa) said his committee will take up legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller  —  despite opposition from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  —  (R-Ky.).  —  “They got together …
Discussion: Vox, Washington Press, IJR and Axios
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Republicans fear political risk in Senate races as House moves to extend tax cuts
Discussion: Mother Jones
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Mitch McConnell plans longer weeks to keep vulnerable Democrats off campaign trail
Max Greenwood / The Hill:   McConnell looks at longer workweeks for Senate to keep Dems from campaigning: report
New York Times:
New York Attorney General Seeks Power to Bypass Presidential Pardons  —  Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York is moving to change New York state law so that he and other local prosecutors would have the power to bring criminal charges against aides to President Trump who have been pardoned …
Elizabeth Zwirz / Fox News:
Death of H.R. McMaster's father under investigation, reportedly ‘suspicious’  —  Authorities in Philadelphia are reportedly looking into the “suspicious” death of the father of former National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster.  —  The Philadelphia Police Department confirmed to Fox 29 …
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Ronald.Hansen / Arizona Republic:
With McCain in hospital, Arizona lawmakers push bill that would delay vote to replace him  —  Sen. John McCain has been hospitalized since Sunday dealing with diverticulitis, an intestinal issue.  Republic reporter Craig Harris reports from Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix.  Michael Chow/azcentral.com
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Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
AZ GOP Appears To Back Off Attempt To Rig Rules For McCain's Senate Seat
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
How Tony Podesta, a Washington Power Broker, Lost It All  —  The Democratic lobbyist had money, connections and a rarified art collection.  Then came a divorce, Paul Manafort and Donald Trump, and his world came crashing down  —  Brody Mullins and Julie Bykowicz  —  Tony Podesta was in line to be king of K Street.
Discussion: mailchi.mp and Politico
Kathryn Blackhurst / LifeZette:
Comey Claims Nobody Asked About Clinton Obstruction Before Today  —  The former FBI director, during his book tour, fielded plenty of questions about the behavior of President Donald Trump  —  When WTOP's Joan Jones asked former FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday if the …
Discussion: NewsBusters and Instapundit
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Behind James Comey's ‘A Higher Loyalty’
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and The Ringer
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
BREAKING: Lawmakers Make Criminal Referral on Clinton, Comey, Lynch to DOJ on Steele Dossier
Discussion: Breitbart and Sean Hannity
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Harper's Editor Insists He Was Fired Over Katie Roiphe Essay  —  James Marcus wants the world to know that he was fired from his job as the editor of Harper's Magazine.  He is not stepping down voluntarily to work on a book, which he said was the face-saving “official narrative” …
Robert P. Jones, PhD / PRRI:
White Evangelical Support for Donald Trump at All-Time High  —  A new PRRI survey finds white evangelical support for President Trump at an all-time high, with 75 percent holding a favorable view of the president and just 22 percent holding an unfavorable view.
Discussion: Religion News Service
Stephen Losey / Air Force Times:
Colonel demoted, immediately retired from Air National Guard over dinosaur puppet video  —  The Tennessee Air National Guard colonel who led a re-enlistment ceremony in which a senior noncommissioned officer recited her oath using a dinosaur puppet has been demoted and retired.
New York Times:
Treaty to Formally End Korean War Is Being Discussed, South Confirms  —  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea confirmed on Wednesday that it had been in talks with American and North Korean officials about negotiating a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War after more than 60 years …
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HuffPost:
Right-Wing Extremists Guilty In Terror Plot Against Muslim Refugees  —  Attorneys argued the Trump-backing trio had were radicalized by “chaos news,” and wrongfully targeted by the feds for “locker room talk.”  —  WICHITA, Kan. Three right-wing militiamen from rural Kansas were found guilty …
Discussion: Washington Press and Splinter
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
‘Nerves of steel’: She calmly landed the Southwest flight, just as you'd expect of a former fighter pilot … The pilot's voice was calm yet focused as her plane descended with 149 people on board.  —  “Southwest 1380, we're single engine,” said Tammie Jo Shults, a former fighter pilot with the U.S. Navy.
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Scott Calvert / Wall Street Journal:   Southwest Captain, Former Navy Pilot, Praised for Calm Amid Catastrophe
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Here's The Check Donald Trump's Company Sent To The US Treasury  —  The payment to the Department of the Treasury represents what the Trump Organization says are profits it earned in 2017 from doing business with foreign governments.  —  Donald Trump's company sent the Department of the Treasury …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Outrageous Outing of Sean Hannity, Cont'd  —  It violated longstanding, judicially endorsed standards.  —  In yesterday's column, I contended that it was outrageous for federal district judge Kimba Wood to direct that talk-radio and Fox News host Sean Hannity be publicly identified as Michael Cohen's third client.
CBS Pittsburgh:
Pittsburgh Police Prepare For Possible Riots In Event Trump Fires Mueller  —  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Pittsburgh Police are gearing up for possible protests in the event President Donald Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller.  —  A memo went out to the police department from Victor Joseph …
Ashley Gurbal Kritzer / Tampa Bay Business Journal:
Tampa Bay Times to slash dozens of jobs  —  The Tampa Bay Times is cutting “approximately” 50 jobs after new tariffs sent the price of newsprint skyrocketing.  —  Paul Tash, the newspaper's chairman and CEO, had warned of the potential for job cuts in a March 23 column …
Mara Gay / New York Times:
Cynthia Nixon Gets Cuomo to Play to Type  —  So far, running for a third term as governor of New York has been a little harder than Andrew Cuomo expected.  —  Governor Cuomo has a huge lead in the polls, a $30 million war chest and a political operation that can put the fear of God into the toughest foes.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Urban Housing Crisis Is a Test for Progressive Politics  —  Several years ago, a fired-up young activist came to my door asking me to sign a petition opposing the construction of a new apartment building in the neighborhood.  The new building was to occupy what had been, for many years, a vacant lot along a major thoroughfare.
Joe Simonson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘No Remorse’ Former Evan McMullin Campaign Worker Sounds Off  —  Former presidential candidate Evan McMullin owes his former campaign staff members tens of thousands of dollars and most believe he has no intention of ever paying them, a former campaign worker tells The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Damien Sharkov / Yahoo! Finance:
Edward Snowden Slams ‘Totalitarian’ Kremlin Over Telegram App Ban  —  Whistleblower Edward Snowden has backed a prominent critic of the Kremlin in a tense standoff between Russian authorities and a private messaging app used by millions.  —  The National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower …
Kansas City Star:
Gov. Greitens asks court to issue restraining order against AG Hawley  —  Gov. Eric Greitens' attorneys have asked a Cole County judge to issue a restraining order blocking Attorney General Josh Hawley from investigating the governor.  —  The motion was filed the night before Hawley announced …
Discussion: HuffPost and Splinter
David Ingram / Reuters:
Exclusive: Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU privacy law  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - If a new European law restricting what companies can do with people's online data went into effect tomorrow, almost 1.9 billion Facebook Inc users around the world would be protected by it.
Bob Ward / WFXT:
Rape victim outraged after Uber driver posted bail, fled country  —  A local woman is outraged after she says an Uber driver raped her and then left the country.  —  That suspect was arraigned on Friday, posted bail and is believed to have fled the country.
 
 
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