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11:40 AM ET, March 13, 2019

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Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
Jared Kushner Shows There's a Shady-Yet-Legal Way to Get Rich Kids Into College  —  Today's news of a massive college admissions scam that has ensnared at least 40 people, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, has a lot of people asking the same question …
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Axios:
Exclusive: Excerpt from “Kushner Inc” details Comey firing  —  Here's a sneak peek for Axios readers at “Kushner, Inc.,” by investigative reporter Vicky Ward, out next Tuesday from St. Martin's Press:
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Alleged perils of crossing White House power couple, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, detailed in new book  —  When Mark Corallo, then the spokesman for President Donald Trump's legal team, declined an offer to take over as the White House communications director in the summer of 2017 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Jared Kushner challenged on conflicts of interest by Trump aides, book claims
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Beast
United States Senator Mike Lee:
Sen. Lee Introduces ARTICLE ONE Act to Reclaim Congressional Power  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the ARTICLE ONE Act today, a bill that would take back significant legislative powers given to the executive branch by the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders aide apologizes for questioning American Jews' ‘dual allegiance’ to Israel  —  A spokeswoman for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign apologized Tuesday after questioning whether the “American-Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel” — a comment condemned …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Bernie Sanders staffer's dual loyalty smear shows liberal anti-Semitism goes well beyond Ilhan Omar  —  A spokesperson for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was forced to apologize on Tuesday for spreading the idea that Jews had dual-loyalty, thus demonstrating that liberal anti-Semitism is not confined …
Discussion: Politico
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Celebrity College-Admissions Scheme and Today's Expectations of Students  —  Making the click-through worthwhile: Why all of those nutty celebrity parents in that college-admission corruptions scheme were just responding to incentives; the difficulty of building a strong union around the Green New Deal …
Discussion: New York Times
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New York Times:
College Admissions Scandal: Actresses, Business Leaders and Other Wealthy Parents Charged
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
All College Admissions Are a Pay-to-Play Scandal
Discussion: New York Times, The Atlantic and Vox
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Massive college admissions cheating scandal snares Hollywood stars Lori Laughlin, Felicity Huffman
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Sophia Bollag / Sacramento Bee:
Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop death penalty in California, giving reprieves to 737 death row inmates
NBC Southern California:
Governor Expected to Announce Executive Action to Reduce Use of Death Penalty
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Cary Aspinwall / Dallas Morning News:
Boeing 737 Max 8 pilots complained to feds for months about suspected safety flaw  —  Pilots repeatedly voiced safety concerns about the Boeing 737 Max 8 to federal authorities, with one captain calling the flight manual “inadequate and almost criminally insufficient” several months …
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Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:
Pilots complained at least 5 times about Boeing 737 MAX problems, records show  —  Pilots in the U.S. complained at least 5 times in recent months about problems controlling their Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets during critical moments of flight, federal records show, adding to questions raised …
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trump budget guts White House drug control office — again
Discussion: Townhall, Vox and WBUR
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Georgetown Rich Kid ‘Gloated’ After Allegedly Cheating SATs  —  Isabelle Henriquez is one of the only students accused of willingly participating in the fraud—and now her degree may be in jeopardy.  —  Scott Bixby  —  According to her LinkedIn page, Isabelle Henriquez is “a rapid learner” …
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘Absolutely, dramatically different’: House Democrats struggle with breakneck pace of Trump era  —  House Democrats can't escape Trumpmania.  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her colleagues are living under a harsh new reality fueled by the rise of Donald Trump — a scandal-driven climate …
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Associated Press:
Trump appreciates Pelosi's ‘statement against impeachment’
Discussion: Politico
Eline Schaart / Politico:
Theresa May confirms she will vote to rule out a no-deal Brexit  —  Theresa May confirmed that she will vote to rule out a no-deal Brexit during the vote in the House of Commons Wednesday evening.  —  Speaking during her weekly question time, the prime minister, still speaking with a sore throat …
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GOV.UK:
Temporary tariff regime for no deal Brexit published
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg and The Guardian
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Felicity Huffman awoke to FBI agents with guns drawn at her L.A. home in college cheating raid  —  When Felicity Huffman opened the door to her Los Angeles home at 6 a.m. Tuesday, she was met by FBI agents with their guns drawn, according a source familiar with the incident.
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Wall Street Journal:
DOJ Probes Whether Fugitive Financier Supplied Donation to Trump Re-Election Effort  —  The Justice Department is investigating whether $100,000 donated to a Trump-related political fundraising committee came from a fugitive Malaysian businessman alleged to be at the center of a global financial scandal.
Washington Post:
THE FENTANYL FAILURE  —  Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the Obama administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say.  —  SCROLL DOWN  —  In May 2016, a group of national health experts issued an urgent plea in a private letter …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
The Wacky Tale of Paul Manafort, Anne Hathaway's Fraudster Ex-Boyfriend, and a Vatican Land Scam  —  Manafort and his then-partner talked about their plans to do business with the Italian who lured in investors with phony claims about sweetheart deals on the church's real estate.  —  Betsy Woodruff
Discussion: Raw Story
Susan Davis / NPR:
Speaker Pelosi Revokes Vice President Pence's House Office Space  —  The speaker giveth, and the speaker taketh away.  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has reclaimed office space her predecessor, Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., awarded to Vice President Pence.
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Media Matters President Wrote Blog Posts About ‘Japs,’ ‘Jewry’ And ‘Trannies’  —  Media Matters President Angelo Carusone is currently leading a boycott campaign against Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a co-founder of The Daily Caller News Foundation, in an attempt to get him fired.
Scott Bullock / The Atlantic:
The Supreme Court Resuscitates the Eighth Amendment  —  Tyson Timbs's story starts, as so many stories do today, with opioids.  Following a workplace injury in Ohio, Timbs developed a painkiller addiction, which led him to heroin.  When his aunt in Indiana needed help due to illness …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Lisa Page transcripts reveal details of anti-Trump ‘insurance policy,’ concerns over full-blown probe  —  House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Tuesday released hundreds of pages of transcripts from last year's closed-door interview with ex-FBI attorney Lisa Page, revealing new details …
Gigi Sukin / Axios:
Defense Department's new transgender policy outlines harsh limits for troops  —  The Defense Department approved a new policy on Tuesday after a prolonged legal conflict that dramatically limits transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex, ordering members …
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