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6:00 PM ET, March 18, 2019

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Raised $6.1 Million Online in First 24 Hours of Campaign  —  WASHINGTON — Beto O'Rourke raised more than $6 million online in the first 24 hours after announcing his presidential campaign last week, according to his campaign, outpacing his rivals for the Democratic nomination …
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
'He's the real deal': Beto's jaw-dropping windfall quiets critics  —  CENTER LINE, Michigan — One great question surrounding Beto O'Rourke has been whether he could replicate the massive fundraising totals he mustered in the Texas Senate race last year.  —  On Monday, O'Rourke put any doubt to rest …
Discussion: Washington Post
The Cut:   Beto O'Rourke Is Officially Running for Totally Kind of Hot
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
White men dominate in Dem presidential fundraising and polling
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke's huge $6.1 million one-day haul, in context
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Political Wire
ProPublica:
Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser's Office in Money Laundering Probe  —  Federal authorities raided the office of Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy last summer, seeking records related to his dealings with foreign officials and Trump administration associates, according to a sealed search warrant obtained by ProPublica.
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
The burden of a 40-year career: Some of Joe Biden's record doesn't age well  —  Joe Biden is carrying a 20th century voting record into a 21st century political dogfight.  —  During more than 40 years in public life, Biden has taken an array of stances at odds with today's Democratic Party consensus.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:   Joe Biden's popularity is about to nosedive
CNN:   Joe Biden readies major endorsements and message of strength ahead of likely 2020 run
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is an Optimist Now A conversation about race and 2020.
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
A Damaged Soul and a Disordered Personality  —  Donald Trump is not well.  Over the weekend, he continued his weird obsession with a dead war hero.  This time, his attacks on John McCain came two days after the anniversary of McCain's release from a North Vietnamese prison camp.  He tweeted this:
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
A ‘pathetic life’: Meghan McCain escalates her pushback against Trump
Discussion: ABC News, Politico, Decider, IJR and Breitbart
New York Times:
Gunman Aboard a Tram Kills at Least 3 in Utrecht, the Netherlands  —  Three people died and five were injured on Monday in a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht, which the authorities called a possible terrorist attack, and a manhunt was underway for a gunman who escaped the scene.
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Princeton University News:
Alan Krueger, prominent Princeton economist, passes away  —  Alan Krueger, prominent Princeton economist, passes away  —  Princeton University is saddened to share that Alan Krueger, James Madison Professor of Political Economy, passed away over the weekend.
Discussion: WTVR-TV, NPR, Bloomberg and Econlib
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New York Times:
Alan B. Krueger, Economic Aide to Clinton and Obama, Is Dead at 58
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Lobbying Case Against Democrat With Ties to Manafort Reaches Key Stage  —  WASHINGTON — A long-running federal investigation into a former White House counsel in the Obama administration is reaching a critical stage, presenting the Justice Department with a decision about whether to charge …
Donna Brazile / Fox News:
Why I am excited to join Fox News and take part in a civil - and sensible - debate  —  I am excited by the opportunity to share my perspective and views with the Fox News audience and to help shape the dialogue at this important juncture in our history.  More importantly, I'm eager to learn from the experience.
USA Today:
Poll: Half of Americans say Trump is victim of a ‘witch hunt’ as trust in Mueller erodes  —  After almost two years, Mueller's Russia investigation status can be confusing.  Here's an overview of the central question, and what we know.  —  CONNECT  —  WASHINGTON - Amid signs …
Emily Crockett / Shareblue Media:
GOP congressman fantasizes about killing liberals in new civil war  —  White supremacist Rep. Steve King has outdone himself this time.  —  Just days after a white supremacist murdered 50 Muslims in New Zealand with a gun, the openly white supremacist Rep. Steve King (R-IA) …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Steve King
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Kansas City Star:
Blunt disinvited to GOP event in backlash over vote to block Trump's emergency powers  —  U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt has been disinvited from a local GOP gathering in Christian County, Missouri, next month amid a backlash over his vote to block President Donald Trump's use of emergency powers to build a border wall.
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Decrying court packing, Michael Bennet pleads with Democrats to care more about electability  —  THE BIG IDEA:  —  CONCORD, N.H.—Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) slammed his head on the table four times when I asked what he thought about other Democratic presidential contenders embracing …
Laura Strickler / NBC News:
Ben Carson's schedule shows Friday trips to Florida, lunch with My Pillow founder  —  For 5 Fridays out of 31, Carson was off or had no appointments.  For 5 more he left before 2 p.m. to fly to South Florida, where he owns a mansion.  —  WASHINGTON — Ben Carson's daily schedule from 2017 shows …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
2020 Dems warm to expanding Supreme Court  —  After watching Mitch McConnell transform the judiciary over the past four years, liberals are demanding a bold response.  And Democrats are listening.  —  Sens. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand told POLITICO they would not rule …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News struggles to preserve the profits of hatred  —  Jeanine Pirro's chuckle was a sweet touch for an embattled president.  It was Jan. 12, and President Trump had called in to Pirro's Saturday night program on Fox News.  Meanwhile, the New York Times had just reported that the FBI …
The Daily Beast:
House Judiciary Committee Planning Hearing on the Rise of White Nationalism  —  Days after the massacre in New Zealand, lawmakers are looking for more information from federal agencies on what's being done to confront the threat.  —  The House Judiciary Committee is planning on hosting …
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Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg:   DHS Chief Connects New Zealand and U.S. Attacks as Terrorism
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Michael Flynn's Family Is at War With Each Other Over QAnon  —  The retired general's brother and sister are fanning the flames.  His son is a public skeptic.  —  Michael Flynn's family members appear to be at war with each other over the QAnon conspiracy theory and whether Flynn himself is playing a role in it.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Facebook says service hindered by lack of local news  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's effort to establish a service that provides its users with local news and information is being hindered by the lack of outlets where the company's technicians can find original reporting.
Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Democrats call for counterintelligence investigation of massage parlor boss Cindy Yang  —  Democrats in Congress are asking the FBI to investigate former Florida massage parlor owner Li “Cindy” Yang after the Miami Herald and others reported on Yang's access to President Donald Trump and work …
Washington Post:
The meeting was supposed to ease tensions between Muslim and Jewish Democrats.  It ended with tears.  —  It was supposed to be a chance for Muslim and Jewish House Democrats to ease tensions and find common ground.  It ended with one lawmaker in tears.  —  At a late-night meeting blocks …
Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
Only 7 Black Students Got Into N.Y.'s Most Selective High School, Out of 895 Spots  —  Only a tiny number of black students were offered admission to the highly selective public high schools in New York City on Monday, raising the pressure on officials to confront the decades-old challenge of integrating New York's elite public schools.
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
ICE Has Detained a 72-Year-Old Grandfather With Alzheimer's for Nine Months  —  Noé de la Cruz, a grandfather of three, has been in immigrant detention since June 2018—and his family worries that his Alzheimer's is going untreated.  —  Scott Bixby  —  For nearly nine months …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Are Denying Trump's Completely Open Bigotry Against Muslims  —  The man who murdered 50 Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, has hailed President Trump as a “symbol of renewed white identity.”  But Trump's supporters piously deny he is any such thing.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Bernard-Henri Lévy on the Rights of Women and of the Accused  —  “The history of France, a permanent miracle, has the singular privilege of impassioning the peoples of the earth to the point where they all take part in French quarrels,” the French author André Maurois wrote.
 
 
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Colleen Leahey McKeegan / Marie Claire:
Valerie Jarrett on First Meeting the Obamas, Voter Suppression, and Beto O'Rourke
Matthew Kassel / Columbia Journalism Review:
For the record: 18 journalists on how—or whether—they use tape recorders
Stepan Kravchenko / Bloomberg:
Insulting Putin May Now Land You in Jail Under a New Russian Law
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Trump administration ignoring human rights monitors, ACLU tells UN
Aiden Pink / The Forward:
Why Do White Supremacists Love Tucker Carlson So Much?
USA Today:
Runaway-slave games. Sanitized textbooks. Schools do a terrible job teaching about slavery
Mark Olalde / Center for Public Integrity:
Companies polluted Western waters. Taxpayers are picking up the tab.
 Earlier Items: 
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
A Forgotten Italian Port Could Become a Chinese Gateway to Europe
Madeleine Kearns / National Review:
Stop Politicizing the Christchurch Killings
Ezekiel J. Emanuel / The Atlantic:
Bernie Sanders Thinks He Can Vanquish Health Insurers. He's Wrong.
Pew Research Center:
Evangelical approval of Trump remains high, but other religious groups are less supportive
Discussion: Axios
USA Today:
Did Trump keep his 19 promises to insulate himself from his business? Only he knows.
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Wisconsin swing voters tire of Trump
Discussion: Raw Story