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5:20 PM ET, March 30, 2019

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The Guardian:
Trump Fed pick was held in contempt for failing to pay ex-wife over $300,000  —  Records obtained by Guardian show Stephen Moore reprimanded by judge for not paying alimony, child support and other debts  —  Stephen Moore, the economics commentator chosen by Donald Trump for a seat …
USA Today:
'We've never seen anything like this': As Trump threatens to close border, migrants overwhelm Texas cities  —  EL PASO - Under a bridge connecting the U.S. with Mexico, dozens of migrant families cram into a makeshift camp set up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:   AP FACT CHECK: Trump twists facts of a migrant girl's death
Sheri Fink / New York Times:
Migrant Girl's Autopsy Shows She Would Have Been Visibly Sick for Hours, Doctors Say
Discussion: FOX40
Rafael Carranza / Arizona Republic:
Border Patrol begins releasing migrant families on the streets of Yuma
Tim Reid / Reuters:   O'Rourke holds rallies on the Mexican border that Trump threatens to shut
Greg Clary / CNN:
State Department says US cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras  —  (CNN)The United States is cutting off aid to the Northern Triangle, otherwise known as the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the State Department told CNN Saturday …
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Trump cuts off aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador  —  In the midst of a migrant crisis on the southern U.S. border, President Trump says he is is cutting off $500 million in funding to the Northern Triangle countries.  But critics say he lacks the authority to cut the funding …
Associated Press:
Trump cuts foreign aid, threatens to close Mexico border
Discussion: The Week and KTLA
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump's Order to Open Arctic Waters to Drilling Was Unlawful, Federal Judge Finds  —  WASHINGTON — In a legal blow to President Trump's push to expand offshore oil and gas development, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by Mr. Trump that lifted an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean was unlawful.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden blindsided by dose of 2020 reality  —  Joe Biden is enduring the roughest stretch of any candidate in the Democratic presidential primary, and he's not even a candidate yet.  —  In a two-week period where his attempts to smooth a path into the 2020 race only seemed to underscore …
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Laura McGann / Vox:
Lucy Flores isn't alone. Joe Biden's got a long history of touching women inappropriately.
Mark Zuckerberg / Washington Post:
The Internet needs new rules.  Let's start in these four areas.  —  Mark Zuckerberg is founder and chief executive of Facebook.  —  Technology is a major part of our lives, and companies such as Facebook have immense responsibilities.  Every day, we make decisions about what speech is harmful …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke's presidential campaign can't be like his Senate campaign  —  No one in the field of Democratic presidential candidates has been the subject of more hype — and, recently, more skepticism — than Beto O'Rourke.  To go from a losing Senate campaign in Texas to a run for the White House is hardly a normal path in politics.
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:   The Beto effect": Republicans starting to lose their grip in Texas
Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
All About Pete  —  Only accept politicians who have proved they actually care about people other than themselves...  Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is being hyped as the “Democratic celebrity” of the moment.  Buttigieg has been the subject of buzz since 2014 …
Douglas Preston / New Yorker:
The Day the Dinosaurs Died  —  A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.  —  If, on a certain evening about sixty-­six million years ago, you had stood somewhere in North America and looked up at the sky …
Discussion: GeekWire and New York Times
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Forget any major legislation.  Anything Trump wants done this term, he will do unilaterally  —  President Trump and his chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, have realized they're passing no major legislation through this divided Congress.  —  Why it matters: No sooner had Trump put out his budget …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's barometer for success following Russia investigation's end — TV ratings  —  After President Trump vowed to take credit for shutting down the government over border wall funding during a televised Oval Office meeting with Democratic leaders in December, West Wing aides sprung into overdrive to clean up the mess.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Contemptor and Mediaite
Washington Post:
With social program fights, some Republicans fear being seen as the party of the 1 percent  —  President Trump boasted this week that the Republican Party will soon be known as “the party of great health care.”  —  But a growing number of Republicans fear that it risks being tagged as the party …
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New York Times:
2020 Democrats Love Small Donors.  But Some Really Love Big Donors, Too.  —  Senator Cory Booker spun through a San Francisco fund-raiser hosted on Friday afternoon by high-tech titans and wealthy venture capitalists, including the investor Ron Conway.  That evening, in New York …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Growing student debt crisis: Candidates say cancel it, free college, refinance  —  Calling it a “national emergency,” some 2020 Democratic hopefuls have personal experience with big loans that are hard to pay back.  —  The 2020 Democratic candidates are mostly on the same page …
Gavin Newsham / New York Post:
Trump is the world's worst cheat at golf, players and celebs say  —  Sixteen of the last 19 US presidents have played golf — and now, in Donald John Trump, the nation can finally boast the very best of them all.  —  Well, that's what he'd like you to believe.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News' Chris Wallace Sets Record Straight: Russia Investigation Did Not Start With Trump Dossier  —  ‘This will drive some of our viewers nuts,’ the ‘Fox News Sunday’ host noted.  ‘The Trump investigation did not start with the FISA warrant and Carter Page and the dossier.’
Discussion: Contemptor
Alex Emmons / The Intercept:
In Leaked Recording, Cory Booker Says He and AIPAC President “Text Message Back and Forth Like Teenagers”  —  In a closed-door meeting with activists from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Tuesday, presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., spoke about working closely …
Discussion: Jerusalem Post
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Foreign Policy Fiasco That Wasn't  —  Withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal has paid dividends.  —  It's been nearly a year since Donald Trump made the decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, to loud cries that it would bring nothing but woe to the United States and our interests in the Middle East.
 
 
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
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Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
N.Y. Had a Plan for a ‘Pied-à-Terre’ Tax on Expensive Homes. The Real Estate Industry Stopped It.
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
John Brennan: From spittle to flop sweat
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
White House Blames Fed for Slowing Economic Growth
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and TheStreet
David Marcus / The Federalist:
Why The Left Can't Understand The Alt-Right
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Why the Mueller Summary Is a Big Win for America
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Wall Street Journal:
OxyContin-Maker Owner Maligned Opioid Addicts, Suit Says
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP shifts focus to investigating Obama officials
James Arkin / Politico:
Stacey Abrams builds massive political network ahead of 2020 decision
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Golan policy may invite Israel's right to annex West Bank territory. That would spell disaster.
Rob Price / Business Insider:
Years of Mark Zuckerberg's old Facebook posts have vanished.  The company says it ‘mistakenly deleted’ them.
Sally Yates / Washington Post:
William Barr should release the full Mueller report as soon as possible
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics

 
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