Day 61 – March 22nd, 2017 *Updated*

Republican Nunes Tries to Give Trump Some Cover on Wiretap Claim – https://goo.gl/zw50DI

Conservatives claim votes to stop GOP Obamacare repeal – A Freedom Caucus spokeswoman says more than 25 members are opposed. It takes only 22 GOP lawmakers to block the bill. – https://goo.gl/7Vk6TK

House Intelligence chair says ‘it’s possible’ Trump’s communications were intercepted during transition – https://goo.gl/f90ZSk

London attack: Four dead in Westminster terror incident – https://goo.gl/ARVLT3

IS conflict: US airlift backs new assault near Raqqa stronghold – https://goo.gl/KuzBvp

North Korea Missile Explodes Within Seconds Of Launch, U.S. Says – https://goo.gl/faPbJh

Paul Manafort, who worked as President Trump’s campaign manager in 2016, secretly worked to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government a decade ago, according to a new report. – https://goo.gl/TYNdcw

The Republican health-care overhaul spearheaded by House Speaker Paul Ryan and backed by President Trump will face a final procedural hurdle on Wednesday before leaders hope to put the package on the House floor. – https://goo.gl/rIsvIo

Seven Highlights From the Gorsuch Confirmation Hearings – https://goo.gl/qK8cXV

A lawyer for the family of Sergei Magnitsky, the lawyer whose death in 2009 sparked a crisis between Russia and the West, has been badly injured. – https://goo.gl/MYyKup

US diplomacy in crisis amid cuts and confusion at state department – https://goo.gl/R2zT4t

Day 60 – March 21st, 2017

The White House has lots of alternative facts on troublesome former advisers – https://goo.gl/p7EDK4

Tillerson’s disdain for tradition leads to diplomatic dust-ups – https://goo.gl/LkYE2H

Ivanka Trump to get top security clearance and office, WH official says – https://goo.gl/73Rt6a

US official says restrictions on carry-on electronics for ‘foreseeable future’ – https://goo.gl/cc4Q4C

HOW THE WHITE HOUSE GOT JAMES COMEY WRONG – https://goo.gl/ziwrm7

Trump can’t escape Russia woes – The White House will have to cope with ‘big, gray cloud’ of Russia suspicions for the foreseeable future. – https://goo.gl/auZuPJ

FBI Is Investigating Trump’s Russia Ties, Comey Confirms – https://goo.gl/2U7CJ8

The US Has Banned Laptops And Tablets On Flights From Major Middle Eastern Airports – https://goo.gl/FEMBZR

Andrew Napolitano reportedly pulled from Fox News over debunked wiretapping claims – https://goo.gl/hRcHxD

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will not attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers next month, just the third time in the last 21 years that America’s top diplomat has skipped such a meeting. – https://goo.gl/AtpH17

Ivanka Trump, who moved to Washington saying she would play no formal role in her father’s administration, is now officially setting up shop in the White House. – https://goo.gl/YqfZZQ

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch faces hours of questioning from senators as frustrated Democrats are determined to press him on everything from abortion and guns to his independence from President Donald Trump. – https://goo.gl/rLtF6N

*Updated* Day 59 – March 20th, 2017

FBI Director James B. Comey made one thing abundantly clear Monday: There is zero evidence that Donald Trump or Trump Tower was wiretapped during the course of the 2016 presidential campaign.

It’s Official: The FBI Is Investigating Trump’s Links to Russia

Six Highlights From the Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing

TSA, DHS Will Bar Electronic Devices On Some Overseas Flights

Gallup Daily: Trump Job Approval

FBI Director James B. Comey acknowledged Monday that his agency is conducting an investigation into possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign in a counterintelligence probe that could reach all the way to the White House and may last for months.

FBI Director Comey confirms the bureau is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election

Article 50: Theresa May to trigger Brexit process next week

Five things to watch for in Supreme Court showdown

Oil falls as investors cut bullish bets on worries over US output

The White House serves up a red herring on Russia

In Depth: Tax Credits, Penalties And Age Rating: Parsing The GOP Health Bill

Day 58 – March 19th, 2017

Xi Jinping, Rex Tillerson pledge cooperation over ‘regional hotspots’

Tillerson says ‘all options are on the table’ when it comes to North Korea

Trump and Republicans face a fresh test to shape Supreme Court, assert their power with Gorsuch hearings

German Defense Ministry contradicts Trump, says it doesn’t owe US money for NATO

Trump administration appeals court ruling that halted revised travel ban

America First – Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again

Day 57 – March 18th, 2017

Donald Trump’s disregard for words – and truth – is finally catching up with him

Day After Frosty Merkel Meeting, Trump Slams Germany Over NATO

Fired US Attorney Preet Bharara Said to Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price

Meals on Wheels sees donation surge after Trump proposes funding cuts

Trump’s proverb, Paul Ryan’s ‘despicable’ pint and other St. Patrick’s Day mishaps

Paris airport attacker previously suspected of having radical Islamist views

G-20 Talks Drag as US Runs Into Resistance on Trade Language

Day 56 – March 17th, 2017

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY!

White House apologizes to Great Britain for claims intelligence agency secretly recorded Trump Tower

THE MEMO: GOP breaks from Trump in ‘wiretap’ furor

The Leader of the Free World Meets Donald Trump

Donald Trump says he learned Obama tapped his phones from the New York Times

Proposed federal budget would devastate cancer research, advocates say

Trump has promised big spending on infrastructure. His budget cuts it.

Syria fires missiles at Israeli warplanes on bombing run

Saudi says arrangements complete for Iranian haj pilgrims

Day 55 – March 16th, 2017 *Updated*

Trump adviser Flynn paid by multiple Russia-related entities, new records show

Sean Spicer’s angry, lonely defense of Trump’s wiretapping claim, annotated

Trump’s second travel ban blocked by two judges – The rulings are a major setback for the president’s revised executive order cracking down on arrivals from six majority-Muslim countries.

Donald Trump Budget Slashes Funds for E.P.A. and State Department

Tillerson: US has ‘failed’ to stop North Korea’s nuke program

Trump Proposes Eliminating the Arts and Humanities Endowments

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Nashville rally

Justin Trudeau Brings Ivanka Trump to Broadway Show on Welcoming Outsiders

Tucker Carlson(Fox News): It’s NBC who was the real meddler in the 2016 election, not Russia

U.K. Prime Minister May Rules Out New Scottish Referendum

Day 54 – March 15th, 2017

House Intelligence Chair Says He Doesn’t Believe Trump Tower Was Wiretapped

Intel panel launches probe of Trump leaks

The Lone Dissenter From the Fed’s Rate Move Is Worried About Inequality

Sen. Whitehouse: Comey may confirm FBI Russia investigation on Wednesday

What Trump’s 2005 Tax Returns Reveal

Yes, Trump Is Being Held Accountable

Medicaid rollback looms for GOP senators in 2020

US charges Russian spies over Yahoo breach

Dutch vote in an immigration-focused election with consequences for all Europe

*Updated* Day 53 – March 14th, 2017

Fact-checking the White House’s rhetoric on the CBO report

The White House said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump does not agree with a controversial tweet on immigration and birth rates by Republican Representative Steve King.

Pelosi calls on GOP leaders to take away Rep. King’s committee gavel

President Donald Trump could issue a sweeping executive order aimed at reversing his predecessor’s climate policies any day this week, a measure that energy industry officials and environmentalists have been anticipating for weeks.

Want to Keep the President at Bay? Two Consultants Have an Inside Track

Facing a Monday deadline, the Justice Department asked lawmakers for more time to provide evidence backing up President Donald Trump’s unproven assertion that his predecessor wiretapped his New York skyscraper during the election. The request came as the White House appeared to soften Trump’s explosive allegation.

The New York attorney general has accused Secretary of State Rex – Tillerson of using the pseudonym “Wayne Tracker” to send emails related to climate change while serving as CEO of Exxon Mobil.

Trump Broadens CIA Powers, Allows Deadly Drone Strikes – New authority departs from Obama-era policy under which only the Pentagon conducted the operations

Affordable Care Act revision would reduce insured numbers by 24 million, CBO projects

Steve King, Hurling Insults at Immigrants, Is Rebuked by His Own Party

The far-right news website Breitbart posted Monday night audio from an October conference call in which House Speaker Paul Ryan told fellow Republicans he’d never defend Donald Trump again.

An oil tanker has been hijacked by suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia, reports say, the first such hijacking in the region in five years.

Day 52 – March 13th, 2017 *Updated*

*Breaking* CBO: Millions would lose coverage under GOP healthcare plan

White House Faces Deadline Monday To Provide Proof That Obama Wiretapped Trump

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that President Donald Trump “doesn’t really think” that Barack Obama “tapped his phone personally,” seeming to walk back Trump’s explosive and unsubstantiated claim that his predecessor ordered an illegal wiretap of Trump Tower.

Sean Spicer just explained why ‘wire tapping’ is different from wiretapping

The GOP’s dramatic change in strategy to pass its health-care law

House Republicans are taking fire from all sides as they seek to push through their plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, known as the American Health Care Act (AHCA).

Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon to seek second referendum

Trump has spent 15 percent of his presidency at Trump-owned or -branded properties

President Donald Trump is planning to host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a summit next month at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, a senior administration official told CNN Monday.

Trump adviser communicated with Russian hackers before election – Roger Stone appeared to know about documents the hackers had stolen before they were published.

Roger Stone on why “exchange” with DNC hacking suspect Guccifer 2.0 was “innocuous”

Expect the CBO to estimate large coverage losses from the GOP health care plan – Brookings Institution

As the Congressional Budget Office prepares its assessment of the Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the White House is already casting doubt on the agency’s credibility.

The Department of Justice is under pressure to provide any documents related to President Donald Trump’s accusation — presented so far without evidence — that the Obama administration wiretapped his phones at Trump Tower during the campaign.

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Monday defended a weekend tweet endorsing the views of a far-right Dutch politician. “Well, of course I meant exactly what I said,” King told CNN’s “New Day.

Kellyanne Conway on surveillance: ‘I’m not in the job of having evidence’…

Turkey-Netherlands row: Dutch warn citizens after Erdogan threat