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POSTED: March 16, 2017, 8:30 am

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Today in Black History: "Freedom's Journal," the nation's first Black newspaper is founded on this date in 1827 in New York City.

The New York Times

National

Revised travel ban is blocked nationwide

Highlights of the Ruling: ‘The Government’s Premise Is Not True’


Who Undercut the Travel Ban? Candidate Trump

EDITORIAL: Preventing a Free-for-All With Drone Strikes

Trump Budget Seeks Sharp Cuts in E.P.A. and State Dept.

Some Parts of America Will Be More First Than Others


Trump Proposes End to Arts and Humanities Endowments


Border Wall Gets Billions in Budget Proposal

Openly Testy, Republicans Reject Wiretap Claims

Trump Urges Supporters to Unite Behind Health Plan

South Carolina Ends a Controversy and Exploits Neighbor’s


Tempest at U.N. Over Report Saying Israel Practices Apartheid


Four Confirmation Fights That Shaped the Supreme Court


Local


Budget Season in Albany, With a Twist: Four to Choose From


Of Late, De Blasio’s Biggest Supporters Are Out-of-Towners


The Christian Science Monitor

Why Trump tax revelation leaves many unsatisfied


Three myths holding back America's public schools


Why GOP plan's 'historic' reform of Medicaid has many worried


Rep. Steve King: what Republicans stand to lose by chastising him


Florida governor signs bill tightening death penalty


The Star-Ledger


N.J. man apologizes after sending racist Tinder messages

Teacher convicted in guns-for-terror case stripped of N.J. licenses

N.J. tops many states on healthcare scorecard


Here's the grade N.J. voters associate with Christie most


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


A brief history of fights, feuds and a coup at Cleveland City Hall

Cleveland taking applications for fire department jobs


Cuyahoga County corrections officer arrested

Ohio House passes bill banning fees to remove mugshots from websites

Cleveland is target of more public records complaints than any other public entity in Ohio


The Chicago Tribune


Trump budget increases military spending at expense of science, diplomacy


Emanuel's short-term budget solutions will cost $1 billion in interest


4 wounded in city shootings

Top cop to meet with Jeff Sessions about gun violence in Chicago

Chicago Public Schools proposals face rough road in Springfield


'David was very loved': Sister of shotgun victim remembers brother's artistic talent


The Detroit Free Press


Trump plan slashes funding for Detroit, Great Lakes and much more


Here's how the new federal budget will affect Michigan

Why Trump's rollback of tailpipe emissions rules is a bad idea

Coalition: Fire Macomb worker in noose incident

Detroit board to vet superintendent candidates in private


The Los Angeles Times


Trump budget envisions big cuts for health and human services

Following similar Hawaii ruling, federal judge in Maryland blocks Trump's revised travel ban

California's new education ratings tool turns some low-scoring schools into highfliers

Fullerton police officer charged with filing false report

The rise and fall of Lee Baca, L.A. County's onetime 'Teflon Sheriff'


Philly.com

Philadelphia files amicus brief in travel ban lawsuit

Parking head's hiring of daughter's roommate draws union leader's ire

Nutter overruled his inspector general to spare a key City Hall adviser


Silent two years, disgraced former Pa. Treasurer McCord finally testifies



The Washington Post

Federal judge halts Trump travel ban hours before it was to take effect


Second federal judge in Maryland blocks revised travel ban


Trump's budget seeks deep cuts

Trump budget asks for $6 billion in HUD cuts, drops development grants

Trump seeks $4.7 billion in cuts to USDA discretionary spending


In Trump’s first fiscal blueprint, echoes of Reagan ’81

What the budget would mean for each agency


Trump seeks $1.5 billion to start building border wall. Key GOP senators are skeptical.


What you could do with $54 billion

GOP lawmakers expected to propose revisions to health plan


Push to dismantle school desegregation plan in Louisville appears dead — for now


The man who helped save HealthCare.gov wants a bipartisan solution to health care


The claim that the medical-device tax led to the loss of 20,000 U.S. jobs


House of Delegates makes key changes in Hogan’s budget

Casino funds, rising property values fuel modest growth in Pr. George’s budget



USA Today

Trump's federal budget would eliminate dozens of agencies and programs

Trump's first budget uses dramatic cuts to fund military buildup






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