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POSTED: March 22, 2017, 9:30 am

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Today in Black America: Today we celebrate the construction of the Peter Mott House in 1845 in Lawnside, New Jersey, a stop on the Underground Railroad.

The New York Times


National


Why Can’t Trump Just Let It Go? Here Are a Few Theories

Why Objectively False Things Continue to Be Believed

Eyeing Trump’s Budget, G.O.P. Governors Say ‘No, Thanks’

EDITORIAL: A Republican Health Care Bill in Search of a Problem

Pass Health Bill or Lose Your Jobs, Trump Tells Holdouts


9 Deaths Are Linked to Rare Cancer From Breast Implants

Is America's Military Big Enough?


U.S. General Urges Nuclear Upgrade as Russia Grows ‘More Aggressive’

Will Democrats Be More Aggressive With Gorsuch?

Gorsuch Says He’d Rule Against Trump if Law Required It

If You Like the Arts, Save the N.E.A., Advocates Tell Lawmakers



Local


Medicaid Fight Lands in New York, Crossing Party Lines

Why Robert Moses Keeps Rising From an Unquiet Grave


More Campaign Money Hasn’t Stopped Political Stumbles for Paul Massey

Harder for Homeless to Enter N.Y.C. Shelters, Report Finds


Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to Join N.Y.U.’s Law School



The Christian Science Monitor


Ivanka Trump gets West Wing office, access to classified information (+video)

With health-care vote, Republicans seek to prove they can get things done

In Gorsuch hearings, questions of religious liberty and the law

California boosts efforts to stamp out hunger on campus

Why were Confederate battle flags flown during March Madness? (+video)



Philly.com

D.A. Seth Williams indicted on corruption, bribery-related charges


Highlights from federal indictment of Seth Williams


Jones: Shame on Seth Williams for letting down African Americans

Inquirer Editorial: Seth Williams no longer a lawman; he should step down

Pa. Senate committee OKs short-term fix for unemployment-compensation system


The Star-Ledger


N.J. corrections officer accused of sex abuse at women's prison to pay inmates $75K


Christie rolls out $1M to fight hate crimes


Opponents of pension fund bill worry it could sock N.J. taxpayers

Should N.J. spend more on education? This poll says yes


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


U.S. infant mortality rate hits historic low, Ohio lags other states in progress

Cleveland mass murderer Anthony Sowell has until May to appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

Public forum on state budget cuts highlights local government frustration


Cleveland school board approves teacher contract (video)

Cuyahoga County overpaid process servers $245,000 annually for years, inspector general finds

Cleveland city jail inmate breaks corrections officer's wrist, police say


The Chicago Tribune


Rauner 'very troubled' by some GOP health care changes days before vote


Jesse Jackson Jr.: Sandi and I are $1.8 million in debt

Chicago's municipal ID plan faces concerns from both sides of the immigration issue

CLARENCE PAGE: Trump's Russia ties need to be investigated


The Detroit Free Press


Detroit's priciest dilapidated house is back on the market for $5M

Detroit Land Bank director Lewand-Monroe resigning


As Midtown sizzles, Detroit's main library to open Sundays

Snyder warns Michigan lawmakers about Obamacare overhaul


The Los Angeles Times


The GOP drive to repeal Obamacare threatens a quiet revolution in how U.S. cities care for their poor


Steve Lopez: An L.A. doctor races to cure deadly diseases and worries about Trump plan to cut NIH funding


Paul Manafort had an ambitious plan to benefit the Putin government


California's schools suspensions are down, but black students still face higher suspension rates

L.A. district attorney reviewing complaint over councilman's two marriages



The Washington Post


Attacking the health-care plan like it’s 2009? Republicans get trapped by their old arguments.

House Republican health-care plan set to face key hurdle before floor vote

Fact Checker: Trump’s biggest Obamacare bloopers

U.S. stocks sink to biggest losses this year

As White House seeks distance, former Trump campaign chairman faces new corruption allegations

Supreme Court nominee refuses to be pinned down by Democrats during confirmation hearings

Wonkblog: American judges are just as partisan as everyone else

Trump’s budget targets rural development programs that provide a quiet lifeline

Ex-Colo. GOP leader said only Democrats committed voter fraud. Now he’s charged with voter fraud.


Eleven countries signed a letter slamming China for torturing lawyers. The U.S. did not.


Key Democratic senator outlines a case against school vouchers

Virginia’s June primary poses the first major test for Democrats in Trump era


Study finds more evidence for ‘walking while black’

College freshman on spring break killed in NE



USA Today


Paul Manafort’s plan to ‘greatly benefit Putin government’

The truth about white working-class men: Jill Filipovic

President Trump has ideas, but why is Colin Kaepernick still a free agent?







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