House leaders prepare to vote Friday on health-care reform

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House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. smiles as he speaks with the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017, following a Freedom Caucus meeting. GOP House leaders delayed their planned vote on a long-promised bill to repeal and replace "Obamacare," in a stinging setback for House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump in their first major legislative test.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House leaders prepare to vote Friday on health-care reform

Washington Post
The House of Representatives is set to vote Friday to overhaul the nation’s health-care system after President Trump delivered an ultimatum to Republicans: Approve it, or reject it and the president will move on to his other priorities.

Under pressure, Dems hold back Gorsuch support

The Hill
Centrist Democrats are withholding their support of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch after Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer · Charles SchumerThe Hill’s Whip List: Where Dems stand on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee With no emerging …

Police locate stolen car with 2 toddlers safe inside

Los Angeles Times
Two Southern California toddlers have been found safe after authorities located the car they’d been in when it was stolen. The car and the children were found early Friday in Desert Hot Springs, the Associated Press reported.

Federal agency rules Trump’s DC hotel lease is in ‘full compliance’

Washington Post
Government officials overseeing the Trump International Hotel’s lease with the federal government have determined the deal is in “full compliance” despite a clause in the agreement barring any “elected official of the government of the United States

Lone survivor of deadly wrong-way crash in Sacramento Co. speaks

KCRA Sacramento
A Racine sixth-grader was suspended from school, accused of selling sex toys, but they were really something called water snakes. Now, her father is taking a stand.

Maryland high school thrust into immigration debate

Chicago Tribune
Plastic cups spell out Rockville Strong, at Rockville High School in Rockville, Maryland, on March 23, 2017. (Brian Witte / AP). Brian WitteAssociated Press.

Student stranded for 5 days near Grand Canyon grew desperate

The Denver Post
This photo released by the Arizona Department of Public Safety shows signs made by Amber VanHecke, who was stranded for five days near the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

All-male White House health bill photo sparks anger

BBC News
There is a familiarity about this photo, and it could have been taken in many boardrooms around the world – men gathered around a table making plans and cutting deals.

Sen. Pat Roberts apologizes for ‘mammogram’ line

CNN
(CNN) Sen. Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, apologized Thursday afternoon for making an apparent joke about mammograms related to what features are or are not included in Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Federal judge who blocked Trump’s travel ban gets threats

CNN
(CNN) A Hawaii federal judge who ruled against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban has been the target of threatening messages, the FBI says.

Smoke from Bryceville wildfire forces shut down of County Road 119

KING5.com
Evacuation orders have been lifted in Bryceville, Florida for residents who were affected by the 693-acre wildfire known as Garfield Road Fire.

Veteran police detective among victims in Wisconsin shootings

CNN
(CNN) A 18-year law enforcement veteran. A longtime bank manager and one of her co-workers. A lawyer at a small firm. They were the people killed Wednesday by a man who went to a northern Wisconsin bank, shot two people, then stopped at a law office …

Bill would force employers to ensure ICE agents have warrants

SFGate
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents show up to conduct a raid at a business or farm, employers are permitted to let them in.

A Man Who Hated Black Men Found a Victim Who Cared for Others

New York Times
James Harris Jackson at Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday. Credit Pool photo by Steven Hirsch. Since he was a boy he has hated black men.

Blame game: Trump casts immigrants as dangerous criminals, but the evidence shows otherwise

Washington Post
The Trump administration is launching a series of steps aimed at publicly spotlighting the alleged dangers posed by illegal immigrants, as it seeks to bolster political support for the need for stricter enforcement.

Dog pulled from California fire revived after 20 minutes

KHOU.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) – California firefighters who spent 20 minutes performing mouth-to-snout resuscitation on a dog they rescued from a burning apartment are being hailed as heroes.

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s truths can come from wisps of info

Washington Post
WASHINGTON – Sitting atop that vast apparatus of institutional knowledge, hard-won intelligence and data known as the U.S. government, President Donald Trump forms some of his most contentious opinions from other sources entirely.

Utah getting toughest drunken driving limit in the US

Washington Post
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s governor signed legislation Thursday giving the predominantly Mormon state the strictest drunken driving threshold in the country, a change that restaurant groups and representatives of the ski and snowboard industry say will

Patriots due to visit White House on April 19

NBCSports.com
April 18 is tax day in America. April 19 will be Patriots Day at the White House. One day after the deadline for submitting those 1040s to Uncle Sam, President Donald Trump will welcome the Super Bowl champions for the first of his ceremonial sporting

West Bountiful man killed, wife injured in London attack

KSL.com
Editor’s note: A previous version of this story indicated that five people were killed in the London attack. This information was updated to reflect that four people were killed.

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