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  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants us to focus on the 'deeper' problems behind Trump's election
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    For many Americans, it's easier to believe that Russia — not American voters — installed Trump as president. On Sunday, Attorney General Barr released his summary of Mueller's report, writing that Mueller had found insufficient evidence to prove that Trump conspired with the Russians during the 2016 election. For folks who had hoped that the Mueller report would result in Trump's impeachment, it was heartbreaking.
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  • FAA 'Tentatively' Approves Software Fix to Get the 737 Max 8 Flying Again
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    The worldwide grounding of Boeing's 737 Max 8 and 9 airliners has upended the aviation business, with American Airlines canceling up to 90 flights a day because of a dwindling fleet. The Federal Aviation Administration is reportedly on the cusp of approving a safety update that could make the seemingly disaster-prone aircraft viable again, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The embattled manufacturer promised a software update in the immediate aftermath of the Ethiopian Airlines crash earlier this month, meant to rectify an issue with the aircraft's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), which tilts the plane's nose downward to avert stalling.
  • Republicans call for Rep. Adam Schiff to resign, step down from intelligence committee
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    Republicans call for Rep. Adam Schiff to resign, step down from intelligence committee

    WASHINGTON – As the nation learned special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia, Republicans celebrated and then took aim at many of the president's foes. One of the biggest targets thus far: Rep. Adam Schiff, who heads the House Intelligence Committee. "Adam Schiff should resign," White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Monday morning on Fox News.

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    Odell Beckham Jr. woke up from his social media slumber on Sunday.
    As he did so, New York Giants co-owner John Mara gave a candid take on trading away the transcendent wide receiver to the Cleveland Browns.
    Speaking at the NFL league meeting in Phoenix, Mara told reporters he was reluctant to deal Beckham and that when he told his grandchildren about the trade, they cried.

    John Mara’s grandkids cried over Beckham deal

    “Both of ’em sobbed uncontrollably on the phone,’’ Mara told reporters of his grandchildren. “One of them is speaking to me now, the other one is not so sure. I say that half-kiddingly, but it was not an easy decision.’’
    He went on to detail his thought process when approving the deal orchestrated by general manager Dave Gettleman. He said that co-owner John Tisch was quicker to approve Gettleman’s proposal that returned a first- and third-round pick and safety Jabril Peppers from the Browns.
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    Giants co-owner John Mara does not sound like a man who was excited about dealing Odell Beckham. (AP)

    Mara gave ‘reluctant approval’ of deal

    Mara needed more time.
    “I will tell you it was a reluctant approval on my part, because I happen to like Odell very much, and I recognize the unique talent that he has,’’ Mara said. “It’s not easy to trade that player to another team.
    “I understand also we have a lot of holes we need to fill, and if we make the right decisions with that first pick and with that third pick, we obviously like Jabrill Peppers a lot. Ultimately I gave my 50 percent share of the approval.’’
    Tisch, though quicker to approve the deal, also acknowledged it was a hard choice to make.
    "Not an easy decision at all,” Tisch said.

    Beckham sounds ready to embrace new role

    Meanwhile, Beckham appeared to be moving on from the digestive stage of the trade, making his first appearance on Twitter since going dark on social media last week to “process, reevaluate some of the things in my life, as much has changed for me recently.”
    He appears to be fully embracing Browns culture on the other side of his hiatus.
    That, of course, is an ode to Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, who told reporters in November after his first three-touchdown NFL game to beat the Atlanta Falcons that “I woke up this morning feeling real dangerous.”
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    Odell Beckham sounds ready to embrace his new surroundings. (AP)

    Hard to say goodbye

    It’s easy to understand how being traded from the Giants to the Browns and watching dreams of making big plays in the biggest American city shift to a rust-belt city would be a shock to the system.
    But from a football standpoint, there are few teams more compelling than the Browns in 2019, and Beckham appears to be embracing that. The prospect of moving from a dilapidated Eli Manning to a surging Mayfield at quarterback is worth getting excited about.
    And the trade was out of his hands. So even if he pines for New York and has “mixed feelings” about the deal as Newsday reports, the healthy approach is to move on. And he appears to be doing so.

    Seller’s remorse in New York?

    The same might not be said about Mara, whose words Sunday point to a bout with seller’s remorse.
    “It wasn’t like we were getting rid of a guy who was gonna be a criminal,” Mara said. “Yeah, he was somebody, there was always some extra issues he brought into the building every day. But it was never to the point where it was unmanageable.’’
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    The path to a college basketball national title is often cleared at some key juncture by Dame Fortune. A bounce here, a break there, and a future champion on the brink of elimination is saved. By the time the tourney is over and the Final Four nets have been trimmed in April, the luck that launched the run often is forgotten.
    If Duke wins it all this year, nobody should ever forget the fickle escape against Central Florida on Sunday.
    “We were lucky,” Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski acknowledged right after the game to CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson. The legendary coach added that he’s been both unlucky and lucky in the tournament before, and the memory of last year’s Grayson Allen shot that wouldn’t fall to beat Kansas in the regional final likely was on his mind. A similar roll on the last shot Sunday went K’s way, to the eternal angst of Central Florida.
    The overall No. 1 seed and massive ratings magnet received a large shipment of good fortune just in time to survive a fierce UCF effort. It was a few years’ worth of blessed March karma, all of it compressed into the final two minutes of what was easily the most riveting game of what had been a lackluster 2019 tournament. The Blue Devils beat the Knights, 77-76, and continue into the Sweet 16 — but with greater doubts about their title viability and greater optimism for their challengers.

    Duke holds off UCF in stunning finish

    Watch highlights as the 1-seed Blue Devils hold off the Golden Knights to win 77-76 and advance to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament.
    Trailing 74-70 in the last two minutes, here are the vital moments that broke right for Duke:
    * A runout UCF alley-pop to the Knights’ best player, Aubrey Dawkins — who was ridiculously good in this game — passed through his hands for a turnover instead of through the hoop for a six-point lead.
    * A Dawkins jumper that rattled in and out.
    * A Zion Williamson drive for a basket that also fouled out 7-foot-6 tower Tacko Fall — a play on which Williamson flirted very hard with fouling out himself when he ran into UCF guard B.J. Taylor in the lane, before driving into Fall. With Fall out, Duke’s RJ Barrett was able to grab the rebound on Williamson’s missed free throw and score what turned out to be the winning basket.
    * The two UCF misses on the final possession — one on a contested banker by Taylor, the second when Dawkins swooped in for an acrobatic tip-in that could have won the game but somehow crawled along the top of the rim without dropping.
    Those plays, along with some clutch ones by the Devils, added up to a survive-and-advance triumph in an instant March classic. But what was exposed by UCF coach Johnny Dawkins — who played for and coached alongside Krzyzewski at Duke — could be formidable ammunition for opponents in the coming rounds.
    Zion Williamson celebrates with his teammates after defeating the UCF Knights on Saturday in Columbia, South Carolina. (Getty Images)
    The Knights focused the entirety of their defense on Williamson, Barrett and Cam Reddish. Williamson was heroic (32 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, three steals, and so many dazzling baskets when Duke absolutely needed them). The other two contributed key plays while combining for 29 points. But UCF dared the rest of the Blue Devils to do anything, and the dare was incredibly close to working.
    UCF completely disrespected the shooting ability of point guard Tre Jones, and he couldn’t make the Knights pay for it — Jones was 1-for-8 from the 3-point line, dropping his season percentage to 23.2. UCF treated backup guard Jordan Goldwire the same, and he actually outperformed his 9.1 percent 3-point accuracy by making one of three attempts. Duke big men Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden were similarly impotent offensively, combining to score two points.
    Now, it’s true that the Knights were uniquely qualified to play this way, thanks to the massive paint impediment that was Fall. But other teams can play a sagging defense that forces Jones and others to make plays.
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