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Trump supporters put their faith in him.; Capitol Hill Republicans not on board with Trump budget; Trump and his advisers can't keep quiet — and it's becoming a real problem; GOP health-care plan: Key House panel calls for work requirements, additional cuts in Medicaid; Firing federal workers isn’t as easy as Trump makes it seem in his budget; Mulvaney defends proposed cuts to climate research and poverty programs, deeming them wasteful or ineffective; Three Irish musicians say 'No, Nay, Never' to White House on St. Patrick's Day; Spicer says Trump ‘stands by’ unproven allegation that Obama ordered wiretapping of Trump Tower;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Trump’s First 100 Days: Still without evidence, Trump World defends wiretap accusation Also, who Trump's budget proposal hits and Michael Flynn back in the headlines. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » Trump adviser Flynn paid by multiple Russia-related entities, new records show House Oversight Committee records show the former national security adviser collected nearly $68,000 in 2015. By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger  •  Read more »   ‘Collective narcissism’ explains at least some of President Trump’s support "Make America Great Again" sounds like a collective narcissist's fondest wish. By Agnieszka Golec de Zavala and Christopher Federico  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Rulings offer glimpse into what kind of justice Gorsuch would be Supporters and detractors often point to the same cases to make their arguments on President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court. By Robert Barnes  •  Courts & Law  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The Republican bill to repeal Obamacare has made Obamacare repeal less likely The current forecast: A 20 percent chance of Obamacare repeal before May. By John Sides  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Fact-checking Democrats' rhetoric on the GOP health-care bill Democratic lawmakers have made a number of misleading claims about the House Republican replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act. We unravel their rhetoric. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Trump’s First 100 Days: Still without evidence, Trump World defends wiretap accusation Also, who Trump's budget proposal hits and Michael Flynn back in the headlines. By Elise Viebeck  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Whom to trust when it comes to health-care reform? Trump supporters put their faith in him. "So far, everything's been positive, from what I can tell," said one Trump fan in Nashville. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   Capitol Hill Republicans not on board with Trump budget Defense hawks and even Trump supporters were sharply critical of the president's spending blueprint. By Kelsey Snell and Karoun Demirjian  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump and his advisers can't keep quiet — and it's becoming a real problem From the travel ban to bogus wiretap claims, the president's loose words are getting in the way of his agenda. By John Wagner and Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   GOP health-care plan: Key House panel calls for work requirements, additional cuts in Medicaid The House Budget Committee, voting along party lines with all Democrats opposed, will recommend that the measure require "able-bodied" recipients to work in exchange for benefits. By Mike DeBonis and Sean Sullivan  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Firing federal workers isn’t as easy as Trump makes it seem in his budget "I would expect that there would have to be reductions in forces at various agencies," Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said at a briefing Wednesday in advance of the budget's release. By Eric Yoder and Lisa Rein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Mulvaney defends proposed cuts to climate research and poverty programs, deeming them wasteful or ineffective "We can't spend money on programs just because they sound good," the budget director said. By Abby Phillip  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Three Irish musicians say 'No, Nay, Never' to White House on St. Patrick's Day "I just can't bring myself to do it." Three acclaimed musicians cite President Trump's policies on immigration and arts in boycott; Irish prime minister makes White House visit. By Mary Jordan  •  Read more »   Spicer says Trump ‘stands by’ unproven allegation that Obama ordered wiretapping of Trump Tower Earlier Thursday, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said their investigation into the matter so far has turned up no evidence that the U.S. government had conducted surveillance on Trump Tower in New York. 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