1. Bipartisan promise on Russia investigation
Senate intelligence committee leaders, Republican Richard Burr and Democrat Mark Warner, pledged that their investigation of Russian interference in last year’s election will be independent and bipartisan.
It’s a contrast to the bitter dispute brewing for the similar inquiry in the House of Representatives.
“We would be crazy to try to draw conclusions from where we are in the investigation,” said Burr, the committee chairman, deflecting questions about links between Trump associates and Russia.
But he also acknowledged: “We know that our challenge is to answer that question for the American people in our conclusions.”
2. She’s back!
Hillary Clinton gave a speech at a conference for businesswomen in San Francisco on Tuesday, one of her most public events since losing the election last year.
“I am thrilled to be out of the woods,” said Hillary Clinton. “There’s no place I’d rather be … other than the White House,” she quipped.
Video: 'Resist, insist, persist and enlist'
3. Christie heads to the White House
Today Trump attended a roundtable at the White House with New Jersey governor Chris Christie, members of his cabinet and recovering addicts, to discuss the opioid epidemic.
4. Don’t touch my hair
California congresswoman Maxine Waters had some choice words for conservative talking head Bill O’Reilly, after he dismissed a speech she gave by snidely saying: “I didn’t hear a word she said. I was looking at the James Brown wig.”
.@MaxineWaters on Bill O'Reilly comments: "I am a strong black woman and I cannot be intimidated" #inners https://t.co/B1vRE4nelt
— All In w/Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) March 29, 2017
5. Want to build the wall?
Next Wednesday marks the deadline for the hundreds of companies interested in building Donald Trump’s signature campaign promise – a “great, great wall” on the US-Mexico border – to submit concept papers detailing their proposals.
6. Kushners up in it
The big deal between a Chinese company and Jared Kusher’s family business, for a stake in the Fifth Avenue tower owned by the Kushner Companies, has fallen through.
7. Trump's best prodigy: Ivanka
Ivanka Trump will become an official government employee, after criticisms of a previously announced informal role.
“I will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the White House office, subject to all of the same rules as other federal employees,” she said in a statement.
No new friends in Trumpland
The president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has also joined the family business, hired as a senior consultant for Giles-Parscale, the Texas company running Donald Trump’s campaign website.
Lara Trump, wife of middle son Eric, is an “incredibly talented person with the right experience for us,” said company president Brad Parscale.
... and another thing:
"Have you heard of Susan B. Anthony?" Trump asks at women's empowerment event.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) March 29, 2017
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