Updated Day 782

Author: mkiser

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 ## Notables.
 
-1. **The U.S. will remove all remaining diplomatic personnel from the embassy in Venezuela this week.** The State Department said the decision "reflects the deteriorating situation in Venezuela," and that "the presence of U.S. diplomatic staff at the embassy has become a constraint on U.S. policy." They gave no additional details about the withdrawal from Caracas or the specific day on which it would occur. Venezuela is currently experiencing a five-day-long power outage. ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa-embassy-idUSKBN1QT0CL) / [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/reversal-us-withdrawing-embassy-personnel-venezuela-amid-days/story?id=61631776) / [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/07e2f8abb3a64506a91d11dfd69e86cc))
+1. **The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Ohio can cut state funding to Planned Parenthood because the organization performs abortions**. Four of the 11 Circuit judges who sided with Ohio were appointed by Trump. ([Politico](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/12/defund-planned-parenthood-ohio-lawsuit-1262052) / [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-ohio/appeals-court-says-ohio-may-withhold-planned-parenthood-funding-idUSKBN1QT23V)) 
 
-2. **Mike Pompeo accused Cuba and Russia of propping up Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro**. Pompeo's statements came after the Treasury Department imposed new sanctions on a Russia-based bank that it accused of helping Maduro's government circumvent earlier American financial penalties. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/us/politics/us-venezuela-pompeo.html))
+2. **The U.S. will remove all remaining diplomatic personnel from the embassy in Venezuela this week.** The State Department said the decision "reflects the deteriorating situation in Venezuela," and that "the presence of U.S. diplomatic staff at the embassy has become a constraint on U.S. policy." They gave no additional details about the withdrawal from Caracas or the specific day on which it would occur. Venezuela is currently experiencing a five-day-long power outage. ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa-embassy-idUSKBN1QT0CL) / [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/reversal-us-withdrawing-embassy-personnel-venezuela-amid-days/story?id=61631776) / [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/07e2f8abb3a64506a91d11dfd69e86cc))
 
-3. **The director of the National Cancer Institute will take over as acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration** when Dr. Scott Gottlieb steps down at the end of the month. Dr. Norman Sharpless has been the director of the National Cancer Institute since 2017. ([Politico](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/12/fda-commissioner-1217908) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/health/fda-ned-sharpless.html))
+3. **Mike Pompeo accused Cuba and Russia of propping up Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro**. Pompeo's statements came after the Treasury Department imposed new sanctions on a Russia-based bank that it accused of helping Maduro's government circumvent earlier American financial penalties. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/us/politics/us-venezuela-pompeo.html))
 
-4. **The Navy and its contractors and subcontractors are "under cyber siege" by Chinese hackers and others**, according to an internal Navy review. The 57-page document reports that hackers are exploiting critical weaknesses that threaten the U.S.'s standing as the world's top military power. ([Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-industry-partners-are-under-cyber-siege-review-asserts-11552415553))
+4. **The director of the National Cancer Institute will take over as acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration** when Dr. Scott Gottlieb steps down at the end of the month. Dr. Norman Sharpless has been the director of the National Cancer Institute since 2017. ([Politico](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/12/fda-commissioner-1217908) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/health/fda-ned-sharpless.html))
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+5. **Nancy Pelosi revoked Pence's office in the House**. Republicans gave Pence a first-floor office in the U.S. Capitol shortly after Trump was inaugurated in 2017. ([NPR](https://www.npr.org/2019/03/12/702577175/speaker-pelosi-revokes-mike-pences-house-office-space))
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+6. **The Navy and its contractors and subcontractors are "under cyber siege" by Chinese hackers and others**, according to an internal Navy review. The 57-page document reports that hackers are exploiting critical weaknesses that threaten the U.S.'s standing as the world's top military power. ([Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/navy-industry-partners-are-under-cyber-siege-review-asserts-11552415553))