Rep. Ryan Reveals Latest Budget Plan, Mudslide Death Toll Rises, NATO Suspends Cooperation with Russia: P.M. Links

• Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has
  introduced the
  latest Republican plan to balance the budget, calling for $5
  trillion in reduced spending over the next decade, and of course,
  the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Read more about the proposal
  
  here.
• The
  death toll for the mudslide in Washington state is up to 27.
  There are still 22 people believed missing in the slide.
• Mississippi’s Supreme Court has tossed out the capital murder
  conviction of a woman on death row since 2000 and
  ordered a new trial. She’s convicted of killing her husband,
  but it’s possible her son is responsible.
• NATO is suspending
  cooperation with Russia over its annexation of Crimea. NATO
  Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Russia’s actions were
  “the gravest threat to European security in a generation and it
  challenges our vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace.”
• The Pentagon says there were
  no U.S. military casualties in Afghanistan for the month of
  March. It’s the the first casualty-free month there since January
  2007.
• Airbnb, the home-as-hotel rental connection service, will
  
  start paying hotel taxes of 14 percent in San Francisco. This
  follows news they’ll also start paying taxes in Portland,
  Oregon.

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