SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET: 

SOMETHING'S UP – FROM REUTERS:   Passengers traveling on certain U.S.-bound foreign airline flights will have to check electronic devices larger than a cell phone once U.S. authorities formalize a new ban in response to an unspecified terrorism threat, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.  The new rule is expected to be announced Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security, the officials said, adding that it had been under consideration since the U.S. government learned of a threat several weeks ago.  A source said the rule would cover around eight to 10 foreign airlines. A separate government official confirmed an Associated Press report that the ban will affect 10 airports in eight countries in the Middle East and North Africa.  There are no updates on this story.  We'll follow it tomorrow.  Obviously some very credible threats are involved.

FOX REPORTEDLY YANKS LONGTIME COMMENTATOR – FROM THE L.A. TIMES:   Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano is being kept off the air indefinitely amid the controversy over his unverified claims that British intelligence wiretapped Trump Tower at the behest of former President Obama.  Fox News did not respond to inquiries about Napolitano’s status Monday. Napolitano was conspicuously missing from the network’s coverage of the confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch — an event in which he typically would have played a significant role. He has not been on the air since Thursday.  People familiar with the situation who could speak only on the condition of anonymity said Napolitano is not expected to be on Fox News Channel any time in the near future. Napolitano was not available for comment.  The judge is entitled to defend himself on the air.  Seems to me Fox may be making a premature judgment. 

DIZZY LIZZY – FROM THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON:   Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) has changed her media strategy amid low poll numbers in her home state by making herself more available to the press in Massachusetts.  Warren's "creative media-dodging habits are a running joke among her home-state press corps," Politico reported over the weekend. "Whenever the senator makes a public appearance, Massachusetts reporters know to keep one eye fixed on the exit doors."  Last week, however, the Massachusetts Democrat held three open-to-media events in her home state. Each event was followed by lengthy huddles with reporters.  This is what happens when a senator loses contact with her home state on her way to becoming a national celebrity.  Home staters resent it, and poll numbers follow.  She is vulnerable in next year's midterm elections, if Republicans can come up with an opponent who can excite Massachusetts.

March 20, 2017