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7:35 PM ET, February 28, 2015

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
House chaos on DHS funding leaves GOP senators fuming  —  Senate Republicans are fuming over the House GOP's decision to extend the standoff over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a move that they say uses up political oxygen and burns precious time on the legislative calendar.
Discussion: Politico, Firedoglake and Daily Kos
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Shutdown of Homeland Security averted as Pelosi comes to rescue  —  A partial government shutdown was narrowly avoided late Friday evening as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a surprise move to back legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for one week.
Daniel Newhauser / National Journal:
Republicans: We've Got No Plans to Oust Boehner
Politico:
John Boehner allies fret coup attempt
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll, with Scott Walker right behind  —  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul won the straw poll at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference — his third such victory in a row.  But Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker came in a strong second, reflecting his rising popularity among …
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Taylor Maycan / USA TODAY College:
U. of Wisconsin asks Walker to remove redundant sexual assault report requirement  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin requested that Gov. Scott Walker remove a requirement that all 26 campuses report allegations of sexual assaults to the state every year …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Daily Beast retracts story on Scott Walker  —  Another major media outlet has apologized after getting a story about Scott Walker wrong.  Last week, it was the New York Times; now, it's The Daily Beast.  —  The Daily Beast has retracted an article from one of its college columnists …
William McGurn / New York Post:
Snow(den) blind: Libertarians' telling ‘hero’
Discussion: EconLog and Hit & Run
Zach Noble / TheBlaze.com:
Scott Walker Pulls Thunderous Applause at CPAC — Here's How He Responded to Lone Heckler
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Black pastors urge CBC not to skip Netanyahu speech  —  The message from a dozen prominent black pastors this week to the Congressional Black Caucus was loud and clear: Don't skip out on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyuhu's speech.  —  About two dozen House and Senate Democrats …
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New York Times:
White House Offers Rebuttal Before Netanyahu's Speech  —  WASHINGTON — Just four days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint meeting of Congress, the Obama administration sought on Friday to refute the Israeli leader's expected critique, arguing that he has failed …
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
At what price Netanyahu?  —  Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Terrence Dopp / Bloomberg Business:
After Rough February, Chris Christie Seeks Smoother March  —  (Bloomberg) — March can't come soon enough for Chris Christie.  —  New Jersey's Republican governor, who's considering a run for president, began February with an England trip derailed by a comment about vaccines.
Discussion: KQED News
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
CPAC Reception Is Mixed for Jeb Bush, Despite Bused-In Backers
Betsy Woodruff / Slate:
Jeb Bush Backers Are Busing Supporters From K Street to CPAC
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Peter King: 'I've Had It with This Self-Righteous, Delusional Wing' of the GOP  —  Republican Congressman Peter King said today that he's incredibly frustrated with the “self-righteous, delusional” wing of his party that may shut down the Department of Homeland Security because they're …
USA Today:
Husband, 108, wife, 105, celebrate 82 years married  —  Duranord and Jeanne Veillard were married in 1932.  Together they have 5 children, 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.  What's their secret?  —  SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — A husband and wife thought to be Rockland County's oldest married couple …
myfox8.com:
Winston-Salem Army veteran given house mortgage-free; ‘It feels like home’ … WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — An Army veteran and his family are settling into a home donated to them mortgage-free and renovated by Bank of America and the Military Warriors Support Foundation.
Peter D. Feaver / Foreign Policy:
Death on the Kremlin's Doorstep  —  The killing of Boris Nemtsov heralds a new era of darkness for Russia's already battered opposition.  — By Christian CarylChristian Caryl is the author of Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century.  A former reporter at Newsweek …
 
 
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The Huffington Post:
Education Department Terminates Contracts With Debt Collectors Accused Of Wrongdoing
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Egyptian court declares Hamas a ‘terrorist’ group
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Associated Press:
Former US Rep. Rick Renzi reports to prison for 3-year term
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Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
Missouri's Constitution Now Allows Felons To Possess Firearms
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
New Docs Reveal Osama bin Laden's Secret Ties With Iran
 

 
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Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson:
Internal memo: G/O Media sells The Onion to a new Chicago-based firm, Global Tetrahedron, which promises to keep The Onion's staff intact and in Chicago

Elvira Pollina / Reuters:
Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI plan a 24-hour strike May 6 against “suffocating control” of their work by Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government

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