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1:50 PM ET, February 16, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump  —  U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.
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New York Times:
White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to assign a New York billionaire to lead a broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to administration officials, an effort that members of the intelligence community fear …
Ashley Dejean / Mother Jones:
Exclusive: Classified Memo Tells Intelligence Analysts to Keep Trump's Daily Brief Short  —  Keep it short and free of nuance—that is the new guidance that has recently circulated to some intelligence analysts who compile materials for the President's Daily Brief on security threats around the globe.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
U.S. ALLIES CONDUCT INTELLIGENCE OPERATION AGAINST TRUMP STAFF AND ASSOCIATES, INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS  —  U.S. DONALD TRUMP RUSSIA  —  As part of intelligence operations being conducted against the United States for the last seven months, at least one Western European ally intercepted …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Hullabaloo
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Intel agency denies withholding info from Trump
Discussion: RedState
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
In First Month, Views of Trump Are Already Strongly Felt, Deeply Polarized  —  Opposition to Trump's refugee policy; improved views of economy  —  Less than a month after Donald Trump took office, the public's initial impressions of the new president are strongly felt, deeply polarized and far more negative than positive.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Pew Research Center:
1. Early public attitudes about Donald Trump  —  Overall, 39% say they approve of how Trump is handling his job as president, while 56% say they disapprove and 6% do not offer a view.  Job ratings for Trump are more negative than for other recent presidents at similar points in their first terms.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Leaked Emails Show Justice Clarence Thomas's Wife Pushing Travel Ban  —  Justice Clarence Thomas's wife is organizing in support of President Donald Trump's agenda.  And it might make her husband's life a little complicated.  —  In an email sent to a conservative listserv on Feb. 13 …
Discussion: Axios, The Root and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Kremlin Tells Media to Cut Back on Fawning Trump Coverage, Sources Say  —  Order comes as hopes fade for improved relations with U.S.  —  Trump was garnering more media mentions in Russia than Putin  —  The Kremlin ordered state media to cut way back on their fawning coverage of President Donald Trump …
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ABC News:
The Note: Trump Dodges Questions on Russia
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators unnerved by Trump-Russia relationship
Discussion: Politico
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
Carter Page, at Center of Trump Russian Investigation, Writes Bizarre Letter to DOJ Blaming Hillary Clinton  —  Carter Page, briefly a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, sent a peculiar, rambling letter this week to the Department of Justice, asking it to review …
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PBS NewsHour:
CARTER PAGE: Yes.  —  JUDY WOODRUFF: But my first question, then, after that, Carter Page, is to ask you, you're aware of these reports out there that there were officials in the Trump campaign who were in repeated contact with Russian officials, Russian intelligence officials during 2016.
Discussion: Washington Times
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Inside Donald Trump's White House Chaos  —  For two years, Donald Trump mastered the art of disruption.  Name a political precept and he probably broke it during his improbable march to the White House.  But disruption in government—the rulemaker breaking the rules—turns out to be more costly.
Discussion: Business Insider and Mother Jones
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Priebus struggles to control fractious White House  —  Reince Priebus, facing growing criticism and calls for his ouster, is racing to bring order to a White House that looks to be spiraling out of control.  —  After weeks of West Wing turmoil and critiques from President Donald Trump himself …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Trump names Alexander Acosta as labor secretary nominee  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday announced his intent to nominate Alexander Acosta, a former Justice Department official and current dean of Florida International University College of Law, for labor secretary, just a day after first pick …
Discussion: RedState
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Trump to name Alexander Acosta as new Labor secretary nominee
Discussion: Infowars
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Trump expected to reveal new labor secretary nominee later on Thursday
Discussion: ABC News
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Trump's F-35 Calls Came With a Surprise: Rival CEO Was Listening  —  Boeing CEO said to be in room as Trump phoned program chief  —  Lockheed has faced Trump attacks over cost of F-35 contract  —  Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump made two surprise calls …
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
G.O.P.'s Grand Visions for Congress Now Look Like a Mirage  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans, who craved unified control of the government to secure their aggressive conservative agenda, have instead found themselves on a legislative elliptical trainer, gliding toward nowhere.
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Rasmussen Reports:
in Politics  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 55% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump's job performance.  Forty-five percent (45%) disapprove.  —  The latest figures include 38% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 36% who Strongly Disapprove.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
‘This is really unprecedented’: ICE detains woman seeking domestic abuse protection at Tex. courthouse  —  A hearing in El Paso County in Texas went from ordinary to “unprecedented” last week when half a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at a courthouse …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Balloon Juice
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Marty Schladen / El Paso Times:
ICE detains domestic-violence victim in court
New York Times:
Day Without Immigrants to Hit Washington in the Stomach  —  WASHINGTON — In a city where expense account meals are a central part of power players' lives, some of Washington's best-known restaurants will shutter their doors on Thursday in solidarity with a national campaign to draw attention to the power and plight of immigrants.
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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: How The Nation's Spooks Played The Game ‘Kill Mike Flynn’  —  Ted Cruz Tries To Wreck Liz Warren's Legacy With One Sentence  —  Democrats Announce HUGE Show Of No-Confidence In Crucial Senate Race  —  Why Did The FBI Just Release Trump Real Estate Records From The 70s?  —  US |
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Kushners Won't Buy Miami Marlins if Seller Gets Ambassadorship  —  WASHINGTON — The family of Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, said it would pull back from buying the Miami Marlins baseball team — for now — after it emerged that the current owner is likely …
Bloomberg:
Republicans Fret Over Slow Pace of Congress Early in Trump Term  —  Looming fights on spending, debt limit likely to clog calendar  —  Corker says probes of Trump aide contacts with Russia distract  —  Congress is off to a slow start this year, and Republicans are starting to get nervous.
Discussion: Washington Post and Rush
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: Leakers will ‘pay a big price’ … President Trump on Thursday pledged to punish people who leaked damaging information about the inner workings of the White House, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn's conversations with Russia.  —  “We're going to find the leakers …
Discussion: Political Wire
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Who Will Watch the Agents Watching Our Borders?  —  Whom do federal immigration agents despise more: former President Barack Obama, or the immigrants whose lives are in their hands?  —  That uncomfortable question came to mind as I read articles over the past week of the growing numbers of raids …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: What killed Andrew Puzder's nomination to be labor secretary  —  THE BIG IDEA: Andrew Puzder's past employment of an undocumented housekeeper and his support for more liberalized immigration policies did far more to doom his confirmation hopes in the Senate than his ex-wife's allegations …
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Former U.S. Ambassadors Urge Senate Not to Confirm Friedman as Trump's Israel Envoy  —  Five former U.S. ambassadors to Israel sent a letter on Wednesday to members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urging them to reject the nomination of President Trump's candidate for ambassador to Israel …
Lanny Davis / The Hill:
Ellison for DNC chair  —  The race for chair of the Democratic National Committee is an important one.  This is especially so when Democrats are the party in opposition to a Republican president, and especially when that president is Donald Trump  —  , and thus there may need …
Discussion: Politico
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Martial arts academy posts how-to video for defending against Trump handshake  —  A mixed martial arts online magazine has posted a tutorial from a jiu-jitsu academy on how to defend against President Trump's handshakes.  —  Recent meetings with foreign leaders have brought attention to the president's handshake.
Discussion: RedState and Washington Post
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
The media IS the opposition party  —  President Trump claims traditional media represent a stronger, more effective opposition party than the Democrats.  So far, he's undeniably correct.  —  This has only a little to do with the Democrats.  They have no power in Congress …
 
 
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