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9:45 AM ET, February 23, 2017

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Josh Meyer / Politico:
Manafort faced blackmail attempt, hacks suggest  —  A purported cyber hack of the daughter of political consultant Paul Manafort suggests that he was the victim of a blackmail attempt while he was serving as Donald Trump's presidential campaign chairman last summer.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
GOP to bury House resolution on Trump conflicts  —  House Republicans next week plan to derail a Democratic resolution that would have forced disclosure of President Donald Trump's potential ties with Russia and any possible business conflicts of interest, according to multiple House sources.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Repeal of Health Law Faces Obstacles in House, Not Just in Senate  —  WASHINGTON — Ever since Republicans got down to the business of repealing the Affordable Care Act, the Senate has been singled out as the likely problem.  Any plan that could zoom through the House would hit roadblocks …
Discussion: Political Wire
John Harwood / CNBC:
Congressional Republicans don't expect Trump to offer his own health or tax plans
Discussion: New York Magazine and Axios
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Christie turned down Labor secretary job: report  —  President Trump offered New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie the job of Labor secretary after a lunch meeting last week, Politico reported on Wednesday.  —  The offer came as the president's previous labor secretary pick Andrew Puzder's nomination was in jeopardy.
Discussion: RedState
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump's 'Apprentice'-style hiring is upending Washington
Discussion: Political Wire
Dustin Racioppi / NorthJersey.com:
Christie among candidates for sports radio job
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Tom Cotton faces uproar at town hall meeting … Sen. Tom Cotton  —  (R-Ark.) faced a wave of opposition during a town hall meeting on Wednesday, as droves of protesters jeered and heckled him over topics ranging from the Affordable Care Act to Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Mark Paustenbach:
DNC: Dollars 'N Cents  —  The Democrats' loss in November was devastating and certainly unexpected.  Activists and party leaders immediately began debating what went wrong and the path forward.  —  There are no answers yet, at least officially.  No one has written up a post-mortem similar …
Discussion: ABC News, Salon and The Huffington Post
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Brent Griffiths / Politico:   POLITICO survey: DNC race is a nail-biter
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
In first month of Trump presidency, State Department has been sidelined  —  The Trump administration in its first month has largely benched the State Department from its long-standing role as the pre­eminent voice of U.S. foreign policy, curtailing public engagement and official travel …
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Charles Ventura / USA Today:
Majority of Americans trust the media more than Trump: poll  —  1.2k Shares  —  When it boils down to matters of trust, a majority of Americans say they trust the media more than President Trump, according to a new poll.  —  The Quinnipiac University poll, released on Wednesday …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Kellyanne Conway sidelined from TV after Flynn debacle
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:   Media more trustworthy than Trump, poll finds
Peter Baker / New York Times:
McMaster May Reorganize Trump's Foreign Policy Team Once Again  —  WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, President Trump's new national security adviser, is considering a reorganization of the White House foreign policy team that would give him control of Homeland Security and guarantee full access …
Howard Fischer / Arizona Capitol Times:
Arizona Senate votes to seize assets of those who plan, participate in protests that turn violent  —  Claiming people are being paid to riot, Republican state senators voted Wednesday to give police new power to arrest anyone who is involved in a peaceful demonstration that may turn bad — even before anything actually happened.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Sees Tax Overhaul by August  —  Economic growth at 3% or higher is also among Trump administration's ambitious goals, he says  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin laid out ambitious goals to secure a U.S. tax-code overhaul by August and to deliver economic growth …
Associated Press:
Trump administration lifts transgender bathroom guidance  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Transgender students on Wednesday lost federal protections that allowed them to use school bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities, as the Trump administration stepped into a long-simmering national debate.
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Chaffetz probing national park's tweet welcoming new monument  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz  —  (R-Utah) is investigating a months-old tweet from his state's Bryce Canyon National Park.  —  Chaffetz reportedly suspects that the tweet, which was posted in December …
Bethany McLean / Vanity Fair:
The True Story of the Comey Letter Debacle  —  When F.B.I. director James Comey reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton's e-mails in the final days of the campaign, many saw it as a political move that cost Clinton the presidency.  But some insiders suspect Comey had a more personal concern: his own legacy.
Discussion: BizPac Review
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Conservative provocateur targets CNN with secret recordings  —  Conservative provocateur James O'Keefe is setting his sights on CNN.  —  O'Keefe said in a telephone interview with CNN on Wednesday that he has “a few hundred hours” of “secretly recorded material” from inside the network.
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Lawyers: ICE detainee with brain tumor removed from hospital  —  An undocumented immigrant diagnosed with a brain tumor while under Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody was returned to a detention center from a Texas hospital, her lawyers said.
Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Mocks China for ‘Dancing to U.S. Tune’  —  Pyongyang appears to have lashed out at Beijing in unusually pointed rhetoric  —  North Korea appeared to lash out at Beijing in a state-media commentary published on Thursday, in unusually pointed rhetoric from Pyongyang toward …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Death of Compassion  —  Folks, we have been here before.  —  After Ronald Reagan, a celebrity-turned-politician, carried 49 states in his devastating defeat of Walter Mondale in 1984, Democrats were whining and moaning, shuffling their feet and scratching their heads.
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Air Force Stumped by Trump's Claim of $1 Billion Savings on Jet  —  Cost estimates for a new Air Force One still being refined  —  Service awards next contracts for design, aircraft by June 30  —  The Air Force can't account for $1 billion in savings that President Donald Trump said he's negotiated …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Straightforward From Here To The Left's Fascist, Maybe Violent, Endgame  —  The Democrat Party, its Media serfs, and Social Justice Incorporated are all outraged because we uppity normals are again presuming to rule ourselves, and their agony is delightful.  Less delightful is how …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The Fourth Circuit Runs Roughshod over Heller and the Second Amendment  —  In upholding Maryland's ‘assault weapons’ ban, the court employed dubious legal reasoning to trample on American constitutional rights.  —  Freed up by the Supreme Court's ongoing reluctance to engage in depth …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Appeals Court Says AR-15s Are Not Constitutionally Protected
Discussion: Daily Kos
Nathaniel Herz / Alaska Dispatch News:
Murkowski tells Legislature she'll consult Alaska leaders before voting on repeal of Medicaid expansion  —  (Nathaniel Herz / Alaska Dispatch News)  —  JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski moved Wednesday to ease Alaskans' concerns about congressional Republicans' plans for the Affordable Care Act …
Discussion: Axios
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Inside Uber's Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture  —  SAN FRANCISCO — When new employees join Uber, they are asked to subscribe to 14 core company values, including making bold bets, being “obsessed” with the customer, and “always be hustlin'.”  The ride-hailing service particularly emphasizes …
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: More than half think Trump acted unethically or illegally in business conflicts  —  WASHINGTON  —  More than half of voters believe Donald Trump has done something illegal or unethical as he faces potential conflicts of interest by continuing to own his businesses while serving as president …
Discussion: Washington Post
Alan Freeman / Washington Post:
The trickle of refugees fleeing the U.S. to Canada could become a deluge in the spring  —  OTTAWA — As desperate asylum seekers continue to flee the Trump administration's immigration crackdown by crossing into Canada, concern is growing here over whether the country will be able to cope if the number of migrants keeps growing.
 
 
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
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Wall Street Journal:
Top U.S. Officials Met With Defiance in Visit to Mexico
Discussion: Politico
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
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Discussion: Daily Mail, Mashable and Axios
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump's open door Oval Office
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
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Police Fear Trump Immigration Orders May Handcuff Effort to Fight Gangs
Bloomberg:
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Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Trump Vowed to Protect the Safety Net. What if His Appointees Disagree?
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Ivanka Trump visits center for minority-owned businesses
Discussion: Axios
CBS North Carolina / WNCN:
Cary man had AK-47, made threat against non-Muslims, feds say
Discussion: Engadget and The Gateway Pundit
Dallas Morning News:
Arlington preschool teacher fired over ‘Kill some Jews’ tweet, other anti-Semitic posts
Discussion: BizPac Review and EAGnews.org
Shannon Najmabadi / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Meet the Math Professor Who's Fighting Gerrymandering With Geometry
Tegna / KHOU-TV:
Man kicked off flight to Houston for racist remarks
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Chief digital officer steps down from White House job over background check
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Sebastian Gorka, Trump's combative new national security aide, is widely disdained within his own field