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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — President Trump: Oscars ‘Were Focused so Hard on Politics’ They Could Not Get the Basics of the Ceremony Right  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News in the Oval Office, said that the Academy Awards failure on Sunday evening …
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — President Trump: New York Times ‘Intent Is so Evil and so Bad,’ ‘They Write Lies’  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump told Breitbart News in an exclusive Oval Office interview that the “intent” of the New York Times in its negative coverage of him is “so evil and so bad” and that “they write lies.”
Oriana Schwindt / Variety:
Updated: Oscar Ratings Dip Again Amid ‘Moonlight,’ ‘La La Land’ Best Picture Mix-Up  —  UPDATED: It was a strange night at the Oscars.  Someone still living was listed in the In Memoriam segment.  First-time host Jimmy Kimmel attempted to bring non-famous people into the Hollywood fold in a very long bit.
TMZ.com:
Oscars — Warren and Faye Fought Over Who Announces Best Picture
Discussion: Mediaite
USA Today:
Here's how the worst flub in Oscar history went down
Discussion: Washington Post and Taylor Marsh
MJ Lee / CNN:
Freedom Caucus chair would vote against draft Obamacare repeal bill  —  Trump: health care is ‘unbelievably complex’  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, told CNN on Monday that he will vote against a draft of the GOP Obamacare repeal bill that was leaked last week.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump: ‘Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated’  —  President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that “nobody knew that health care could be so complicated,” and again flirted with the idea that Republicans should let Obamacare “implode” so that Democrats shoulder the blame.
The White House:
Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with the National Governors Association
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Top House conservatives won't back draft ObamaCare replacement
Discussion: Mother Jones and Axios
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump Will Have To Break The Law To Pass His Budget  —  The White House either hasn't thought through what it's going to take to put the just-announced Trump spending plans in place, or doesn't really care.  —  The bottom line is that the president and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney may have to violate …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Fox News:
Trump seeking $54B increase in defense spending, cuts elsewhere
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:   Trump and Paul Ryan Head for a Clash Over the Budget, and Ideology
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump to propose 10 percent spike in defense spending, major cuts to other agencies
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump's DOJ dropping opposition to Texas voter ID law
Lana Shadwick / Breitbart:
Trump Drops Effort to Block Texas' Voter ID Law
Discussion: Infowars
Axios:
Exclusive: Spicer arranged CIA, GOP intelligence push-back  —  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer personally picked up the phone and connected outside officials with reporters to try to discredit a New York Times article about Trump campaign aides' contact with Russia …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: 'I haven't called Russia in 10 years'
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and RedState
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Second-Ranking Senate Democrat Wants Independent Russia Probes
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
George W. Bush opens up on Trump's war with the media, Russia and travel ban  —  In his first in-depth interview since Donald Trump's inauguration, former President George W. Bush gave his take on the current commander in chief's first month in office, addressing Trump's attack on the media …
SpaceX:
SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year  —  We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year.  They have already paid a significant deposit to do a moon mission.
Variety:
Oscars: Australian Producer Jan Chapman Devastated by Mistaken In-Memoriam Photo  —  Another Oscars Gaffe: In Memoriam Video Included Photo of Living Woman  —  Leading Australian producer, Jan Chapman was “devastated” by another mistake in the Oscars telecast.
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Udall floats plan to confirm Gorsuch, Garland to SCOTUS together  —  (CNN)Sen. Tom Udall has an idea that could place both Judge Neil Gorsuch and Judge Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court at the same time.  —  The Democrat from New Mexico presented the plan Monday morning to Gorsuch …
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman in talks to be State Department's No. 2  —  Former Utah Gov. and ambassador to China Jon Huntsman is in talks to be deputy secretary of state, U.S. officials said Monday.
Discussion: Mother Jones
NBC News:
Yemen SEAL Raid Has Yielded No Significant Intelligence: Officials  —  Last month's deadly commando raid in Yemen, which cost the lives of a U.S. Navy SEAL and a number of children, has so far yielded no significant intelligence, U.S. officials told NBC News.
Discussion: Politicus USA
Mother Jones:
Trump Just Sold a $15.8 Million Condo to a Consultant Who Peddles Access to Powerful People  —  Last week, Donald Trump's company sealed its first big post-inaugural real estate transaction, selling a $15.8 million penthouse to a Chinese-American business executive who runs a company that touts …
Discussion: Raw Story
Monica Davey / New York Times:
He's a Local Pillar in a Trump Town.  Now He Could Be Deported.  —  WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. — Ask residents of this coal-mining crossroads about President Trump's decision to crack down on undocumented immigrants and most offer no protest.  Mr. Trump, who easily won this mostly white southern Illinois county …
Julie Kelly / The Federalist:
Why I've Decided To Break Up With Bill Kristol  —  The first political campaign I volunteered for was the Bush-Quayle race in 1992.  I had graduated from college a few years earlier and had big dreams of someday being the White House press secretary (I'm still available!).
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Hundreds allege sex harassment, discrimination at Kay and Jared jewelry company  —  Hundreds of former employees of Sterling Jewelers, the multibillion-dollar conglomerate behind Jared the Galleria of Jewelry and Kay Jewelers, claim that its chief executive and other company leaders presided …
Michael Rubinkam / Associated Press:
Jewish centers cope with bomb threats; graves vandalized  —  Jewish centers and schools across the nation coped with another wave of bomb threats Monday as officials in Philadelphia made plans to repair and restore hundreds of vandalized headstones at a Jewish cemetery.
Discussion: Hot Air
Mac Aoidh / The Hayride:
EXCLUSIVE: Frontrunner In HD-8 Race Caught In Compromising Photo  —  UPDATE: Gatti responds.  —  There are four candidates in the race to replace newly-elected Congressman Mike Johnson in the Louisiana House of Representatives, a special election set for March 25.
 
 
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Thomas E. Ricks / New York Times:
Are U.S. Immigration Centers the Next Abu Ghraib?
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Atlantic
Dr. Susan Berry / Breitbart:
Transgender Activist: Preference for Kids' Single-Sex Shower Rooms is ‘Prejudiced’
Yeganeh Torbati / Reuters:
U.S. State Department tweets, then deletes congratulations for Iran Oscar win
Axios:
Democrat Joe Manchin gets in with Breitbart
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Looks to Exploit White House ‘Turbulence,’ Analysts Say
Discussion: Political Wire
Aidan Quigley / Politico:
Sanders: ‘Entire world is watching’ Trump and Bannon's reaction to anti-Semitism
Discussion: Raw Story
ICE:
ICE arrests convicted criminal alien from the Dominican Republic after detainer not honored
Discussion: Politico and IJR
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
What Is a Populist?  —  Why does Donald Trump exaggerate …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
After meeting with Trump, governors say he's crafting his own ObamaCare plan
Discussion: Politico, Vox and Washington Post
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
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Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
Scraping by on six figures? Tech workers feel poor in Silicon Valley's wealth bubble
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Donna Brazile: ‘I was scared’
Soumya Karlamangla / Los Angeles Times:
With Obamacare in jeopardy, California considers going it alone with ‘single-payer’ system