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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Insane Betsy DeVos Press Release Celebrates Jim Crow Education System as Pioneer of “School Choice”  —  Donald Trump met Monday at the White House with the leaders of a number of historically black colleges and universities.  Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos commemorated the meeting …
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Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
DeVos sparks controversy with comments on black colleges
Discussion: New York Times and Mother Jones
U.S. Department of Education:
Statement from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Following Listening Session with Historically …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
AG Sessions Says DOJ to ‘Pull Back’ on Police Department Civil Rights Suits  —  Donald Trump's attorney general said Tuesday the Justice Department will limit its use of a tactic employed aggressively under President Obama — suing police departments for violating the civil rights of minorities.
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Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Sessions Says Justice Department to Ease Up on Police Probes
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Times
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:   Holder: Obama is ‘ready to roll’
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Does Stephen Miller Speak for Trump?  Or Vice Versa?  —  The 31-year-old is a driving force behind the White House's policies.  —  by  —  From Subscribe Reprints  —  Stephen Miller's corner office in the West Wing of the White House is utterly barren—no pictures on the walls …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The White House's Politico slime job, from start to finish  —  Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt paid a certain price for his Sunday scoop about White House press secretary Sean Spicer's treatment of his underlings in the White House communications office.  Under the headline …
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
GOP senator: Trump budget ‘dead on arrival’ … Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  (R-S.C.) said Tuesday that President Trump's first budget was “dead on arrival” and wouldn't make it through Congress.  —  “It's not going to happen,” said Graham, according to NBC News.  “It would be a disaster.”
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Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Proposes Cutting State Department Budget by 37%  —  Plan would cut aid given by U.S. Agency for International Development  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is proposing to cut spending by 37% for the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development budget …
Daily Mail:
Oscars sensation ‘Gary from Chicago’ is attempted RAPIST: Stars' homes tourist was released from jail just three days before stunt after 22 years inside and met his fiancee Vickie behind bars after finding God  — DailyMail.com can disclose he was convicted of 'attempted rape by force or fear …
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abc7chicago.com:
Exclusive interview: Chicago couple steals show at Oscars
CNN:
Source: Trump would like to see compromise immigration bill  —  Official: Trump eager for immigration bill  — The President envisions a bill where those who haven't committed any serious crimes could stay in the US legally  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is eager to pass an immigration bill …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The ‘Kellyanne Conway on the couch’ controversy is so incredibly dumb  —  On Monday night, this photo began making the rounds on the Internet:  —  The photo, taken Monday, shows White House counselor Kellyanne Conway perched on a couch in the Oval Office as President Trump stands behind …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Senior House Democrat plans to skip Trump's speech to Congress  —  A liberal House Democrat from California plans to skip President Donald Trump's address to Congress this evening.  —  Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee …
Discussion: Politico and Fox News Insider
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:   Trump slams Pelosi: 'I think she's incompetent, actually'
Heather Caygle / Politico:   Pelosi: No ‘You lie!’ moments during Trump's speech
Associated Press:
FACEBOOK POST ON VA TREATMENT OF PATIENTS CAUSES UPROAR  —  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A former Marine and his wife say the scene inside a Veterans Administration hospital in Durham, North Carolina, was so shocking that they took pictures and posted them to Facebook.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Sam Dorman / Washington Free Beacon:
Elderly Veteran Lays on Floor in Pain While Waiting at VA Hospital
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
Blaine Tolison / WSB-TV:
Photo depicts veteran lying on ground while waiting at VA
Discussion: BizPac Review and twitchy.com
Erik Ortiz / TODAY.com:
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Trump camp's alleged Russia ties: ‘We need to get answers’  —  PLAY VIDEO - 8:40 PLAY VIDEO - 8:40  —  Does the ghost of a murdered congressman haunt the Capitol?  —  Trump's address to joint session of Congress: What to expect
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Igor Bobic / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Blames SEAL's Death On Military: ‘They Lost Ryan’  —  The buck stops with ‘them.’  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday dodged responsibility for a botched mission he ordered in Yemen last month, placing the onus on the military and Barack Obama's administration instead.
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Congressman won't shake hands with Trump before speech  —  For 29 years, Rep. Eliot Engel, D-New York, has camped out in the House chamber ahead of a presidential address to Congress — spending hours saving an aisle seat to greet the president as he entered and exited the chamber.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Engel and other lawmakers boycotting Trump handshake
Discussion: Townhall.com
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
George W. Bush Breaks His Silence on the Direction of the Country Under President Trump: 'I Don't Like the Racism and Name-Calling'  —  For eight years since leaving the White House, George W. Bush has refused to criticize publicly those who succeeded him, saying he didn't want to make an already tough job …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Republican governors divided on Obamacare replacement
Discussion: CBS News
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Plans to Begin E.P.A. Rollback With Order on Clean Water  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at rolling back one of former President Barack Obama's major environmental regulations to protect American waterways, but it will have almost …
Veit Medick / Spiegel Online:
Meet Donald Trump's Propagandist  —  Right-wing radio host Alex Jones is America's top conspiracy theorist.  He has millions of listeners, but his most powerful one happens to be the president of the United States.  DER SPIEGEL takes you inside his media empire in Austin.  —  Photos
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
FBI once planned to pay former British spy who authored controversial Trump dossier  —  The former British spy who authored a controversial dossier on behalf of Donald Trump's political opponents alleging ties between Trump and Russia reached an agreement with the FBI a few weeks before the election …
Politico:
New NSC chief pushed Trump to moderate his language on terrorism  —  What words the president uses from the podium tonight will give a hint about McMaster's clout.  —  President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, advised him in a closed-door meeting last week …
Kansas City Star:
Trump's silence on deadly Olathe shooting is disquieting  —  By The Kansas City Star editorial board  —  At some point, embarrassingly late begins to verge on something more disquieting.  —  President Donald Trump has silently planted himself in that space.
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
House Dem forces GOP to take recorded vote on Trump tax returns  —  A House Democratic lawmaker attempted Monday to force a House floor vote on a resolution to request President Trump's tax returns, but the effort failed on a party line vote, 229-185, with two Republicans voting “present.”
Discussion: Daily Kos and Towleroad
Michael Kruse / Politico:
'He's a Performance Artist Pretending to be a Great Manager'  —  More than 27 years before Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, Bruce Nobles, then the president of the Trump Shuttle airline, assessed with some befuddlement the business and managerial practices of his boss.
 
 
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Steve Bannon is the White House's biggest fan of Paul Ryan's tax ideas
Discussion: Axios, Bloomberg and Financial Times
Fox News:
Trump previews joint address to Congress, takes blame for communication issues
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Why the Trump Agenda Is Moving Slowly: The Republicans' Wonk Gap
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Slow to Submit Nominations for Top Administration Posts
MSNBC:
New Commerce Secretary at nexus of lucrative Trump Russian deal
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Did the Oscars Just Prove That We Are Living in a Computer Simulation?
Discussion: The Atlantic
 Earlier Items: 
Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
'It's got bad karma': Trump-branded hotel grand opening shunned by Vancouver officials
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Guardian
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Metaphysics of Trump  —  Paradox: How does a supposedly …
Discussion: The Resurgent
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
FCC chairman says net neutrality was a mistake
Discussion: Shakesville
CBS San Francisco:
Storm Runoff In California Gold Country Exposing New Motherlode?
Discussion: Clayton Cramer