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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Holder: Obama is ‘ready to roll’  —  Barack Obama is getting closer to making his public reappearance in politics, his friend and former Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday.  —  Holder said he's been talking to the former president about ways — including fundraising and interacting …
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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.
Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Sessions Says Justice Department to Ease Up on Police Probes
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Times
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire, Raw Story and Axios
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 …
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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Charles Ventura / USA Today:
Kellyanne Conway puts feet on Oval Office couch; Twitter freaks
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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Heather Caygle / Politico:   Pelosi: No ‘You lie!’ moments during Trump's speech
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:   Trump slams Pelosi: 'I think she's incompetent, actually'
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
President plans to issue new executive order restricting travel at White House Wednesday  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump plans to sign a revised executive order banning travel Wednesday, which is likely to apply only to future visa applicants from seven majority Muslim countries tabbed as terror risks …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
Blaine Tolison / WSB-TV:
Photo depicts veteran lying on ground while waiting at VA  —  DURHAM, N.C. - A couple posted photos on Facebook and said veterans waited for hours in pain inside the Durham VA Medical Center.  —  Stephen McMenamin, a former U.S. Marine, was there for treatment, and his wife took the pictures.
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Associated Press:
FACEBOOK POST ON VA TREATMENT OF PATIENTS CAUSES UPROAR
Discussion: Mediaite
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
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
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 …
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 …
Rasmussen Reports:
Most Say Democrats Hurt Themselves With Anti-Trump Strategy  —  Most voters agree that it's bad for America and bad for the Democratic Party if Democrats continue to flat out oppose everything President Trump does.  Even Democrats are conflicted about their party's scorched earth policy.
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Times
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
In Video, Uber CEO Argues With Driver Over Falling Fares  —  Travis Kalanick tells a driver to take responsibility for his problems and boasts about a tough culture.  —  by  —  When Uber Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick takes an Uber, he prefers a black car, the high-end service his company introduced in 2010.
Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
A Note About Rumana Ahmed  —  On Monday, the Weekly Standard published an article by Lee Smith titled “Fake News, Exposed.”  It alleged that Rumana Ahmed, a former National Security Council staffer and the author of an Atlantic essay about why she left the Trump administration, had misled readers about the nature of her position.
The Hill:
GOP leader: Leaked ObamaCare replacement ‘no longer’ viable  —  A day after House conservatives panned a leaked GOP draft ObamaCare replacement plan, a top Republican leader on Tuesday described the proposed legislation as “no longer even a viable draft that we're working off of.”
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Female engineer sues Tesla, describing a culture of ‘pervasive harassment’  —  Exclusive: AJ Vandermeyden paints picture of a hostile work environment that promoted less-qualified men and retaliated against her for raising concerns  —  A female engineer at Tesla has accused Elon Musk's car company …
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
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.
Elizabeth Weise / USA Today:
Massive Amazon cloud service outage disrupts sites  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon didn't, quite, break the Internet Tuesday but an outage of one of the main storage systems for its AWS cloud computing company caused headaches for hundreds of thousands of websites across the United States.
 
 
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Lunches with Jake Tapper, George Stephanopoulos, Chuck Todd
Discussion: twitchy.com and TheBlaze
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Invites Widows of Slain Law Enforcement Officials to Joint Address to Congress
Discussion: Western Journalism and IJR
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Barring Reporters From Briefings: Does It Cross a Legal Line?
Facebook:
Trump Says “Sometimes It's The Reverse,” When Asked About Anti-Semitic Threats And Attacks
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
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Congressman won't shake hands with Trump before speech
Discussion: Politico and Townhall.com
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Why the Trump Agenda Is Moving Slowly: The Republicans' Wonk Gap
 Earlier Items: 
Daily Mail:
Oscars sensation ‘Gary from Chicago’ …
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
Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
'It's got bad karma': Trump-branded hotel grand opening shunned by Vancouver officials
Discussion: The Guardian and Common Dreams
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
FCC chairman says net neutrality was a mistake
Discussion: Shakesville
Michael Kruse / Politico:
'He's a Performance Artist Pretending to be a Great Manager'
 

 
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