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9:55 PM ET, February 28, 2015

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
House chaos on DHS funding leaves GOP senators fuming  —  Senate Republicans are fuming over the House GOP's decision to extend the standoff over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a move that they say uses up political oxygen and burns precious time on the legislative calendar.
Discussion: Firedoglake, Politico and Daily Kos
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Politico:
John Boehner allies fret coup attempt  —  Conservatives warn the speaker's fate could be determined by how he handles the next seven days.  —  Close allies of Speaker John Boehner are worried that his conservative rivals could move to oust him as soon as next week.
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Daniel Newhauser / National Journal:
Republicans: We've Got No Plans to Oust Boehner  —  The standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security has exposed the House Speaker's weaknesses—but Republicans say they're not going after him.  —  Reports of Speaker John Boehner's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Daily Beast retracts story on Scott Walker  —  Another major media outlet has apologized after getting a story about Scott Walker wrong.  Last week, it was the New York Times; now, it's The Daily Beast.  —  The Daily Beast has retracted an article from one of its college columnists …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll, with Scott Walker right behind  —  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul won the straw poll at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference — his third such victory in a row.  But Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker came in a strong second, reflecting his rising popularity among …
Brian Weidy / The Daily Beast:
Walker Unfairly Attacked on College Rape - ORIGINAL STORY RETRACTED  —  Scott Walker's budget proposal to delete the requirement that universities report sexual assault cases has been incorrectly reported by the Beast and others. … Buried within Gov. Scott Walker's $68 billion budget proposal …
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Black pastors urge CBC not to skip Netanyahu speech  —  The message from a dozen prominent black pastors this week to the Congressional Black Caucus was loud and clear: Don't skip out on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyuhu's speech.  —  About two dozen House and Senate Democrats …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:   Former Obama Campaign Aide Now Works to Oust Netanyahu
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
CPAC Reception Is Mixed for Jeb Bush, Despite Bused-In Backers  —  Jeb Bush at CPAC Jeb Bush at CPAC  —  Jeb Bush was interviewed by the Fox News host Sean Hannity at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.  —  Video by AP on  —  February 27, 2015.  Photo by Jabin Botsford/The New York Times.
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Terrence Dopp / Bloomberg Business:
After Rough February, Chris Christie Seeks Smoother March
Discussion: KQED News
Betsy Woodruff / Slate:
Jeb Bush Backers Are Busing Supporters From K Street to CPAC
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Peter King: 'I've Had It with This Self-Righteous, Delusional Wing' of the GOP  —  Republican Congressman Peter King said today that he's incredibly frustrated with the “self-righteous, delusional” wing of his party that may shut down the Department of Homeland Security because they're …
USA Today:
Husband, 108, wife, 105, celebrate 82 years married  —  Duranord and Jeanne Veillard were married in 1932.  Together they have 5 children, 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.  What's their secret?  —  SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — A husband and wife thought to be Rockland County's oldest married couple …
Peter D. Feaver / Foreign Policy:
Death on the Kremlin's Doorstep  —  The killing of Boris Nemtsov heralds a new era of darkness for Russia's already battered opposition.  — By Christian CarylChristian Caryl is the author of Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century.  A former reporter at Newsweek …
The Huffington Post:
Education Department Terminates Contracts With Debt Collectors Accused Of Wrongdoing  —  The U.S. Department of Education, under fire for its lackluster oversight of student loan contractors, said Friday it will terminate its relationship with five debt collectors after accusing …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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