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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Shutdown of Homeland Security averted as Pelosi comes to rescue
Shutdown of Homeland Security averted as Pelosi comes to rescue
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David Jackson / USA Today:
CPAC: Paul edges Walker in straw poll — NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Rand Paul won a high-profile straw poll for a third straight year Saturday, capping an annual conservative conference at which delegates argued about how to turn their ideas into a presidential victory in 2016.
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Jeb Bush: Read My Lips, No New Pledges … Anti-taxman Grover Norquist recently told ABC News he believes Jeb Bush will likely sign his no-new-taxes pledge if and when he officially becomes a candidate for president. — But, as Dana Carvey might say, “Not gonna happen.”
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
CPAC Reception Is Mixed for Jeb Bush, Despite Bused-In Backers
CPAC Reception Is Mixed for Jeb Bush, Despite Bused-In Backers
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BREITBART.COM, Bloomberg Business, Booman Tribune and No More Mister Nice Blog
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 …
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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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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
At what price Netanyahu? — Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
At what price Netanyahu? — Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Former Obama Campaign Aide Now Works to Oust Netanyahu
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
GOP urges Obama to sign college savings bill — President Obama should get on board with House Republican legislation passed this week expanding college savings plans, Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) said in the weekly Republican address. — “Why would we make saving for college even harder?
Wills Robinson For / Daily Mail:
New York suffers coldest February in 81 years: Brutal winter continues to shatter records as parts of country experience coldest month in decades... but TWO more storms are on the way — Average daily temperature in the city as been 24F - 11 degrees below normal- the coldest since February 1934
Laura Kipnis / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe — You have to feel a little sorry these days for professors married to their former students. They used to be respectable citizens—leaders in their fields, department chairs, maybe even a dean or two—and now they're abusers of power avant la lettre.
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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 …
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