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8:50 AM ET, February 17, 2017

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Washington Post:
Flynn in FBI interview denied discussing sanctions with Russian ambassador  —  Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn denied to FBI agents in an interview last month that he had discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with that country's ambassador to the United States before President …
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CNN:
Harward says no to national security adviser role  — A friend of Harward's said he was reluctant to take the job because the White House seems so chaotic  —  (CNN)Ret. Vice Admiral Bob Harward has turned down President Donald Trump's offer to be national security adviser, sources told CNN Thursday.
CBS News:
Vice Admiral Robert Harward turns down national security adviser job  —  Vice Admiral Robert Harward has rejected President Trump's offer to be the new national security adviser, CBS News' Major Garrett reports.  —  Sources close to the situation told Garrett Harward and the administration …
John Walcott / Raw Story:
‘A sh*t sandwich’: Trump's choice for national security adviser reportedly turned down offer
Discussion: New York Times and alan.com
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Harward turns down Trump's national security adviser offer
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
Full Transcript and Video: Trump News Conference  —  President Trump on Thursday announced his new nominee for labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, during a news conference at the White House.  Following is a transcript of that event, as prepared by the Federal News Service.
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John Podesta / Washington Post:
Trump's dangerous strategy to undermine reality
Discussion: Politico
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Journalists Whisper at Trump's Crazy Press Conference: ‘This Is Insane’
US News:
CARTOON GALLERY … Remember Michael Flynn?  The national …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘I Inherited a Mess,’ Trump Says, Defending His Performance
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner Delivers Critique of CNN to Time Warner Executive  —  Trump's son-in-law and adviser complains that coverage has been slanted against the president  —  Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, has expressed the administration's deep concerns about CNN's news coverage.
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Erin Corbett / Raw Story:
‘Little Jared complaining about me’: Ana Navarro slams Kushner for complaints about her Trump coverage  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A Wall Street Journal report revealed Thursday that President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner complained about media network CNN …
New York Times:
In 77 Chaotic Minutes, Trump Defends ‘Fine-Tuned Machine’  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, smarting from a series of crises, moved his surrogates aside on Thursday and assigned the rescue of his month-old presidency to the only spokesman he's ever really trusted — himself.
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
A Jewish Reporter Got to Ask Trump a Question.  It Didn't Go Well.  —  Jake Turx is a newly minted White House correspondent for a publication that has never before had a seat in the White House press corps: Ami Magazine, an Orthodox Jewish weekly based in Brooklyn.
BostonGlobe.com:
Christie says Trump made him order the meatloaf at meal together  —  TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says President Donald Trump made him order meatloaf when they dined together at the White House this week.  —  Christie and his wife, Mary Pat, joined Trump at the White House on Tuesday.
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Gov. Paul LePage on Trump: 'We got to tell him that the TV show's over and he's gotta move on now'
CNN:
Officials: Mike Dubke to be named as White House communications director  —  Washington, D.C. (CNN)Crossroads Media founder Mike Dubke is expected to be named as White House Communications Director, two administration officials tell CNN.  —  The appointment is expected to be announced as early as Friday, the officials say.
Discussion: Hot Air, The Week and Washington Times
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Anti-Trump reporter gets unwelcome surprise
Discussion: IJR and The Guardian
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Out of the loop: Rex Tillerson finds state department sidelined by White House  —  America's top diplomat is operating with senior staff positions left vacant, his deputy vetoed and foreign policy made by an ideological clique around Trump  —  Rex Tillerson began his first foreign outing …
Discussion: RT, Bloomberg and The Mahablog
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Margaret Brennan / CBS News:   State Dept. carries out layoffs under Rex Tillerson
Associated Press:
Chaffetz seeks charge of ex-Clinton aide in email inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, who has refused Democratic requests to investigate possible conflicts of interest involving President Donald Trump, is seeking criminal charges …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump family's elaborate lifestyle is a ‘logistical nightmare’ — at taxpayer expense  —  On Friday, President Trump and his entourage will jet for the third straight weekend to a working getaway at his oceanfront Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla.  —  On Saturday, Trump's sons Eric and Don Jr. …
Discussion: Business Insider
BuzzFeed:
Trump Winery Seeks Even More Foreign Workers  —  The Virginia wine producer, owned by Eric Trump, is the latest Trump family business to seek foreign guest workers for US jobs.  Latest request asks for 23 laborers, on top of six sought in December.  —  WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16 …
Discussion: The Week, Balloon Juice and Raw Story
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:   Trump winery seeks more foreign help: report
Sydney Brownstone / The Stranger …:
Detained Dreamer's Lawyers Say Government Doctored Legal Document to Try and Prove False Gang Affiliation  —  Daniel Ramirez Medina's lawyers say the government doctored his request to be removed from the Northwest Detention Center's gang unit.  —  Lawyers for Daniel Ramirez Medina …
Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed:
White House Staff Are Using A “Secure” App That's Really Not So Secure  —  Some senior officials are using a new messaging app that may not be as secure as it claims.  “We would not recommend this app to someone looking for secure messaging,” one expert told BuzzFeed News.
Discussion: Axios
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
White House dismisses 6 over failed background checks  —  Several White House staffers were dismissed Thursday morning after failing FBI background checks, according to sources familiar with the matter.  —  Some of the aides were “walked out of the building by security” …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Sorry media — this press conference played very different with Trump's supporters  —  MORE FROM:  —  Maybe it's not a coincidence that Barnum & Bailey is folding its tents this year.  After all, how could the circus possibly compete with Donald Trump?  —  The president proved once again that he is the greatest show on earth.
Discussion: BizPac Review and Geller Report
New York Post:
Bogus Times scoops on Trump, Russia are recycled propaganda  —  Take a deep breath and realize how precious little substance there is in all the breathless reporting about supposed skulduggery by President Trump, his team and the Russian government.  If the nation's lucky …
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Ryan struggles to sell tax reform plan to fellow Republicans  —  Paul Ryan showed up to Senate Republicans' weekly lunch on Tuesday hoping to salvage a controversial pillar of his tax reform plan that would change how imports and exports are taxed.  “Keep your powder dry,” the House speaker pleaded.
Discussion: Political Wire
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
A Sign That Obamacare Exchanges Are Failing  —  Yet more bad news for Obamacare this week: Molina Healthcare lost $110 million on the exchanges last year, and the CEO told investors, “There are simply too many unknowns with the marketplace program to commit to our participation beyond 2017.”
Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
Building Global Community  —  On our journey to connect the world, we often discuss products we're building and updates on our business.  Today I want to focus on the most important question of all: are we building the world we all want?  —  History is the story of how we've learned …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Will Issue New Travel Order Instead of Fighting Case in Court  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department told a federal appeals court on Thursday that it would not seek a rehearing of a decision that shut down President Trump's targeted travel ban.  Instead, the administration will start from scratch …
Discussion: Hit & Run, alan.com and Politico
 
 
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Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
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Trump signs bill undoing Obama coal mining rule
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
HP pressures law firms to engage in discrimination
Discussion: National Review
Liam Deacon / Breitbart:
French police have been filmed fleeing from armed mobs as riots continue in Paris for the second week …
Discussion: Infowars and The Gateway Pundit
Ian Cross / WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC …:
FBI arrests man in Myrtle Beach allegedly planning attack ‘in the spirit of Dylann Roof’
Los Angeles Times:
The White House has found ways to end protection for Dreamers while shielding Trump from blowback
Chicago Tribune:
Former Obama aide fined $90,000 for illegally lobbying Emanuel on Uber's behalf
Discussion: Hot Air, Business Insider and Axios