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6:20 PM ET, February 18, 2017

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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House dismisses NSC aide after harsh criticism of Trump  —  The White House abruptly dismissed a senior National Security Council aide on Friday after receiving reports that he had publicly laced into the president and his senior aides, including son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka …
Discussion: RedState, Mother Jones and Mediaite
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Candidates for National Security Adviser Spar Over Staffing  —  Retired Vice Adm. Bob Harward and retired Gen. David Petraeus have dropped out of consideration  —  President Donald Trump won't guarantee that his next national security adviser will have full control over staffing and process …
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Flynn replacement pick dropped out over Trump's press conference: report  —  President Trump's pick to replace former national security adviser Michael Flynn turned down the position Thursday partly because of Trump's combative press conference that day, according to MSNBC's Chris Hayes.
Discussion: IJR
Julian E. Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Petraeus Says National Security Adviser Should Hire Own Staff
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump attempts a reset with a rally, new staff and a renewed fight with the media
Discussion: Liberal Values
New York Times:   President Trump, White House Apprentice
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Will Pence's loyalty to Trump be returned in full by the president?
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Annie Karni / Politico:
Leaked Trump tape: ‘You are the special people’  —  President Donald Trump, living alone inside the White House, often hungers for friendly interaction as he adjusts to the difficult work of governance.  At his clubs, he finds what's missing.  —  That showed last November at a cocktail …
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New York Times:
Trump's ‘Winter White House’: A Peek at the Exclusive Members' List at Mar-a-Lago  —  On any given weekend, you might catch President Trump's son-in-law and top Mideast dealmaker, Jared Kushner, by the beachside soft-serve ice cream machine, or his reclusive chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, on the dining patio.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Leaked tape reveals Trump invited club guests to ‘come along’ during cabinet interviews
Discussion: alan.com and Joe.My.God.
Paul Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:   Who Is Vetting The People At Mar-A-Lago? Democrats Want To Know.
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Milo Yiannopoulos Tapped as Keynote Speaker at Conservative Political Action Conference (Exclusive)  —  The controversial figure, known as a harsh critic of Hollywood liberalism, will get more stage time at the conservative event than any other speaker, inlcuding VP Mike Pence and Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Breitbart:
Breitbart senior editor MILO, also known as the “Dangerous Faggot,” …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
Raucous crowds overwhelm Reed town hall meetings  —  Huge crowds of raucous progressives and quieter conservatives overwhelmed Rep. Tom Reed's town hall meeting in Ashville and Cherry Creek Saturday morning, with the progressives repeatedly interrupting and shouting down the congressman's comments …
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New York Times:
Republicans Charge Into Resistance at Tumultuous Town Halls
Nicholas Schmidle / New Yorker:
Michael Flynn, General Chaos … Two days before the Inauguration of Donald Trump as the forty-fifth President of the United States, Michael Flynn, a retired lieutenant general and former intelligence officer, sat down in a Washington restaurant.  On the tablecloth, he placed a leather-bound folder …
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
CNN host abruptly ends segment after guest makes ‘fake news’ claim  —  CNN host Don Lemon abruptly ended his show Friday night after a commentator continued to call a story they were discussing “fake news” while defending President Trump.  —  Lemon was moderating a discussion on the cost …
Discussion: RedState
Joseph Menn / Reuters:
U.S. inquiries into Russian election hacking include three FBI probes  —  The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is pursuing at least three separate probes relating to alleged Russian hacking of the U.S. presidential elections, according to five current and former government officials with direct knowledge of the situation.
Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, dies at 69  —  Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unwed, mired in addiction and poverty, and desperate for a way out of an unwanted pregnancy when she became Jane Roe, the pseudonymous plaintiff of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision …
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Report: Carson ‘speechless’ after top aide fired from HUD over anti-Trump op-ed  —  Ben Carson, President Trump's nominee for Housing and Urban Development secretary, was “baffled” by the firing of his close aide for his criticism of Trump during the 2016 campaign, BuzzFeed News reported on Friday.
Discussion: CNN
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
DeVos criticized teachers at D.C. school she visited — and they are not having it  —  Newly minted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had a hard time getting inside the District's Jefferson Middle School Academy last week when protesters briefly blocked her from entering.
Fox News Insider:
Trump FL Campaign Rally Coordinator: ‘This Is His 1st Re-Election Rally’  —  Tony Ledbetter, the coordinator of President Donald Trump's campaign rally Saturday in Melbourne, Fla., said the event would be the president's “first re-election rally.”  —  Speaking in the hours before Trump's event …
Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Pope Francis: ‘Muslim Terrorism Does Not Exist’  —  In an impassioned address Friday, Pope Francis denied the existence of Islamic terrorism, while simultaneously asserting that “the ecological crisis is real.”  —  “Christian terrorism does not exist, Jewish terrorism does not exist, and Muslim terrorism does not exist.
WNYW-TV:
Ivanka Trump brand tops Amazon Best Sellers list  —  NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - First Daughter Ivanka Trump could be getting the last laugh at brick and mortar stores that have dropped her brand of clothing, shoes, perfumes and more.  —  On Friday morning, Ivanka Trump Eau de Parfum Spray For Women …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Senators Silent After Meeting With FBI Director Comey
Discussion: Hot Air
CNN:
Tillerson presides over abrupt shakeup at State Department
Discussion: Townhall.com, TheBlaze and Daily Kos
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Ariz. sheriff ending policy of holding immigrants past release date
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
'That's How Dictators Get Started': McCain Defends the Free Press …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Americans want Democrats to work with Trump
Discussion: RedState
Fox News:
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, mastermind behind 1993 World Trade Center attack, has died
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and IJR
Wtvf Web / KTNV:
Company fires 18 employees after they participated in ‘A Day Without Immigrants’
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
 Earlier Items: 
Marc Champion / Bloomberg:
Four NATO Nations Would Pick Russia to Defend Them If Threatened: Poll
Discussion: RT and Sputnik International
Media Matters for America:
Anti-Semites Praise Trump For Berating Jewish Reporter And Refusing To Condemn Anti-Semitism In Press Conference
Washington Post:
Coal is North Korea's largest export, and China just announced it won't buy any for the rest of 2017
ESPN:
Mark Cuban takes apparent jab at Donald Trump with No. 46 jersey
Discussion: AOL, The Hill, TheBlaze and Raw Story