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9:55 PM ET, February 25, 2017

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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Thomas Perez elected the first Latino leader of Democratic Party  —  ATLANTA — Former labor secretary Thomas Perez was elected the first Latino chair of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday, narrowly defeating Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) at the end of a contentious battle over the fate …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats Elect Thomas Perez, Establishment Favorite, as Party Chairman  —  ATLANTA — Former Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday, narrowly defeating Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota to take the helm of a still-divided party stunned …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Nation and Power Line
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Perez appoints Ellison deputy DNC chair  —  Tom Perez used his first motion as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Saturday to appoint his top rival for the position, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), as deputy chair of the DNC.  —  “I would like to begin by making a motion …
Discussion: Raw Story and Liberty Unyielding
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC chair vote: live coverage  —  Live updates on the Democratic National Committee chair vote in Atlanta.  —  After the first balloting, Perez falls a single vote short of winning.  The race will proceed to a second ballot.  —  Perez received 213.5 votes, one ballot short of the 214.5 threshold to win.
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Top Democrats poised to choose next party chair
Discussion: Associated Press and twitchy.com
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Buttigieg drops out of DNC chair race
Discussion: IJR
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Perez elected DNC chairman
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:   Perez wins bid to lead Democratic Party
The Hill:
Trump: I won't attend White House correspondents' dinner  —  President Trump announced Saturday he will not be attending this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a break with past presidents.  —  “I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year.
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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Bloomberg Cancels White House Correspondents' Dinner Party  —  The business outlet has co-hosted the event with ‘Vanity Fair,’ but the Conde Nast magazine backed out earlier this month.  —  Another major media outlet has decided to scrap a glitzy White House Correspondents' Dinner-themed event …
Associated Press:
White House bars major news outlets from informal briefing
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Leaked report suggests millions could lose coverage under GOP health proposal  —  Republican replacement plans for Obamacare would lead to significant declines in the number of Americans with health insurance coverage, according to an analysis presented Saturday at the National Governors Association and obtained by Vox.
New York Times:
Trump Ruled the Tabloid Media.  Washington Is a Different Story.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, has taken to slapping journalists who write unflattering stories with an epithet he sees as the epitome of low-road, New York Post-style gossip: “Page Six reporter.”
Discussion: Occupy Democrats, RedState and Mediaite
DN.SE:
Fake Sweden expert on Fox News - has criminal convictions in US, no connection to Swedish security  —  Fox News continues to focus on the debate about how immigration is breaking Sweden.  One guest last night, described as a “Swedish defense and national security advisor” …
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Who is Nils Bildt?  Swedish ‘national security advisor’ interviewed by Fox News is a mystery to Swedes
Discussion: The Hill, The Local and Politicus USA
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Majority of Americans Say Congress Should Probe Contact Between Trump, Russia: Poll  —  About half of Americans believe that Congress should investigate whether Donald Trump's presidential campaign had contact with the Russian government in 2016, while only a quarter say that lawmakers …
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Ricky Young / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Issa calls for special prosecutor on Russian interference in election
Discussion: RedState
Heather Caygle / Politico:
House Democrats plan to troll Trump at big speech  —  House Democrats are seizing on President Donald Trump's first major speech to Congress Tuesday as an opportunity to troll the new president in prime time.  —  Many of the same Democrats who boycotted Trump's inauguration are choosing …
New York Times:
Immigration Agents Discover New Freedom to Deport Under Trump  —  In Virginia, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents waited outside a church shelter where undocumented immigrants had gone to stay warm.  In Texas and in Colorado, agents went into courthouses, looking for foreigners who had arrived for hearings on other matters.
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Thousands of furious Trump fans can't stop visiting a website that pretends Clinton won  —  It's just over a month into Hillary Clinton's historic presidency, and Milo Yiannopoulos works as a Starbucks barista, the Koch brothers have fled the country and the first woman to occupy the Oval Office is the sober …
Discussion: The Hill
NEWS.com.au:
Australian children's author Mem Fox detained by US border control: ‘I sobbed like a baby’  —  BEST-SELLING Australian author Mem Fox may never return to the United States after being detained by immigration officials at Los Angeles Airport, saying she has never been “treated with such disdain”.
Discussion: ABC, Daily Kos and Occupy Democrats
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Lynne F. Stewart, Lawyer for Omar Abdel Rahman, Unexpectedly Outlives Him  —  When Omar Abdel Rahman died last Saturday while serving a life sentence for a 1995 conviction in a plot to blow up New York City landmarks, it came as little surprise that the nearly universal view of him as a dangerous terrorist …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Jorge Bonilla / NewsBusters:
Jorge Ramos: U.S. Is ‘Our Country, Not Theirs’  —  Further ramping up his open opposition to President Trump's immigration law enforcement policies,  —  Univision anchor Jorge Ramos has let loose with an outrageous tirade that could best be described as equal parts nationalistic identity politics …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Sources: U.S. considers quitting U.N. Human Rights Council
Discussion: American Thinker
Jane Arraf / NPR:
Deported With A Valid U.S. Visa, Jordanian Says Message Is 'You're Not Welcome'
Associated Press:
Sacramento police warn of social networking robbery trend
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Mary Hanbury / Business Insider:
Since the election, 3,600 Trump-branded products have been dropped from online stores
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeff Caplan / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Trinity's transgender wrestler wins with pin, advances to championship
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
O'Rourke on Cruz challenge in 2018: “I really want to do this”
Phil Cross / KOKH:
AG's office confirms Pruitt used private email for state business
Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Witches Unite to Cast ‘Binding Spell’ on Trump and Followers
Discussion: Dr. Rich Swier and twitchy.com
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
White House rejects DHS research on travel ban: report
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Scenes from the Breitbart CPAC Luau (Featuring Dog the Bounty Hunter, Among Other Luminaries)
Los Angeles Times:
Great white sharks spotted off two Orange County beaches; swimming ban in effect
David Gasten / American Thinker:
Joy Villa, the woman who wore the pro-Trump dress at the 2017 …
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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