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12:45 PM ET, February 26, 2017

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Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
Slain SEAL's dad wants answers: 'Don't hide behind my son's death'  —  When they brought William “Ryan” Owens home, the Navy SEAL was carried from a C-17 military plane in a flag-draped casket, onto the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base, as President Donald Trump, his daughter, Ivanka, and Owens' family paid their respects.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Sean Spicer targets own staff in leak crackdown  —  Press Secretary Sean Spicer is cracking down on leaks coming out of the West Wing, with increased security measures including phone checks for White House staffers overseen by White House attorneys.  —  The push to snuff out leaks …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Maquita Peters / NPR:
Trump Will Be First President In 36 Years To Skip White House Correspondents Dinner  —  President Trump announced Saturday afternoon that he would break from a decades-old tradition and skip the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner scheduled for April 29.
Discussion: CNN, The Guardian, The Resurgent and IJR
The Hill:
Trump: I won't attend White House correspondents' dinner
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
'That's Not Acceptable': John Kasich on Republicans Who Want to Completely ‘Get Rid’ of Obamacare … During today's broadcast of CBS's Face the Nation, Ohio Governor and former Republican presidential candidate John Kasich discussed the conundrum Congressional Republicans are in when it comes …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Week
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Bloomberg:
Millions May Lose Coverage in Obamacare Repeal, Governors Told  —  Consultants offer estimates to governors meeting in Washington  —  Expansion of Medicaid program for poor targeted for cutbacks  —  Policies supported by Republican congressional leaders to repeal and replace Obamacare …
TMZ.com:
Bill Paxton — Dead at 61  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Bill Paxton has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  We're told the actor died suddenly Saturday due to complications from surgery.  —  Paxton had a string of hits, including “Twister,” “Titanic” and “Aliens.”  He won an Emmy for “Hatfields and McCoys.”
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Trump's Job Approval Stands at Just 44 Percent as Partisan Splits Reign  —  Trump's Approval Falls Into Negative Territory 0:54  —  President Donald Trump's job approval rating stands at just 44 percent — a record low for a newly inaugurated commander-in-chief — and half of Americans …
Paul Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Buoyed By Anti-Trump Activism, Democrat Wins Delaware Special Election  —  An army of volunteers, many from out of state, flooded the state Senate district for Stephanie Hansen.  —  MIDDLETOWN, Del. This is what democracy looks like.  —  It's been a chant that has animated marches …
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Chris Christie tells GOP lawmakers to hold town halls: ‘You asked for the job.  Go do it.’  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Sunday that the Trump administration needs to be more mindful of “perception” and urged GOP lawmakers not to shy away from holding town hall events, though they might be confronted by protesters.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Christie: I don't think Priebus will have that kind of conversation with the FBI again ‘nor should he’  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday appeared to defend the Trump administration after reports that the FBI rejected a request by the White House to publicly knock down news coverage …
Discussion: Politico
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Breitbart gets exclusive interview with Trump  —  Breitbart has snagged an exclusive interview with President Trump scheduled for Monday afternoon in the Oval Office, according to a report by Axios on Saturday.  —  Breitbart's Washington editor Matthew Boyle is slated to conduct the interview, Axios reported.
Discussion: Axios, RedState and Washington Post
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:
What Does Steve Bannon Want?  —  President Trump presents a problem to those who look at politics in terms of systematic ideologies.  He is either disinclined or unable to lay out his agenda in that way.  So perhaps it was inevitable that Mr. Trump's chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon …
Tim Alberta / Politico:
‘The Conservative Movement Is Donald Trump’  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — They should have known better.  The college kids, crammed into the back-right corner of an overflow ballroom here at the Gaylord National Resort, should have recognized that the props being distributed to them were, in fact, miniature Russian flags.
David Siders / Politico:
House Intel chair: Trump-Russia investigation calls ‘almost like McCarthyism’  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, responding to calls for an independent investigation into contacts between Trump associates and Russia, said Saturday that the House would not engage in a …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump's Cabinet has to work as a cleanup crew  —  After President Trump said that deporting undocumented immigrants was “a military operation,” Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, speaking in Mexico, clarified that there would be “no use of military force in immigration operations.”
Rob Shimshock / The Daily Caller:
Rachel Dolezal Is Nearly Homeless, On Food Stamps And Still White  —  Former NAACP branch president Rachel Dolezal, who lied about being black but still identifies as black, is now jobless, living on food stamps and expects to lose her home next month.  —  “There's no protected class for me …
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Decca Aitkenhead / The Guardian:
Rachel Dolezal: 'I'm not going to stoop and apologise and grovel'
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Perez fires back at Trump: I'll be your worst nightmare  —  Tom Perez fired back at President Trump on Saturday after the president offered the newly elected Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman a mock-congratulatory tweet.  —  “Call me Tom.  And don't get too happy,” tweeted Perez …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Thomas Perez elected the first Latino leader of Democratic Party
Julia Harte / Reuters:
Kuwait could pay up to $60,000 for party at Trump Hotel in Washington  —  The Kuwaiti government could pay up to $60,000 to President Donald Trump's hotel in Washington for a party on Saturday that will be an early test of Trump's promise to turn over profits from such events to the U.S. Treasury.
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NPR.org:
Kuwait Celebration At Trump Hotel Raises Conflict Of Interest Questions
Discussion: BizPac Review and Balloon Juice
 
 
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Jynnah Radford / Pew Research Center:
Since travel order lifted, more than 1,800 refugees from affected countries have entered U.S.
Discussion: IJR and TheBlaze
John Sexton / Hot Air:
Brian Stelter: 'We don't see CNN or NY Times rooting for any president'
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-26-17: Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Rep. Jim Jordan, and Tom Perez
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Meet the terrorist behind the next women's march
Carole Cadwalladr / Observer:
Revealed: how US billionaire helped to back Brexit
Discussion: Political Wire
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Farage at CPAC: 2016 Was The Beginning of a Great Global Revolution
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Gretchen Carlson in talks to join MSNBC, sources say
 Earlier Items: 
Pat Rynard / The Daily Beast:
Iowa Lawmakers Face Rage-Filled Recess
Evan Perez / CNN:
National security adviser: Term ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ isn't helpful
Discussion: New York Magazine
Robin McKie / Observer:
Biologists say half of all species could be extinct by end of century
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Dnexon / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The Gorka Dissertation, Part II
Reuters:
France's Hollande fires back at Trump over Paris comments
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Sources: U.S. considers quitting U.N. Human Rights Council
NEWS.com.au:
Australian children's author Mem Fox detained by US border control: ‘I sobbed like a baby’
Discussion: Daily Kos and ABC