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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The ‘Kellyanne Conway on the couch’ controversy is so incredibly dumb  —  On Monday night, this photo began making the rounds on the Internet:  —  The photo, taken Monday, shows White House counselor Kellyanne Conway perched on a couch in the Oval Office as President Trump stands behind …
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Make yourself at home, Kellyanne!  White House adviser is taken to task after she makes herself comfortable on the Oval Office couch while wearing her heels as Trump hosts leaders of black colleges  — Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, was seen in a series of photos in the Oval Office on Monday
CNN:
Sources: Trump signed off on checking White House staffers' phones  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump signed off on press secretary Sean Spicer's decision to check aides' cell phones to make certain they weren't communicating with reporters by text message or through encrypted apps, multiple sources confirmed to CNN on Monday.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The White House's Politico slime job, from start to finish  —  Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt paid a certain price for his Sunday scoop about White House press secretary Sean Spicer's treatment of his underlings in the White House communications office.  Under the headline …
Discussion: ABC News, TheBlaze and CBS Miami
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Does Stephen Miller Speak for Trump?  Or Vice Versa?  —  The 31-year-old is a driving force behind the White House's policies.  —  by  —  From Subscribe Reprints  —  Stephen Miller's corner office in the West Wing of the White House is utterly barren—no pictures on the walls …
Discussion: ABC News, Mediaite, The Week and Axios
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Fight for Obamacare Has Turned  —  The campaign to let 20 million Americans keep their health insurance is working.  —  It still has a long way to go, and it's not guaranteed to succeed.  But the progress of the last couple months is remarkable.  —  Thanks in part to a surge of activism …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Are Republicans Ready To Charge Ahead On Obamacare Repeal?
Discussion: Vox, Politico, The Week and Balloon Juice
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Trump is delivering on his campaign promises
Discussion: The Week
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump's speech can't mend GOP schisms on Obamacare
Associated Press:
The Latest: Ryan sees Trump as ‘chairman,’ not details guy
Discussion: Politico
MJ Lee / CNN:
Freedom Caucus chair would vote against draft Obamacare repeal bill
Rachael Bade / Politico:   Republicans beg Trump for direction with Capitol Hill address
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — President Trump: Oscars ‘Were Focused so Hard on Politics’ They Could Not Get the Basics of the Ceremony Right  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News in the Oval Office, said that the Academy Awards failure on Sunday evening …
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Alex Guillén / Politico:
Sources: White House proposes to cut EPA budget by quarter  —  The White House has proposed slashing EPA's budget by about a quarter and eventually eliminating 1 in 5 of the agency's workers, according to sources familiar with the budget proposal sent to EPA on Monday.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump budget faces GOP resistance
Discussion: ABC News, Washington Post and Vox
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Trump and Paul Ryan Head for a Clash Over the Budget, and Ideology
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump says Obama behind leaks  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said he believes former President Barack Obama has been behind the leaks within his administration and the sizable, angry town hall crowds Republicans have faced across the country.  —  Trump was asked in an interview on Fox News' …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says Obama behind some political protests
Discussion: RedState, Politico and Hot Air
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Snyder praises Trump, says Obamacare not working
Discussion: ACASignups.net
Kansas City Star:
Trump's silence on deadly Olathe shooting is disquieting  —  By The Kansas City Star editorial board  —  At some point, embarrassingly late begins to verge on something more disquieting.  —  President Donald Trump has silently planted himself in that space.
Michael Kruse / Politico:
'He's a Performance Artist Pretending to be a Great Manager'  —  More than 27 years before Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, Bruce Nobles, then the president of the Trump Shuttle airline, assessed with some befuddlement the business and managerial practices of his boss.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
NBC News:
Yemen SEAL Raid Has Yielded No Significant Intelligence: Officials  —  Last month's deadly commando raid in Yemen, which cost the lives of a U.S. Navy SEAL and a number of children, has so far yielded no significant intelligence, U.S. officials told NBC News.
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
This Is How Your Hyperpartisan Political News Gets Made  —  BuzzFeed News traced a group of liberal and conservative websites back to the same company.  “The product they're pitching is outrage,” said one liberal writer.  —  The websites Liberal Society and Conservative 101 appear to be total opposites.
Discussion: Axios
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Plans to Begin E.P.A. Rollback With Order on Clean Water  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at rolling back one of former President Barack Obama's major environmental regulations to protect American waterways, but it will have almost …
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
George W. Bush Breaks His Silence on the Direction of the Country Under President Trump: 'I Don't Like the Racism and Name-Calling'  —  For eight years since leaving the White House, George W. Bush has refused to criticize publicly those who succeeded him, saying he didn't want to make an already tough job …
CBS San Francisco:
Storm Runoff In California Gold Country Exposing New Motherlode?  —  JAMESTOWN, Tuolumne County (KPIX 5) — Weeks of rainy weather across Northern California and the storm runoff through the hills of gold country have triggered a new gold rush.  —  “Miner Gary” Thomas said he always finds …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
Politico:
New NSC chief pushed Trump to moderate his language on terrorism  —  What words the president uses from the podium tonight will give a hint about McMaster's clout.  —  President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, advised him in a closed-door meeting last week …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
Minimum Wage Massacre: Wendy's Unleashes 1,000 Robots To Counter Higher Labor Costs  —  In yet another awkwardly rational response to government intervention in deciding what's “fair”, the blowback from minimum wage demanding fast food workers has struck again.
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Insane Betsy DeVos Press Release Celebrates Jim Crow Education System as Pioneer of “School Choice”  —  Donald Trump met Monday at the White House with the leaders of a number of historically black colleges and universities.  Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos commemorated the meeting …
Rachel Bishop / Mirror.co.uk:
EDELMIRA BARREIRA, SPAIN'S ‘SEX TSAR ’ TALKS OF DEMOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION  —  Get Daily updates directly to your inbox  —  Spain has appointed a ‘sex tsar’ to help boost the country's “catastrophically low” birth rate .  —  Young couples have reportedly blamed being “too tired after a full day at work” …
Discussion: The Local
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
FCC chairman says net neutrality was a mistake  —  He's ready to roll it back  —  FCC chairman Ajit Pai said today that net neutrality was “a mistake” and that the commission is now “on track” to return to a much lighter style of regulation.  —  “Our new approach injected tremendous uncertainty …
Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Executes Five Senior Officials With Antiaircraft Guns  —  South Korea reports purge, makes fresh charges in killing of dictator's brother Kim Jong Nam  —  SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed at least five senior officials in the country's Ministry …
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Trump says ‘revved up economy’ will pay for budget proposals: Fox  —  President Donald Trump said he believes the extra $54 billion dollars he has proposed spending on the U.S. military will be offset by a stronger economy as well as cuts in other areas.  —  “I think the money is going to come …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Political Wire
 
 
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CBS Los Angeles:
At Least 3 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Riverside Home
Discussion: WRBL-TV, NPR and CBS New York
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Transgender Sister Of Singer At Trump Inauguration Wins Federal Court Bathroom Ruling
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
City officials try to keep the Trumps out of town
Discussion: Raw Story
Nikita Stewart / New York Times:
Fight Looms as Bill de Blasio Plans to Seek 90 New Homeless Shelters
Discussion: New York's PIX11 and Gothamist
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump gives himself a ‘C or C+’ grade for communicating with the public: Needs improvement
Discussion: Daily Kos and Business Insider
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Ahead of Joint Address, Most Voters Think Trump Is Delivering on Promises
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Bannon's reckless pursuit of ethno-nationalist greatness
 Earlier Items: 
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Focuses On Violent Crime And Police Morale
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Manafort's Ukrainian ‘blood money’ caused qualms, hack suggests
Discussion: Raw Story
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Trump's First Month: An Evaluation
Discussion: CNBC, CNN and Common Dreams
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Monday pro-Trump rallies a massive flop as event photos show tiny crowds
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Hundreds allege sex harassment, discrimination at Kay and Jared jewelry company
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