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10:50 AM ET, February 28, 2017

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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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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
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says Obama is helping to organize protests against his presidency  —  President Trump speaks to a packed ballroom Feb. 24 during the CPAC conference in Oxon Hill, Md. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post)  —  President Trump has been dismissing the protests against his presidency …
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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CNN:
Sources: Trump signed off on checking White House staffers' phones
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Trump is delivering on his campaign promises
Discussion: The Week
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump budget faces GOP resistance
Discussion: ABC News, Washington Post and Vox
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Ahead of Joint Address, Most Voters Think Trump Is Delivering on Promises
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Trump and Paul Ryan Head for a Clash Over the Budget, and Ideology
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump's Budget Is Aspirational. Reality in Congress Will Change It.
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump Will Have To Break The Law To Pass His Budget
Discussion: Mother Jones
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?
Associated Press:
The Latest: Ryan sees Trump as ‘chairman,’ not details guy
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump's speech can't mend GOP schisms on Obamacare
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
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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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — President Trump: New York Times ‘Intent Is so Evil and so Bad,’ ‘They Write Lies’  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump told Breitbart News in an exclusive Oval Office interview that the “intent” of the New York Times in its negative coverage of him is “so evil and so bad” and that “they write lies.”
Wall Street Journal:
PwC Partner at Oscars Tweeted Backstage Minutes Before Best Picture Mix-Up
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says Obama behind some political protests  —  The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump acknowledges that there remains hundreds of unfilled jobs in his administration, but says “they're unnecessary to have.”
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Snyder praises Trump, says Obamacare not working
Discussion: ACASignups.net
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Trump says ‘revved up economy’ will pay for budget proposals: Fox
Discussion: Political Wire
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump says Obama behind leaks
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
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 …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Trump's first speech to Congress: A guide  —  President Donald Trump will give his first speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday in the House Chamber in the Capitol Building.  It is functionally the same as a State of the Union address — but it isn't called that because a president's …
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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.
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 …
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
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 …
 
 
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
FCC chairman says net neutrality was a mistake
Nikita Stewart / New York Times:
Fight Looms as Bill de Blasio Plans to Seek 90 New Homeless Shelters
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Politico:
New NSC chief pushed Trump to moderate his language on terrorism
CBS San Francisco:
Storm Runoff In California Gold Country Exposing New Motherlode?
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Illegal immigration dropped 27 percent in January: Reports
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
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Bannon's reckless pursuit of ethno-nationalist greatness
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Focuses On Violent Crime And Police Morale
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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
Brendan O'Connor / Gizmodo:
Leaked Audio: Trump Cares About Food Safety But Only If the Food Is Foreign
Discussion: Mother Jones
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Hundreds allege sex harassment, discrimination at Kay and Jared jewelry company
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