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7:50 AM ET, March 2, 2017

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Adam Entous / Washington Post:
Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose  —  Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with Russia's ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members …
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New York Times:
Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking  —  WASHINGTON — In the Obama administration's last days, some White House officials scrambled to spread information about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election — and about possible contacts between associates …
Wall Street Journal:
Investigators Probed Jeff Sessions' Contacts With Russian Officials  —  Communications from the then-senator occurred during presidential campaign  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. investigators have examined contacts Attorney General Jeff Sessions had with Russian officials during the time he was …
CNN:
Graham, McCain want answers on Sessions-Russia report  —  (Photo credit should read MOLLY RILEY/AFP/Getty Images)  —  (CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday if the FBI determines that President Donald Trump's campaign illegally coordinated with Russia, Attorney General Jeff Sessions …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
REPORT: White House Lied to Journalists About Trump Speech in ‘Misdirection Play’  —  CNN reported Wednesday on a senior administration official admitting that the White House intentionally misled reporters ahead of President Donald Trump's congressional address in order to get generate positive press coverage …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump's team nixed ethics course for White House staff  —  President Donald Trump's team rejected a course for senior White House staff, cabinet nominees and other political appointees that would have provided training on leadership, ethics and management, according to documents obtained by POLITICO.
Discussion: Political Wire
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump shows happiness by going quiet
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
White House staff told to preserve Russia-related materials
Discussion: Politico
Fox News:
Ex-Clinton volunteer slammed, loses job, after swipe at widow of fallen SEAL  —  A former Hillary Clinton volunteer drew swift condemnation — and lost his job — after mocking the widow of a fallen Navy SEAL who was honored by the president during his congressional address Tuesday night.
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Kim LaCapria / Snopes.com:
Did Democrats Refuse to Stand for a Navy SEAL's Widow?  —  An unrelated image of Keith Ellison and Debbie Wasserman Schultz was apparently used to claim Democrats refused to honor a Navy SEAL's widow during a presidential speech.  —  CLAIM  —  Democrats Bernie Sanders, Keith Ellison …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Associated Press Attacks Trump's Tribute to Ryan Owens
Discussion: New York Daily News
Tammy Webber / Associated Press:   Was Trump tribute to fallen soldier fitting or calculated?
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Beau Biden's widow having affair with his married brother  —  MORE FROM:  —  The widow of Joe Biden's late son Beau Biden has started a romantic relationship with her former brother-in-law, Hunter Biden, the former Vice President's younger son.  —  Hallie Biden, who was devastated …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
House Republicans Announce Only Republicans Are Allowed to See New Health-Care Plan  —  Yesterday, House Speaker Paul Ryan boasted that his party would follow a deliberate, transparent process to repeal and replace Obamacare.  “This is how the legislative process is supposed to be designed …
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Bloomberg:
Republicans Hide New Obamacare Draft Under Shroud of Secrecy  —  GOP House Energy and Commerce members to see draft Thursday  —  Panel said to use special viewing room to guard against leaks  —  House Republican leaders have a new version of their major Obamacare repeal and replacement bill.
Discussion: Politico, Vox and Politicus USA
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
A raid in remote Yemen and a SEAL's death still reverberate for Trump  —  Almost as soon as the team of U.S. and Emirati commandos slipped into the darkened village, their weapons shouldered in the moonless night, a surprise counter­attack erupted and a veteran Navy SEAL was hit.
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New York Times:
Devices Seized in Yemen Raid Offer Some Clues to Qaeda Tactics
Discussion: CNN and New York Magazine
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Republican PAC pumps cash into Georgia to defend Tom Price seat  —  WASHINGTON  —  A Republican super PAC will spend $1.1 million on television ads against the Democrat trying to turn a special election in Georgia into America's first referendum on President Donald Trump.
Discussion: YouTube and Daily Kos
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
With a single speech, Trump rattles 2018 landscape  —  The call to Steve Stivers, the chairman of House Republicans' campaign wing, came on Tuesday evening, roughly an hour after President Donald Trump ended his speech to a joint session of Congress.  —  On the other end of the line …
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David Morgan / Reuters:   Senate Democrats seek Trump tax returns
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Worst Performance of Trump's Presidency Now Belongs to the Press Corps  —  The media's reaction to his speech to Congress was shameful.  —  By the time Mitt Romney selected him to be his running mate in 2012, Paul Ryan (then chairman of the House Budget Committee) had already cultivated …
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Alex Pareene / The Concourse:
You Cretins Are Going To Get Thousands Of People Killed
Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Trump administration has found only $20 million in existing funds for wall  —  President Donald Trump's promise to use existing funds to begin immediate construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border has hit a financial roadblock, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Sarah Fowler / The Clarion Ledger:
Immigrant detained after press conference  —  Moments after an immigrant spoke out about her fears of deportation, she was detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.  —  Daniela Vargas, 22, was detained by ICE agents Wednesday, shortly after speaking at a news conference …
Katie Honan / DNAinfo New York:
Only ‘Illegals’ Use Bike Lanes in Corona, Trump-Backing Board Member Says  —  CORONA — Elected officials are calling for the removal of a longtime community board member after she dismissed the need for a new bike lane in the area — saying once President Donald Trump removes …
Discussion: New York's PIX11 and Gothamist
Alister Doyle / Reuters:
Antarctica hits record high temperature at balmy 63.5°F  —  An Argentine research base near the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula has set a heat record at a balmy 63.5° Fahrenheit (17.5 degrees Celsius), the U.N. weather agency said on Wednesday.
Attitude Magazine:
World exclusive: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ set to make Disney history with gay character  —  Disney's live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast has quickly become one of the most eagerly anticipated movies in history, smashing records when its first trailer racked up more than 127 million views in just 24 hours last November.
Wall Street Journal:
White House Explores Options, Including Use of Military Force, to Counter North Korean Threat  —  The strategy review comes as recent events have strained stability in Asia  —  An internal White House review of strategy on North Korea includes the possibility of military force or regime change …
The Huffington Post:
Trump Administration Sets Off Alarm Bells By Pulling Nominees To Regulatory Commissions  —  The deconstruction of the administrative state is underway.  But expect Senate Republicans to push back.  —  WASHINGTON The Trump administration has begun pulling pending nominees …
Ann Coulter / Breitbart:
How to Provide Universal Health Care Using This One Easy Trick  —  The first sentence of Congress' Obamacare repeal should read: “There shall be a free market in health insurance.”  —  Right there, I've solved the health insurance crisis for 90 percent of Americans.
Discussion: Conservative 101
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Iowa Pol's Bio Changed After ‘Sizzler U’ Discrepancy Emerges  —  An Iowa lawmaker who is pushing a controversial bill that caps the number of Democrats that state universities can hire as professors claimed on a government web site that he got a “business degree” from the “Forbco Management school.”
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
GOP lawmaker: ‘Poorly dressed’ Democratic women wore ‘bad-looking white pantsuits’  —  A Republican congressman who is potentially eyeing a Senate run mocked Democratic women on Wednesday for wearing white at President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.
 
 
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Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Limbaugh: Trump ‘Crushed’ the Media in His Joint Session Address
Discussion: Conservative 101
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Watch a Liberal Bro Student Calmly Destroy the Berkeley College Republicans' Property
Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit
New York Times:
Trump Moves to Become Master of His Own Messages
Charlie Nash / Breitbart:
Google has pledged $11.5 million to combat “racial bias” …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Left threatens Trump-friendly senators with primary challenges
Discussion: Daily Wire and Hot Air
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Sebastian Gorka / National Review:
The Swamp Takes Aim at Seb Gorka
Discussion: RedState and Right Wing Watch
Heather Caygle / Politico:
House Democrats fire two IT staffers amid criminal investigation
Discussion: Hot Air
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Congress told to brace for ‘robotic soldiers’
Discussion: AOL
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Watch the hilarious ad that could doom the House Republican tax plan
Discussion: Politico
Katie Hopkins / Daily Mail:
Where females fear to tread: KATIE HOPKINS reports from Sweden, the Scandi-lib paradise …
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Bloomberg:
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