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8:15 AM ET, February 12, 2018

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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Pence: The United States is ready to talk with North Korea  —  Despite the mutual chilliness between U.S. and North Korean officials in South Korea last week, behind the scenes real progress was made toward a new diplomatic opening that could result in direct talks without preconditions between Washington and Pyongyang.
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New York Times:
Kim Jong-un's Sister Turns on the Charm, Taking Pence's Spotlight  —  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — When the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, decided to send a large delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month, the world feared he might steal the show.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Kim Jong Un, North Korea's ‘10-Foot-Tall Baby’  —  President Donald Trump, defying his own advisers and intelligence agencies, loves to call North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a “madman,” when he isn't taunting Kim about his height, weight and the relative size of his nuclear button.
BuzzFeed:
PSA: Kim Jong Un's Sister Is Not Your New Fave Shade Queen. She's A Garbage Monster.
Bloomberg:
Kim's Smiling Sister Exploits Trump-Moon Divide
Discussion: NPR and The Week
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Twisted: Trump says Porter sick, guilty; defends him publicly  —  President Trump is defending Rob Porter even though, privately, he says he's guilty.  —  Behind closed doors: The president has told multiple people that he believes the accusations about Porter, and finds him “sick.”
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Axios:
Trump's real plan for 2018
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
New York Times:
Abuse Case Exposes Fissures in a White House in Turmoil
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House can't gets its story straight on Rob Porter exit
Discussion: The Week, Splinter, Shareblue Media and AOL
Los Angeles Times:   Fate of Trump's chief of staff hangs in balance as White House weathers fallout from spouse abuse scandal
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
In big reversal, new Trump budget will give up on longtime Republican goal of eliminating deficit … President Trump on Monday will offer a budget plan that falls far short of eliminating the government's deficit over 10 years, conceding that huge tax cuts and new spending increases …
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Trump plan will drop GOP's traditional goal of balancing budget within 10 years … President Trump is remaking the Republican economic playbook in his own image, abandoning ideological consistency in ­favor of a debt-busting strategy that will upend how Washington taxes and spends trillions of dollars each year.
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Trump to demand tough budget cuts for domestic programs
Discussion: TheBlaze
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis.  Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.  —  In mid-2016, Aviv Ovadya realized there was something fundamentally wrong with the internet — so wrong that he abandoned his work and sounded an alarm.  A few weeks before the 2016 election …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
First-class travel distinguishes Scott Pruitt's EPA tenure … Just days after helping orchestrate the United States' exit from a global climate accord last June, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt embarked on a whirlwind tour aimed at championing President Trump's agenda at home and abroad.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
PLAYBOOK SCOOP: PELOSI pulls in nearly 50 million bucks for House Dems in 2017 …
Discussion: The Week and New York Times
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell's immigration gamble  —  Mitch McConnell is taking the reins of an immigration debate that may prompt a fix for “Dreamers” — or quickly spiral out of control.  —  Usually careful with his every move, the Senate majority leader is taking a gamble this week with his pledge for a free …
Discussion: Bloomberg and ImmigrationProf Blog
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Tennessean.com:
Sen. Bob Corker is standing by his decision not to seek re-election, a senior adviser says
Discussion: CNN and Splinter
Wall Street Journal:
Senate Conservatives Offer Immigration Plan Heavy on Border Security, Quick Deportations
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
Trump takes ‘shackles’ off ICE, which is slapping them on immigrants who thought they were safe … A week after he won the election, President Trump promised that his administration would round up millions of immigrant gang members and drug dealers.  And after he took office …
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue Media:
GOP candidate and Trump ally faces global backlash for racist attack on Meghan Markle  —  Republican congressional candidate Paul Nehlen's response to the denouncement was just as repugnant as his hateful tweet.  —  Congressional candidate and prominent Trump supporter Paul Nehlen (R-WI) …
Discussion: The Guardian
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
MeToo will have staying power, Ruth Bader Ginsburg insists  —  RBG says Clinton was criticized worse than men  —  New York (CNN)Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg believes the “#MeToo” movement will have “staying power” and that she doesn't worry about a serious backlash.
Discussion: Axios
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton, a favorite GOP foil, plans discreet 2018 strategy  —  There was a long line for selfies with Hillary Clinton last week at a Georgetown soiree for Lanny Davis, a Clinton loyalist whose latest book blames former FBI director James B. Comey for her 2016 presidential defeat.
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Unilever Threatens to Reduce Ad Spending on Tech Platforms That Don't Combat Divisive Content  —  CMO Keith Weed says the company will only invest in platforms ‘committed to creating a positive impact in society’  —  Unilever UL -.68% PLC is threatening to pull back its advertising …
Discussion: Gizmodo, The Guardian and The Week
Russell Mokhiber / Common Dreams:
Woman Dragged Out of West Virginia House Hearing For Listing Oil and Gas Contributions to Members  —  “The people who are going to be speaking in favor of this bill are all going to be paid by the industry.”  —  Lissa Lucas traveled the 100 miles from her home in Cairo …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nancy Cook / Politico:
The mysterious oppo researcher working in the White House lawyer's office  —  Michael Roman, best known as a shadowy operative who oversaw a research unit for the Koch network, now occupies an unusual and undefined role in the Trump administration.  —  Few people in or close to the White House …
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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United Nations:
Urgent action needed as violence soars in war-torn Syria
Discussion: Washington Post
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Which is scarier — that Trump doesn't read his daily intel briefing, or that Jared Kushner does?
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Exclusive: CIA Ex-Director Brennan's Perjury Peril
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Johnny Oleksinski / New York Post:
The woke police have ruined entertainment
Discussion: Althouse
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump's Infrastructure Plan: Modest Federal Incentives, Facing Long Odds
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
G.O.P. Visions of Tectonic Realignment
Alexandra Deabler / Fox News:
‘Mob’ breaks out at Des Moines International Airport after 14-hour delay
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump campaign co-chair gets 20 years for sexual abuse and trafficking teens
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Joel Rose / NPR:
As Congress Debates Immigration, DREAMers Are In Limbo Along With Their Families
ABC News:
Johnny Manziel reflects on ‘mistakes’ that got him ‘out of the NFL’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
With Gaza in Financial Crisis, Fears That 'an Explosion's Coming'
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Intelligence Shuts Down Damning Report on Whistleblower Retaliation
ABC News:
Saturday Olympic ratings strong; NBC sorry for Japan remark
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Progressives storm Democratic primaries