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Trump decries anti-Semitic acts as 'horrible' amid calls for stronger White House denunciations
By Fred Barbash, Ben Guarino and Brian Murphy
February 21 at 11:02 AM

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President Trump called anti-Semitic violence "horrible" and vowed Tuesday to take steps to counter extremism in comments that followed criticism that the White House had not clearly denounced vandalism and threats targeting Jewish institutions.

Hours before Trump's remarks, Hillary Clinton called on her former presidential rival to speak out against anti-Semitic acts after more than 170 Jewish graves were found toppled at a cemetery in Missouri.

"The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community at community centers are horrible and are painful and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil," Trump said following a visit to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...es-10pm:homepage/story&utm_term=.8494c346d807
 
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Feb 21 2017, 8:28 am ET
Trump Has the Opportunity for a Reset. But Can He Seize It?
by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann

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Trump has the opportunity for a reset. Can he seize it?

After a chaotic and controversial first month in office, President Trump's week has the potential for a bit of a reset - a new national security adviser, a revised travel ban, even a stop this morning at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. But here's the $64,000 question: Can Trump enjoy a no-drama week? The stakes are important, given that Congress is on recess with many of its members holding town halls across the country, and given that Trump's approval rating stands at historic lows for a new president. This week is a big opportunity for the president and his team. Can they seize it?

The administration speaks with more than one voice

Over the last few days, key Trump administration officials have made comments that directly contradict the president on key issues, suggesting that the administration speaks with more than one voice. Consider:

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/fir...-can-he-seize-it-n723526?cid=eml_pol_20170221
 
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Feb 21, 10:41 PM EST
Millions targeted for possible deportation under Trump rules
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Millions of people living in the United States illegally could be targeted for deportation - including people simply arrested for traffic violations - under a sweeping rewrite of immigration enforcement policies announced Tuesday by the Trump administration.

Any immigrant who is in the country illegally and is charged or convicted of any offense, or even suspected of a crime, will now be an enforcement priority, according to Homeland Security Department memos signed by Secretary John Kelly. That could include people arrested for shoplifting or minor offenses - or simply having crossed the border illegally.

The Trump administration memos replace narrower guidance focusing on immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes, are considered threats to national security or are recent border crossers.

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Feb 22 2017, 12:05 am ET
Texas Judge Blocks Cutting Funds to Planned Parenthood in Sharp Rebuke
by Phil Helsel and The Associated Press

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A federal judge in Texas ruled Tuesday that the state can't cut off funding for Planned Parenthood over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015, which critics said were misleading and heavily edited.

"A secretly recorded video, fake names, a grand jury indictment, congressional investigations - these are the building blocks of a best-selling novel rather than a case concerning the interplay of federal and state authority through the Medicaid program," U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks wrote in an order.

"Yet, rather than a villain plotting to take over the world, the subject of this case is the State of Texas's efforts to expel a group of health care providers from a social health care program for families and individuals with limited resources," Sparks wrote.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...funds-planned-parenthood-sharp-rebuke-n723956
 
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Wells Fargo fires four managers over unauthorized accounts scandal
Kevin McCoy , USA TODAY Published 2:00 p.m. ET Feb. 21, 2017 | Updated 8 hours ago

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Wells Fargo on Tuesday said it has fired four current or former senior managers amid the U.S. banking giant's internal investigation of a scandal involving millions of accounts unauthorized by customers.

The four were terminated for cause in a unanimous vote by the company's board of directors, which is continuing its review of the bank's retail banking sales practices and related issues, Wells Fargo (WFC) disclosed in a statement.

The ousters came as the San Francisco-headquartered financial company faced pressure to demonstrate management accountability for the scandal that erupted in early September.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money...-over-unauthorized-accounts-scandal/98202788/
 
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Anger Rises Across The Country At GOP Congressional Town Halls
February 22, 201711:59 AM ET
Jessica Taylor

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Republican members of Congress aren't exactly getting a warm welcome in their home districts during this week's recess.

Angry constituents have confronted legislators at town halls across the country, upset over everything from the GOP's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Trump White House's travel ban, alleged Russian interference in the U.S. elections and more. New York Rep. Tom Reed, for example, faced these questions in a series of town halls he held over the weekend.

The backlash is happening in some deep red places, stretching from Reed's western New York district to Kentucky and Iowa. Some national Republicans - and President Trump in a Tuesday night tweet - have tried to dismiss the progressive activists helping to organize the protests.

http://www.npr.org/2017/02/22/51652...s-the-country-at-gop-congressional-town-halls
 
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Feb 22, 1:33 PM EST
Trump sends top aides to Mexico amid deep strains with US
By JOSH LEDERMAN
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Donald Trump is sending his top diplomat and homeland security chief to Mexico on a fence-mending mission made all the more challenging by the actual fence he wants to build on the southern border.

Ties between the countries have plunged since Trump took office a month ago, punctuated by Trump's insistence that Mexico pay for a border wall and other demands on illegal immigration and trade. And in Mexico, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly will face a government anxiously rethinking its relationship with its bigger, richer and more powerful neighbor.

Tillerson was arriving Wednesday evening in Mexico City. Kelly, whose agency is responsible for implementing Trump's immigration crackdown, was to arrive separately after visiting Guatemala. They plan to meet Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and other top officials.

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Feb 22 2017, 4:37 am ET
Amnesty International Blames Trump, Others for Rights Rollback

PARIS - Amnesty International says President Donald Trump's "poisonous" rhetoric on his way to winning the White House led a global trend towards increasingly divisive politics in 2016 that had made the world a "darker" place.

It alleged that "toxic" fear-mongering by anti-establishment politicians is contributing to a global pushback against human rights.

Releasing its 408-page annual report on rights abuses around the world Wednesday, the watchdog group described 2016 as "the year when the cynical use of 'us vs. them' narratives of blame, hate and fear took on a global prominence to a level not seen since the 1930s," when Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany.

The Associated Press and Reuters

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...-rights-rollback-n723991?cid=eml_pol_20170222
 
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Trump administration rolls back protections for transgender students
By Sandhya Somashekhar, Emma Brown, Moriah Balingit and Robert Barnes
Education
February 22 at 7:45 PM

The Trump administration on Wednesday revoked federal protections for transgender students who sought the right to use the public school restrooms that match their gender identity, taking a stand on a contentious issue that has become the central battle over LGBT rights.

Officials with the federal Education and Justice departments notified the U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday that the administration is ordering the nation's schools to disregard memos the Obama administration issued during the past two years regarding transgender student rights. Those memos said that prohibiting transgender students from using facilities that align with their gender identity violates federal anti-discrimination laws.

The two-page "dear colleague" letter from the Trump administration, which is set to go to the nation's public schools, does not offer any new guidance, instead saying that the earlier directive needed to be withdrawn because it lacked extensive legal analysis, did not go through a public vetting process, sowed confusion and drew legal challenges.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-administration-rolls-back-protections-for-transgender-students/2017/02/22/550a83b4-f913-11e6-bf01-d47f8cf9b643_story.html?utm_term=.0e4d65c76d97&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%2Bnation
 
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Trump is turning to Wall Street for top jobs. Democrats hope to use that against him.
By John Wagner and Renae Merle
Politics
February 22 at 3:21 PM

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As a candidate, Donald Trump lumped Wall Street in with Washington as part of a "corrupt" system he pledged to fight against on behalf of everyday Americans. But as president, he has plucked Wall Street executives for top administration jobs and launched a rollback of regulations considered onerous by the industry.

Now Democrats are trying to seize on the contradiction in hopes winning back working-class voters whose allegiance to Trump caught the party flat-footed in last year's elections.

"It is one of Democrats' highest priorities to hold President Trump and these Wall Street insiders accountable for their efforts to reinstate economic policies that benefited billionaires at the expense of working Americans," said Adrienne Watson, national press secretary for the Democratic National Committee.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...rm=.61c7a42223a6&wpisrc=nl_politics-pm&wpmm=1
 
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Feb 22, 7:26 PM EST
DNC race remains tight as energized Democrats combat Trump
By LISA LERER and BILL BARROW
Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) -- Just days before Democratic activists pick a new party chair, the contest to head the Democratic National Committee remains fluid, as national leaders grapple with how to turn an outpouring of liberal protest against President Donald Trump into political gains.

A tight race between former Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota marks the first heavily contested battle to run the organization in recent history, a reflection of a newly energized Democratic Party struggling to find the best path forward after years of losses in Congress, governor's mansions and statehouses.

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Donald Trump is losing his war with the media
Aaron Blake
The Fix
Analysis
February 22 at 2:52 PM

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It's pretty clear what President Trump is doing by going after the media. He sees someone who is tough on him, with a lower approval rating, and he sets up a contrast. It's like making yourself look taller by standing next to a short person.

"You have a lower approval rate than Congress," he needled reporters at last week's news conference, making clear he had done the math.

Except maybe it's not really working.

A new poll from Quinnipiac University suggests that while people may be broadly unhappy with the mainstream media, they still think it's more credible than Trump. The president regularly accuses the press of "fake news," but people see more "fake news" coming out of his own mouth.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...a/?tid=pm_politics_pop&utm_term=.feb2419dacee
 
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Police start arresting Dakota Pipeline protesters as camp deadline passes
USA Today Network Steph Solis , USA TODAY Published 2:34 a.m. ET Feb. 22, 2017 | Updated 2 hours ago

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Police on Thursday started arresting protesters who refused to leave the Dakota Access pipeline protest camp by Wednesday's deadline, according to reports by The Associated Press and NBC News.

The arrests come hours after remnants of the camp went up in flames as protesters set fire to the wooden housing as part of a departure ceremony.

The protesters stayed on the federal land for six months as they tried to block construction efforts. While many planned to go peacefully, others said they would defy the 2 p.m. CT Wednesday deadline, the AP reported.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...-oil-pipeline-protest-camp-deadline/98240228/
 
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Mexico says no to Trump's new deportation rules
David Agren and Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY Published 1:34 p.m. ET Feb. 22, 2017 | Updated 7 hours ago

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MEXICO CITY - Mexico will vigorously fight U.S. mass deportations of undocumented immigrants back to Mexico and refuse to accept any non-Mexicans expelled across the border, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray vowed Wednesday.

A day after the Trump administration unveiled tough new guidelines for enforcing immigration laws, Videgaray said the treatment of Mexican migrants in the United States would top his country's agenda when President Enrique Peña Nieto meets Thursday with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.

"I want to make clear, in the most emphatic way, that the government of Mexico and the Mexican people do not have to accept measures that, in a unilateral way, one government wants to impose on another," Videgary said.

He added that Mexico would go to the United Nations to defend the rights of its migrants. "We are not going to accept it because we don't have to accept it and because it is not in the interests of Mexico," he said.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ister-mexico-immigrations-proposals/98252710/
 
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McMaster May Reorganize Trump's Foreign Policy Team Once Again
By PETER BAKER FEB. 22, 2017

WASHINGTON - Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, President Trump's new national security adviser, is considering a reorganization of the White House foreign policy team that would give him control of Homeland Security and guarantee full access to the military and intelligence agencies.

Just days after arriving at the White House, Mr. McMaster is weighing changes to an organization chart that generated consternation when it was issued last month.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/...r-trump-foreign-policy.html?ref=politics&_r=0
 
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Russia military acknowledges new branch: info warfare troops
By vladimir isachenkov, associated press
MOSCOW - Feb 22, 2017, 11:22 AM ET

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Along with a steady flow of new missiles, planes and tanks, Russia's defense minister said Wednesday his nation also has built up its muscle by forming a new branch of the military - information warfare troops.

Sergei Shoigu's statement - which came amid Western allegations of Russian hacking - marked the first official acknowledgement of the existence of such forces.

Speaking to parliament, Shoigu said that the military received a sweeping array of new weapons last year, including 41 intercontinental ballistic missiles.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russian-military-continues-massive-upgrade-45652381
 
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Feb 22 2017, 10:33 pm ET
Muslim Fundraiser to Repair Jewish Cemetery Raises $100k
by Mary Emily O'Hara

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In just over 24 hours, an online fundraiser encouraging Muslims to donate to repair vandalism at a Jewish cemetery has raised over $100,000.

The LaunchGood.com fundraising page set up by Linda Sarsour of MPower Change and Celebrate Mercy's Tarek El-Messidi - garnered $20,000 in donations in its first three hours alone, shortly after being launched on Tuesday.

"People in a cemetery should be able to rest in peace," Sarsour said on MSNBC Wednesday, telling Andrea Mitchell that she "expected nothing less from my community, who has always been a generous community."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/muslim-fundraiser-repair-jewish-cemetery-raises-100k-n724221
 
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2/21/17
Mental health experts say Trump is unfit to serve

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Some psychologists and psychiatrists are speaking out about Trump because of a duty to warn. Lawrence talks to two experts with this view: Dr. Lance Dodes and Dr. John Gartner, whose online petition of mental health professionals has more than 26,000 signatures.

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/...erts-say-trump-is-unfit-to-serve-882688067737
 
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Top Trump Advisers Bannon And Priebus Emphasize Unity At CPAC
February 23, 20171:35 PM ET
Jessica Taylor

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Top White House advisers Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference to make the case that despite seeming like a political odd couple, the two represent the successful marriage of disparate wings of the Republican Party, united under President Trump.

"The truth of the matter is [Trump] brought together the party and the conservative movement, and I've got to tell you, if the party and the conservative movement are together ... it can't be stopped," said Priebus, the White House chief of staff and former chairman of the Republican National Committee.


Bannon, the president's chief strategist and former Breitbart News executive chairman, echoed that sentiment at the annual conservative confab, held just outside the nation's capital in National Harbor, Md.

http://www.npr.org/2017/02/23/516847668/top-trump-advisers-bannon-and-priebus-set-to-address-cpac
 
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Feb 23, 5:44 PM EST
Justice Ginsburg praises media and the role of free press
By SAM HANANEL
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is praising the media at a time when the Trump administration has accused reporters of being dishonest and delivering "fake news."

Ginsburg told the BBC's "Newsnight" program in an interview Thursday that she reads The Washington Post and The New York Times every day, and that "reporters are trying to tell the public the truth."

The 83-year-old justice did not comment directly on President Donald Trump, but said she was encouraged by the massive women's march in Washington, the day after his inauguration Jan. 20, when demonstrators protested his election victory.

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Feb 23, 5:32 PM EST
Homeland Security chief: No use of military for deportations
By JOSH LEDERMAN
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Seeking to tamp down growing unease in Latin America, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly pledged Thursday that the United States won't enlist its military to enforce immigration laws and that there will be "no mass deportations."

Only hours earlier, President Donald Trump suggested the opposite. He told CEOs at the White House the deportation push was a "military operation."

Kelly, speaking in Mexico's capital, said all deportations will comply with human rights requirements and the U.S. legal system, including its multiple appeals for those facing deportation. He said the U.S. approach will involve "close coordination" with Mexico's government.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-02-23-17-32-34
 
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