DNC
- Donald Trump says Democratic National Committee chair was rigged for Hillary Clinton by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- Sanders revolution resists DNC loss by Edward-Isaac Dovere (Politico)
- Perez fires back at Trump: ‘Our unity as a party is our greatest strength and his worst nightmare’ by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Lewandowski: Perez ‘doesn’t understand what’s going on in America’ by Kyle Balluck (The Hill)
- Sanders dodges question on whether he will give email list to DNC by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- The Bernie Wing Is Starting To Make Its Peace With Tom Perez by Daniel Marans and Zach Carter (Huffington Post)
- Democrats must overhaul party, attack big business, Sanders says by Lucia Mutikani & Doina Chiacu (Reuters)
- (Analysis) Why did Keith Ellison lose the DNC race? by David Weigel (Washington Post)
Immigration News
- White House plan to hire more border agents raises vetting fear, ex-senior official says by Amanda Holpuch (The Guardian)
- Egyptian-born, French Holocaust scholar detained and threatened with deportation by Carimah Townes (ThinkProgress)
- (Analysis) Trump’s wrong — Immigrants promote economic growth by Kevin Shih (Business Insider)
Trump Budget
- Trump wants to raise military spending — but cut everywhere else by Shane Goldmacher, Sarah Ferris, Jennifer Scholtes (Politico)
- Trump budget plan boosts Pentagon, trims State Dept, EPA: officials (Reuters)
News
- LGBTQ Advocates Fear ‘Religious Freedom’ Bills Moving Forward In States by Laura Sydell (NPR)
- Whose news is fake? Here’s the latest in Trump’s war with the press by Kurtis Lee (LA Times)
- Remembering Donald Trump’s traumatic experience at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Muslim member of national security staff resigned after 8 days in Donald Trump’s White House by Harriet Agerholm (Independent)
- Trump’s job approval at 44 percent in new poll by Kyle Balluck (The Hill)
- Fox News Interviews Fake Expert on Sweden to Warn About Immigration Threat by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Pelosi: Sessions Should Recuse Himself From Investigation Into Trump-Russia Ties by Matt Fuller (Huffington Post)
- White House: Too early to say whether a special prosecutor should look into apparent election meddling by Russia by John Wagner (Washington Post)
- Pelosi dismisses Trump’s first month, saying he’s ‘done nothing’ by Madeline Conway (Politico)
- PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel ‘becoming key Donald Trump adviser’ by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- Santorum Insults Americans Who Are Sick: ‘Millions with Preexisting Conditions Are Scammers Stealing Health Care’ by April M. Short (AlterNet)
- White House Refuses To Guarantee People Won’t Lose Health Insurance From Repeal by Matt Fuller (Huffington Post)
- Trump Is First President to Begin Tenure With Net Negative Approval Rating by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- The CPAC replacement speaker for Milo Yiannopoulos was a notorious Japanese cult-member by Cory Doctorow (BoingBoing)
- Sean Spicer searching his staff’s personal phones in attempt to find White House leakers by Hunter (Daily Kos)
- Sean Spicer targets own staff in leak crackdown by Annie Karni & Alex Isenstadt (Politico)
- Officials: Trump isn’t cutting Medicare, Social Security (AP)
- Trump’s choice to be Navy secretary withdraws by Ken Thomas (AP)
- Nominee for Navy Secretary withdraws by Jeremy Herb (Politico)
- You’ll Never Guess Where Trump Had First Dinner Out in D.C.: His Own Hotel by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Trump to Ask for Sharp Increases in Military Spending, Officials Say by Glenn Thrush & Kate Kelly (NY Times)
- Dozens Of Gravestones Toppled, Broken At Philadelphia Jewish Cemetery by Hilary Hanson (Huffington Post)
- Another Jewish cemetery has been vandalized, this time in Philadelphia by Sarah Wildman (Vox)
- Trump Won’t Have A State Of The Union — It’ll Be A Trump Address by Earl Ofari Hutchinson (Huffington Post)
- Trump administration re-evaluating self-driving car guidance by David Shepardson (Reuters)
- White House does not rule out Sessions recusal on Russia probes by Doina Chiacu (Reuters)
- Milo Yiannopoulos ‘lines up new job sponsor’ after calls for him to be deported from US by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Trump White House scrambles to check scandal over FBI inquiry into Russia ties by Tom McCarthy (The Guardian)
- An Arab member of Israel’s parliament argues Trump is wrong about the two-state solution by Sarah Wildman (Vox)
- Trump to lay out healthcare revamp details in speech to Congress by Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Iranian Director Slams President Trump’s Muslim Ban After Oscar Win by Jon Blistein (Rolling Stone)
- Watch Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi’s Powerful Anti-Trump Oscar Message by Yohana Desta (Vanity Fair)
Analysis
- Sessions’ tough on crime talk could lead to fuller prisons by Eric Tucker (AP)
- ‘The Conservative Movement Is Donald Trump’ by Tim Alberta (Politico)
- Trump’s Cabinet has to work as a cleanup crew by Ashley Parker (Washington Post)
- Chelsea Clinton lets loose on twitter by Annie Karni (Politico)
- CPAC conservatives drink the Trump kool-aid, but who will pick up the tab? by David Smith (The Guardian)
- Buffet and Gates: America is already great, thanks to immigrants by Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
- On Tuesday, House Republicans Will Betray Their Oaths, Their Country, And The American People. by Dartagnan (Daily Kos)
- The Uneasy Relationship Between Conservatives and the Alt-Right by Timothy Bella (VICE)
- Watching the Oscars in Trump’s America by James Warren (Vanity Fair)
Opinion
- Conservatives Made Their Bed With Milo, Now They Have to Lie In It by Shikha Dalmia (Reason)
- Grow up, Mr President (The Australian)
- Defunding the NEA would be incredibly stupid–here’s why by Diana Budds (Fastco Design)