Trump seeks to parlay post-speech boost into action on contentious agenda

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Trump seeks to parlay post-speech boost into action on contentious agenda

Washington Post
President Trump sought Wednesday to build on the momentum of a speech that invigorated fellow Republicans, as the hard work of turning his vision into policy loomed.

At least 2 dead after tornadoes touch down in central US

Chicago Tribune
A tornado touched down in Ottawa, Ill. on Feb. 28, 2017, as part of a system that produced severe weather across the northern part of the state Tuesday night.
NBCNews.com
A group of Democratic women intended to make an impression when they filed into the House chamber Tuesday night for President Donald Trump’s address to Congress.

Fact-checking President Trump’s address to Congress

Washington Post
An address to Congress is such an important speech that presidents generally are careful not to stretch the truth. The “16 words” in George W. Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address that falsely claimed Iraq’s Saddam Hussein sought uranium from Africa

DeVos called HBCUs ‘pioneers’ of ‘school choice.’ It didn’t go over well.

Washington Post
Many advocates of historically black colleges and universities were apoplectic after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called the group of schools forged at the height of racial segregation “pioneers” of “school choice.

Obamas Make Book Deal With Penguin Random House

New York Times
Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in Washington last year. They plan to donate a portion of the advances for their books to charity.

Digital devotion: Christians get social media, other online tools to observe Lent

National Catholic Reporter
“The Crowning,” left, a pastel on paper work by Bruce Herman, was part of a previous Lent Project. The colored photograph “Protest Song,” right, by Gor Chahal is featured in Biola University’s 2017 Lent Project.

Daybreak gives Perryville first good look at damage from deadly tornado

STLtoday.com
Neighbors survey the damage to the home of Patricia Huber, 81, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, on N. Main Street in Perryville, Missouri.

Fight over debt ceiling could accelerate Trump’s budget clash with GOP

Washington Post
President Trump will have to deploy “extraordinary” measures in two weeks to avoid a default on the debt if Congress does not move to raise the federal borrowing cap, a little-recognized deadline that could expedite his showdown with Congress over

Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not attend Trump’s speech to Congress

New York Daily News
If Ruth Bader Ginsburg watches President Trump’s address to Congress, she will do so in absentia. The longtime liberal justice will be missing from the ranks of Supreme Court attendees at the speech Tuesday night, a spokeswoman confirmed to Bloomberg.

Pelosi to Democrats: Treat Trump voters like a friend whose boyfriend is a jerk

CNN
Washington (CNN) House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is telling her rank-and-file members that she is confident a good portion of President Donald Trump’s voters will eventually turn on him — and Democrats just have to wait it out.

How Trump’s disciplined speech came together

Politico
President Donald Trump sat in the White House Map Room Tuesday with a coterie of advisers, a black Sharpie, stacks of paper and a teleprompter.

The Highs and Lows of President Trump’s Job Approval

New York Times
President Trump heads into his first address to Congress with the lowest job approval of any chief executive since Gallup began tracking the initial months of a president’s term in 1953.

Amber Alert canceled, 8-year-old NC girl found safe

myfox8.com
UPDATE – 7:30 a.m.: The Amber Alert for a missing 8-year-old girl out of Buncombe County was canceled Wednesday morning after the girl was found safe.

New Trump travel order will aim to short circuit legal challenges

The Union Leader
In formulating a new executive order limiting travel to the United States, President Donald Trump has promised to make the directive harder to fight successfully in court than the one he issued in January.

George W. Bush’s own popularity boosted by Trump’s unpopularity

Washington Times
Former President George W. Bush has jumped from 36th to 33rd place among presidential historians, according to the most recent C-SPAN poll.

Man accused in fatal 2014 moviegoer shooting: ‘It was his life or mine’

ABC News
In court testimony today, Curtis Reeves described the altercation in January 2014 that ended with his fatally shooting another moviegoer over texting, calling it at one point a “life-or-death struggle.

Fact check: DNC chairman on Trump and overtime pay

USA TODAY
New Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez distorted the facts with his claim that President Trump “wants to eliminate overtime pay for people.

Pedestrian struck, killed on Southeast Expressway

The Boston Globe
MassDOT. Traffic was backed up on the Southeast Expressway early Wednesday after a crash near Columbia Road. State Police reopened all the lanes on the Southeast Expressway around 7:45 a.m.

VA Secretary Shulkin: Expect boost to veterans spending

Washington Post
WASHINGTON – Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Tuesday he expects a spending boost in President Donald Trump’s budget for veterans programs, escaping big-time proposed cuts slated for other domestic programs.

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