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It will be difficult for President Trump to compete with Barack Obama's legacy of using ambassadorships as a way of rewarding wealthy donors. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t forget Obama’s legacy of donor appointments

Emily Jashinsky · February 17, 2017 1:51 pm

Immigration activists march in a rally against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) raids and deportation of immigrants near the downtown Los Angeles Federal Building. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

ICE: Raid reports fake news, Obama grabbed 350% more

Paul Bedard · February 17, 2017 1:43 pm

President Trump tweeted, "General Keith Kellogg, who I have known for a long time, is very much in play for NSA - as are three others." Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general, has been Trump's acting national security adviser since Flynn was fired Monday night. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

National Security

Trump says four people, including Kellogg, are in contention to replace Flynn

Kyle Feldscher · February 17, 2017 1:33 pm

Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said, President Trump's administration is spending a lot of time fighting off stories they say are either false or misleading and it's distracting their work. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Priebus: White House is distracted by ‘phony’ media reports

Kyle Feldscher · February 17, 2017 1:07 pm

President Trump is expected to name Mike Dubke, founder of Crossroads Media, as his White House communications director. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Reports: Mike Dubke to be named White House communications director

Sarah Bedford · February 17, 2017 1:00 pm

Conservative radio host Mark Levin advanced the controversy over President Trump's claim his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped his phones, by saying Obama must have known about the alleged surveillance. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Secrets

Best presidents: Obama starts a ‘respectable’ 12th in C-SPAN experts poll

Paul Bedard · February 17, 2017 12:30 pm

Hopefully the legislation introduced by Sens. Rubio and Menendez will succeed in Congress, preventing the politicization of human trafficking. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Sens. Rubio, Menendez stand up to human trafficking

Justin Haskins · February 17, 2017 12:00 pm

President Trump tweeted Friday that the effort to repeal Obamacare will happen quickly now that his secretary of Health and Human Services has been confirmed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: Obamacare repeal and replacement is moving quickly

Kyle Feldscher · February 17, 2017 11:30 am

Past incoming presidents have enjoyed honeymoon periods, with many opposition party voters giving them approval. Not so for President Trump. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Partisan lines stay fixed amid Trump turmoil

Michael Barone · February 17, 2017 5:04 am

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, right, told reporters, "I don't want Americans to suffer under the Obamacare taxes." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP leaders seek financing for Obamacare replacement

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 17, 2017 5:01 am

"I think a lot of people assume all black people know all black people," Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said Thursday evening on MSNBC. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Elijah Cummings: ‘People assume all black people know all black people’

Daniel Chaitin · February 17, 2017 4:44 am

President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly criticized CNN"s coverage of the administration. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jared Kushner complains about CNN contributors to company exec

Caitlin Yilek · February 17, 2017 2:54 am