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Franchising Cousins could push him to bolt Washington in 2018 14
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The national security adviser’s dramatic ouster only amplifies questions about the Trump administration’s ties to Russia 10
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Zoo miraculously transforms a hissing cockroach into a GOAT
Six months after her cat ran away, a woman in the Netherlands is looking forward to a reunion — in an Austrian village nearly 600 miles away. Pepper recently turned up in Aschbach-Markt, west of Vienna. An examination revealed that the well-traveled feline, thought to be a stray, was microchipped, allowing veterinarian Katharina Zoechling to trace the owner and, through photos, establish that the cat was indeed hers. (AP)
More than a week after the Falcons fell victim to the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history, an Atlanta zoo has named a cockroach after Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Zoo Atlanta had a bet with Rhode Island’s Roger Williams Park Zoo that called for the loser to name a baby animal after the winning team’s quarterback. Figuring the loser would be bitter, they agreed the animal in question would be a Madagascar hissing cockroach. (AP)
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KISS THE SKY: Chinese couples kiss as they lie on a glass bridge during a kissing contest on Valentine’s Day in Pingjiang, in central China’s Hunan province.
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TRANSPORTATION Sounds like one of those sketchy roadside signs. But this one is legit. Honest. If you live in the D.C. region, regularly drive I-495, I-66, U.S. 29 or U.S. 50 and have a valid U.S. driver’s license, researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute want to recruit you for a study that seeks to better understand how vehicles equipped with adaptive cruise control technology might reduce traffic congestion. Vehicles equipped with adaptive cruise control automatically keep pace with the car in front of them without the driver having to touch the gas or brakes. As part of the study, eligible drivers will be provided with a smartphone-based Advanced Traveler Information System that will send real-time messages about congestion, weather, traffic incidents, safety events
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and work zones. The app has been specially designed for use while driving and thus, researchers say, they anticipate the risk posed to drivers using it will be minimal. Researchers also will collect video data, but no live audio data. In addition to simply driving their regular commute, those who participate may also meet with VTTI researchers to exchange data. When researchers at Virginia Tech were asked to speak about the project, they declined, citing
concerns that an interview would taint their data. Drivers will be paid $300 a month for participating and will receive additional payments when the system is installed and removed from their vehicle. In total, participants will receive $3,850 for participating in the full study, which is expected to last a year. For more information about how to get i nvolved, visit vtti.vt.edu/elite/. LORI AR ATANI (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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A second egg found in nest of bald eagles And then there were two. D.C.’s wildlife biologist, Dan Rauch, said Tuesday that a second bald eagle egg has been found in a nest at a D.C. police facility in Southeast. The other one was laid early last week. The parents of the eggs at the D.C. police facility are Liberty, the mother, and Justice, the father. The pair has kept a nest at the site for 11 years. The eggs require an incubation period of about 35 days. And like any celebration these days, the eagle has its own hashtag, #EggWatch2017, on social media. (TWP)
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Looking for love? It may be in your own backyard. According to a ranking by real estate website Trulia, the Silver Spring-FrederickRockville area was No. 1 in a study of about 100 U.S. metro areas for “best places to find ‘Ms. Independent.’ ” D.C. ranked fourth and Baltimore was fifth. Ms. Independent is defined as “a woman in her forties with at least a graduate degree, works at least 40 hours a week and you don’t care if she’s been married.” (TWP)
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Virginia names its own official television show The television show “Song of the Mountains,” which features bluegrass music, is set to be the official show of Virginia. The General Assembly has passed a bill that would designate the monthly concert series as the state’s official television series. The show started in 2003 and airs on PBS stations around the country. It’s filmed at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Va. (AP)
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Police search for teen after another’s slaying Fairfax officials explore gang-related link after Md. girl found dead VIRGINIA Fairfax County police said Tuesday they are exploring possible connections between the killing and disappearances of several teenage girls from Fairfax and Montgomery counties and whether they are gang-related. Police said one of the missing teens, Venus Lorena Romero Iraheta, 17, may be in danger and pleaded for help in locating
her. Police said the girl was an acquaintance of 15-year-old Damaris A. Reyes Rivas, whose body Iraheta was discovered in Springfield on Saturday. “We implore the public. Please help us,” said Second Lt. Brian Gaydos, a spokesman for the Fairfax County police department. Police said multiple people are in custody on gang-related charges, but their exact connections to the cases remain unclear. Police said they are also
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investigating whether those in custody were involved with a young Springfield mother who recently returned home with her 5-month-old boy after disappearing in mid-January. Reyes Rivas voluntarily left her Gaithersburg home on Dec. 10, police said. Her body was discovered near an industrial park in the 7100 block of Wimsatt Road on Saturday as Fairfax County police assisted Montgomery County police in a search for the teen. Police have not charged anyone in Reyes Rivas’ killing.
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For snow lovers in D.C., the situation is bad. Historically bad. And it may not improve. Just 1.4 inches of snow have fallen this winter, tying as the eighth-lowest amount on record this deep into winter, dating to 1884. D.C.’s prime window for snow is from late January to mid-February. And temperatures over Presidents Day weekend, when major snowstorms have buried the region, are forecast to soar into the 60s. Essentially, the chances for meaningful snow for February are low. They’re not quite zero, as temperature forecasts beyond seven days become less reliable. But if no more snow accumulates, this year’s 1.4 inches would rank as the third-lowest recorded — behind only 1972-73 and 1997-98, which saw just 0.1 inches. (TWP)
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Fairfax County Executive Edward Long’s proposed budget for the wealthy Northern Virginia jurisdiction. Long’s proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year comes while the local economy is still feeling the effects of both the 2008 recession and federal sequestration cuts four years ago that prompted government contractors in Virginia’s largest jurisdiction to cut several thousand jobs. Long also proposed $13 million in cuts for disability services, public safety, maintenance of county trails and raises for employees. (TWP)
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A former National Security Agency contractor accused of stealing a massive cache of classified documents pleaded not guilty Tuesday to spying charges in federal court in Baltimore. Harold T. Martin III was indicted last week by a federal grand jury, accused of violating the Espionage Act by carrying out what officials say is the largest theft of classified information in U.S. history. Martin, 52, was arrested in August at his home in Anne Arundel County, Md. (TWP) THE DISTRICT
Police: Naked intruder at NBC office bites man Police say a naked man assaulted another man at the entrance of NBC News’ D.C. bureau, then ran into the building and bit a man who helped stop him. According to a police report, the man approached the entrance of the building that’s also home to WRCTV Saturday night and hit a man in the face, pushed him to the floor and ran inside. Another man told police he spotted the naked intruder running down the hall with building security in pursuit and helped stop him. Police say the intruder bit the man’s arm. (AP) MARYLAND
Senate moving fast on Metro safety bill The Maryland Senate is moving fast on a measure for a Metro safety program, after the federal government threatened to withhold millions of dollars. The Senate gave initial approval Tuesday to a bill for Maryland’s commitment to oversee Metro safety. A vote is set for today. Federal officials announced they would withhold funding from D.C., Maryland and Virginia until they create a new Metro safety commission. D.C. already has approved a measure. The Virginia House and Senate have passed versions of the bill, but additional votes are needed. (AP)
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THE DISTRICT In a rare step, a House committee voted 22 to 14 Monday night to block a law that would make assisted suicide legal in the District, opening a new front in the conflict between congressional Republicans and the overwhelmingly Democratic capital city. It was one of only a handful of times in the four-decade history of D.C. home rule that members of Congress have tried to use their constitutional power to overturn a city law, and the first attempt since the GOP took control of both Congress and the White House in January. The vote was largely along party lines, as 21 Republicans and one Democrat, Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee, voted yes while 13 Democrats and one Republican, Darrell Issa of California, voted no. In a split-screen moment, as the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was voting, more than 700 District residents and elected leaders jammed into the Atlas Performing Arts Center about a mile away for a “Hands Off D.C.” brainstorming session focused on ways to stop Congress from
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City officials protest the intervention by GOP members in Congress
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday addresses a crowd gathered to protest congressional intervention in District legislation.
intervening in D.C. affairs. “I am inspired,” said D.C. Council member Charles Allen, who organized the event and was hoarse from chanting. “What I’m hearing is that people want to act. … We can’t just protest and pat ourselves on the back.” Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has pledged to intensify scrutiny of the city’s laws and policies. Chaffetz singled out D.C.’s law allowing doctors to prescribe fatal doses of medication to terminally ill patients as a moral issue ripe for federal intervention. Chaffetz said his opposition to the law stems from “deep personal, moral conviction” and that it was the District, not Congress,
that prompted the committee’s intrusion into local affairs. D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser called the vote “an egregious action” and said the committee had “sent a signal to D.C. residents that Congress has zero respect or concern for their will or the will of their elected officials.” Despite the committee vote, it is not clear whether Congress will be able to overturn the D.C. law. Both the full House and Senate would have to vote to block it by Friday, when a 30-day window for congressional review expires, according to D.C. officials. Some say such quick action is particularly unlikely in the Senate, where Democrats could put up a protracted fight. PETER JAMISON AND AARON C. DAVIS (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Officials lift dam evacuation OROVILLE, CALIF. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for nearly 200,000 California residents who live below the nation’s tallest dam after declaring the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said residents can return home immediately. State water officials said they have drained enough of the lake behind Oroville Dam so that its earthen emergency spillway will not be needed to handle runoff from an approaching storm.
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Water rushes forth from the Oroville Dam’s main spillway on Tuesday.
Residents returning home “have to be vigilant,” and “there is the prospect that we will issue another evacuation order ... if the situation changes,” the sheriff said. Concerns about the spillway were first raised in 2005. Three
environmental groups warned state and federal officials about what they believed was a problem with the dam’s emergency spillway. The groups said at the time that the emergency spillway, a 1,700-foot-long concrete weir that empties into a dirt hillside,
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Toshiba chairman resigns over huge business loss Toshiba Corp.’s chairman resigned Tuesday after the company logged such huge losses in its nuclear business that it must sell its lucrative computer chip business to avoid going belly-up. The company projected a $6.3 billion loss by its nuclear business, tied to the acquisition of CB&I Stone & Webster by its U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse. (AP)
could fail and lead to flooding. Fixing the spillway could have cost millions of dollars. Federal officials determined that nothing was wrong and the emergency spillway “would perform as designed.” The groups’ worries nearly happened Sunday, when a hole in the emergency spillway threatened catastrophic floods and prompted the evacuations. Crews working around the clock atop the crippled dam reported progress Tuesday in repairing the damaged spillway and reducing the water level by at least 8 feet at the reservoir. Gov. Jerry Brown has asked for direct federal assistance for an estimated 10,000 displaced residents. (THE WASHINGTON POST/AP)
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Scores killed in fighting as extremists clash Clashes between two extremist factions in northwestern Syria left 70 fighters dead and raised fears of more violence between groups battling President Bashar al-Assad’s troops ahead of peace talks, activists and insurgents said Tuesday. The clashes between the al-Qaeda-led coalition, the Levant Liberation Committee, and the extremist Jund al-Aqsa group were some of the deadliest between insurgents in years. (AP)
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Bill would require father of fetus to OK abortion A bill advancing in Oklahoma would require a woman to get the written consent of the fetus’ father before obtaining an abortion. The bill, which passed out of a House committee Tuesday, would also require a woman “to provide, in writing, the identity of the father of the fetus to the physician who is to perform or induce the abortion,” the bill says. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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The increase in the number of diagnoses of HIV among gay and bisexual men from 2008 to 2014, according to a report released Tuesday by the CDC. Crediting outreach programs, the report noted an 18 percent decline in the overall HIV infection rate, with large drops among heterosexuals and intravenous-drug users during that span. (TWP)
NEW YORK | Handlers present their dogs to the judge during the junior showmanship competition of the 141st Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The best in show winner was to be announced after Express’ deadline Tuesday night. The seven finalists included a German shepherd, miniature poodle, Pekingese and Norwegian elkhound, along with three others chosen Tuesday night.
German hostage in video says Abu Sayyaf is threatening to behead him
Multiple Russian aircraft buzzed a U.S. destroyer patrolling in the Black Sea on Feb. 10, in an incident the captain of the American ship called “unsafe,” the Pentagon said Tuesday. The three flybys were reported Tuesday. The news comes as The New York Times reported that Russia secretly deployed a new cruise missile in a possible treaty violation. (TWP)
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Russia looms over White House Firing of Trump’s national security adviser heightens concerns about the administration’s ties to Moscow National security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night after just 24 days on the job.
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POLITICS Questions about the Trump administration’s ties to Russia are hardly going to disappear with the firing of national security adviser Michael Flynn. Investigations are underway, and more are likely by the new administration and on Capitol Hill. U.S. agencies, including the FBI, have been probing Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. And three congressional committees are conducting their own investigations that include looking at contacts between Russian officials and members of the Trump campaign and administration. This isn’t the first time Trump has distanced himself from an adviser in light of a relationship with Moscow. In late August, Paul Manafort resigned as Trump’s campaign chairman after disclosures about his firm’s covert lobbying on behalf of the former pro-Russian ruling political party in Ukraine. Trump’s own ties to Russia have been questioned in light of his friendly posture toward the longtime U.S. adversary and reluctance to criticize President Vladimir Putin. “This isn’t simply about a change in policy toward Russia, as the administration would like to portray. It’s what’s behind that change in policy,” said California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, one of the congressional bodies investigating. “It’s not just that an administration official was caught lying. It’s that the national security adviser to the president was caught lying and on a matter of central importance,” he said. “So this is big.” The Obama administration said Russia interfered in the
“There was already a cloud hanging over the administration when it comes to Russia and this darkens the cloud. … This is serious.” ELIOT COHEN, an adviser to the
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2016 election with the goal of electing Trump. Trump has acknowledged that Russia hacked Democratic emails but denies it was to help him win. The investigations and the unusual firing of the national security adviser just 24 days into his job have put Republicans in the awkward position of investigating the leader of their party. Senior GOP lawmakers
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continue to deny Democrats’ requests that an independent panel be established to carry out the Russia investigation. So the congressional probes are ultimately in the hands of the Republican chairmen, and the executive branch’s investigation has been overseen ultimately by Trump appointees. On Tuesday, Republican leaders focused on the idea that Flynn misled Vice President Mike Pence about the nature of his contacts with the Russian ambassador — not on any questioning of the relationship between Flynn and the ambassador. “You cannot have a national security adviser misleading the vice president and others,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc. Democrats say a key issue is whether Flynn broke diplomatic protocol and potentially the law by discussing U.S. sanctions with Moscow before Trump’s inauguration.
Developments Trump knew for weeks: White House counsel Don McGahn told President Trump in a briefing late last month that Michael Flynn, despite his claims to the contrary, had discussed U.S. sanctions with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday. Pence didn’t know till Feb. 9: Vice President Pence first learned that Flynn had misled him about the nature of his contact with a Russian official on Feb. 9, a full two weeks after other White House officials were briefed on the matter, an aide to Pence said on Tuesday. Trump blames ‘illegal leaks’: In a tweet Tuesday, Trump expressed frustration with what he views as a culture of leaks in the nation’s capital. “The real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington?” he wrote. “Will these leaks be happening as I deal on N. Korea etc?” (THE WASHINGTON POST)
The Justice Department had warned the White House late last month that Flynn could be at risk for blackmail because of contradictions between his public depictions of the calls with the Russian ambassador and what intelligence officials knew about the conversations. On the other hand, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the chairman of the House intelligence committee, said he was concerned Flynn’s rights were violated in the interception of his conversations with the Russian ambassador. “I’m just shocked that nobody’s covering the real crime here,” Nunes said. “You have an American citizen who had his phone call recorded and then leaked to the media.” The FBI has wide legal authority to eavesdrop on the conversations of foreign intelligence targets, including diplomats, inside the U.S. Flynn did not concede any wrongdoing in his resignation letter, saying merely that he “inadvertently briefed the vice president elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian ambassador.” Republican Lindsey Graham, who is leading a Senate judiciary subcommittee investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, said he has concerns about whether Flynn was acting alone. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Trump did not direct Flynn to discuss U.S. sanctions with the Russians. “I think most Americans have a right to know whether or not this was a General Flynn rogue maneuver, or was he basically speaking for somebody else in the White House,” Graham told CNN on Tuesday. EILEEN SULLIVAN (AP)
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Ethics director: Conway likely broke federal rules White House has not disclosed whether key adviser was disciplined POLITICS The director of the Office of Government Ethics said there is “strong reason to believe” that senior presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway violated federal rules by endorsing Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, urging the White House to investigate the matter and consider disciplining her. In a Feb. 13 letter to White House Deputy Counsel Stefan Passantino, OGE director Walter M. Shaub Jr. wrote that Conway’s comments appeared to be “a clear violation” of federal ethics rules that bar federal employees from using their public office to endorse a product. Shaub added that the ethics agency has not been notified whether the White House has disciplined Conway, even though press secretary Sean Spicer said she was “counseled” after she promoted Ivanka Trump’s brand on Fox News. White House officials, including Conway, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who last week called Conway’s comments “absolutely wrong, wrong, wrong” and asked the OGE to recommend disciplinary action, called on President
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strom to stop carrying Ivanka Trump items. She touted the “wonderful line” of clothing, shoes and accessories marketed under the Ivanka Trump brand. “I’m going to give a free commercial here,” she added. “Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online.” Shaub noted in his letter that Conway’s remarks closely resembled a hypothetical example in the federal regulations of the kind of endorsement of a private product that federal employees are barred from making: “Ms. Conway’s actions track that example almost exactly,” he wrote. Ethics experts said that violating the rule could mean a multiday suspension or loss of pay.
“We don’t want to base current policy on speculation about what may come down the line. We will wait to gain greater clarity on policy changes.” FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR JANET YELLEN, who declined
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Kim Jong Nam, an older halfbrother of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, died in Malaysia on Tuesday.
cause of death, the statement said. South Korean media reports, citing unnamed sources, said Kim Jong Nam was killed at the airport by two women believed to be North Korean agents. It said they fled in a taxi and were being sought by Malaysian police. Experts say North Korean agents have tried to assassinate Kim Jong Nam in the past. Ken Gause of the CNA think tank said Kim Jong Nam did not have political ambitions, although he had been publicly critical of the his brother and the North Korean regime. EILEEN NG (AP)
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N. Korea leader’s half-brother slain KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was assassinated at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, telling medical workers before he died en route to a hospital that he had been attacked with a chemical spray, a Malaysian official said Tuesday. Kim Jong Nam, 46, was attacked Monday in the shopping concourse at the airport and had not gone through immigration yet for his flight to Macau, the senior government official said. He died en route to the hospital. Kim Jong Nam was estranged
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Former reality TV star Omarosa Manigault, who is now a White House communications official, got into a heated argument with a reporter just steps from the Oval Office last week, according to witnesses. The reporter, April Ryan, said Manigault “physically intimidated” her and made verbal threats, including the assertion that Ryan was among several journalists on whom the president had collected “dossiers” of negative information. (TWP)
Secret Service chief to retire — for good WASHINGTON The head of the Secret Service, a retired presidential detail leader who was given the assignment of shoring up the agency in a period of crisis, is leaving his post, a little more than two years after arriving in one of Washington’s toughest jobs. Joseph P. Clancy, whom President Barack Obama summoned back from the private sector in late 2014 amid a string of security breaches and employee misconduct in the agency, said he plans to retire for good. He alerted the White House this past week that he will step down March 4. Clancy, the former head of Obama’s protective detail, steered the Secret Service as it struggled with the lowest number of employees in a decade. At one point, the agency had 500 fewer people on staff than it was authorized to hire. On Clancy’s watch, the Secret Service successfully tackled an intense and rancorous 2016 presidential election without any major incidents. Likely candidates to succeed Clancy include George Mulligan, the current agency chief operating officer, who was brought on to help the agency focus more on business management; former Clinton detail leader Larry Cockell; Mickey Nelson, a former assistant director; and the newly promoted deputy director, William Callahan. CAROL D. LEONNIG (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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The Redskins shouldn’t even whisper the words “franchise tag” to Kirk Cousins unless they’re prepared to blow up the team in 2018. Today marks the beginning of a roughly two-week window in which teams can use the franchise tag. Redskins president Bruce Allen and coach Jay Gruden have each said the team wants Cousins to be their quarterback long-term. If that’s true, Washington enters a delicate negotiation in which it will try to keep the passer without shelling out $25 million or more per year for up to six years. The team bulldozed through contract talks last year, instead opting to pay Cousins $19.95 million for one season under the franchise tag and setting up a subsequent dealmaking process that could turn poisonous. If the club is serious about
keeping Cousins, its tactics need to change. Make a real offer this time instead of the lowball proposal of $16 million in annual pay it reportedly extended last year. This is a watershed moment two years in the making. If Washington fumbles negotiations again, it could tag Cousins for $24 million on a one-year deal with the knowledge that he’ll likely count the days until he can leave. The Redskins can’t afford to tag him a third time in 2018. Allen says the team wants Cousins to stay, but there’s no reason to believe him. It’s equally feasible Allen wants to cut spending, let the quarterback go and ride that dysfunction into a power grab next year. Fans want to believe the franchise has changed, but more turnover at the top would be right in line with its history. If tag drama affects Cousins, and Gruden doesn’t direct a major improvement this year,
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Allen could get rid of the coach with a year left on his deal and send general manager Scot McCloughan packing to boot. Nobody wants that. Although the tag could help the team buy more time to negotiate with Cousins through the summer, a long-term resolution didn’t come together under the same scenario last season. Cousins hasn’t made this ongoing stalemate too personal, aside from tussling McCloughan’s hair after a primetime victory over the Packers. But this has been a slow burn for him, and rightfully so. The Redskins just missed
the playoffs last season, but a missed field goal against the Bengals in London had more to do with that than a quarterback who was just 83 passing yards shy of 5,000 last season. Twelve quarterbacks make more than $20 million per year on average, and last season six of them didn’t make the playoffs. Cousins, 28, is entering the prime of his career and wants to get paid accordingly. The question is if Washington is willing to step up or fall back on dysfunction. Rick Snider has covered sports in Washington since 1978. Follow him on Twitter @Snide_Remarks
Cavaliers forward Kevin Love underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Tuesday, sidelining him for at least six weeks. Here are three ways his absence affects the team. GABE HIATT (EXPRESS)
3 Depleted depth LeBron James has already labeled Cleveland’s roster “top-heavy.” Losing an All-Star adds pressure on the team to make moves before the Feb. 23 trade deadline.
2 Rebounding deficit Love leads the Cavaliers with 11.1 rebounds per game. Backup Channing Frye averages just 3.5, so James and Tristan Thompson will have to pick up the slack.
1 Perimeter problem Love, below, is tied with Kyle Korver for the team lead in 3-pointers with 2.6 per game. Frye excels here, but one less shooter outside could still spell trouble.
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Raptors trade Ross, first-round pick to get Ibaka
Toronto acquired veteran power forward Serge Ibaka from Orlando on Tuesday for wing Terrence Ross and a 2017 firstround draft pick. The Raptors, who began the day in fifth place in the Eastern Conference despite losing 10 of 14 games, made the move with the postseason in mind. Ibaka, 27, is averaging 15.1 points and 6.8 rebounds year and will be a free agent in the summer. Ross, 26, is in the first year of a three-year deal. (AP) Men’s basketball: No. 14 Virginia hosts No. 12 Duke tonight (9, ESPN2); No. 23 Maryland plays at Northwestern (7, BTN)
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NATIONALS Dusty Baker arrived in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday, and two days were not enough for him to learn the lay of the Nationals’ expansive new land at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. On Tuesday, he got lost walking through the facility — past his office, the “great” weight room, the “state-of-the-art” pool, and all the construction workers completing the project along the way — in search of the public relations office to address the media for the first time in 2017. He found it with help from a reporter. This is progress for Baker. A year ago, everything was unfamiliar 120 miles away in Viera, Fla., the team’s old spring training home. He at least knows the people this year after leading the Nationals to 95 wins and the NL East title in his first season as their manager. Now Baker, 67, enters his second year — and 22nd overall as a major league skipper — with a team staring at a two-year window to contend for a World Series. But Baker’s window might not be as wide.
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His contract expires after this season, and though the Nationals are interested in extending it, the two sides haven’t had discussions. Baker doesn’t seem concerned. He said Tuesday he thinks he’d like to manage beyond 2017 but doesn’t peer too far into the future. He said he acquired the philosophy after his bout with prostate cancer 15 years ago and the stroke he suffered a decade later. He reads books about enjoying the present to ingrain the mindset.
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Former Knicks star Charles Oakley’s ban from Madison Square Garden has been lifted. Team owner and MSG chairman James Dolan banned Oakley last week, two days after he had an altercation with security guards while attending a game. But the sides reconciled, helped by a meeting Monday with Commissioner Adam Silver. Hall of Famer Michael Jordan also helped via conference call. (AP)
Claude Julien has a new job just a week after the Bruins ended his run as the longest-tenured coach in the NHL. The Canadiens announced Tuesday they had fired Michel Therrien and hired Julien during their bye week. Montreal is the NHL’s worst team since the start of January and lost 4-0 to Boston on Sunday. Julien, 56, returns to Montreal, where he coached from 2003-06. (AP)
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“I don’t even look at it as a lame duck,” Baker said. “I’m past lame. I’m confident in my abilities and God leads my path, so therefore, I don’t worry.” Life in spring training should be better for the Nationals a few miles from President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, where bullpen mounds are shaded from the sun, the clubhouse looks like an airport lounge, and nearly all the bus trips for Grapefruit League games will be under 45 minutes. Due to construction, the main stadium won’t be ready until st
Feb. 28, but everything the team needs until then is ready. As always, the Nationals also begin camp a work in progress. There’s at least one bench spot up for grabs, a couple more in the bullpen, and they still haven’t decided on a closer. “Rarely do you go into camp with who your 25 are,” Baker said. “That kills the desire of whoever wants to make it and kills the desire of young guys. I always like to have some room for a surprise person.” JORGE CASTILLO (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Tuesday on “Pro Football Talk Live” about T visiting visit the White House. Six of Brady’s Patriots tteammates said they won’t visit President Trump. Brady, who calls Trump a friend, didn’t Tru visit Barack Obama in 2015.
Report: Terms set for McGregor and Mayweather fight Over months of verbal sparring between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather, it became apparent that a mega-fight between the two wasn’t a mere vehicle for trash talk, but an event that might actually take place. Now the two have reportedly agreed to terms on a meeting in the ring. In a report published Monday, The Irish Sun cited a source close to McGregor who said the UFC lightweight champion and Mayweather have both settled on their respective fees. “The contract hasn’t officially been signed yet because of a third-party holdup, but all the details have all been agreed on. … The fight could even be announced within two weeks.” That “third-party holdup” could be UFC President Dana White, whose company has McGregor under contract and who has repeatedly thrown cold water on the proposed fight. McGregor has said that, if the UFC tried to stand in the way, he could use the “Ali Act” to maneuver around his contract. The Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, has a “Protection from coercive contracts” clause. Mayweather (49-0) insisted his September 2015 win over Andre Berto would be his last fight and said he won’t enter the ring again for less than $100 million. In November, McGregor said he also wants $100 million. DES BIELER
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Crafting confidence Ryan Adams’ signature sound reaches an apex in his newest, ‘Prisoner’ MUSIC REVIEW From the days when he exploded out of North Carolina with the alt-country band Whiskeytown to his steady growth into one of America’s great songwriters, Ryan Adams has always floated just below superstar status. If it’s possible to be underrated through years of sustained excellence, he’s pulled it off. But the excellence continues on “Prisoner,” his latest record, out Friday. It’s a fine collection
of fresh songs and new takes on heartache that demonstrates as much mastery as anything Adams has done. It matches surprising melodies with brilliant arrangements and affecting, urgent lyrics, reminding listeners that this is a craftsman who turns just about everything he touches into gold. Adams’ fans will recognize the vibe. There are the fingerpicked electric guitar trills set against a backdrop of jangly acoustic power-chord strumming. There’s the same harmonica he’s been
“The [album’s] subtext, if you listen to the music and the way I’m singing, is that I am so in love with my life.” RYAN ADAMS, telling the Evening Standard that ”Prisoner” is not “a direct” album about his 2016 divorce from Mandy Moore
carrying around at least since “Cold Roses,” now more than a decade old. His familiar blend of muscle
and vulnerability sparkles on “Do You Still Love Me?” And when Adams, on “Shiver and Shake,” sings, “I reach out for your hand but I know it isn’t there,” it feels like he’s practically bleeding. If there is a flaw here it lies in familiarity — Adams is hardly venturing beyond his comfort zone. But when you are this good, that’s not a significant problem. Better to sit back and appreciate a songwriter at the peak of his evocative power, with plenty to sing about and the command to bring it home with authority. SCOTT STROUD (AP)
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The EMAs are going back to Britain
MTV’s Europe Music Awards will take place this year in London. The music broadcaster announced Tuesday that the 2017 edition of the EMAs will be held on Nov. 12 at the city’s Wembley Arena. David Lynn, chief executive of MTV parent Viacom, said London is “arguably the world’s musical epicenter” and that the awards’ buzz will be “amplified tenfold” in the British capital. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said London is “the entertainment capital of the world” — a status he wants it to retain when Britain leaves the European Union. The EMAs take place in a different European city each year and were last held in London in 1996. (AP)
Vince Vaughn to play ‘80s wrestling star in Dwayne Johnson’s drama “Fighting With My Family”
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Michael Buble returns with a music video that’s like a version of “The Notebook,” inherently designed to make you cry. It starts off following a young boy and girl who age into their preteens before becoming young newlyweds. At each stage, the boy gives the girl flowers. Things come full circle when the couple is in their twilight years, still in love, and the man reveals to his wife that he’s kept all the flowers. Aww! BRYANNA CAPPADONA (EXPRESS)
‘John Wayne’ Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga abandoned her “Fame Monster” persona for her latest album, “Joanne,” but this video has traces of her earlier days: group choreography, horrorinspired theatrics, campy costumes. In it, Gaga goes on a trippy bender with a bunch of apparent cowboys, shooting bullets and rocking giant platform heels, all while “strung out,” she sings, on John Wayne. B.C.
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new studio album in January. Her first gospel project, “Sing It Now: Songs of Faith and Hope” is a double album that features traditional hymns on the first half (“Jesus Loves Me,” “Amazing Grace”) and contemporary spiritual tracks on the second half, including “From the Inside Out.” McEntire has never been shy about talking about her faith, although she calls herself more spiritual than religious. But she never thought about releasing an inspirational/gospel record until two colleagues brought it up a couple years ago. She found the process incredibly healing as she reinterpreted her favorite religious songs, which used to be a popular move for country singers.
“When I first got started, everybody put a gospel song in the show. That was just the thing to do. Because that’s our heritage, that’s our roots,” she says. “Because we all probably … grew up singing in church, it’s just a part of it. It’s such a big part of who we are.” And while the message of hope on her album can help people through divisive times, McEntire plans to stay away from politics. “I am put on this earth to help people through music. I don’t get involved with politics, I don’t do that,” she says. “That’s not my job. I’m an entertainer, I’m a singer, I love to perform. So I stick with the genre that I’m in and try to help as many people as possible.”
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‘Brit and Katy are fighting, pass it on’ Us Weekly has interpreted Britney Spears’ recent Instagram post as being a response to “insensitive” comments made by Katy Perry at the Grammy Awards. Perry said on the red carpet that she had been taking care of her mental health, adding, “I haven’t shaved my head yet,” as Spears did in 2007. In Spears’ Instagram video on Monday, she says, “A book in Malibu is all you need.” She captioned the video “Weekend advice.”
A Twitter account claiming to be run by Amanda Bynes caused a bit of confusion Monday when it claimed the actress is engaged. In several tweets Monday, the user behind @PersianLa27 wrote, “We do not have an official wedding date as of yet but we are very much in love and very excited to share the rest of our lives together!” The account also posted photos of Bynes with a man she called “Matt V.” On her official Twitter account, @amandabynes, the actress wrote on Tuesday that the rogue Twitter account wasn’t her. “This person continues to impersonate and harass me and twitter needs to take the account down,” Bynes wrote. (EXPRESS)
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In an Instagram post in which he revealed he’d conferred with friends of his who work in D.C., the musician Moby shared that he had confidential intelligence on President Trump. He wrote that the Russian dossier on Trump is “100 percent real” and that the administration is “in collusion with the Russian government.” It was not clear who Moby’s sources were. (EXPRESS)
Amber Rose took to Instagram on Monday to “introduce [her] situation” following what she claimed were rumors about her love life. The model wrote that she recently broke up with her boyfriend, Val Chmerkovskiy, butt that she is not back together with h her ex-husband, Wiz Khalifa. The two were photographed kissing at an event this weekend. “A kiss on the lips …is not a big deal for either of us,” she wrote. She has since deleted the post. (EXPRESS)
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Melania makes her first popular celebrity friend After Emily Ratajkowski tweeted Monday that a New York Times journalist told her “Melania [Trump] is a hooker,” the first lady thanked the actress. In her tweets, Ratajkowski wrote, “Whatever your politics it’s crucial to call this out.” Mrs. Trump tweeted Monday, “Applause to all women around the world who speak up, stand up and support other women!” (AP)
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