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Amid Russia scrutiny, Trump associates received informal Ukraine policy proposal; Has the White House press office's silence become a weapon in its war with the media?; Bannon molded Breitbart into a far-right sledgehammer. How will it be wielded in the Trump era?; CPAC disinvites Milo Yiannopoulos amid uproar over video of the right-wing speaker; Vitaly Churkin, Russian ambassador to the United Nations, dies at 64; Trump asked people to 'look at what's happening' in Sweden. Here's what's happening there.; British lawmakers debate whether to withdraw state visit invitation to Trump; U.S. troops move closer to the front lines to wrestle ISIS for Mosul; He’s the founder of a Californian independence movement. Just don’t ask him why he lives in Russia.; Trump, who often criticized Obama for golfing, played 18 holes with Rory McIlroy;   The day's most important stories   H.R. McMaster to replace Flynn as Trump's national security adviser The president called the Army lieutenant general "a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience." Michael Flynn resigned Feb. 13 amid allegations that he discussed U.S. sanctions with a Russian official before Trump took office. By John Wagner  •  Read more » Amid Russia scrutiny, Trump associates received informal Ukraine policy proposal President Trump's personal lawyer and a former business partner met with a member of the Ukrainian parliament to discuss a peace plan for that country that could give Russia long-term control over territory it seized in 2014 and lead to the lifting of sanctions against Moscow. By Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more »   Has the White House press office's silence become a weapon in its war with the media? The official silence has left some journalists wondering whether the non-responses are mere indifference or a strategy. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   Bannon molded Breitbart into a far-right sledgehammer. How will it be wielded in the Trump era? Former Breitbart News chairman Stephen Bannon's role as President Trump's chief strategist makes him one of the country's most powerful men. But it also uniquely positions his former website as a potential force in the Trump era, a media juggernaut emphatically stamped with Bannon's imprimatur. By Manuel Roig-Franzia and Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   CPAC disinvites Milo Yiannopoulos amid uproar over video of the right-wing speaker "Due to the revelation of an offensive video in the past 24 hours condoning pedophilia," an organizer of the Conservative Political Action Conference said, the Breitbart editor's booking was canceled. Yiannopoulos took to Facebook to defend himself against criticism of remarks he made last year. By David Weigel and Robert Costa  •  Read more »   Vitaly Churkin, Russian ambassador to the United Nations, dies at 64 As Russia's top U.N. envoy since 2006, he was the longest-serving current member of the Security Council. He scaled the foreign ministry ladder over a turbulent 40-year period in his country in part by asserting Russia's diplomatic relevance after the Cold War. By staff reports and news services  •  Read more »   Trump asked people to 'look at what's happening' in Sweden. Here's what's happening there. Although President Trump did not explicitly say it, his remarks were widely perceived as suggesting that an attack had occurred Friday night. By Rick Noack  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   British lawmakers debate whether to withdraw state visit invitation to Trump The debate was triggered after a petition calling on the British government to cancel the state visit amassed more than 1.8 million signatures. By Karla Adam  •  Read more »   U.S. troops move closer to the front lines to wrestle ISIS for Mosul A U.S. military official said about 450 advisers are "operating closer and deeper into Iraqi formations" as a new assault on the key city gets underway. The remarks came as Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Baghdad. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   He’s the founder of a Californian independence movement. Just don’t ask him why he lives in Russia. Buoyed by California's already-tense relationship with President Trump, the campaign has received a large amount of news coverage and support over the past few months. By Adam Taylor  •  Read more »   Trump, who often criticized Obama for golfing, played 18 holes with Rory McIlroy The president, who pledged as a candidate to limit his time on the course to when it would also be conducive to conducting business, had a full round with one of the best players in the world. Reporters had been told Sunday that Trump played "a couple of holes." 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