Evening Edition: Bannon: White House is in unending battle for ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’

Alt-right leader expelled from CPAC after organizer denounces 'sinister organization'; Republicans distance themselves from Trump's agenda at rowdy town halls; Trump touts recent immigration raids, calls them a ‘military operation’; Trump's withdrawal of transgender bathroom guidance leaves questions up to schools, states; Pakistan's army launches first nationwide anti-terrorism operation; Law professors file misconduct complaint against Kellyanne Conway; Co-host of 'Hannity & Colmes' and liberal in 'lion's den' of Fox News dies; Could this doll be spying on families? German officials say the threat is real.; Turkey-backed rebels seize Islamic State's al-Bab stronghold in Syria; Satellite images show new Chinese surface-to-air missile sites near disputed islands; 'This is not Trump’s America!': Passengers rejoice when man accused of racism is kicked off flight; Md. church members fear development will disturb area where a black cemetery is said to have stood;   The day's most important stories   Bannon: White House is in unending battle for 'deconstruction of the administrative state' The president's chief strategist said that the new administration is locked in an unending battle against the media and other globalist forces to "deconstruct" an outdated system of governance. Bannon made the comments alongside White House chief of staff Reince Priebus at the Conservative Political Action Conference. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more » Alt-right leader expelled from CPAC after organizer denounces 'sinister organization' Prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer was ejected from the Conservative Political Action Conference gathering shortly after Dan Schneider, executive director of the American Conservative Union, said the alt-right movement, which strongly backed Donald Trump for president, is trying to "worm its way into our ranks." By David Weigel and John Wagner  •  Read more »   Republicans distance themselves from Trump's agenda at rowdy town halls Hostile questions have put GOP lawmakers on record criticizing some of the fights President Trump has picked or pledging to protect policies such as the more popular elements of Obamacare — and in many cases, contradicting their past statements. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   Trump touts recent immigration raids, calls them a ‘military operation’ "We're getting gang members out, we're getting drug lords out, we're getting really bad dudes out of this country — and at a rate that nobody's ever seen before," Trump told a group of several dozen manufacturing executives earlier today. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump's withdrawal of transgender bathroom guidance leaves questions up to schools, states Until this week, the federal government had provided a standard for how sensitive questions that schools face with transgender students should be resolved. But the shift leaves a patchwork of policies that varies widely across the country. By Emma Brown and Moriah Balingit  •  Read more »   Pakistan's army launches first nationwide anti-terrorism operation After a spate of deadly attacks, the ruling party's leaders are warily allowing soldiers to enter Punjab province — their political stronghold — with special powers to hunt down suspected militants. By Pamela Constable  •  Read more »   Law professors file misconduct complaint against Kellyanne Conway Fifteen professors — ethics specialists who work at such schools as Georgetown, Duke and Yale — want the D.C. Bar to sanction President Trump's aide for violations of government ethics rules and "conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation." By Sari Horwitz  •  Read more »   Alan Colmes | 1950–2017 Co-host of 'Hannity & Colmes' and liberal in 'lion's den' of Fox News dies Mr. Colmes was the liberal counterpart to conservative Sean Hannity on the long-running debate show. By Emily Langer  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Could this doll be spying on families? German officials say the threat is real. German regulators say the Cayla doll is a prime target for hackers, who can use its voice-recognition technology to spy and collect private information. And they've advised parents to toss the toy. By Amanda Erickson  •  Read more »   Turkey-backed rebels seize Islamic State's al-Bab stronghold in Syria The victory follows a long and bloody operation to drive the militants from Turkey's border. It also opens the door for troops to press on toward Raqqa, complicating an earlier U.S. plan to back Kurdish fighters in that effort. By Louisa Loveluck and Liz Sly  •  Read more »   Satellite images show new Chinese surface-to-air missile sites near disputed islands The buildings on at least three man-made atolls in the South China Sea have retractable roofs for concealment and appear to be suitable launching points for medium- to long-range missile systems, a U.S. defense official said. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more »   'This is not Trump’s America!': Passengers rejoice when man accused of racism is kicked off flight The confrontation on a flight from Chicago to Houston began when a man allegedly asked a Pakistani couple if they had a bomb in their luggage. By Peter Holley  •  Read more »   Md. church members fear development will disturb area where a black cemetery is said to have stood New development in the Westbard neighborhood of Bethesda, Md., has triggered painful questions about old graves and what happened to them. 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