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-- "Trump administration moving to replace fired U.S. attorneys," by Josh Dawsey and Josh Gerstein: "The White House has struck tentative agreements with more than a dozen senators on picks to fill U.S. attorney positions left vacant since early March, according to officials at the White House and on Capitol Hill. White House chief counsel Don McGahn has spent much of the past three weeks meeting with senators and their staff, the officials say. The administration hopes to announce some of the appointments in the next three weeks, according to three people familiar with their thinking." http://politi.co/2qdqtvp ****** a message from JPMorgan Chase & Co.: "The same attributes that drive business success -innovation, ingenuity and the ability to efficiently marshal human and financial capital - also offer tremendous promise to help solve pressing societal challenges." Read "Private Enterprise for Public Good" by JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon in our annual Corporate Responsibility Report. http://politi.co/2pLN1Uy ****** COURT WATCH -- "White House slams 'egregious' ruling on sanctuary cities," by Cristiano Lima: "The White House on Tuesday rebuked a federal judge's decision to block a Trump administration directive aimed at stripping funding from 'sanctuary cities,' calling the court decision yet another case of 'egregious overreach by a single, unelected district judge.' Earlier Tuesday San Francisco-based U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a portion of its Jan. 25 executive order that would halt federal funding to municipalities that did not uphold federal immigration laws." http://politi.co/2q4qyCn COMING ATTRACTIONS -- "Trump Said to Order Review of Oil Drilling Off California Coast," by Bloomberg's Jennifer A. Dlouhy: "President Donald Trump will open the door to new oil and natural gas drilling in Pacific waters off the coast of California with a directive Friday that sets up a certain clash with environmentalists. Trump will order the Interior Department to review locations for offshore oil and gas exploration and consider selling drilling rights in territory that former President Barack Obama put off limits ... That includes U.S. Pacific waters, as well as Arctic and Atlantic acreage left out of the five-year schedule of lease sales issued by Obama in November." https://bloom.bg/2ov2dJ4 FUTURECAST -- "With Secret Airship, Sergey Brin Also Wants to Fly," by Bloomberg's Ashlee Vance: "Larry Page has his flying cars. Sergey Brin shall have an airship. Brin, the Google co-founder, has secretly been building a massive airship inside of Hangar 2 at the NASA Ames Research Center, according to four people with knowledge of the project. It's unclear whether the craft, which looks like a zeppelin, is a hobby or something Brin hopes to turn into a business. 'Sorry, I don't have anything to say about this topic right now,' Brin wrote in an email." https://bloom.bg/2pyxg6z WOMEN RULE PODCAST: Hollywood is still reeling from Hillary Clinton's loss, we learn in the latest episode of Women Rule, where POLITICO sits down with some of Hollywood's finest. In this week's episode, we hear directly from the woman that organized surrogates for Clinton's campaign, and two of the stars that stumped for her on the trail. One thing is clear, Hollywood is searching for a Democratic star to back in 2020. And Tinseltown has some advice for any leading female candidates considering a bid in the next election cycle: Be more "unapologetically yourself' than Clinton was. http://politi.co/2ovia5W ... Listen and subscribe http://apple.co/2ovhUju MEDIAWATCH -- ROBERT SIEGEL to leave NPR -- per Morning Media: "NPR will lose its most recognizable voice when the 'All Things Considered' host steps down in January 2018 after 40 years with the broadcast outlet. ... NPR says it will 'conduct a national search ... for the next voice of ''ll Things Considered.'" http://n.pr/2oIMVeI LATE-NIGHT BEST - "'The Bold And The Babbling' Starring Sean Spicer" -- The Late Show: "After Trump likened his Press Secretary's ratings to a soap opera, Sean Spicer lands the role of a lifetime in the CBS daytime drama." 1-min. video http://bit.ly/2pkwedv PLAYBOOK ERS SPOTTED : Paul Begala and Jen Psaki yesterday on an Acela train from D.C. up the Northeast corridor - they got off in Wilmington, Delaware because they both got turned around by CNN to head back to D.C. to do TV from there. ... Jose Andres running for his train at Union Station ... Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) leaving Bullfeathers yesterday at 5:30 p.m. ... Roger Stone having lunch yesterday at The Palm with two other men. ... ... Mary Matalin at the bar at CXIII Rex, the private cigar club in Old Town. John