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WHAT TO LOOK FOR THIS WEEK -- As Donald Trump readies to announce his broad-brush principles for tax reform Wednesday, the president won't be making the policy or announcement in a vacuum. Look for Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his team to provide backup and swiftly move to help sell the broad principles, which the White House hopes will serve as an outline for future legislation. Treasury has more than 100 people working on tax policy and Mnuchin has been meeting every day on drafting a tax plan. Sources say Mnuchin has also been actively reaching out to key stakeholders on Capitol Hill. When Congress is in session, Mnuchin meets weekly with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas). -- KEEP AN EYE OUT: Right now, the White House and Congressional leaders are on completely different pages when it comes to tax reform. It will be telling if any Republican leaders attend Trump's announcement. GOV'T SHUTDOWN -- THE DYNAMICS: President Donald Trump would like Congress to fund the border wall in the government-funding package this week. The reality is quite simple: Trump needs Democrats to pass a funding measure, and Democrats are opposed to the border wall, so the White House is almost certain to lose this fight. HOW TRUMP CAN GET A WIN: If he settles for an increase in spending on surveillance on the border -- drones and the like. That would allow Trump to say he's beefing up border security before the wall is built. And it would be a tough thing for Democrats to oppose. -- NYT: "Will the Government Be Open in a Week? Here Are the Dividing Lines," by Matt Flegenheimer and Tom Kaplan. http://nyti.ms/2pVOLei WAPO'S KELSEY SNELL and BOB COSTA: "White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said in an interview Sunday with The Washington Post that the president and his advisers remain 'strong' in their commitment to securing funding for border security and a wall. "'This is what the president ran on,' Priebus said. 'We want to get to a place this week where -border-security money is being directed to the Department of Homeland Security so that we can begin surveillance and preliminary work, and then we will keep working on getting DHS what it needs for the structure.'" http://wapo.st/2pc5Lik IVANKA IN BERLIN -- @betsy_klein: "First Flsterin (translation: 'First Whisperer')" http://bit.ly/2p90yWk PLAYBOOK POWER LIST -- THE NEW GUARD -- Donald Trump is president of the United States, and the Washington power structure is adapting in once unimaginable ways. Groups once relegated to the backwaters of Congress are now at the forefront and their aides are more powerful than ever. New power structures are forming in the White House that help the most important men and women in America do their jobs, while waging war within the administration. Ad makers are having to adapt to the new world order as they try to cut through the noise. In short, a different set of operatives is emerging on the front lines of politics, policy and power. That's why the POLITICO Playbook "New Guard" Power List is crucial to understanding the players who are breaking through in the all-consuming era of Donald Trump. The list is the product of hundreds of interviews and conversations over the course of several months. Use it, share it -- and help us make it even better. Thank you to Scott Mahaskey and John Shinkle for the amazing photographs, and Bill Kuchman and Zach Montellaro for the awesome layout... Check out the list http://politi.co/2pceaT9 THE FULL LIST -- The West Wing (Hope Hicks, Raj Shah, Eli Miller) http://politi.co/2oBRd8s ... Foreign Policy (Fiona Hill, Brian Hook, Matt Mowers, Matt Pottinger) http://politi.co/2oBWfSx ... The Opposition (Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Rep. Adam Schiff(D-Calf.)) http://politi.co/2oD7uth ... House Operatives (Doug Andres, Ashley Etienne, Alyssa Farah) http://politi.co/2prPpmw ... Senate Operatives (Lily Adams, Joe Hack, Kristen Orthman) http://politi.co/2okZ3r9 ... Democratic Political Operatives (Xochitl Hinojosa, Meredith Kelly, Christie Roberts) http://politi.co/2pc0J5k ... GOP Political Operatives (Matt Gorman, Jake Kastan, Katie Martin) http://politi.co/2pVvN7F ... ... Digital (Gerrit Lansing, Lindsay Kryzak, Tim Lim) http://politi.co/2p8vUg7 ... Media Players (Kate Nocera, Michael Ramlet, Alex Skatell, Shawna Thomas) http://politi.co/2pVpEbj ... Ad Makers (Dan Conston, Raghu Devaguptapu, Anson Kaye) http://politi.co/2oBDLl4 ... Thinkers (Brandon Arnold, J.D. Foster, Rebecca Buckwalter Poza) http://politi.co/2oD6tB7 ... Health Care (Adrienne Morrell, Emily Murry) http://politi.co/2p8B0sG ... Intel (Michael Bahar, Damon Nelson) http://politi.co/2oDcopV ... Image Makers (Gabriella Demczuk, MattNegrin, Alex Trowbridge) http://politi.co/2pVpnW4 ... Scenesters (.Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd, Ed Scarpone, Parita Shah) http://politi.co/2q5PlFE ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ORDER -- "Trump to order review to