I don’t want to be known as a member of the mass shooting generation. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks to reporters at the White House. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)WEST WING INTRIGUE:-- For some inside Trump’s White House, Parkland offered a “reprieve” from a near-constant stream of scandals gripping the administration in recent weeks. One White House official said the shooting forced the White House to focus on critical and serious issues … rather than getting bogged down in what they view as more trivial West Wing drama. … [McMaster] has never quite clicked with the president, according to six senior White House officials.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2018 12:45 UTC