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A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside the Barri Imam shrine, as security is beefed up in the capital following a suicide attack at a Sufi shrine in interior Sindh, Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Pakistani forces killed and arrested dozens of suspects in sweeping raids overnight and into Friday, a day after a massive suicide bombing by the Islamic State group killed 85 worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine in the country's south. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside the Barri Imam shrine, as security is beefed up in the capital following a suicide attack at a Sufi shrine in interior Sindh, Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Pakistani forces killed and arrested dozens of suspects in sweeping raids overnight and into Friday, a day after a massive suicide bombing by the Islamic State group killed 85 worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine in the country's south. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside the Barri Imam shrine, as security is beefed up in the capital following a suicide attack at a Sufi shrine in interior Sindh, Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Pakistani forces killed and arrested dozens of suspects in sweeping raids overnight and into Friday, a day after a massive suicide bombing by the Islamic State group killed 85 worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine in the country's south. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. PAKISTANIS QUESTION SECURITY AFTER SHRINE BLAST

A day after a suicide bombing by the Islamic State group killed 80 worshippers, the attack raised questions about Islamabad’s ability to rein in militant groups. PAKISTAN

2. TRUMP NOT FIRST TO HAVE ACRIMONY WITH THE PRESS

Yet historians are hard-pressed to find anything that approaches what seems to be the president’s intention to escalate bad relations with the news media. TRUMP-PRESIDENTS AND PRESS