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10:25 PM ET, February 16, 2018

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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Mueller Still Investigating Possible Collusion, Source Says  —  Indictments of 13 Russians don't preclude further charges  —  Trump reaffirms ‘no collusion!’ by his presidential campaign  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors haven't concluded their investigation …
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The Daily Beast:
Mueller Indicts 13 Russian Nationals for Election Interference, Says They Communicated With Trump Campaign  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for interfering in the 2016 U.S. election.  The lead defendant is the …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Three big takeaways from Mueller's stunning new indictments
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders silent on claim that Russians backed him in 2016
Discussion: The Daily Beast
New York Times:
Inside a 3-Year Russian Campaign to Influence U.S. Voters
Discussion: Washington Press
New York Times:   Indictment Makes Trump's Hoax Claim Harder to Sell
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘Russia hoax’ turns out to be real
Bloomberg:
Mueller Accuses Russians of Pro-Trump, Anti-Clinton Meddling
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:   ‘Go Donald!’: Inside the Russian shadow campaign to elect Trump
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Ex-CIA chief debunks Trump: ‘Implausible’ Russia didn't influence votes
Discussion: Politico, Vox and Talking Points Memo
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Statement on the Shooting in Parkland, Florida  —  On January 5, 2018, a person close to Nikolas Cruz contacted the FBI's Public Access Line (PAL) tipline to report concerns about him.  The caller provided information about Cruz's gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior …
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Associated Press:
Shooting suspect was on school rifle team that got NRA grant  —  The troubled teen authorities say killed 17 people at a Florida high school excelled in an air-rifle marksmanship program supported by a grant from the National Rifle Association Foundation, part of a multimillion-dollar effort …
CNN:
From ‘broken child’ to mass killer  —  (CNN)Long before he slaughtered 17 people at the South Florida high school he once attended, Nikolas Cruz had a disturbing way of introducing himself.  —  “Hi, I'm Nick,” he used to say, according to an acquaintance interviewed by CNN.  “I'm a school shooter.”
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Parkland survivor slams GOP for shrugging off dead kids — but freaking out over ‘rainbow wedding cakes’  —  Speaking with CNN host Anderson Cooper, a survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that claimed the lives of 17 students …
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Five states allow guns to be seized before someone can commit violence
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Hit & Run
Scott Travis / Sun-Sentinel:
School district to tear down Stoneman Douglas High building where attack took place
Sam Smink / WPTV:
Mom and son survive Parkland school shooting, Fort Lauderdale airport shooting
New Yorker:
Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity  —  One woman's account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair.  —  In June, 2006, Donald Trump taped an episode of his reality-television show, “The Apprentice …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump arrives solo to air base amid second affair scandal as first couple heads to Florida  —  (CNN)First lady Melania Trump eschewed the traditional South Lawn couple's walk to Marine One on Friday amid another adultery allegation scandal, opting instead to drive separately ahead of President Donald Trump.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller levels new claim of bank fraud against Manafort  —  Prosecutors say they've found ‘additional criminal conduct’ by the former Trump campaign chairman.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's office has told a federal judge it has found evidence that Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman …
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
New White House security clearance policy could put 'bull's eye' on Kushner … White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly announced Friday that beginning next week, the White House will no longer allow some employees with interim security clearances access to top-secret information …
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Washington Post:
Read Kelly's memo of proposed changes to White House security clearance process
Discussion: ABC News and Business Insider
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Kelly makes changes to White House security clearance process after abuse allegations against top aide
Discussion: New York Times, CNN, VICE News and Politico
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Associated Press:
White nationalist appears to disavow connection with shooter  —  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A white nationalist appears to have lied to The Associated Press and other news organizations when he claimed that Florida school-shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was a member of his obscure group.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Californian man pleads guilty to identity fraud connected to Russian interference in presidential election  —  (CNN)A California man pleaded guilty to identity fraud in a second case unsealed Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation into Russian interference in the US presidential election.
Discussion: Politico, KTLA and New York Times
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Bloomberg:   Mueller Announces Guilty Plea of California Man in Investigation
James Risen / The Intercept:
Is Donald Trump a Traitor?  —  I find it hard to write about Donald Trump.  —  It is not that he is a complicated subject.  Quite the opposite.  It is that everything about him is so painfully obvious.  He is a low-rent racist, a shameless misogynist, and an unbalanced narcissist.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Booman Tribune
Florida Governor Rick Scott:
Gov. Rick Scott: FBI Director Needs to Resign  —  PARKLAND, Fla. - Today, Governor Rick Scott made the following statement regarding the FBI's admission that they failed to take action after receiving information on January 5, 2018, regarding “[Nikolas] Cruz's gun ownership, desire to kill people …
Discussion: Orlando Weekly
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CBS News:   Florida Gov. Rick Scott calls on FBI Director Chris Wray to resign
Sam Amick / USA Today:
Kevin Durant on Laura Ingraham's commentary: ‘To me, it was racist’  —  LOS ANGELES - The timing was perfect.  —  While the social media stratosphere was still buzzing on Friday about Laura Ingraham's offensive segment on Fox News, where the host told LeBron James and Kevin Durant to …
 
 
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Chris Cuomo rips GOP lawmakers for not coming on CNN after shooting
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Long Blockchain Faces Delisting Again, Despite Name Change
Andy Sher / timesfreepress.com:
Fincher out of Senate race, wants Corker to run
Discussion: Humphrey On The Hill
Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Britain announces temporary halt to Oxfam funding
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Caller
Pamela Wood / Baltimore Sun:
Jury awards more than $37M to family of Korryn Gaines in civil case against Baltimore County
Discussion: theGrio and The Root
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Fired Google Engineer Loses Diversity Memo Challenge
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
After Trump clears the way, GOP states move to charge poor for health care
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Trolls Are Posting Fake Claims Of Being Assaulted At Showings Of “Black Panther”
Discussion: Vox, AOL and Woke Sloth
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Kushner Quietly Made More Fixes To His Financial Disclosures, May Have More To Come
Discussion: Washington Press
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
VA secretary David Shulkin's chief of staff retiring amid travel report findings
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
 

 
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