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12:30 AM ET, February 17, 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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CNBC:
Russians indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of election meddling to support Donald Trump  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office said Friday that a grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential elections …
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Worries about Trump's legitimacy resurface with Russia indictment  —  New charges on Friday in the special counsel's Russia investigation put attention squarely on a notion President Donald Trump has aggressively sought to avoid: the legitimacy of his 2016 election.
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 …
James Risen / The Intercept:
Is Donald Trump a Traitor?
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Three big takeaways from Mueller's stunning new indictments
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
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders silent on claim that Russians backed him in 2016
Discussion: The Daily Beast
New York Times:
13 Russians Indicted as Mueller Reveals Effort to Aid Trump Campaign
New York Times:
Inside a 3-Year Russian Campaign to Influence U.S. Voters
Discussion: Washington Press
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Ex-CIA chief debunks Trump: ‘Implausible’ Russia didn't influence votes
Discussion: Politico, Vox and The Gateway Pundit
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘Go Donald!’: Inside the Russian shadow campaign to elect Trump
Discussion: New York Times
Paul P. Murphy / CNN:
Exclusive: Group chat messages show school shooter obsessed with race, violence and guns  —  (CNN)In a private Instagram group chat, confessed school shooter Nikolas Cruz repeatedly espoused racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic views and displayed an obsession with violence and guns.
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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 …
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 …
Shawn Musgrave / Politico:
How white nationalists fooled the media about Florida shooter  —  Following misrepresentations by a white nationalist leader and coordinated efforts by internet trolls, numerous researchers and media outlets spread a seemingly false claim that the man charged with killing more than a dozen people …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump visits hospital, meets shooting survivors  —  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the school shooting that killed 17 people in Florida (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump has met with victims of a school shooting who are recovering at a Florida hospital.
Discussion: Politico, The Right Scoop and Vox
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Five states allow guns to be seized before someone can commit violence
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Hit & Run
CNN:
From ‘broken child’ to mass killer
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Parkland survivor slams GOP for shrugging off dead kids — but freaking out over ‘rainbow wedding cakes’
Scott Travis / Sun-Sentinel:
School district to tear down Stoneman Douglas High building where attack took place
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
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Kushner Quietly Made More Fixes To His Financial Disclosures, May Have More To Come
Discussion: Washington Press
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Kelly makes changes to White House security clearance process after abuse allegations against top aide
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.
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
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 …
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 …
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CBS News:   Florida Gov. Rick Scott calls on FBI Director Chris Wray to resign
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Fox Butterfield, is that you?  —  James Taranto has moved on from his daily online Best of the Web column and his recurring documentation of New York Timesthink under the catchphrase “Fox Butterfield, is that you?”  Butterfield was the Times reporter endlessly befuddled by, or indignant over …
Discussion: Breitbart and WCCO | CBS Minnesota
Andy Sher / timesfreepress.com:
Fincher out of Senate race, wants Corker to run  —  NASHVILLE - In a major shake up of Tennessee's U.S. Senate GOP primary, former U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher said late Friday afternoon he's getting out of his race with U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn and thinks incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Corker should get in.
Discussion: Humphrey On The Hill
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Tennessean.com:   Stephen Fincher halts U.S. Senate bid, encourages Corker to seek re-election
 
 
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State Sen. Nicholas Kettle charged with video voyeurism, extortion
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In a brief Florida stop, Trump focuses on praising responders
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