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8:30 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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Lawfare:
Russian Influence Campaign: What's in the Latest Mueller Indictment  —  None of the defendants indicted Friday for their alleged influence operation against the U.S. political system is likely to ever see the inside of an American courtroom.  None is in custody.  None is likely to surrender to U.S. authorities.
Discussion: Reuters and CNBC
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.
New York Times:
Inside a 3-Year Russian Campaign to Influence U.S. Voters  —  WASHINGTON — In September, as the first detailed evidence surfaced of Russia's hijacking of social media in the 2016 election, Irina V. Kaverzina, one of about 80 Russians working on the project in St. Petersburg, emailed a family member with some news.
New York Times:   Indictment Makes Trump's Hoax Claim Harder to Sell
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian Oligarch Indicted by U.S., Is Known as 'Putin's Cook'
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘Russia hoax’ turns out to be real
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Ex-CIA chief debunks Trump: ‘Implausible’ Russia didn't influence votes
New York Times:
13 Russians Indicted as Mueller Reveals Effort to Aid Trump Campaign
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘Go Donald!’: Inside the Russian shadow campaign to elect Trump
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 …
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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 …
New York Times:   A ‘Mass Shooting Generation’ Cries Out for Change
Kelly Fisher / Courier-Journal:
Marshall County shooting suspect's identity confirmed, will be tried as an adult
Discussion: KTLA
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Parkland survivor slams GOP for shrugging off dead kids — but freaking out over ‘rainbow wedding cakes’
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Five states allow guns to be seized before someone can commit violence
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Hit & Run
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: CNN, VICE News, KTLA, Politico and Mediaite
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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
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Chief of Staff Orders an Overhaul for Security Clearances
Discussion: Washington Post
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 …
Tennessean.com:
Stephen Fincher halts U.S. Senate bid, encourages Corker to seek re-election  —  Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher is halting his bid for the U.S. Senate and is encouraging U.S. Sen Bob Corker to seek re-election.  —  The seventh-generation cotton farmer from Frog Jump ended his campaign late Friday.
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Andy Sher / timesfreepress.com:
Fincher out of Senate race, wants Corker to run
Discussion: Humphrey On The Hill
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
Tim White / WPRI-TV:
State Sen. Nicholas Kettle charged with video voyeurism, extortion  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - State Sen. Nicholas Kettle, R-Coventry, has been arrested by the state police and charged with one count of video voyeurism and two counts of extortion.  —  The 27-year-old was arrested by state police on Friday.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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.
 
 
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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