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11:30 PM ET, February 26, 2018

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New York Times:
Melania Trump Parts Ways With Adviser Amid Backlash Over Inaugural Contract  —  WASHINGTON — The first lady, Melania Trump, has parted ways with an adviser after news about the adviser's firm reaping $26 million in payments to help plan President Trump's inauguration.
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and Mediaite
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says he had lunch with NRA leaders  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's meeting with the nation's governors (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump says he had lunch during the weekend with key leaders of the National Rifle Association …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump on Florida shooting: 'I really believe I'd run in there, even if I didn't have a weapon'
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Says He Would Have Rushed in Unarmed to Stop School Shooting
Discussion: The Atlantic and CNN
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Florida sheriff faces intensifying political scrutiny, calls to resign in wake of school shooting
Discussion: Mediaite
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Delta's tax break may not take flight after Georgia Senate blocks it  —  The Georgia Senate blocked a lucrative tax break bill on Monday that would benefit Delta Air Lines after the Atlanta-based company severed ties with the National Rifle Association.  —  Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle …
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New York Times:
Georgia Republicans Vow to Kill Airline Tax-Cut Bill After Delta Ends N.R.A. Discount  —  The lieutenant governor in Georgia threatened on Monday to kill a proposed lucrative tax cut for Delta Air Lines after the company eliminated a discount fare program for the National Rifle Association over the weekend.
Greg Bluestein / myajc:
Delta severs ties with NRA, risking lucrative state tax break
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“The Newsroom Feels Embarrassed”: Backfires and Explosions at The New York Times as a Possible Future Chief Re-Invents the Paper's Opinion Pages  —  A yoga-pants refusenik, a climate science skeptic, and a tech writer with a neo-Nazi pal, among other offenders, have put James Bennet in the crosshairs.
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
5 Things Barack Obama Said in His Weirdly Off-the-Record MIT Speech  —  On Friday, former President Barack Obama spoke for an hour to an audience of hundreds of people at a major sports policy conference at MIT, but his remarks were off-the-record and kept completely secret by virtually all attendees …
Jason Stein / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Eric Holder's group sues Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker over not calling special elections  —  MADISON - A group led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sued Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Monday over his refusal to call special elections to fill two open legislative seats.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Nation
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Wisconsin Democrats Sue to Force Scott Walker to Hold Constitutionally Required Elections
Discussion: Washington Press
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Holder's redistricting group sues Scott Walker over vacant seats
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Ivanka Trump's South Korea trip fuels White House tension  —  Washington (CNN)She's a policy adviser bearing sensitive new details on sanctions to the South Koreans.  She's a loyal family member who won't entertain questions about her father's purported infidelities.
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
A Federal Court Just Ruled For Gay Rights In A Major Discrimination Case  —  The decision is a loss for the Justice Department, which argued that a 1964 civil rights law doesn't protect gay workers.  —  A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that a 1964 civil rights law bans anti-gay workplace discrimination.
USA Today:
On Russia, Americans trust special counsel Mueller more than Trump, USA TODAY poll shows  —  WASHINGTON — When it comes to Russia, Americans have more trust in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation than they do in President Trump's denials of collusion, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
CBS News:
Hope Hicks set to appear before House Intel Committee after month-long delay  —  One of President Trump's closest political aides is slated to appear before the House Intelligence Committee to testify behind closed doors in its ongoing investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, multiple sources say.
Discussion: ABC News, The Hill, RedState and Axios
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TMZ.com:
Bill Cosby's Daughter Ensa Dead at 44 (UPDATE)  —  12:34 PM PT — A rep for Cosby states Ensa died from renal disease.  —  Bill Cosby's daughter, Ensa, who steadfastly supported her dad through his legal troubles, has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  The 44-year-old died Friday night in Massachusetts ... sources tell TMZ.
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Ryan Seacrest's E! Stylist Reveals Abuse and Harassment Allegations (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Suzie Hardy was a single mother with a preschool-age daughter when she landed a job as Ryan Seacrest's personal stylist for “E! News” in 2006.  The position provided good pay and a schedule that would allow …
Discussion: Vox, The Guardian, Jezebel, Mediaite and WCTX-TV
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What did Trump know, and when did he know it? … Two things happened over the weekend that complicate our understanding of President Trump's awareness of Russian interference in the 2016 election.  —  The first is that Trump was interviewed by Fox News's Jeanine Pirro.
Luke Harding / The Guardian:
Russian millions laundered via UK firms, leaked report says  —  Denmark's biggest bank believes cash was funnelled through British companies by people linked to Vladimir Putin's family and the FSB spy agency … A Danish bank accused of money laundering shut down Russian accounts after concluding …
Ken Belson / New York Times:
Roger Goodell Expected to Fine Jerry Jones Millions of Dollars  —  With the support of many N.F.L. owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell is prepared to escalate his public feud with Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and long one of the most influential people in the league …
New Yorker:
The New York Congressman Who Could Lead an Impeachment Charge Against Trump  —  A political generation ago, Congressman Jerry Nadler was a backbencher from the Upper West Side.  A liberal Democrat with a law degree and a debater's temperament, he was seen in New York as “a garrulously intelligent …
Emily Shugerman / The Independent:
Turning Point USA: How one student in a diaper caused an eruption in the conservative youth organization  —  What one chapter thought would be a great stunt turned them into a mockery.  This is what happened next.  —  One of America's most prominent conservative youth organisations …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Balloon Juice
Tori Richards / Fox News:
‘National disgrace’: Community fights back as California overrun by homelessness, human waste, needles  —  The specter of homeless encampments steadily expanding across the downtown streets of San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco - bringing with them a public health crisis …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Republicans fret sexting scandal could cost them easy House seat  —  Republicans are fretting that a front-runner for an Arizona congressional seat — a married minister involved in a sexting scandal — will pull a Roy Moore and hand the seat to Democrats if he wins Tuesday's special-election primary.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Ross Mathews on Omarosa's ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ Revelations: 'We're All F*cked' … Ross Mathews did not win the 2018 season of Celebrity Big Brother.  He was, however, voted America's Favorite Houseguest by viewers.  And it likely had something to do with his unexpectedly revealing conversation …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The New York Times makes plans for weekly TV program  —  The New York Times has conquered the podcasting world with “The Daily.”  Now it wants to crack television with a weekly news program.  —  The Times is seeking an executive producer for the series, according to a job listing.
Emma González / Harper's BAZAAR:
Parkland Student Emma González Opens Up About Her Fight for Gun Control  —  “Adults are behaving like children.”  —  My Name is Emma González.  I'm 18 years old, Cuban and bisexual.  I'm so indecisive that I can't pick a favorite color, and I'm allergic to 12 things.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists … The sun won't rise at the North Pole until March 21, and it's normally close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this weekend.
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Trump said he would charge a gunman.  Here's what he's actually done in the face of danger. … President Trump's assertion that he would have run toward the Parkland, Fla., gunman had he been near the school would have been a bold claim for just about anybody to make.
Kurt Erickson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
JEFFERSON CITY  • In a historic decision, the Missouri House formally launched an investigation Monday that could lead to the impeachment and ouster of Gov. Eric Greitens.  —  House Speaker Todd Richardson named seven members to a special committee that will lead the unprecedented probe of a Missouri chief executive.
Discussion: Political Wire
Saba Hamedy / CNN:
‘Clueless’ actress Stacey Dash is running for Congress in California  —  Los Angeles (CNN)"Clueless" star and former Fox commentator Stacey Dash is running for Congress in California.  —  The actress and outspoken Republican filed paperwork Monday to run in California's 44th district …
Bloomberg:
Apple Plans Giant High-End iPhone, Lower-Priced Model  —  Company aims to boost sales after iPhone X missed expectations  —  All models to have facial recognition, edge-to-edge screens  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to release a trio of new smartphones later this year: the largest iPhone ever …
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Coal Country Divides Over an Unrepentant Boss's Senate Bid  —  LOGAN, W.Va. — The devastating explosion in the Upper Big Branch coal mine killed 29 men in 2010 and scarred West Virginia like few events in modern memory.  Don Blankenship, the head of the mining company, went to prison over it.
 
 
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Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Funk Legend George Clinton on Cultural Appropriation: 'We've Got to Get Over This Sh*t'
Katelyn Caralle / Washington Examiner:
Steve Scalise: Deal with mental health before taking away people's guns
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Counterattack Hard Against Liberal Attacks on Our Gun Rights and Other Civil Liberties
Discussion: American Digest
Bloomberg:
U.S. Energy Chief Plans Nuclear Deal Talks With Saudis, Source Says
Discussion: Axios
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
California's top court strikes down 50-year sentences for juveniles
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
Report: No progress for African Americans on homeownership, unemployment and incarceration in 50 years
Stephanie Tinoco / WSOC-TV:
Concord pastor claims arrest for threats is ‘bogus’
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump expected to visit California to view border wall prototypes
Discussion: ABC News
New Yorker:
The Seductive Confinement of a Weighted Blanket in an Anxious Time
Discussion: Althouse
Jane Wester / The Charlotte Observer:
This man streams his own murder on Facebook in North Carolina town
Discussion: Gizmodo
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP showdown: McDaniel expected to challenge Wicker for Senate
Washington Post:
Trump Organization says it has donated foreign profits to U.S. Treasury, but declines to share details
Jeff Schultz / myajc:
Chipper Jones, avid hunter, denounces assault rifles
Discussion: AOL, Breitbart and Deadspin
 

 
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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