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12:20 PM ET, February 26, 2018

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USA Today:
Supreme Court snubs Trump, keeps DACA immigration program in place for now  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Monday to review a federal judge's order that the Trump administration continue a program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
Discussion: RedState and Althouse
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CNN:
Supreme Court won't hear Trump bid to end DACA program  —  Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will stay out of the dispute concerning the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for now, meaning the Trump administration may not be able to end the program March 5 as planned.
Discussion: Jezebel and Daily Wire
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court declines Trump request to take up DACA controversy now
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and The Root
Sam Baker / Axios:
Public-sector unions prepare to be kneecapped at the Supreme Court
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Breitbart
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court extends relief for ‘Dreamers,’ refuses to rule now on Trump immigration plan
Discussion: Mother Jones
Bloomberg:   U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs Trump, Won't Hear Immigration Appeal
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Supreme Court won't hear case challenging DACA, tells Trump to wait in line with everyone else
Discussion: Daily Kos
CNN:
In Russia probes, Republicans draw red line at Trump's finances  —  Mueller charges lawyer with lying about Gates interaction  —  (CNN)Top Republicans on Capitol Hill have made a concerted decision in their Russia inquiries: They are staying away from digging into the finances of President Donald Trump and his family.
Discussion: Axios, Political Wire and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and CNBC
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Jeff Schultz / myajc:
Chipper Jones, avid hunter, denounces assault rifles
Discussion: Breitbart and Deadspin
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kelly and Kushner stuck at an impasse after Trump's punt on clearance  —  The chief of staff is unlikely to grant the president's son-in-law a permanent clearance, but isn't likely to quit over the issue, either.  —  President Donald Trump's decision to punt the issue of whether Jared Kushner …
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
How Long Can John Kelly Hang On?  —  Last year, Democrats and Republicans alike agreed that if anyone could bring order to the Trump administration, it was the retired four-star Marine general.  Were they wrong?  —  On a Saturday afternoon last July, the day after John Kelly agreed …
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Ivanka Trump: Arming teachers an option that ‘needs to be discussed’  —  Ivanka Trump said in an exclusive interview with NBC News on Sunday that her father's suggestion of arming teachers is an option worth discussing.  The president made the proposal after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, this month.
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Catherine Lucey / Associated Press:
Ivanka Trump believes father's denials of sexual misconduct  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump says she believes her father's denials of sexual misconduct, arguing that questions to her on the topic are “pretty inappropriate.”  —  Trump serves as a senior adviser in President Donald Trump's administration …
Discussion: Washington Post, Mediaite and Jezebel
Eliza Collins / USA Today:   Ivanka Trump on president's sexual misconduct accusers: ‘I believe my father’
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump privately pushing personal pilot to run FAA  —  The president's personal pilot is on the administration's short list to head the Federal Aviation Administration.  Trump has told a host of administration officials and associates that he wants John Dunkin — his longtime personal pilot …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Weinstein Co. to Declare Bankruptcy After Sale Collapses  —  The Weinstein Co. announced Sunday that it will declare bankruptcy after a $500 million deal to sell the company collapsed.  —  The deal-breaker appears to have been the bid group's refusal to put up cash imminently to keep the company afloat.
Discussion: KTLA and Mediaite
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CNNMoney:   Weinstein Company says it will file for bankruptcy
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Weinstein Co. is set to file for bankruptcy after sale talks collapse
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
David Hogg: Gov. Rick Scott Should Be ‘Held Accountable’ For Sheriff's Deputies That Didn't Confront Shooter  —  David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland, Florida high school shooting, told Morning Joe on Monday that he thinks Gov. Rick Scott should be “held accountable” for the failure of three sheriff's deputies to confront the gunman.
Discussion: RedState, IJR, NBC News and Joe.My.God.
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NBC News:
Collusion or not, Russia probe is worst political scandal in decades  —  First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter  —  Trump responds to Democrats' release of controversial memo 2:47
Stephanie M. Lee / BuzzFeed:
The Inside Story Of How An Ivy League Food Scientist Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral Studies  —  Brian Wansink won fame, funding, and influence for his science-backed advice on healthy eating.  Now, emails show how the Cornell professor and his colleagues have hacked and massaged low-quality data …
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump privately talks up executing all big drug dealers  —  In Singapore, the death penalty is mandatory for drug trafficking offenses.  And President Trump loves it.  He's been telling friends for months that the country's policy to execute drug traffickers is the reason its drug consumption rates are so low.
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
A CDC researcher left work sick two weeks ago — then vanished … Dr. Timothy J. Cunningham had been a rising official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  The Harvard-educated epidemiologist was promoted in July at the U.S. Public Health Service in Atlanta and contributed …
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Christina Caron / New York Times:
C.D.C. Employee Is Missing Nearly Two Weeks After Leaving Work Sick
Discussion: Washington Post
Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes:
The Feds Can Now (Probably) Unlock Every iPhone Model In Existence  —  In what appears to be a major breakthrough for law enforcement, and a possible privacy problem for Apple customers, a major U.S. government contractor claims to have found a way to unlock pretty much every iPhone on the market.
Bob Bernick / utahpolicy.com:
Chaos in the Utah GOP!  Hardliners adopt rule change that could kick Mitt Romney (and other candidates) out of the party  —  You may have thought the internal workings of the Utah Republican Party were really screwed up before.  —  But now get this:  —  If former U.S. GOP presidential …
The Intercept:
Koch Document Reveals Laundry List of Policy Victories Extracted from the Trump Administration  —  In the backdrop of a chaotic first year of Donald Trump's presidency, the conservative Koch brothers have won victory after victory in their bid to reshape American government to their interests.
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
A Quiet Jerusalem Neighborhood Gets a U.S. Embassy, and a Spotlight
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Oakland mayor warns of Bay Area ICE sweeps
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrats Did Better Than on Hundreds of Simulated Pennsylvania Maps
BostonGlobe.com:
Woman dies after stabbing at Winchester Public Library
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Peter Thiel Got His Revenge on Gawker. He May Yet Regret It
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump has long vowed to slash government. Now the knives are finally coming out.
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
Alan Pell Crawford / The American Conservative:
Tucker Carlson: The Populist Paladin of Primetime
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
The Russian Bots Are Coming. This Bipartisan Duo Is On It.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
An attack on North Korea would be massive - and massively stupid
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Kamala Harris positions herself for White House run
Discussion: Political Wire
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren's stealth campaign to shed ‘Pocahontas’
Discussion: National Review
Matt Dixon / Politico:
NRA battles Florida Republicans over gun crackdown
Discussion: Fox News, CNBC and Political Wire
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Schiff Memo Harms Democrats More Than It Helps Them
Discussion: Power Line
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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