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9:00 AM ET, February 28, 2018

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Washington Post:
Kushner's overseas contacts raise concerns as foreign officials seek leverage … Officials in at least four countries have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, by taking advantage of his complex business arrangements …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Hope Hicks Acknowledges She Sometimes Tells White Lies for Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Hope Hicks, the White House communications director, told House investigators on Tuesday that her work for President Trump, who has a reputation for exaggerations and outright falsehoods, had occasionally required her to tell white lies.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Kushner loses access to top-secret intelligence  —  Presidential son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner has had his security clearance downgraded — a move that will prevent him from viewing many of the sensitive documents to which he once had unfettered access.  —  Kushner is not alone.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump family v. John Kelly  —  The Trump family — and the president's oldest son, Don Jr., in particular — was angry about the overwhelmingly negative TV coverage about Jared Kushner last night, and feels White House Chief of Staff Kelly is hanging Jared out to dry, a source familiar with the situation tells Axios.
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
The Deep State Takes Out the White House's Dark Clown Prince … If you've ever filled out a form SF-86 for a U.S. government security clearance, you'll know the hassle of dealing with the sheer volume of information it entails.  Listing contacts, personal, financial and travel information in enormous …
Washington Post:
Four Commerce Department appointees lose their posts after problems in background checks … Four Commerce Department political appointees working on interim security clearances lost their jobs Tuesday because of problems in their background checks, the latest fallout from the intensifying public scrutiny …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
CBS News:   Hope Hicks' limited testimony divides House Intelligence Committee
Associated Press:   Trump names campaign manager for re-election bid
Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal:
Kushner Cos. in Talks to Buy Remaining Stake in 666 Fifth Ave.
Discussion: Curbed NY
Julie Creswell / New York Times:
Dick's, Major Gun Retailer, Will Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles  —  One of the nation's largest sports retailers, Dick's Sporting Goods, said Wednesday morning it was immediately ending sales of all assault-style rifles in its stores.  —  The retailer also said that it would no longer …
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart, CNBC, AOL, Axios and Raw Story
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David Caplan / ABC News:
Dick's Sporting Goods CEO: Company will no longer sell assault-style rifles, nor sell guns to people under 21  —  Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., one of the largest retailers of its kind in the United States, is taking new steps to curtail the sale of firearms in its 700-plus stores …
Discussion: Gizmodo and AOL
CNN:
Mueller team asks about Trump's Russian business dealings as he weighed a run for president  —  (CNN)Investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller have recently been asking witnesses about Donald Trump's business activities in Russia prior to the 2016 presidential campaign as he considered …
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Ben Carson's HUD, Planning Cuts, Spends $31,000 on Dining Set for His Office  —  WASHINGTON — Department of Housing and Urban Development officials spent $31,000 on a new dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson's office in late 2017 — just as the White House circulated its plans …
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
US housing department to spend $165,000 on own furniture as it faces $6.8bn budget cut
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
U.S. intel: Russia compromised seven states prior to 2016 election  —  The U.S. intelligence community developed substantial evidence that state websites or voter registration systems in seven states were compromised by Russian-backed covert operatives prior to the 2016 election …
Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:
Trump campaign chief lends name to penny stock tied to felon  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The political strategist and online guru who was named President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign manager Tuesday has a close financial relationship with a penny-stock firm with a questionable history …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lauren DeBellis Appell / Fox News:
The NRA just got a new member.  Here's why this mom of two joined the group  —  As a mom of kids in elementary school, I became a proud member of the NRA for the first time last week.  I did so because the absence of common sense that I've witnessed recently is alarming to me as a parent.
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BuzzFeed:
The Florida Teens Started Their Movement In A Parent's Living Room. …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CBS Miami:
Sources: Carnage Could Have Been Far Worse In Florida School Massacre
Discussion: AOL, CNN and The Daily Caller
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
David Hogg Is Fair Game for Critics  —  The Parkland survivor has chosen to insert himself into an important national policy debate.  We who disagree with his views on guns have a duty to speak up against them.  —  David Hogg, the telegenic 17-year-old who survived the shooting in Parkland …
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Chris Matthews / Washington Post:   The Parkland shooting victims are the most trusted people in America
Tampa Bay Times:
Shooting survivor's father admits email changes in CNN spat  —  Colton Haab's father acknowledges omitting some words from the email but says he didn't do it on purpose.  —  Last week's televised town hall on guns and school safety has led to finger-pointing by the father of a Florida school shooting survivor and CNN.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN Chief Jeff Zucker, Jake Tapper Respond to Town Hall Critics: “They'll Get Over It”
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
John Bowden / The Hill:
Supreme Court rules immigrants can be detained indefinitely  —  Immigrants can be held by U.S. immigration officials indefinitely without receiving bond hearings, even if they have permanent legal status or are seeking asylum, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sympathetic to Florida man arrested by city officials he criticized
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Politico
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Roger Stone's Secret Messages with WikiLeaks  —  On March 17, 2017, WikiLeaks tweeted that it had never communicated with Roger Stone, a longtime confidante and informal adviser to President Donald Trump.  In his interview with the House Intelligence Committee last September, Stone …
Allie Nicodemo / Northeastern:
Schools are safer than they were in the 90s, and school shootings are not more common than they used to be, researchers say  —  The deadly school shooting this month in Parkland, Florida, has ignited national outrage and calls for action on gun reform.  But while certain policies …
Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: FedEx's secret deal with the NRA and the gun industry  —  More than two dozen companies have cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA) in recent days, having come under scrutiny for doing business with the gun lobby following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people dead earlier this month.
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
PA-18 Special Election Moves from Lean Republican to Toss Up  —  It's not normal for Republicans to be worried about losing a seat President Trump carried by 20 points.  But with two weeks to go before the March 13 special election, Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone is locked …
Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
A self-described sex expert says she will spill information on Trump and Russia to get out of a Thai jail … MOSCOW — A self-described sex expert whose videos highlighted the ties between one of Russia's richest men and the Kremlin has been jailed in Thailand and is calling for U.S. help …
Ned Oliver / The Roanoke Times:
GreenTech, the electric car company once led by McAuliffe, files for bankruptcy  —  The electric car company founded by former Gov. Terry McAuliffe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, blaming in part a wave of negative coverage by a conservative news website for its financial woes.
Tony Badran / Tablet Magazine:
‘Ambassador Samantha Power Lied to My Face About Syria,’ by Kassem Eid  —  One day after the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Saturday demanding a truce in the besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta to allow for aid access and medical evacuations, Russia, Iran …
Alberto Nardelli / BuzzFeed:
The Professor At The Center Of The Russia-Trump Probe Boasted To His Girlfriend In Ukraine That He Was Friends With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov  —  A Ukrainian woman named Anna says Joseph Mifsud asked her to marry him in a restaurant overlooking the Kremlin.
Ali Winston / The Verge:
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology  —  Palantir deployed a predictive policing system in New Orleans that even city council members don't know about  —  Illustrations by Garret Beard and Alex Castro  —  In May and June 2013 …
Bloomberg:
How Defective Guns Became the Only Product That Can't Be Recalled  —  Taurus sold almost a million handguns that can potentially fire without anyone pulling the trigger.  The government won't fix the problem.  The NRA is silent.  —  Thomas “Bud” Brown makes his way out the back door …
 
 
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Judge Orders Tarps Removed From Confederate Statues in Charlottesville
Discussion: Jezebel
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Shocker: Democrats' predictions about the GOP tax cut are coming true
Bloomberg:
Manafort Joined Trump as Ukraine Work Dried Up, Cash Woes Rose
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senators introduce bill to block terrorists from buying guns
Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Deciphering the Redactions in the Schiff Memo
Michael Tesler / Washington Post:
Democrats and Republicans are increasingly divided on the value of teaching black history
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Heritage Foundation: 64% of Trump's agenda already done, faster than Reagan
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Roy Moore Consultants' New Project: A Conspiracy-Theorizing Pro-Trump News Site
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Kim Hart / Axios:
Exclusive: Public wants Big Tech regulated
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems fear overreach as left presses assault weapon ban
Ginger Hervey / Politico:
EU's Irish border position is a ‘fantasy,’ says former UK Brexit minister
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
Searing Big Screen “Chappaquiddick” …
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Flip Two State Legislative Seats in CT and NH, Bringing Trump-Era Total to 39
Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
Far-Right Troll Chuck Johnson Tried Out for ‘Survivor.’ Here's His Audition Tape.
Discussion: thecut and Joe.My.God.
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

 
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