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9:35 AM ET, February 28, 2018

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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.
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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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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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
Discussion: Gizmodo and AOL
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Dick's Sporting Goods bans sales of assault weapons after Parkland, Florida school shooting
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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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 …
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 …
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Dem Super PAC spends big on Pennsylvania special election
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:   How Authorities Failed To Stop School Shooter Nikolas Cruz
BuzzFeed:
The Florida Teens Started Their Movement In A Parent's Living Room. …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
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
Discussion: NewsBusters
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.
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 …
New York Times:
With AR-15s, Mass Shooters Attack With the Rifle Firepower Typically Used by Infantry Troops  —  A Marine shooting a standard rifle used by the military.  —  The gunman firing a civilian variant during the Parkland shooting. … Since 2007, at least 173 people have been killed in mass shootings …
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.
Michael Tesler / Washington Post:
Democrats and Republicans are increasingly divided on the value of teaching black history  —  Wednesday marks the end of Black History Month.  And like prior Februaries, this month has seen its fair share of articles lamenting Americans' lack of knowledge about African American history.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Ginger Hervey / Politico:
EU's Irish border position is a ‘fantasy,’ says former UK Brexit minister  —  The European Union's proposal for the Northern Irish border after Brexit is “wholly unacceptable,” according to the U.K. government's former Brexit minister.  —  “What the EU has to understand is that we cannot …
 
 
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
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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:
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Heritage Foundation: 64% of Trump's agenda already done, faster than Reagan
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Roy Moore Consultants' New Project: A Conspiracy-Theorizing Pro-Trump News Site
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kim Hart / Axios:
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Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
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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

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

 
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