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6:50 PM ET, February 28, 2018

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hope Hicks to Resign as White House Communications Director  —  Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of President Trump's longest-serving advisers, said Wednesday that she was resigning.  —  Ms. Hicks, 29, a former model who joined Mr. Trump's 2016 presidential campaign without …
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Bloomberg:
More Than 30 White House Aides Lose Top Secret Clearance, Sources Say  —  More than 30 aides to President Donald Trump have been stripped of access to top secret intelligence, two people familiar with the move said.  —  The officials have been notified that they will be downgraded to a lower-level …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Stuns Lawmakers With Seeming Embrace of Gun Control Measures  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday repeatedly embraced a series of gun control measures, telling a group of lawmakers at the White House to pursue bills that have been opposed for years by the vast majority …
Discussion: Instapundit
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.
Axios:
Hope Hicks to resign as White House communications director  —  White House communications director, Hope Hicks, one of Trump's longest serving advisers, is going to resign.  The New York Times broke the news Wednesday afternoon.  —  “There are no words to adequately express my gratitude to President Trump.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Mediaite
Washington Post:
White House communications director Hope Hicks to resign  —  Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of President Trump's longest-serving and closest political advisers, said Wednesday that she is leaving the administration sometime in the next few weeks.
Discussion: ABC News, CNBC, Raw Story and Mediaite
Betsy Klein / CNN:
The White House chief calligrapher has a higher clearance than Jared Kushner  —  Top secret vs. secret: What Kushner can't see  —  Washington (CNN)One of the White House's most important diplomats happens to be an artist — with a top secret security clearance.
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
New York Regulator Asks Deutsche Bank, Others About Kushner Loans
Discussion: Washington Post
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:   Kushner bombshell: Fox buries unflattering story for Trump White House...again
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Meet the 29-year-old WH communications director
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Beast
The Hill:
Hope Hicks resigns from White House
NBC News:
Trump slammed Clinton over handling of classified info. That looks like hypocrisy now
Jonathan Swan / Axios:   Why Hope leaving matters
Bloomberg:   Regulator Seeks Kushner Loan Details From Deutsche Bank, Two Others
CNN:   Kelly, Kushner tension simmers amid West Wing uncertainty
NBC News:
Mueller asking if Trump knew about hacked Democratic emails before release  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is asking witnesses pointed questions about whether Donald Trump was aware that Democratic emails had been stolen before that was publicly known, and whether he was involved …
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CNN:
Mueller team asks about Trump's Russian business dealings as he weighed a run for president
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Take the guns first, go through due process second’  —  on Wednesday voiced support for confiscating guns from certain individuals deemed to be dangerous, even if it violates due process rights.  —  “I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man's case that just took place in Florida …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump in Bipartisan Meeting: ‘Take the Guns First, Go Through Due Process Second’
Discussion: Hit & Run
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 …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
PBS launching new conservative political talk show  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are teaming to start a conservative-oriented talk show on PBS that takes its cue from William F. Buckley's “Firing Line,” which aired from 1966 to 1999.
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
VA Secretary David Shulkin's top PR aide asked Congress to help get him fired  —  He says he's eager to move forward and focus on fixing the VA. USA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON — One of the top deputies to VA Secretary David Shulkin has actively lobbied Capitol Hill to demand his boss's resignation …
Discussion: Raw Story
Stephen Maloney / WGNO:
Armed social studies teacher arrested after shooting at Georgia high school  —  DALTON, GA. - An armed social studies teacher has been arrested after shots were fired at a high school in a small town in northern Georgia.  —  Fifty-three-year-old Jesse Randall Davidson …
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CNN:
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's NRA visit among several trips being questioned  —  (CNN)In September, women gun owners and enthusiasts from the National Rifle Association headed to a plush Four Seasons resort in Texas for an annual retreat and clay shooting at the Dallas Gun Club …
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CNN:   Political appointee at Interior resigns after KFile inquiry into birther, anti-Muslim comments
People.com:
Oprah Winfrey Reveals the One Thing That Could Make Her Run for President  —  There's only one thing that could make Oprah Winfrey run for president in 2020.  —  Amid calls for her to consider a run for the White House — from fans as well as her closest friends — “I went into prayer,” …
Washington Post:
Cyber chief says Trump has given him no new authority to strike at Russian interference threat … The head of U.S. Cyber Command warned lawmakers that penalties and other measures have not “changed the calculus or the behavior” of Russia as it seeks to interfere with this year's midterm elections.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Why Trump Is Reluctant to Escalate the Cyber War With Russia
Discussion: Politico and Mother Jones
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Sessions defends himself after Trump bashed him on Twitter  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared to rebuff criticism from Donald Trump on Wednesday, vowing to do his job with “integrity and honor” after the president said it was “disgraceful” that Sessions asked an internal watchdog …
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Ben Schreckinger / GQ:
Steve Bannon Is Hatching His Comeback  —  In a wide-ranging and challenging conversation, Donald Trump's former strategist tells GQ's Ben Schreckinger why the #MeToo movement amazes him, why the Chinese enrage him, and why his secret new venture—a project to “weaponize ideas”—excites him.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump is now on pace to have 11 communications directors in his first term … Saying that President Trump's communications directors average 88 days on the job is to misrepresent the tenures of Trump's communications directors.  One of the three who've actually held the position formally lasted 85 days, about on the mark.
Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Rubio bill would let young adults in D.C. purchase the AR-15  —  WASHINGTON  —  Last week, Marco Rubio stared into the eyes of a father who lost his daughter during the nation's deadliest high school shooting and made an announcement: Young adults should not be able to purchase guns.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
BBC:
Trump Nobel Peace Prize nomination probed amid fakery concerns  —  A nomination made for US President Donald Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize was potentially fraudulent, according to the awarding committee.  —  The Norwegian committee has filed a report with police over its concerns.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Why I'm Writing Captain America  —  Two years ago I began taking up the childhood dream of writing comics.  To say it is more difficult than it looks is to commit oneself to criminal understatement.  Writers don't write comics so much as they draw them with words.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
In Arizona, Joe Arpaio's Senate bid tests the strength of Trumpism  —  SADDLEBROOKE, Ariz. — Each of the Republicans running for Senate in Arizona this year claims a special bond with President Trump, but only one describes it as a supernatural connection beyond rational explanation.
Liz Ruskin / Alaska Public Media:
Rep. Young suggests guns could've saved Jews during Holocaust  —  Speaking at a conference in Juneau last week, Alaska Congressman Don Young argued against gun control by suggesting Jews might not have died in the Holocaust if they had been armed.  —  Listen now
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Fired Infowars staffers at war with Alex Jones - one claiming he was teased as the site's ‘resident Jew’ while African American worker says she was ‘mocked’ for her skin tone and Jones ‘grabbed her behind’  — Two former Infowars staffers have filed complaints …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Eliza Shapiro / Politico:
Miami schools chief Alberto Carvalho will be New York City's next chancellor
Discussion: WSVN-TV
Marcy Wheeler / New York Times:
Has Jared Kushner Conspired to Defraud America?
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and Salon
Washington Post:
We studied thousands of anonymous posts about the Parkland attack — and found a conspiracy in the making
Sam BordenESPN Senior / ESPN:
United States-led 2026 World Cup bid in jeopardy to Morocco's - sources
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Wait-Did Trump Just Give Pro-Gun Control Democrats Everything They Wanted?
Hollywood Reporter:
Young Harvey Weinstein: The Making of a Monster
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Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Jared Kushner
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OCCRP:
The Model, the Mafia, and the Murderers
Discussion: Politico and VICE News
Wall Street Journal:
A New GOP Entitlement  —  Some Republicans want to raid Social Security …
Discussion: National Review and Cafe Hayek
Danny Vinik / Politico:
Press secretary quits FEMA, citing ‘boys club’
Discussion: Axios and thecut
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Rise of Woke Capital
Bloomberg:
Manafort Joined Trump as Ukraine Work Dried Up, Cash Woes Rose
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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