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Hope Hicks' “white lies” testimony becomes a flashpoint for House Intel Committee — In a rare, on-the-record accounting of some of the House Intelligence committee's secret, closed-door proceedings, two members of the House Intelligence Committee explained to CBS News what led White House …
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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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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The White House Didn't Break Hope Hicks Overnight — Hope Hicks entered American politics at its fringes, in the early stages of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, a grinning 26-year-old member of the Trump Organization's public-relations team who'd been rerouted from her task of helping Ivanka Trump develop a lifestyle brand.
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Bryan Logan / Business Insider:
Trump reportedly berated Hope Hicks over her testimony to the House Intel Committee — President Donald Trump reportedly berated Hope Hicks for testimony she gave to lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee during which she admitted telling white lies for him.
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CNN:
White House furious at embarrassing stories about HUD, Secretary Ben Carson — Complaint filed over Carson's office expenses — Washington (CNN)Senior White House aides are furious about a series of negative stories about frivolous spending at the Department of Housing and Urban Development …
CNN:
What Hope Hicks meant about white lies — (CNN)White House communications director Hope Hicks, who on Wednesday announced she plans to leave the White House, testified to the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that she has told what amounted to white lies for President Donald Trump.
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Washington Post:
Mueller investigation examining Trump's apparent efforts to oust Sessions in July … Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III has been investigating a period of time last summer when President Trump seemed determined to drive Attorney General Jeff Sessions from his job, according to people familiar …
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Axios:
The wild wars within the Trump White House — After a crazy 24 hours, sources close to President Trump say he is in a bad place — mad as hell about the internal chaos and the sense that things are unraveling. — The big picture: Hope Hicks leaving is obviously a huge blow to him.
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Axios:
Scoop: Besieged Sessions dines with Rosenstein in show of solidarity — If Donald Trump finally follows through on his rage and fires Jeff Sessions, the image with this story will be printed in history books. — Tonight at 7:35pm, the Attorney General strode into a high-end Washington restaurant …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump refers to Sessions as ‘Mr. Magoo’: report — refers to Attorney General Jeff Sessions — as “Mr. Magoo,” The Washington Post reported Wednesday. — Trump has been comparing his top law enforcement official to the bumbling cartoon character, an elderly man who lands …
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Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Shelby says he'd leave Trump if he were Sessions: 'I wouldn't be anybody's whipping boy'
Shelby says he'd leave Trump if he were Sessions: 'I wouldn't be anybody's whipping boy'
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Who would want to be White House communications director, and who is in the running?
Playbook: Who would want to be White House communications director, and who is in the running?
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Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Trump's New Target: The Justice Department's Inspector General
Trump's New Target: The Justice Department's Inspector General
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New York Times:
Kushner's Business Got Loans from Companies After White House Meetings — Apollo, the private equity firm, and Citigroup made large loans last year to the family real estate business of Jared Kushner, President Trump's senior adviser. — Early last year, a private equity billionaire started paying regular visits to the White House.
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Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Questions linger about how Melania Trump, a Slovenian model, scored ‘the Einstein visa’ — In 2000, Melania Knauss, a Slovenian model dating Donald Trump, began petitioning the government for the right to permanently reside in the United States under a program reserved for people with “extraordinary ability.”
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news.walmart.com:
Walmart Statement on Firearms Policy — In light of recent events, we've taken an opportunity to review our policy on firearm sales. Going forward, we are raising the age restriction for purchase of firearms and ammunition to 21 years of age. We will update our processes as quickly as possible to implement this change.
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Walmart will raise age for purchase of guns and ammunition to 21
Walmart will raise age for purchase of guns and ammunition to 21
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Most Americans say Trump is racist — WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of Americans, including large majorities of blacks and Hispanics, think President Donald Trump is a racist. More than half think his policies have made things worse for Hispanics and Muslims …
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Putin claims Russia has nuclear arsenal capable of avoiding missile defenses … MOSCOW — Russia has developed nuclear weapons that can avoid any missile defense systems and plans to bolster its arsenal with nuclear-powered cruise missiles capable to hitting any point on the globe …
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Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Putin boasts of new Russian nuclear weapons
Putin boasts of new Russian nuclear weapons
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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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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
They Don't Hate The NRA. They Hate You. — The progressives are cranking things up to 11 on the Stupid/Psycho Scale, which is good for us in the short term - some of us Normals were growing complacent and the midterms are coming. But we also need to open our eyes and accept the bitter reality we face.
Washington Post:
White House planning major trade announcement Thursday on steel and aluminum imports … The White House is planning to make a major announcement Thursday about whether it will impose new limits on steel and aluminum imports, three people familiar with the event said, following months …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Fights Worth Having — For my money, the best op-ed published in The Times this week was Mona Charen's Feb. 25 barn-burner, “I'm Glad I Got Booed at CPAC.” Charen is a movement conservative who worked for Nancy and Ronald Reagan and is a longtime contributor to National Review.
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Associated Press:
Hundreds gather at church for blessing ceremony featuring AR-15s — NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — Hundreds of crown-wearing worshipers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday, prompting a nearby school to cancel classes.
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Ashley Kirzinger / The Henry J. Kaiser Family …:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - February 2018: Health Care and the 2018 Midterms, Attitudes Towards Proposed Changes to Medicaid — KEY FINDINGS: — Medicaid continues to be seen favorably by a majority of the public (74 percent) and about half (52 percent) believe the Medicaid program …
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Marcy Wheeler / New York Times:
Has Jared Kushner Conspired to Defraud America? — Amid the dizzying details of internet trolls, almost a million dollars' worth of antique rugs and fake bank accounts, the indictments brought by Robert Mueller, the special counsel, in his investigation of Russian tampering in the 2016 election have one thing in common.
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Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
EU Warns Tech Giants to Remove Terror Content in 1 Hour—or Else — EU lays out rules for firms to fight online illegal material — Facebook, Google among tech firms under pressure to react — The European Union issued internet giants an ultimatum to remove illegal online terrorist content within …
RealClearInvestigations:
Behind Cruz's Rampage: Obama's School-Leniency Policy — Despite committing a string of arrestable offenses on campus before the Florida school shooting, Nikolas Cruz was able to escape the attention of law enforcement, pass a background check and purchase the weapon he used …
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Tara Copp / Military Times:
Wife of 7th Special Forces Group vet faces deportation under tighter immigration rules — A Virginia immigration court on Monday could decide to deport the wife of an Army 7th Special Forces Group veteran, despite provisions in the law that allow her to remain in the United States.
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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New York Times:
The Unmet Promise of Equality — The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders in session in Washington in 1967. Known as The Kerner Commission, after the chair, Otto Kerner, seated at the head of the table, the group was convened by President Lyndon Johnson in the wake of the 1967 race riots.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Is Jared Kushner using the White House as his own personal boardroom? — President Trump's decision to put his assets into a not-so-blind trust led to myriad concerns about possible conflicts of interests. The biggest early flashpoints in the debate over using the White House for personal gain …
Astead W. Herndon / BostonGlobe.com:
Republicans are not just attached to Trump — they're his customers, too — WASHINGTON — There are at least 230 wineries in the state of Virginia, but when a campaign arm of House Republicans recently chose one to host the winners of a fund-raising contest, it was the vineyard …