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5:25 PM ET, March 1, 2018

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Nicolle Wallace / NBC News:
White House preparing for McMaster exit as early as next month  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is preparing to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser as early as next month in a move orchestrated by chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis, according to five people familiar with the discussions.
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
As Trump Spirals, Many Of His Staffers Are Looking To Exit  —  Even for this chaotic administration, the last few weeks have taken a toll on President Donald Trump and his staff.  A tragic mass shooting, big-name staff departures, and a series of scandals — all in the growing shadow …
CBS News:
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 …
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.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Hope Against Hope  —  Hope Hicks is kidding herself if she thinks that her tenure in the Trump White House will be judged only for harmless, situational untruths.  —  Presidents are in the habit of lying—often with bloody consequences.  The Bay of Pigs, the Gulf of Tonkin, Watergate …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
New York Times:
Kushner's Business Got Loans from Companies After White House Meetings
Washington Post:
Jared Kushner's troubles include an impending $1.2 billion company debt
Politico:   Trump's tariff war nudges Cohn toward White House exit
Daily Mail:
Revealed: How Hope Hicks was ‘trapped’ …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
A telling anecdote about Trump and the opioid abuse crisis
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:   Scaramucci Says He Fears John Kelly Will Thwart SkyBridge Sale
Washington Post:
Mueller investigation examining Trump's apparent efforts to oust Sessions in July
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Senate Intelligence Leaders Say House G.O.P. Leaked a Senator's Texts  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee were behind the leak of private text messages between the Senate panel's top Democrat and a Russian-connected lawyer …
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Joe Cunningham / RedState:
It's Time for Devin Nunes To Go - for Good
Discussion: Politico
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Dow sheds 550 points after Trump says steel and aluminum tariffs coming next week  — The Dow Jones industrial average traded more than 500 points lower after rising more than 150 points earlier in the day.  — The U.S. will set tariffs of 25 percent for steel and 10 percent for aluminum, the president said.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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John Harwood / CNBC:   With surprise tariffs, Trump rolls the dice with the US economy
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump declares his trade war: targets steel, aluminum
Discussion: ABC News and Breitbart
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Plans Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum and Markets Slump
CNBC:
Trade chaos at the White House: Tariff announcement now unlikely Thursday as Trump aides spar
CNN:
See HUD's $31,000 mahogany dining set  —  Washington (CNN)A $31,000 dining set the Department of Housing and Urban Development purchased, which raised eyebrows when first reported Tuesday, includes a table, sideboard, breakfront — all in mahogany — and 10 mahogany chairs with a blue velvet finish …
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Pew Research Center:
1. Generations' party identification, midterm voting preferences, views of Trump  —  Millennial voters continue to have the highest proportion of independents of any generation.  But when their partisan leanings are taken into account, they also are the most Democratic generation.
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USA Today:
Voters vow to elect a Congress that stands up to Trump, poll shows  —  WASHINGTON — Americans are mad, and that is putting Republicans at risk.  —  A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds voters looking toward the midterm elections are overwhelmingly unhappy with the country's direction …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Political Wire
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico to Quit Amid Tense Relations Under Trump  —  MEXICO CITY — The United States ambassador to Mexico plans to resign from her post in May, according to a memo circulated on Thursday to embassy staff, the latest in a string of senior diplomatic departures from the region …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
U.S. ambassador to Mexico stepping down
Discussion: American Thinker
NBC News:
Mueller eyes charges against Russians who stole, spread Democrats' emails  —  WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is assembling a case for criminal charges against Russians who carried out the hacking and leaking of private information designed to hurt Democrats in the 2016 election …
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Russia “Previewed” Plan to Disseminate Emails with Trump Campaign  —  A significant recent revelation in the Russia investigation has been largely overlooked in the rush of several breaking news stories over the past few days.  A nugget of information is contained in the memo written …
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Putin threatens US arms race with new missiles declaration  —  President says Russia has new line of nuclear-capable weapons that can breach US defences … Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia has developed and is testing a new line of strategic, nuclear-capable weapons that would be able …
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Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Putin boasts military might with animation of Florida nuke strike
Associated Press:
The Latest: White House: US defense capability ‘2nd to none’
Discussion: Politico
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.”
Michael Dimock / Pew Research Center:
Defining generations: Where Millennials end and post-Millennials begin  —  For decades, Pew Research Center has been committed to measuring public attitudes on key issues and documenting differences in those attitudes across demographic groups.  One lens often employed by researchers …
Wall Street Journal:
Russian Meddling on Social Media Targeted U.S. Energy Industry, Report Says  —  Posts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter were designed to influence energy policy, lawmakers say  —  A Russian-backed propaganda group used social media in an attempt to disrupt the U.S. energy industry …
Discussion: Axios
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Wall Street Journal:
Exxon Abandons Russian Projects Brokered by Tillerson
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Meet The ‘Experts’ Kobach Is Using To Defend His Voter Fraud Claims In Court  —  Next week, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach will go to federal court to defend a voting restriction that he has for years tried to implement in his state.  —  To help Kobach make his case …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen charged over IS photos  —  PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors filed preliminary charges Thursday against far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting brutal images of Islamic State violence, in a new blow to a woman long seen as the face of Europe's anti-immigrant populism.
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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Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Fastest Pace Since May 2004
Discussion: Breitbart
BostonGlobe.com:
State trooper involved in shooting has history of racist online posts
Discussion: CBS Boston and Raw Story
Emma Burrows / CNN:
Russian model in Thai jail promises to spill Trump-Russia secrets
Discussion: twitchy.com
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
D.C. Public Schools graduation rate on track to decline this year
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
BBC Chair Samir Shah calls for UK's “outdated” regulatory regime to be improved to let public service broadcasters compete with US streaming giants for viewers

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

 
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