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3:35 PM ET, March 1, 2018

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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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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 …
Joe Cunningham / RedState:
It's Time for Devin Nunes To Go - for Good  —  Representative Devin Nunes has become an incredibly controversial figure in the era of Donald Trump.  —  As chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Nunes has been a central figure in the Congressional investigation into what exactly …
Discussion: Politico
Daily Mail:
Revealed: How Hope Hicks was ‘trapped’ …
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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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.
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 …
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.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
A telling anecdote about Trump and the opioid abuse crisis
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and Politico
Washington Post:
Mueller investigation examining Trump's apparent efforts to oust Sessions in July
CNN:   White House furious at embarrassing stories about HUD, Secretary Ben Carson
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:   Scaramucci Says He Fears John Kelly Will Thwart SkyBridge Sale
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
John Kelly jokes (?) that ‘God punished’ him when he left DHS to be Trump's chief of staff
Discussion: RedState, AOL and CNN
Axios:
Scoop: Besieged Sessions dines with Rosenstein in show of solidarity
Matt Glassman / New York Times:   The Root of White House Chaos? A Weak President
Patrick Gillespie / CNNMoney:
Beer and cars could get more expensive because of Trump tariffs  —  U.S. trade moves could spark Chinese retaliation  —  Beer, baseball bats and cars could get more expensive after President Trump imposes tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum.  —  And that's only the beginning.
Discussion: CNN
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Fred Imbert / CNBC:   Dow sheds 550 points after Trump says steel and aluminum tariffs coming next week
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: Political Wire
Pew Research Center:   4. Race, immigration, same-sex marriage, abortion, global warming, gun policy, marijuana legalization
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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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
HUD: Carson Directs Agency To Cancel Order For $30,000 Dining Set
Discussion: Daily Kos and Joe.My.God.
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 …
Discussion: Axios, AOL and The Daily Caller
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
U.S. ambassador to Mexico stepping down  —  The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, is resigning from the post, the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the State Department and one that could further complicate the U.S.-Mexico relationship amid lingering tensions over immigration …
Discussion: American Thinker
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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Andrew Osborn / Reuters:
Putin, before vote, unveils ‘invincible’ nuclear weapons to counter West
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Putin boasts military might with animation of Florida nuke strike
Discussion: RedState and New York Magazine
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.”
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.
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 …
Discussion: Shareblue Media, Salon and Raw Story
New York Times:
Miami Superintendent Turns Down New York City Schools Job  —  MIAMI — Mayor Bill de Blasio's choice to lead New York City's school system said on Thursday that he had changed his mind and would not leave his job as superintendent of the Miami-Dade County system, leading to cheers in a packed meeting room of his school board.
BuzzFeed:
Stop Blaming Russian Bots For Everything  —  “I'm not convinced on this bot thing,” said one of the men behind the Russian bot thing.  —  By now you know the drill: massive news event happens, journalists scramble to figure out what's going on, and within a couple hours the culprit is found — Russian bots.
BostonGlobe.com:
State trooper involved in shooting has history of racist online posts  —  The Massachusetts State Police trooper who fired his rifle during a police confrontation in which a Cape Verdean ATV driver was injured in Boston on Saturday has a long history of posting racist and profane comments …
Discussion: CBS Boston and Raw Story
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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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Spurned by U.S. and Facing Danger Back Home, Iranian Christians Fear the Worst
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
The Myth of the Times' Intellectual Diversity
Discussion: The Week and ThinkProgress
Fox News:
California has worst ‘quality of life’ in US, study says
Discussion: AOL, Mercury News and Instapundit
Wall Street Journal:
Exxon Abandons Russian Projects Brokered by Tillerson
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Larry Mcshane / New York Daily News:
Brooklyn woman busted for poisoning her friend's cheesecake in bid to steal her identity
Discussion: thecut, FOX31 Denver and FOX40
Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Fastest Pace Since May 2004
Emma Burrows / CNN:
Russian model in Thai jail promises to spill Trump-Russia secrets
Discussion: twitchy.com
 Earlier Items: 
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
D.C. Public Schools graduation rate on track to decline this year
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Some NBA teams played ‘negro national anthem’ at games
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed:
The Trump Official Who Blocked Undocumented Teens From Getting Abortions Said He Doesn't Believe …
Discussion: Vox
Politico:
Pruitt says he will start flying coach
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump's corruption deserves to be a central issue in the 2018 midterms
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Trump, The Day After: “Respect 2nd Amendment!”
 

 
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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 US federal court allows The Intercept's claim that the DMCA stops OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but dismisses its claims against Microsoft

 
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