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9:50 AM ET, February 25, 2019

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Washington Post:
Former campaign staffer alleges in lawsuit that Trump kissed her without her consent.  The White House denies the charge.  —  A staffer on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign says he kissed her without her consent at a small gathering of supporters before a Florida rally …
Maggie Severns / Politico:
GOP donors: Trump campaign lacks a strategy to win in 2020  —  Late last month, more than 100 major Republican donors gathered at the Trump International Hotel for a presentation from the president's campaign manager Brad Parscale and other top political hands on their plans to keep the White House …
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
The best president money can't buy
Discussion: Splinter
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Warren shuts down donor dinners, insider access
Discussion: Axios
MJ Lee / CNN:
Elizabeth Warren's new promise: No fundraisers, phone calls with wealthy donors
Discussion: The Week
Wall Street Journal:   Elizabeth Warren Passes on Big-Ticket Fundraisers in Primary Campaign
New York Times:
Rust Belt, Sun Belt or Both? Democrats Seek the Best Route to the White House
Discussion: NBC News and Althouse
NBC News:
Ahead of North Korea summit, concern about Trump's gamble  —  Senior U.S. officials and North Korea experts are expressing mounting concerns that Trump will give away more than he gets in return.  —  HANOI — In the eight months since President Trump declared North Korea “no longer a nuclear threat …
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Foster Klug / Associated Press:
Vietnam vows ‘maximum level’ security for Trump-Kim summit
Discussion: Politico
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
New Report: Trump Appears to Have Committed Multiple Crimes  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  New Report: Trump Appears to have Committed Multiple Campaign Finance-Related Crimes  —  Washington — There is compelling evidence that President Trump may have personally committed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Former senior national security officials to issue declaration on national emergency  —  A bipartisan group of 58 former senior national security officials will issue a statement Monday saying that “there is no factual basis” for President Trump's proclamation of a national emergency to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Concerns rise over Neomi Rao, Trump's D.C. Circuit nominee  —  A new obstacle has emerged in the path to Neomi Rao replacing Brett Kavanaugh on the powerful D.C. Circuit Court.  —  The state of play: A source close to the White House confirmation process told me that Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has …
Discussion: CNN, FOX2now.com and RedState
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
How Lindsey Graham Went From Trump Skeptic to Trump Sidekick  —  “What happened to me?” the senator asks.  “Not a damn thing.”  —  As the luncheon dishes were placed down, the master of ceremonies kicked off a boisterous round of Lindsey Graham trivia.  “What is the senator's middle name? …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
The Trauma Floor  —  The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America  —  She spent the past three and a half weeks in training, trying to harden herself against the daily onslaught of disturbing posts: the hate speech, the violent attacks, the graphic pornography.
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Harry Reid wishes for George W. Bush again ‘every day’  —  Programming note: For more on George W. Bush and the political family that produced two Presidents, watch CNN's Original Series “The Bush Years” debuting Sunday, March 3 at 9pm ET on CNN.  —  (CNN)Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells His Lawyers: Stay for the Coming Legal Hellscape  —  The president has made private admissions that federal investigations bedeviling his first term in office will be haunting him for possibly years to come.  —  Late last year, over the course of three separate conversations …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
How the Upper Middle Class Is Really Doing  —  Since 1980, the incomes of the very rich have grown  —  faster than the economy.  The upper middle class  —  has kept pace with the economy, while the middle class and poor have fallen behind.  —  CHANGE IN  —  INCOME:  —  Top 0.01%
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Ex-Clinton staffers slam Sanders over private jet flights  —  In his campaign launch video last week, Bernie Sanders singled out the fossil fuel industry for criticism, listing it among the special interests he planned to take on.  But in the final months of the 2016 campaign …
Discussion: Splinter
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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Mayor de Blasio trash talks Clinton, praises Trump in Iowa
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Post:   Bill de Blasio stranded in Iowa motel after blizzard hits
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Trump's hawkish approach to Venezuela was spurred by a chance Oval Office encounter  —  Many observers see Trump's hawkish approach to Venezuela as a foreign policy aberration.  In reality, though, it's pure Trump.  Over a week of interviews, people with intimate knowledge …
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Ben Fox / Associated Press:   Pence in Bogota to discuss ways to oust Venezuela's Maduro
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Mike Pence wields foreign policy power
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
Pat Eaton-Robb / Washington Times:
Transgender sprinters finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut girls indoor track championships  —  NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Andraya Yearwood hears the comments, usually from adults and usually not to her face.  —  She shouldn't be running, they say, not against girls.  —  Yearwood, a 17-year-old junior …
Justin Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ is the worst best picture winner since ‘Crash’ … “Green Book” is the worst best picture Oscar winner since “Crash,” and I don't make the comparison lightly.  —  Like that 2005 movie, Peter Farrelly's interracial buddy dramedy is insultingly glib and hucksterish …
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
House Democrats target Trump's personal finances  —  House Democrats are planning to cross one of President Donald Trump's red lines: investigating his personal finances.  —  With special counsel Robert Mueller expected to wind up his work soon, Democrats are launching an investigation …
Discussion: Raw Story
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump accuses Spike Lee of delivering a ‘racist hit’ on him at Oscars  —  President Trump struck back Monday at film director Spike Lee, accusing him of delivering a “racist hit” during an Oscar acceptance speech in which Lee referred to the history of U.S. slavery and urged people to vote in the 2020 elections.
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Robert Kraft, Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and a day of reckoning for America's billionaires  —  He could have gone anywhere, but Robert Kraft — one of the 100 richest men in America, owner of the Super Bowl champion (sigh) New England Patriots — went to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
'Austerity, That's What I Know': The Making of a U.K. Millennial Socialist  —  Alex McIntyre, 19, was brought up in a Britain being reshaped by government cuts.  He gave up on capitalism after a year in college.  —  BRIGHTON, England — Alex McIntyre was raised on budget cuts.
 
 
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New York Times:
In Conservative Districts, Democrats Have to Answer for Party's Left Wing
Alayna Treene / Axios:
A Marist poll finds that Americans are as likely to identify as pro-life as they are pro-choice
Discussion: National Review
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Yes, ‘This Is America, 2019’
Discussion: The College Fix
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is Trump especially vulnerable to primary challenge?
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Kamala Harris attracts crowds in Iowa, but leaves questions about what she believes
Discussion: NB Blog
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
China has put 1 million Muslims in concentration camps. MBS had nothing to say.
Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
‘Not getting involved’ in Otzma controversy, Pompeo says
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