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7:15 AM ET, February 28, 2019

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The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz Under Investigation by Florida State Bar Over Michael Cohen Threat  —  The Florida congressman tells The Daily Beast he is unaware of the inquiry.  —  The Florida Bar has opened an investigation into whether Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) violated professional conduct rules …
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Peter Wehner / New York Times:
Republicans Sink Further Into Trump's Cesspool  —  What they left out of their questioning of Michael Cohen says more about the degradation of my former party than anything they said.  —  Michael Cohen's testimony before Congress on Wednesday revealed as much about the Republican Party …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Republican Party Completely and Utterly Disgraced Itself at Michael Cohen's Hearing  —  The questioning from these products of the conservative bubble world was so bad it made a career hoodlum look good.  —  WASHINGTON—On July 24, 1974, a congressman named Thomas Railsback leaned …
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
How'd the Cohen Hearing Go?  That Depends on Your Filter Bubble  —  DONALD TRUMP'S FORMER attorney, Michael Cohen, is a flawed man with nothing left to lose, charting a path to redemption by finally coming clean about crimes and misdeeds allegedly committed by the president of the United States.
Discussion: NPR
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Billionaire Phil Ruffin says he's the Kansan mentioned at Michael Cohen hearing  —  Billionaire Phil Ruffin said Wednesday that he is the anonymous Kansas businessman mentioned during the marathon questioning of President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen.
Ken White / The Atlantic:
Republicans Committed the Classic Cross-Examination Blunder  —  Everyone involved in the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday needed a good lawyer.  —  Michael Cohen, the convicted felon, disbarred lawyer, and former fixer to Donald Trump, needed a trial lawyer to rein …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Uncontradicted  —  Michael Cohen's testimony to the House Oversight Committee was uncontradicted.  The former personal attorney of the president of the United States today accused him of a litany of crimes, improprieties, immoralities, and betrayals of national security.
Discussion: USA Today and CNN
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Cohen testimony suggests NY prosecutors pose major danger to Trump
John Solomon / The Hill:
Michael Cohen's pathetic ‘Cry for Me, Argentina’ performance
Erica Orden / CNN:   Cohen's testimony escalates Trump's legal troubles in New York
Noah Rothman / Commentary:
Michael Cohen's Morality Play
NBC News:
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz apologizes for tweet targeting Michael Cohen
ABC News:
Cohen testifies he's aware of another illegal act by Trump
The Guardian:
Michael Cohen: if Trump loses in 2020 ‘there will never be a peaceful transition of power’ - as it happened
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Bloomberg:   Trump's Shifting Net Worth May Bear Clues for Investigators
NBC News:
U.S. drops demand for full accounting of N. Korea nuclear program ahead of talks  —  Negotiators focus in on Yongbyon reactor, the “heart” of North Korea's nuclear program.  —  HANOI, Vietnam — U.S. negotiators are no longer demanding that North Korea agree to disclose a full accounting …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Washington Post:
Trump and Kim abruptly cut short summit after failing to reach nuclear deal  —  HANOI — President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their two-day summit here Thursday after the two leaders failed to reach an agreement to dismantle that country's nuclear weapons.
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump's Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse After North Korea Demands End to Sanctions  —  HANOI, Vietnam — President Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, abruptly ended their second summit meeting on Thursday when negotiations collapsed after the two sides failed to agree on even the first steps …
Associated Press:
Trump, Kim summit collapses amid failure to reach deal  —  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The nuclear summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un collapsed Thursday after the two sides failed to reach a deal due to a standoff over U.S. sanctions on the reclusive nation …
Discussion: fox8.com and WQAD-TV
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Why Trump bailed on North Korea  —  HANOI - In the end, President Trump did the unexpected: He walked away.  —  A visibly deflated Trump began the press conference wrapping up his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by talking about anything else.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Bloomberg eyeing Manhattan office space for campaign
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:   White House Bars 4 U.S. Journalists From Trump's Dinner With Kim in Hanoi
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
North Korea nuclear summit ends abruptly with no deal
Discussion: CNN, Joe.My.God. and The Week
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump, at North Korea summit, distracted by Cohen
Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
Sources: Beto O'Rourke won't challenge John Cornyn for Senate, paving way for presidential bid  —  Beto O'Rourke has decided not to run for Senate next year against Republican incumbent John Cornyn and likely will announce a campaign for president soon, confidants close to the former El Paso congressman told …
Washington Post:
Virginia first lady under fire for handing cotton to African American students on mansion tour  —  A Virginia state employee has complained that her eighth-grade daughter was upset during a tour of the historic governor's residence when first lady Pam Northam handed a ball of cotton …
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Mueller's Team Acknowledges New Information in Allegations That Manafort Lied  —  WASHINGTON — The special counsel's office, citing new information from a cooperating witness, appeared on Wednesday to correct one element of its earlier allegations that Paul Manafort, President Trump's former …
Wall Street Journal:
Cohen in the Colosseum  —  The legal fixer unloads on his former boss, with little new information.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: A new conservative media company  —  Jonah Goldberg is leaving National Review in the coming months to start a new conservative media company with Steve Hayes, who was editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard when its owner shut it down in December.  —  Details: Goldberg and Hayes tell …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Politico:
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Anna Gorman / NPR:
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Discussion: The Medical News
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Amid clouds of dust, border wall prototypes are demolished
Jon Thompson / RGA:
New Poll: GOP Governor Ron DeSantis Posts Sky-High 64% Job Approval Rating
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
In undisclosed trip, Trump's Treasury breaks with precedent on transparency
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Judge Smacks Down Roger Stone's CNN Conspiracy Theory
Discussion: Raw Story
Carrie Levine / NPR:
‘Not In Compliance’: Wilbur Ross, The Trump Official Who Keeps Watchdogs Up At Night
 Earlier Items: 
Raleigh News & Observer:
Bladen County operative at center of NC election fraud investigation indicted, arrested
Discussion: Roll Call
Molly Langmuir / ELLE:
Reporter Jane Mayer?
German Lopez / Vox:
The House just passed what could be the biggest change to federal gun laws in decades
Discussion: Splinter and Politico
Reuters:
Kushner makes little headway on Mideast peace plan in Gulf
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Pew: Phone polling in crisis again
Discussion: Pew Research Center