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9:50 PM ET, March 3, 2019

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Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
As Trump and Kim Met, North Korean Hackers Hit Over 100 Targets in U.S. and Ally Nations  —  SAN FRANCISCO — North Korean hackers who have targeted American and European businesses for 18 months kept up their attacks last week even as President Trump was meeting with North Korea's leader in Hanoi.
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Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
Two sides of the globe, one painful lesson: Trump is debasing America  —  No matter how low your opinion may be of President Trump, he'll always find a way to lower it.  On Wednesday, he outdid himself, breaking even the laws of physics by reaching new depths in two places at once.
Deirdre Shesgreen / USA Today:
Exclusive: Pompeo on the failed North Korea talks, Otto Warmbier and his own trip to Iowa  —  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to say if he believes that Kim Jong Un did not know about Otto Warmbier's mistreatment while the American college student was imprisoned in North Korea, as President Trump has asserted.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bolton attempts damage control after Trump's Otto Warmbier remarks
Fox News:
Rep. Debbie Dingell on what Michael Cohen's testimony means for future investigations of President Trump
Don Sergent / Daily News:
Sen. Paul vows to vote against giving Trump ‘extra-Constitutional’ power  —  The Republican Party cheerleading session that is the Southern Kentucky Lincoln Day Dinner veered slightly off course Saturday with this pronouncement by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Bowling Green: “I can't vote to give extra-Constitutional powers to the president.”
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:   Rand Paul to vote to block emergency declaration, forcing Trump veto
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Rand Paul's vote likely gives Senate enough to oppose national emergency declaration
Discussion: Balloon Juice and KBZK
Burgess Everett / Politico:   Rand Paul to oppose Trump on national emergency
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Job-Approval Rating Ticks Up, Along With Warning Signs
New York Times:
To Woo a Skeptical Trump, Intelligence Chiefs Talk Economics Instead of Spies  —  Intelligence officials who brief the president have warned him about Chinese espionage in bottom-line business terms.  They have used Black Sea shipping figures to demonstrate the effect of Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
McGahn joins global law firm — and remains involved in Trump's judicial choices  —  Donald McGahn, the former White House counsel who at times clashed with President Trump over the ongoing special counsel probe but led his overhaul of the federal judiciary, told The Washington Post on Sunday …
Discussion: KBZK
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
CPAC Threatened to Ban Mediaite After Seb Gorka Complaint: ‘The F*cking Thinnest of F*cking Ice’  —  Conservative Political Action Conference organizers threatened to ban every Mediaite reporter after a private complaint from ex-White House official Seb Gorka, who was caught on video shoving …
ABC News:
Over 60 Trump-related documents to be requested from WH: House Judiciary Chair  —  Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., is interviewed on “This Week.”  —  1h ago
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
House Judiciary chair: “It's very clear” Trump obstructed justice
Discussion: IJR
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
A BuzzFeed Reporter Explains His Controversial Reporting on Michael Cohen and Donald Trump  —  In January, BuzzFeed published perhaps the clearest accusation against President Trump in all of the reporting about the Russia investigation.  Under the headline “President Trump Instructed …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
‘You Have to Pay With Your Body’: The Hidden Nightmare of Sexual Violence on the Border  —  MCALLEN, Tex. — It was dark in the stash house where they kept her, the windows covered so no one could see inside.  At first, the smugglers had her cook for the other migrants who had recently crossed illegally into the United States.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Bill Bostock / INSIDER:
Google, siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove widely-criticized government app which lets men track women and control their travel  — Google has rejected calls to remove a Saudi government app which offers a tool for men to control where women travel.
Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Warner: ‘Enormous amounts of evidence’ of possible Russia collusion  —  The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday lawmakers have found “enormous amounts of evidence” into potential collusion between the presidential campaign of Donald Trump and the Russians during the 2016 election.
Discussion: Breitbart
Daniel Jativa / Washington Examiner:
John Bolton: 'We're not afraid to use the word Monroe Doctrine'  —  John Bolton, the U.S. national security adviser, says the Trump administration is returning to the foreign policy principle of the Monroe Doctrine.  —  Pressed on why he has chosen to pressure Venezuela under Nicolas Maduro …
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
Socialist Bernie Sanders is Trump's dream Democrat  —  In a single sentence in his CPAC speech on Saturday, President Trump laid out the entire 2020 campaign.  Trump couldn't have made his message more clear if he'd stood on stage and literally hugged the American flag.
Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
Top Democrat demands another apology from Rep. Ilhan Omar, accusing her of ‘a vile anti-Semitic slur’  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is facing more accusations of making anti-Semitic remarks, with a senior member of her party rebuking the House freshman for words that he said conjured a “vile anti-Semitic slur.”
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Assad wants to be back in the Arab fold.  The U.S. stands in the way.  —  BEIRUT — Efforts by Arab states to reengage with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, now that he has prevailed in the war, have been put on hold after a push by the United States to deter its allies from renewing ties with his government.
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Trump Just Might Have Won the 2020 Election Today  —  It's way too early to be thinking this, much less saying it, but what the hell: If Donald Trump is able to deliver the sort of performance he gave today at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual meeting …
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Jones calls on Congress to “put some teeth” back in the Voting Rights Act  —  Sen. Doug Jones, the first Democrat to represent Alabama in the Senate in 25 years, urged his congressional colleagues to “put some teeth back” in the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, saying he believes Republican lawmakers across …
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
At Gridiron dinner, Ivanka tries laughs: 'As if being Donald Trump's daughter isn't the hardest job in the world'  —  There were several crucial questions surrounding Saturday night's Gridiron dinner, that exclusive, annual white-tie gathering hosted by a club made up of Washington's most elite journalists …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Axios and Associated Press
Jeff Metcalfe / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema breaks 13 hours, sets personal record at Ironman New Zealand  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema set a personal record for an Ironman race on Saturday, breaking 13 hours at Ironman New Zealand.  —  Sinema, 42, finished in 12 hours, 59 minutes, 57 seconds …
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Can Israel Survive Without Netanyahu?  Israelis Imagine the Future  —  JERUSALEM — The pre-Sabbath rush was on at Reuven and Negina Abramove's grocery store in Rehovot, a city that's been called Israel's Ohio for its tendency to mirror the results of national elections.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Lauren Gardner / Politico:
Huawei exec sues Canada over detention  —  Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is suing Canada and two of its federal agencies, alleging that authorities detained and interrogated her before declaring her under arrest.  —  Canada decided Friday to move forward with proceedings to extradite Meng to the U.S …
 
 
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump campaign clarifies 5G policy after catching administration off guard
Arthur C. Brooks / New York Times:
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Lynch Mobs Killed Latinos Across the West. Descendants Want It Known.
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
A Bulwark of Liberal Clichés
Joseph P. Fried / New York Times:
Ogden R. Reid, Herald Tribune Editor and Congressman, Dies at 93
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
New York's progressives will send us back to 70's financial ruin at this rate
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Jared and the Saudi Crown Prince Go Nuclear?
Discussion: Washington Press and Politico
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Smirking media bias against GOP couldn't be clearer
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Pennsylvania Democrats Wonder How Far Is Too Far Left in 2020
Rene Chun / The Daily Beast:
How David Pecker Built His Tabloid Empire on Fear
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Where does America find such sad excuses for elected leaders?
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Andrew Cuomo's Case for 2020—No, Really
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
The Republican Party is dead: GOP strategist stunned by reception to Trump's ‘unhinged’ CPAC speech
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
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