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12:05 AM ET, March 4, 2019

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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 and Splinter
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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.
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.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bolton attempts damage control after Trump's Otto Warmbier remarks  —  President Trump ignited outrage when he absolved Kim Jong-un of responsibility for the death of American college student Otto Warmbier, who left jail in North Korea in a terminal state.  —  Catch up quick …
Fox News:
Rep. Debbie Dingell on what Michael Cohen's testimony means for future investigations of President Trump
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Seb Gorka No Longer a Contributor at Fox News  —  Seb Gorka, pundit turned White House staffer turned pundit, is no longer a Fox News contributor, the network confirmed to Mediaite.  —  Gorka, a self-proclaimed national security expert, worked as a contributor for Fox News before he joined …
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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 …
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: KBZK and Balloon Juice
Burgess Everett / Politico:   Rand Paul to oppose Trump on national emergency
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: CNN and Political Wire
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:   Jones calls on Congress to “put some teeth” back in the Voting Rights Act
Lawrence Richard / SARAH PALIN:
EXPOSED: Bernie Plans To SLASH Military Funds To Fund Socialist Agenda  —  Email address:  —  Leave this field empty if you're human:  —  Senator Bernie Sanders has built a career of being far-left of center and has even sought to implement socialist policies during his decades of service in Congress.
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David Marcus / The Federalist:   In The Age Of AOC, Sanders' Launch Speech Almost Seems Moderate
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:   Socialist Bernie Sanders is Trump's dream Democrat
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/WSJ poll: 2020 race will be uphill for Trump, but he has strong party loyalty  —  NBC News/WSJ poll finds President Trump facing headwinds on Russia investigation and border wall but bolstered by strong GOP support and a good economy.  —  WASHINGTON — A year and a half …
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Job-Approval Rating Ticks Up, Along With Warning Signs
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump friend Roger Stone suggests Robert Mueller ‘framed’ him in Instagram post that could violate gag order  — Roger Stone on Sunday suggested he has been “framed” by special counsel Robert Mueller in an Instagram post.  — The post appeared to run afoul of Judge Amy Berman Jackson's …
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
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.”
Isabel Debre / Associated Press:
US closes Jerusalem consulate, demoting Palestinian mission  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem, downgrading the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by folding it into the U.S. Embassy to Israel.
Discussion: The Week
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump campaign clarifies 5G policy after catching administration off guard  —  The Trump re-election campaign sparked widespread confusion inside the Trump administration and the cellular wireless industry on Friday night when it advocated for a nationwide “wholesale” 5G network …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Politico
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.
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
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
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 …
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.
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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Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Assad wants to be back in the Arab fold. The U.S. stands in the way.
Arthur C. Brooks / New York Times:
Our Culture of Contempt  —  The problem in America today is not incivility or intolerance.
Lauren Gardner / Politico:
Huawei exec sues Canada over detention
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
Discussion: The Bulwark
Jeff Metcalfe / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema breaks 13 hours, sets personal record at Ironman New Zealand
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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Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Warner: ‘Enormous amounts of evidence’ of possible Russia collusion
Discussion: Breitbart
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
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'
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

 
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