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Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Sessions Used Political Funds for Republican Convention Expenses  —  Records show attorney general used campaign account for travel expenses to Cleveland, where he met Russian envoy  —  The Trump administration says Attorney General Jeff Sessions was acting as a then-U.S. senator …
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New York Times:
Kushner and Flynn Met With Russian Envoy in December, White House Says  —  WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, then Donald J. Trump's incoming national security adviser, had a previously undisclosed meeting with the Russian ambassador in December to “establish a line of communication” …
Steve Reilly / USA Today:
Exclusive: Two other Trump advisers also spoke with Russian envoy during GOP convention  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is not the only member of President Trump's campaign who spoke to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at a diplomacy conference connected to the Republican National Convention in July.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
The nearly indestructible bond between Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump  —  President John F. Kennedy picked his younger brother to be attorney general.  President Trump might have picked the next closest thing.  —  Jeff Sessions was the first senator to endorse Trump at a time when few Republican lawmakers supported the candidate.
New York Times:
Sergey Kislyak, Russian Envoy, Cultivated Powerful Network in U.S.  —  Sergey I. Kislyak, the longtime Russian ambassador to the United States, hosted a dazzling dinner in his three-story, Beaux-Arts mansion four blocks north of the White House to toast Michael A. McFaul just weeks before he took …
Discussion: NBC News
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Moscow's man in Washington is at the center of the political moment
USA Today:
Trump team issued at least 20 denials of contacts with Russia
Discussion: Common Dreams
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Two more former Trump aides spoke with Russian ambassador: report
Discussion: Mediaite
Tony Cook / Indianapolis Star:
Pence used personal email for state business — and was hacked  —  Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, at times discussing sensitive matters and homeland security issues.  —  Emails released to IndyStar in response …
The Huffington Post:
Dreamer Arrested After Speaking To Media Will Be Deported Without Hearing, Attorney Says  —  “ICE's assertion that her detention is ‘routine’ is absurd and seems anything but,” one lawmaker said.  —  WASHINGTON A 22-year-old undocumented immigrant arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Jackson …
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Nunes Tells Reporters: ‘Do You Want Us To Conduct An Investigation On You?’
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Six times Jeff Sessions talked about perjury, access and special prosecutors — when it involved the Clintons
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Former Trump adviser at center of Russia firestorm wrote letter to DOJ accusing ‘Clinton regime’ of committing ‘hate crimes’ against him  —  Carter Page, an early foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, wrote a letter to the Department of Justice on February 12 alleging …
Discussion: NBC News
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump's advisers push him to purge Obama appointees  —  Frustrated by the gush of leaks, the president's allies say it's time to take action.  —  Advisers to President Donald Trump are urging him to purge the government of former President Barack Obama's political appointees and quickly install …
Discussion: Political Wire
The Southern:
Voice of The Southern: Let the people have their say  —  “Where is Mike Bost?”  —  That's the question many 12th District voters have been asking after Rep. Bost did not schedule an in-person town hall meeting during the time he was back in the district last week.
Julia Wick / LAist:
This Is What It's Like When A Father Of 4 Is Detained By ICE While Dropping His Daughters Off At School  —  Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez, an undocumented father of four U.S.-born children, has lived in this country for more than 20 years.  On Tuesday, he was dropping his daughters off at school, as he does every morning.
Discussion: CBS Los Angeles
Washington Post:
Garfield's a boy ... right?  How a cartoon cat's gender identity launched a Wikipedia war.  —  Garfield is lazy; Garfield is a cat; Garfield likes lasagna.  —  Is there really much more to say about Garfield?  The character is not complicated.  Since the comic debuted in 1978 …
Discussion: Fox17, Hit & Run and Mashable
Rob Cox / Reuters:
Snap IPO marks moment investors donned sweats  —  (Reuters Breakingviews) - Investors have effectively just done what no self-respecting person ever should: wear sweatpants in public.  With Snap's $3.4 billion initial public offering they have simply given up giving a damn.
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Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg:
Snap's Two Co-Founders Are Now Worth $5.3 Billion Each After IPO
Discussion: Mashable
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Kellyanne Conway Speaks Out After Congressman Said She Looked ‘Familiar’ On Her Knees  —  Kellyanne Conway believes the news media would be more outraged about a Democratic congressman's crude joke that the White House staffer looks “familiar” with being on her knees …
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
White House: Keystone exempt from ‘Buy American’ requirements  —  The Keystone XL pipeline will not be subject to President Donald Trump's executive order requiring infrastructure projects to be built with American steel, a White House spokeswoman said today.
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
New EPA head told Congress he never used personal email for government business.  But it turns out he did.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions isn't the only Trump Cabinet official being pressed to explain omissions in congressional testimony at his confirmation hearing.
Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed:
Lawmakers Hunt The Capitol For An Obamacare Bill Moved Between Secret Locations  —  Speaker Paul Ryan says Republicans are unified behind the secret Obamacare replacement plan, but lawmakers were searching in vain for the bill on Thursday.  The committee working on the bill says it is still a work in progress.
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
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ESPN:
Colin Kaepernick to stand during national anthem next season  —  Quarterback Colin Kaepernick will stand during the national anthem next season, sources told ESPN on Thursday.  —  Kaepernick no longer wants his method of protest to detract from the positive change he believes has been created, sources told ESPN.
Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
US Senate calls on British spy Christopher Steele to give evidence on explosive Trump-Russia dossier  —  Exclusive: Republicans and Democrats in Congress keen to facilitate discreet meetings in the UK or on neutral territory, as pressure grows on President  —  Christopher Steele …
Discussion: NBC News, Infowars, Axios and Politicus USA
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Top Trump Advisers Are Split on Paris Agreement on Climate Change  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is fiercely divided over President Trump's campaign promise to “cancel” the Paris agreement, the 2015 accord that binds nearly every country to curb global warming, with more moderate voices maintaining …
Discussion: Axios
Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post:
Woman arrested for having sex with high school football players  —  More On:  —  A 42-year-old California woman has been arrested for allegedly having sex with three high school football players.  —  Mary Frances Fletcher, also known as Debbie Fletcher, was arrested Tuesday on charges …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Daily Mail:
Illegal El Salvador migrant gang members with a Satanic shrine in their apartment ‘kidnapped, drugged and raped a 14-year-old Houston girl and murdered another to appease insulted demon’  — Hours earlier, 13 members of the same gang were arrested in New York for allegedly killing three high school students
Jack Heretik / Washington Free Beacon:
Judge Under Investigation for Allegedly Helping Illegal Immigrant Escape ICE Through Her Private Entrance  —  A judge in Multnomah County, Oregon is under investigation for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade federal authorities.  —  On Jan. 27, Mexican national Diddier Pacheco Salazar appeared …
 
 
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David Krayden / The Daily Caller:
Georgetown U Students Reject Criticism Of Sharia Law As ‘Hate Speech’
Randy Barnett / Washington Post:
AALS Executive Committee responds to our letter concerning faculty diversity
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Remove Iraq From Travel-Ban List
Eric Bradner / CNN:
John McCain, Lindsey Graham get emotional describing friendship: ‘I love him to death’
Discussion: TheBlaze
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
An exclusive look at Jeff Bezos' plan to set up Amazon-like delivery for ‘future human settlement’ of the moon
Discussion: Daily Mail, The Verge and Engadget
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump Admin, Congress Seek to Slash U.N. Funding in Wake of New Anti-Israel Action
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Interior secretary repeals ban on lead bullets
Discussion: Daily Wire
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Barack Obama and His Deep State Operatives Are Attempting to Sabotage the Duly Elected President of the United States
 Earlier Items: 
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
McMaster rebuked by Army in 2015 for his handling of sexual assault case
Discussion: New York Times
Benny Johnson / IJR:
Sec. Mattis Has a New Nickname to Replace ‘Mad Dog’... Oh, and He Does His Own Laundry at The Pentagon, Too
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What The CIA and FBI Knew About Trump Before 2016
Tim Chapman / The Hill:
Voters won't forgive Republicans if they fail to repeal ObamaCare
Discussion: IJR
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
How millions of kids are being shaped by know-it-all voice assistants
 

 
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Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

Sara Fischer / Axios:
A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming

 
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