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8:40 PM ET, February 13, 2018

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
White House Was Warned of Aide's Background Months Earlier Than Acknowledged  —  WASHINGTON — Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, contradicted on Tuesday the White House timeline about the domestic abuse scandal involving Rob Porter, the president's former staff secretary.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House official: “Kelly cover-up is unraveling”  —  Chief of Staff John Kelly's White House enemies are ready to use FBI Director Chris Wray's testimony as a weapon: “Wray's FBI timeline makes one thing clear: the Kelly coverup is unraveling right before our eyes,” a White House official says.
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Director's Timeline of Porter Probe Contradicts White House  —  Christopher Wray tells Senate committee that agency ‘administratively closed’ file on Rob Porter, contradicting White House claim that probe was ongoing  —  The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said his agency …
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
The wife-beater, the witch and the White House: Why the hell did Trump ever tell Rob Porter and Omarosa 'you're hired'?  —  ‘Shut the f**k up, a**hole,’ snarled Omarosa Manigault-Newman at me.  'How are your kids going to feel when they wake up and discover their dad's a f**king f*gg*t?'
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kelly increasingly isolated as Porter scandal rages on  —  Turbulence in this West Wing is typically generated by President Donald Trump, but for the past week, it's been chief of staff John Kelly — the man brought in to be a steadying hand — who's inspiring what one White House official described as a crisis of confidence.
Washington Post:
White House reels as FBI director contradicts official claims about alleged abuser … The White House struggled Tuesday to contain a widening crisis over its handling of domestic violence allegations against a senior official, as it reeled from sworn testimony by the FBI chief …
CNN:
Porter was up for promotion despite abuse allegations  —  (CNN)Rob Porter was involved in serious discussions to be promoted when he abruptly resigned from the White House last week amid allegations that he abused his two ex-wives, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Porter blamed ex-wife's black eye on an accident in off-the-record meeting with reporters  —  When now-former White House staff secretary Rob Porter sat down for an off-the-record meeting with four reporters hours after the publication of a Daily Mail story showing his first wife with a black eye …
Discussion: IJR and Business Insider
David Edwards / Raw Story:   Sanders flails after she's busted lying about Porter scandal: ‘We relay the best and most accurate information’
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:   White House: Personnel Security Office To Blame For Delay In Ousting Rob Porter
Carrie Battan / ELLE:
Louise Linton Is Super-Duper Sorry  —  Louise Linton has accomplished the near-impossible task of locating an ordinary meeting place in the most moneyed stretch of the Upper East Side, where she and her husband, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, own an apartment.
Sean Hannity:
PORTRAIT PERVERSION: Obama Portrait Features ‘SECRET SPERM,’ Artist Joked About ‘Killing Whitey’  —  The widening scandal surrounding former President Barack Obama's official portrait continued to swirl on Tuesday, with shocking allegations the artist included ‘secret sperm cells’ within …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity Promotes, Then Deletes Bonkers Obama Portrait ‘Secret Sperm’ Conspiracy Theory … The official portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama received a wide array of reactions when they were unveiled on Monday.  But none has been quite as insane …
CNN:
Trump still unconvinced Russia meddled in 2016 election  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump still isn't buying that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.  —  Even as his intelligence chiefs unanimously told a Senate panel Tuesday that Russia meddled in 2016 and is planning to do so again in 2018 …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Russia Sees Midterm Elections as Chance to Sow Fresh Discord, Intelligence Chiefs Warn
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Internal Dem polling shows Trump's standing on the rise  —  A leading Democratic group — Priorities USA — is warning party leaders they could squander a strong political climate in 2018 if they don't start to emphasize pocketbook issues over loose and unfocused critiques of Donald Trump.
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Matt Lopez / Priorities USA:   RE: New Poll & Messaging Guidance: Democrats Must Keep Focus on Economy and Health Care
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
BuzzFeed Is Suing the D.N.C. Over Issues Involving the Russia Dossier  —  BuzzFeed believes that evidence of the alleged D.N.C. break-in by Russian hackers might help the online publisher in a libel suit.  But the D.N.C. says releasing information might make it vulnerable to more hacking.
Haaretz:
To really understand Israeli politics and the Netanyahu cases - subscribe to Haaretz  —  The two cases are the so-called Case 1000 - in which Netanyahu is suspected of accepting lavish gifts from wealthy benefactors in return for advancing their interests - and Case 2000 …
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Strikes Killed Scores of Russian Fighters in Syria, Sources Say  —  More than 200 contract soldiers are said to have been killed  —  The casualties dwarf official Russian army death toll in Syria  —  U.S. forces killed scores of Russian contract soldiers in Syria last week …
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Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
In The Wake Of Rob Porter Allegations, Mormon Women Say Church Leaders Encouraged Them To Stay With Their Abusers  —  Nearly two dozen women told BuzzFeed News they went to Mormon church leaders after suffering abuse at home and were counseled to remain in their relationships.
Discussion: Raw Story, Jezebel and thecut
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Jared Kushner credit line debts increased in 2017  —  Jared Kushner, a White House aide and President Donald Trump's son-in-law, appears to have drawn more money out of three separate lines of credit in the months after he joined the White House last year, a newly released document shows.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Corker Reconsiders Retirement, but He Must Win Over Trump to Do It  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee has been reconsidering his decision to retire this year, but Mr. Corker's hopes for retaining his seat are running into a potentially insurmountable object: President Trump.
Discussion: Political Wire
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police commander shot to death at Thompson Center in Loop  —  A high-ranking Chicago police officer died after he was shot Tuesday afternoon while assisting a tactical team responding to a robbery at the Thompson Center, sources said.  —  The officer, identified as a commander …
Dan Savage / The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper:
Pennsylvania Pastor Caught in Parked Car with Bound Naked Man  —  “I have nothing to hide,” says Pastor George Gregory of Waterfront Christian Community Church, “I did nothing wrong.”  But according to the police report, Pastor George Gregory of Munhall, PA, was sitting fully clothed …
bluestockings magazine:
Silencing and “Free” Speech  —  Today, February 13th, 2018, the Brown Republicans and the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs are hosting an event entitled, “The Millennial Conservative: A Conversation with Guy Benson” on Brown's campus.  Benson, a conservative journalist …
Discussion: The College Fix and twitchy.com
WTTG-TV:
White powdery substance under investigation at former President Obama's DC office  —  WASHINGTON - The Secret Service is investigating after reports that a white powdery substance had been found at former President Barack Obama's D.C. office.  —  The incident was reported Tuesday around 12:30 p.m …
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Democrat Margaret Good Flips Seat in Florida, The 36th Democratic Flip Since Trump's Inauguration … Democrat Margaret Good won a special election for state representative in Florida's 72nd district on Tuesday night, earning the Democratic party its 36th legislative flip since Trump's inauguration.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The End of the Two-Party System  —  In the first half of the 1990s, I worked in Europe for The Wall Street Journal.  I covered nothing but good news: the reunification of Germany, the liberation of Central Europe, the fall of the Soviet Union, the end of apartheid in South Africa, the Oslo peace process in the Middle East.
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Second U.S. judge blocks Trump administration from ending DACA program  —  (Reuters) - A second U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's decision to end a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children from deportation.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Darwin Paz / Governor Tom Wolf:
Governor Tom Wolf Rejects Partisan Gerrymandered Map  —  Analyses, Non-Partisan Experts Say GOP Submission is Partisan, Gerrymandered  —  Harrisburg, PA - Governor Tom Wolf today told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that he will not accept the proposed map Republican legislative leaders submitted because it …
Discussion: Washington Post, Mother Jones and Axios
Glen Weyl / Politico:
What If You Could Get Your Own Immigrant?  —  The raw emotions generated by immigration policy—provoked by heartrending stories of families torn apart by deportation, or citizens murdered by illegal immigrants—have scrambled political allegiances and confused public debate.
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Salon Wants to Hijack Your Browser to Mine Cryptocurrency … If you want to read Salon and you don't want to deal with ads, you'll have to agree to get into the cryptocurrency business.  —  On Sunday night, the famously liberal site began testing a new formula: If non-subscribers using ad-blocking software …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump proposes eliminating federal funding for PBS, NPR  —  's newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of a package that includes $300 billion in new spending overall.  —  CPB provides federal funding for PBS and National Public Radio stations.
 
 
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump, Pence honor African-American military service for Black History Month
Discussion: Breitbart
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
The toll on I-66 inside the Beltway hit $46.50 on Tuesday
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. pushes motion to put Pakistan on global terrorist - financing watchlist
Discussion: Axios
Kent Faulk / al.com:
Court rules Gardendale can't form school system, finds racial motives; city to appeal
Discussion: Mother Jones, The Root and The 74
U.S. Department of Justice:
Chelsea Bomber Ahmad Khan Rahimi Sentenced to Life in Prison for Executing September 2016 Bombing …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
Ban The United States From The Olympics
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Trump's 87 picks to be federal judges are 92% white with just one black and one Hispanic nominee
Discussion: Axios
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump has held three news conferences ... since the Republican convention
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump and Republicans are preparing an all-out assault on the safety net
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Megan McArdle named Washington Post Opinions columnist
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump's Biggest Potential Conflict Of Interest Is Hiding In Plain Sight