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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Hope Hicks Acknowledges She Sometimes Tells White Lies for Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Hope Hicks, the White House communications director, told House investigators on Tuesday that her work for President Trump, who has a reputation for exaggerations and outright falsehoods, had occasionally required her to tell white lies.
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Washington Post:
Kushner's overseas contacts raise concerns as foreign officials seek leverage … Officials in at least four countries have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, by taking advantage of his complex business arrangements …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump family v. John Kelly  —  The Trump family — and the president's oldest son, Don Jr., in particular — was angry about the overwhelmingly negative TV coverage about Jared Kushner last night, and feels White House Chief of Staff Kelly is hanging Jared out to dry, a source familiar with the situation tells Axios.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Kushner loses access to top-secret intelligence  —  Presidential son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner has had his security clearance downgraded — a move that will prevent him from viewing many of the sensitive documents to which he once had unfettered access.  —  Kushner is not alone.
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
The Deep State Takes Out the White House's Dark Clown Prince … If you've ever filled out a form SF-86 for a U.S. government security clearance, you'll know the hassle of dealing with the sheer volume of information it entails.  Listing contacts, personal, financial and travel information in enormous …
Washington Post:
Four Commerce Department appointees lose their posts after problems in background checks … Four Commerce Department political appointees working on interim security clearances lost their jobs Tuesday because of problems in their background checks, the latest fallout from the intensifying public scrutiny …
Elizabeth Landers / CNN:
NRA directly appealed to Trump against raising age for firearms purchases  —  Washington (CNN)National Rifle Association leaders appealed directly to President Donald Trump about not raising the age limit for buying certain firearms, a senior administration official tells CNN.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CBS News:   Hope Hicks' limited testimony divides House Intelligence Committee
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Jared Kushner Loses His Right-Hand Man Just When He Needs Him Most
Discussion: Politico, Axios and Breitbart
Associated Press:   Trump names campaign manager for re-election bid
Julie Creswell / New York Times:
Dick's, Major Gun Retailer, Will Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles  —  One of the nation's largest sports retailers, Dick's Sporting Goods, said Wednesday morning it was immediately ending sales of all assault-style rifles in its stores.  —  The retailer also said that it would no longer …
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David Caplan / ABC News:
Dick's Sporting Goods CEO: Company will no longer sell assault-style rifles, nor sell guns to people under 21  —  Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., one of the largest retailers of its kind in the United States, is taking new steps to curtail the sale of firearms in its 700-plus stores …
Discussion: New York Magazine, Gizmodo and AOL
CNN:
Mueller team asks about Trump's Russian business dealings as he weighed a run for president  —  (CNN)Investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller have recently been asking witnesses about Donald Trump's business activities in Russia prior to the 2016 presidential campaign as he considered …
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Ben Carson's HUD, Planning Cuts, Spends $31,000 on Dining Set for His Office  —  WASHINGTON — Department of Housing and Urban Development officials spent $31,000 on a new dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson's office in late 2017 — just as the White House circulated its plans …
NBC News:
U.S. intel: Russia compromised seven states prior to 2016 election  —  The U.S. intelligence community developed substantial evidence that state websites or voter registration systems in seven states were compromised by Russian-backed covert operatives prior to the 2016 election …
Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:
Trump campaign chief lends name to penny stock tied to felon  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The political strategist and online guru who was named President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign manager Tuesday has a close financial relationship with a penny-stock firm with a questionable history …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
PA-18 Special Election Moves from Lean Republican to Toss Up  —  It's not normal for Republicans to be worried about losing a seat President Trump carried by 20 points.  But with two weeks to go before the March 13 special election, Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone is locked …
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Dem Super PAC spends big on Pennsylvania special election
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Lauren DeBellis Appell / Fox News:
The NRA just got a new member.  Here's why this mom of two joined the group  —  As a mom of kids in elementary school, I became a proud member of the NRA for the first time last week.  I did so because the absence of common sense that I've witnessed recently is alarming to me as a parent.
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BuzzFeed:
The Florida Teens Started Their Movement In A Parent's Living Room. …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:   How Authorities Failed To Stop School Shooter Nikolas Cruz
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
David Hogg Is Fair Game for Critics  —  The Parkland survivor has chosen to insert himself into an important national policy debate.  We who disagree with his views on guns have a duty to speak up against them.  —  David Hogg, the telegenic 17-year-old who survived the shooting in Parkland …
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Chris Matthews / Washington Post:
The Parkland shooting victims are the most trusted people in America
Discussion: NewsBusters
New York Times:
With AR-15s, Mass Shooters Attack With the Rifle Firepower Typically Used by Infantry Troops  —  A Marine shooting a standard rifle used by the military.  —  The gunman firing a civilian variant during the Parkland shooting. … Since 2007, at least 173 people have been killed in mass shootings …
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tipped off immigrants about ICE raid and isn't sorry she did … On Tuesday night, just after completing a roundup of more than 150 suspected undocumented immigrants, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it could have arrested more but for the actions of one person …
Discussion: Althouse
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Jerome R. Corsi / USA Today:
Arm qualified, willing teachers and staff  —  Allowing teachers and school staff the right to carry weapons provides the possibility of a near instant response: Opposing view  —  Even in the best of circumstances, police responding to a school shooting need time to deploy, arrive on the scene and engage.
Tampa Bay Times:
Shooting survivor's father admits email changes in CNN spat  —  Colton Haab's father acknowledges omitting some words from the email but says he didn't do it on purpose.  —  Last week's televised town hall on guns and school safety has led to finger-pointing by the father of a Florida school shooting survivor and CNN.
Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: FedEx's secret deal with the NRA and the gun industry  —  More than two dozen companies have cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA) in recent days, having come under scrutiny for doing business with the gun lobby following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people dead earlier this month.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Dem wins New Hampshire seat in Trump district  —  Democrats picked up another special election victory Tuesday, winning a legislative seat in a New Hampshire district where President Trump  —  by a 13-point margin in 2016.  —  Voters in Laconia chose Philip Spagnuolo, a substance abuse counselor …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Vox
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Roger Stone's Secret Messages with WikiLeaks  —  On March 17, 2017, WikiLeaks tweeted that it had never communicated with Roger Stone, a longtime confidante and informal adviser to President Donald Trump.  In his interview with the House Intelligence Committee last September, Stone …
Ned Oliver / The Roanoke Times:
GreenTech, the electric car company once led by McAuliffe, files for bankruptcy  —  The electric car company founded by former Gov. Terry McAuliffe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, blaming in part a wave of negative coverage by a conservative news website for its financial woes.
Tony Badran / Tablet Magazine:
‘Ambassador Samantha Power Lied to My Face About Syria,’ by Kassem Eid  —  One day after the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Saturday demanding a truce in the besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta to allow for aid access and medical evacuations, Russia, Iran …
Discussion: Power Line
Washington Post:
Cyber chief says Trump has given him no new authority to strike at Russian interference threat … The head of U.S. Cyber Command warned lawmakers that penalties and other measures have not “changed the calculus or the behavior” of Russia as it seeks to interfere with this year's midterm elections.
Michael Tesler / Washington Post:
Democrats and Republicans are increasingly divided on the value of teaching black history  —  Wednesday marks the end of Black History Month.  And like prior Februaries, this month has seen its fair share of articles lamenting Americans' lack of knowledge about African American history.
 
 
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Exclusive: North Korean leaders used Brazilian passports to apply for Western visas - sources
Discussion: Axios
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge sets Sept. 17 trial date for Manafort on Mueller charges
Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast:
The Instagram Stars Hiding Their Famous, Muslim-Hating Mom, Pamela Geller
Bloomberg:
How Defective Guns Became the Only Product That Can't Be Recalled
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Judge Orders Tarps Removed From Confederate Statues in Charlottesville
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Jezebel
Bloomberg:
Manafort Joined Trump as Ukraine Work Dried Up, Cash Woes Rose
Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Deciphering the Redactions in the Schiff Memo
John Bowden / The Hill:
Supreme Court rules immigrants can be detained indefinitely
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Heritage Foundation: 64% of Trump's agenda already done, faster than Reagan
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Roy Moore Consultants' New Project: A Conspiracy-Theorizing Pro-Trump News Site
Discussion: Raw Story
Kim Hart / Axios:
Exclusive: Public wants Big Tech regulated
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems fear overreach as left presses assault weapon ban
Ginger Hervey / Politico:
EU's Irish border position is a ‘fantasy,’ says former UK Brexit minister
Discussion: Sky News and The Guardian
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
Searing Big Screen “Chappaquiddick” …
Ali Winston / The Verge:
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology
Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
A self-described sex expert says she will spill information on Trump and Russia to get out of a Thai jail