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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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NBC News:
Trump slammed Clinton over handling of classified info.  That looks like hypocrisy now  —  First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter  —  Jared Kushner loses access to highly classified information 3:04
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 …
Z. Byron Wolf / CNN:
Little white lies could be a very big problem for Hope Hicks  —  (CNN)Hope Hicks has occasionally told fibs on behalf of her boss, but they only amounted to white lies, according to what little we've heard spill out after her closed-door testimony Tuesday with congressional investigators.
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.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Kushner bombshell: Fox buries unflattering story for Trump White House...again  —  This is why Trump loves ‘Fox & Friends’  —  Jared Kushner's downgraded security clearance is the top story for nearly every major news organization in America, but on Fox News, the stunning development has itself been downgraded.
CNN:   Kelly, Kushner tension simmers amid West Wing uncertainty
Washington Post:
Kushner's overseas contacts raise concerns as foreign officials seek leverage
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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Bloomberg:
Manafort Joined Trump as Ukraine Work Dried Up, Cash Woes Rose  —  Fixer said to visit 17 times in 2014-15, with unpaid bills  —  Gates cooperation gives Mueller view on Manafort's cash hunt  —  Among the enduring curiosities of Donald Trump's presidential run was his announcement …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge sets Sept. 17 trial date for Manafort on Mueller charges
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Manafort trial date set for Sept. 17
Discussion: Fox News and IJR
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Why Trump Is Reluctant to Escalate the Cyber War With Russia  —  Putin has proven he will retaliate.  —  Democrats are furious.  Leaders of the U.S. intelligence community have no doubt that Russian trolls, bots and hackers are planning to meddle in the midterm elections this fall …
Discussion: Politico and Mother Jones
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
PBS launching new conservative political talk show  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are teaming to start a conservative-oriented talk show on PBS that takes its cue from William F. Buckley's “Firing Line,” which aired from 1966 to 1999.
People.com:
Oprah Winfrey Reveals the One Thing That Could Make Her Run for President  —  There's only one thing that could make Oprah Winfrey run for president in 2020.  —  Amid calls for her to consider a run for the White House — from fans as well as her closest friends — “I went into prayer,” …
Ben Schreckinger / GQ:
Steve Bannon Is Hatching His Comeback  —  In a wide-ranging and challenging conversation, Donald Trump's former strategist tells GQ's Ben Schreckinger why the #MeToo movement amazes him, why the Chinese enrage him, and why his secret new venture—a project to “weaponize ideas”—excites him.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Why I'm Writing Captain America  —  Two years ago I began taking up the childhood dream of writing comics.  To say it is more difficult than it looks is to commit oneself to criminal understatement.  Writers don't write comics so much as they draw them with words.
Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Rubio bill would let young adults in D.C. purchase the AR-15  —  WASHINGTON  —  Last week, Marco Rubio stared into the eyes of a father who lost his daughter during the nation's deadliest high school shooting and made an announcement: Young adults should not be able to purchase guns.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Liz Ruskin / Alaska Public Media:
Rep. Young suggests guns could've saved Jews during Holocaust  —  Speaking at a conference in Juneau last week, Alaska Congressman Don Young argued against gun control by suggesting Jews might not have died in the Holocaust if they had been armed.  —  Listen now
Elizabeth Landers / CNN:
NRA directly appealed to Trump against raising age for firearms purchases  —  Trump: It's OK to fight the NRA sometimes  —  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.
Alex Leary / Tampa Bay Times:
Trump shuts out Bill Nelson from meeting on guns  —  The Democrat hasn't been invited to a White House meeting on guns to be held Wednesday.  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump this afternoon will discuss gun legislation with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, seeking momentum amid concerns …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Rise of Woke Capital  —  Here are two stories about corporate America's current role in our politics and common life.  In one, the country's biggest companies are growing a conscience, prodded along by shifts in public opinion and Donald Trump's depredations and their own idealistic young employees …
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 …
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
Danny Vinik / Politico:
Press secretary quits FEMA, citing ‘boys club’  —  Resignation comes after top public affairs leader left the agency amid pressure over its response to hurricanes.  —  Two top public-affairs officers of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have resigned over the past month …
Discussion: Axios and thecut
Andrew Keshner / New York Daily News:
Three Muslim women forced to remove hijabs for mug shots snag $180G payout from city  —  New York City will pay a total of $180,000 to three Muslim women who were forced to take off their hijabs for mug shots, the Daily News has learned.  —  Settlements in the three cases were filed Monday …
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
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.
Nature:
An absorption profile centred at 78 megahertz in the sky-averaged spectrum  —  Abstract  —  After stars formed in the early Universe, their ultraviolet light is expected, eventually, to have penetrated the primordial hydrogen gas and altered the excitation state of its 21-centimetre hyperfine line.
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.
Discussion: Shakesville
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump: ‘Disgraceful’ for Sessions to tap DOJ watchdog to investigate FBI  —  Jeff Sessions said Wednesday he would do his job with “integrity and honor,” apparently defending himself after President Donald Trump called it “disgraceful” that the attorney general had asked an internal watchdog …
Discussion: Associated Press and Axios
Lea Skene / www.theadvocate.com:
Mother of baby killed in Baton Rouge crash involving off-duty cop arrested for failing to secure child seat  —  Just weeks after a Baton Rouge police officer was arrested on negligent homicide and accused of causing a crash that injured several people and killed a baby, the child's mother …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sara Stewart / New York Post:
Jennifer Lawrence flounders in atrocious ‘Red Sparrow’ … “Do you know how long it takes to peel the skin from a human body?” a torture-happy Russian goon asks in “Red Sparrow.”  I imagine it feels about as long as sitting through this atrocious spy thriller, in which Jennifer Lawrence plays a prima ballerina who goes to whore school.
Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast:
The Instagram Stars Hiding Their Famous, Muslim-Hating Mom, Pamela Geller … Claudia, Jackie, Olivia, and Margo Oshry are a group of sisters in New York living the millennial dream, running viral Instagram accounts and ruthlessly curating their online images.
Bloomberg:
How Defective Guns Became the Only Product That Can't Be Recalled  —  Taurus sold almost a million handguns that can potentially fire without anyone pulling the trigger.  The government won't fix the problem.  The NRA is silent.  —  Thomas “Bud” Brown makes his way out the back door …
 
 
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
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Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
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Edward McClelland / Politico:
Meet the Community Organizers Fighting Against ... Barack Obama
Discussion: Front Page Magazine and Daily Wire
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New York Times:
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Discussion: ABC News, Joe.My.God. and WIS-TV
Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Exclusive: North Korean leaders used Brazilian passports to apply for Western visas - sources
Discussion: Axios
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Dem wins New Hampshire seat in Trump district
Discussion: Vox and Hullabaloo
Lauren DeBellis Appell / Fox News:
The NRA just got a new member. Here's why this mom of two joined the group
Tony Badran / Tablet Magazine:
‘Ambassador Samantha Power Lied to My Face About Syria,’ by Kassem Eid
Discussion: Power Line