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9:50 AM ET, February 16, 2018

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New Yorker:
Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity  —  One woman's account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair.  —  In June, 2006, Donald Trump taped an episode of his reality-television show, “The Apprentice …
CNN:
Exclusive: A top Trump campaign adviser close to plea deal with Mueller  —  Washington (CNN)Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates is finalizing a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's office, indicating he's poised to cooperate in the investigation, according to sources familiar with the case.
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Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
Steve Bannon met with Mueller multiple times over the past week  —  WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, who served as President Donald Trump's chief strategist, was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller over multiple days this week, NBC News has learned from two sources familiar with the proceedings.
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:   Bannon Stays Mostly Mum in House Hearing, Prompting Bipartisan Ire
Washington Post:
No, there haven't been 18 school shootings in 2018.  That number is flat wrong. … The stunning number swept across the Internet within minutes of the news Wednesday that, yet again, another young man with another semi-automatic rifle had rampaged through a school, this time at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in South Florida.
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New York Times:
The N.R.A. Can Be Beat  —  It's time to vote the gun lobby out of office.  —  Parents throughout the country live with the dread that the next lockdown at their child's school won't be a drill and that screams like those we heard on cellphones from classrooms at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School …
Karl Etters / Tallahassee Democrat:
Local law enforcement: No ties between militia and school shooter  —  Jordan Jereb, local leader for the Republic of Florida, a separatist group on the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hate Watch  —  Local law enforcement sources have so far not found a connection between accused Parkland …
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New York Times:
Flashes of Rage.  Family Loss.  Nikolas Cruz's Lifetime of Trouble.  —  PARKLAND, Fla. — Before he was hauled into a jailhouse hearing room on Thursday, head bowed and shackled at the wrists and ankles, Nikolas Cruz had been causing trouble as long as anyone here could remember.
miamiherald:
The victims of the Douglas High mass shooting  —  The Broward County Sheriff's Office has not yet released the names of the 17 people killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday.  But relatives and friends of the victims took to social media on Thursday to mourn and honor the people they lost.
Anti-Defamation League:
Florida White Supremacist Group Admits Ties to Alleged Parkland School Shooter Nikolas Cruz
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
A loud, new voice after the latest school shooting: Kids wanting to know why adults hadn't done more
James Risen / The Intercept:
Is Donald Trump a Traitor?  —  I find it hard to write about Donald Trump.  —  It is not that he is a complicated subject.  Quite the opposite.  It is that everything about him is so painfully obvious.  He is a low-rent racist, a shameless misogynist, and an unbalanced narcissist.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
CBS News:
White House refuses to release photo of Trump signing bill to weaken gun law  —  A little over a month after his inauguration, on Feb. 28, 2017, President Trump signed HJ Resolution 40, a bill that made it easier for people with mental illness to obtain guns.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Why Trump drags his feet on guns
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
Bloomberg:
Senate Rejection May Mark End of Chances for Immigration Deal  —  Trump-backed proposal, bipartisan compromise both fail  —  White House standing firm on demands for immigration bill  —  Chances for a broad immigration deal emerging from Congress this year are all but dead after the Senate within …
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Elana Schor / Politico:   Inside the Senate's ugly immigration breakdown
Emma Dumain / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White House, Lindsey Graham go to war over immigration
Discussion: Vox and Washington Post
Alex Guillén / Politico:
Pruitt's security threat?  A passenger shouting, 'You're f—ing up the environment'  —  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's security team decided last year he should fly first class to avoid confrontations with angry individuals on planes and in airports, an agency official said Thursday …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
EPA: Pruitt faced profanities from fellow passengers when he flew coach
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Public confrontations prompted Pruitt to switch to first-class travel, EPA says
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
More than 40 percent of Trump's Cabinet-level picks have faced ethical or other controversies  —  President Trump came to Washington promising to “drain the swamp.”  But after less than 13 months, more than 40 percent of the people he originally picked for Cabinet-level jobs have faced ethical or other controversies.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
VA chief fights for his political future amid internal strife and allegations of subterfuge
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Facebook complies with Russia's request to take down an Instagram post linked to Putin's rival  — Facebook-owned Instagram has taken down posts related to bribery allegations made by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny against prominent figures in a YouTube video.
CNN:
Ex-wife's photos raise questions about McGahn's role in Porter scandal  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI obtained photos of the bruised face of Colbie Holderness seven days after President Donald Trump's inauguration last year, according to emails obtained by CNN, raising questions …
Discussion: The Week and Axios
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
White House left feeling rudderless as Trump hangs back in crisis
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
An unusual turn in the Michael Flynn case?  —  Observers are buzzing about a series of events in the last 60 days in the case of Michael Flynn, the Trump national security adviser who on Dec. 1 pleaded guilty to one count of lying to the FBI in the Trump-Russia investigation.
Discussion: Washington Times
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Don't Be Fooled: Russia Attacked U.S. Troops in Syria  —  Mattis gave Putin “plausible deniability” for a military assault that went badly awry.  —  If you've been listening just to the Kremlin and the Pentagon, you probably didn't know that Russia attacked American forces and their allies …
Discussion: Defense One
ProPublica:
Congressman Calls For Investigation Of Conservative Think Tank  —  U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski is asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether a series of financial deals improperly benefited the leaders of the Illinois Policy Institute — the latest call for authorities to examine the influential conservative think tank.
Discussion: Roll Call
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
ABC's George Stephanopoulos Has Landed The Big Comey Interview  —  Stephanopoulos will interview Comey in mid-April ahead of the release of his highly-anticipated book.  —  ABC has landed one of the most sought-after interviews of the year: former FBI Director James Comey.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Sen. Jeff Flake: President Donald Trump shouldn't be impeached, but his behavior is bad for national security  — When he announced his retirement from the Senate last fall, Jeff Flake of Arizona become one of the strongest Republican critics of President Donald Trump.
Dal Kalsi / FOX Carolina 21:
Deputies: Broome High student arrested after Snapchat threat ‘Round 2 of Florida tomorrow’  —  A Broome High School student was arrested after a threat was made via social media, a school district spokesperson said Thursday.  —  Spartanburg School District Three spokesperson Sherri Horton …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and AOL
Washington Post:
A significant minority of Americans say they could support a military takeover of the U.S. government  —  With the administration planning a military parade in the capital and three former generals occupying key posts in the Trump administration, some observers are concerned about the militarization …
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Mitt Romney's Utah Alternative  —  Mitt Romney launched his long-anticipated campaign on Friday, tweeting, “I am running for United States Senate to serve the people of Utah and bring Utah's values to Washington.”  —  Over recent weeks, much of the national pundit chatter has focused …
 
 
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Everytown launches post-Florida action plan
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EXCLUSIVE: Mass Layoffs At IJR, Leaving Future Uncertain
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On Venezuela, Where Are Liberals?
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Wall Street Journal:
Cohn Downplays Concerns Over Rising Inflation, Bond Yields
Discussion: Reuters and CNBC
Peter Dockrill / ScienceAlert:
Biologist Gets a Fake Star Trek Paper Accepted by 4 Dodgy Science Journals
Discussion: Gizmodo
Dan McLaughlin / Los Angeles Times:
Every solution to mass shootings inevitably involves a serious trade-off
Discussion: Instapundit
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Judge Rules News Publishers Violated Copyright by Embedding Tweets of Tom Brady Photo
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Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Memo: NY Times Editor Explains Why Everyone Hates His ‘Rich And Searching’ Op-Ed Section
 Earlier Items: 
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
It's time to bring back the assault weapons ban, gun violence experts say
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Truth About the Florida School Shooting
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue Media:
Watch: Ted Cruz laughs at suggestion of doing anything about gun violence
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Says Impersonating A Journalist During A Mass Shooting Doesn't Violate Its Rules
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Lawrence Bonk / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Calls Fight For Gun Control ‘Class War’ and Says the ‘Left Hates Rural America’
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Jeffrey Tambor Officially Fired From ‘Transparent’ in Wake of Harassment Claims
 

 
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Financial Times:
Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42 for a minority stake, after G42 severed ties with Chinese suppliers; Brad Smith will join G42's board

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube strengthens its “enforcement on third-party apps” violating its ToS, “specifically ad-blocking apps”, leading to error messages and “buffering issues”
 
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