Subject: POLITICO Playbook, presented by the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs: Who would want to be White House communications director, and who is in the running?
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BULLETIN -- AP/MOSCOW, at 5:55 a.m.: "President Vladimir Putin says Russia has tested new nuclear weapons, including a nuclear-powered cruise missile and a nuclear-powered underwater drone, that would be immune to enemy intercept.
 
 "Speaking in a state-of-the-nation speech Thursday, Putin said that the nuclear-powered cruise missile tested last fall has an unlimited range and high speed and is capable of penetrating any missile defense.

 "He said the high-speed underwater drone capable of carrying a nuclear warhead could target both aircraft carriers and coastal facilities. Putin said that Russia also tested a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile, called Sarmat, with a range and number of warheads exceeding its predecessor." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb504199a794d372fb6b41fc5a6eaf4da2ae05540c3a955c1baa6f79cfac4be206d7934ac919188d1fe64d

Good Thursday morning and happy March -- the happiest month for college basketball fans. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF THE WHITE HOUSE GUN MEETING ENDING, the substance of PRESIDENT TRUMP embracing a whole host of untenable gun-control positions dissipated. NYT'S MAGGIE HABERMAN broke the news that HOPE HICKS was resigning from the White House one day after telling the House Intelligence Committee that she periodically lies for the president. 

LET'S TAKE THIS IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, because Trump saying he supports a whole host of positions that cannot pass is good television, but little more.

WHO WOULD WANT THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR JOB? Well, it might be tough to convince someone on the outside of 1600 Pennsylvania. The constant drumbeat of investigations could make it a touch less attractive.

-- ODDSMAKERS: People on Capitol Hill and in the White House really like MERCEDES SCHLAPP for comms director. She is as traditional an operator as it gets in this White House. A more out-of-the-box choice: STEPHEN MILLER. He's survived and thrived and Trump takes his advice on many issues.

IF NOT THEM, THIS COULD BE A BIG PROBLEM for the White House. They've struggled to recruit fresh talent into the West Wing. With the continued drama surrounding the Russia investigation, a wild card boss who flouts traditional Republican positions and is known to turn on senior level staff at a whim, it's hard to see the A, B, or C team of Republican communications operatives looking to make the jump to the White House. 

ABOUT HOPE'S EXIT -- Darren Samuelsohn, Andrew Restuccia and Eliana Johnson: "Hicks gathered with staffers on Wednesday evening in Sanders' office to announce her plans to depart. A White House official said that it was an 'emotional' moment, and that Hicks told her colleagues that her decision was a long time coming and had nothing to do with recent news reports. She told the team that she was proud of their work and that now was the right time for her to leave the White House. Once she finished talking, everyone applauded and staffers went up to her one by one to say goodbye, a senior administration official said. ...

"A Hicks friend said the cumulative effect of her time working for Trump - the high-profile nature of a job with a free-wheeling boss who is his own communications director, coupled with the stresses of the Russia investigation and most recently with her relationship to Porter - all combined to send her for the exits. 'This was a case of, "I'm done. Physically. Emotionally. Just drained,"' the friend said. 'Three years in that kind of environment is a lifetime.' ... Hicks' title, the friend said, didn't really reflect what she did for the president. 'She was not just a staffer for him,' the friend said. 'You can find another communications director. I think for Trump this is closer to
 losing a limb.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb5041affa873747a06aaaf94591e741bda7fe5a9e6f58df32f63808192e463c3c0ca25de856cb64a35ca2

-- NYT's Maggie Haberman: "Multiple White House aides said Ms. Hicks's decision to leave was unrelated to her appearance before the House committee. They said she had told a small group of people in the days before the session that she had planned to resign, partly because she never liked Washington and chose not to try to pretend to. ... Several staff members described Ms. Hicks as a protector against some of the more difficult aspects of working in the Trump White House, and expressed concern about what her absence would mean for the team. ... Other advisers said they were more concerned that Mr. Trump, who has found the White House isolating, would struggle with no close campaign aides
 nearby." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb5041c38d1322f04758d7e233f16fa2ecdb3b77dd7faab0e504e12419591ed64b8a4c11b31bd59e924eb2

SOMETHING TO WATCH ... WE HEAR -- Tension between White House chief of staff John Kelly's office and Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is escalating over his ongoing access and influence over Trump. Sources close to the White House say Kelly's team believes Lewandowski does more harm than good at this point and needs to be cut off.

ABOUT THAT TRUMP GUN STEMWINDER ... 

SINCE DONALD TRUMP took the White House, he's advocated for: universal health care, some immigration policies that are closer to Senate Democrats than Republicans and, now, some aspects of gun control that make GOP lawmakers squirm. Remember these two numbers: 60 and 218. Very little of what he said would have the 60 votes it needs in to pass the Senate, and 218 votes it needs to get through the House.

PEOPLE SAY: "WELL, Republicans voted for a big budget bill after years of talking about deficits, so they'll also roll over on guns." Fine. But the budget deficit is not an issue that drives voters to the ballot box year after year. It's not backed by a massive political organization. The Second Amendment is. You've already seen lawmakers dump all over Trump's suggestion that the government take guns from people without due process. 

JUST WAIT. Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy know where their members stand. Much of this stuff will never get anywhere close to the House and Senate floor. That all said, bolstering background checks, broadly speaking, could be a layup if handled correctly.

HOW IT PLAYED -- ELANA SCHOR and BURGESS EVERETT: "Trump upends gun politics - for now: The president largely sided with Democrats in a freewheeling meeting with lawmakers. But members in both parties are wary about where it will lead": "Donald Trump dramatically shook up the firearms debate on Capitol Hill on Wednesday - if he can stick to his guns.

"During an hourlong televised meeting with lawmakers in both parties, Trump stiff-armed congressional Republicans' guns strategy while endorsing some bipartisan ideas Democrats are pushing. But as Washington grapples for a response to the Feb. 14 massacre in Parkland, Florida, Trump's ability to find results will depend on whether he can prod the GOP-led Congress to move beyond its comfort zone on guns." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb5041541b7aa4457aca1c4fb41ae5580251a743784c70e01de7e2baab92c083b365acd85694f130a8b55a

-- NYT'S MIKE SHEAR: "Trump Stuns Lawmakers With Seeming Embrace of Gun Control": "In a remarkable meeting, the president veered wildly from the N.R.A. playbook in front of giddy Democrats and stone-faced Republicans. He called for comprehensive gun control legislation that would expand background checks to weapons purchased at gun shows and on the internet, keep guns from mentally ill people, secure schools and restrict gun sales for some young adults. 

"He even suggested a conversation on an assault weapons ban. At one point, Mr. Trump suggested that law enforcement authorities should have the power to seize guns from mentally ill people or others who could present a danger without first going to court. 'I like taking the guns early,' he said, adding, 'Take the guns first, go through due process second.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb50416d44e3bfdd3b59c801e278021c320ef4b99047f95ee3d1176bc24c1a363e7bc678330dd0d1a85655

ANOTHER COMPANY OFF THE NRA SCRIPT -- "Walmart to raise age for buying firearms and ammunition to 21," by Rebecca Morin: "Walmart, one of the nation's leading retailers, announced on Wednesday that it would no longer sell guns and ammunition to those younger than 21. 'In light of recent events, we've taken an opportunity to review our policy on firearm sales,' according to a company statement. 'Going forward, we are raising the age restriction for purchase of firearms and ammunition to 21 years of age. We will update our processes as quickly as possible to implement this change.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb5041faa95dd433dc8ac13419dd69fcf206754ab058ef36451d3675c48954b1771acc21d43717992b4199

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PAGING SECRETARY CARSON -- "Gowdy seeks answers on allegations of excessive spending, retaliation at HUD," by Cristiano Lima: "Rep. Trey Gowdy, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Wednesday requested that Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson turn over all documents and communications pertaining to allegations by a high-ranking civil servant that she was the target of reprisals after sounding the alarm on agency spending.

"'To help the Committee determine whether HUD adhered to the applicable spending limitations while redecorating your office, please provide ... [a]ll documents and communications referring or relating to redecorating, furnishing, or equipping your office since January 1, 2017,' Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican, wrote to Carson, according to excerpts of the letter released Wednesday." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb504151be2f9196404cab661d968491fa1fead968f598fbc6f3e8bdc749558907e43845edb52262befed4

NEXT UP -- "Trump may announce steel and aluminum tariffs as soon as Thursday," by Andrew Restuccia and Adam Behsudi: "The White House is laying tentative plans to announce new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports as soon as Thursday, according to two people briefed on the planning. Administration officials have begun reaching out to steel industry officials in advance of the possible announcement, which is expected to have large repercussions on global trade. 

"White House aides and others familiar with the issue cautioned that the details of the announcement were still in flux. Administration officials were engaged in a fierce debate Wednesday night about whether to make the announcement Thursday - or delay it altogether, according to the people. ... Industry sources said company executives from both the steel and aluminum sectors were being summoned to the White House." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb5041524e65189254b144a1f381b551bc0b2b064e5e52d65dbef5dc4c7f6cf9ecc0fa895c48a2a329bc5c

JARED INC. -- "Kushner's Business Got Loans After White House Meetings: Apollo, the private equity firm, and Citigroup made large loans last year to the family real estate business of Jared Kushner, President Trump's senior adviser," by NYT's Jesse Drucker, Kate Kelly and Ben Protess: "Early last year, a private equity billionaire started paying regular visits to the White House. Joshua Harris, a founder of Apollo Global Management, was advising Trump administration officials on infrastructure policy. During that period, he met on multiple occasions with Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, said three people familiar with the meetings. 

"Among other things, the two men discussed a possible White House job for Mr. Harris. The job never materialized, but in November, Apollo lent $184 million to Mr. Kushner's family real estate firm, Kushner Companies.

"The loan was to refinance the mortgage on a Chicago skyscraper. Even by the standards of Apollo, one of the world's largest private equity firms, the previously unreported transaction with the Kushners was a big deal: It was triple the size of the average property loan made by Apollo's real estate lending arm, securities filings show. It was one of the largest loans Kushner Companies received last year. 

"An even larger loan came from Citigroup, which lent the firm and one of its partners $325 million to help finance a group of office buildings in Brooklyn. That loan was made in the spring of 2017, shortly after Mr. Kushner met in the White House with Citigroup's chief executive, Michael L. Corbat, according to people briefed on the meeting. The two men talked about financial and trade policy and did not discuss Mr. Kushner's family business, one person said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb5041143ee8de44be4fbebf13e877518ce225016c8419915f89962bafdab40c9a798c2aeb108776fede4b

-- "Jared Kushner's Ties to Banks Under Scrutiny," by WSJ's Emily Glazer, Erica Orden and Jenny Strasburg: "The New York State Department of Financial Services asked several banks for information about their relationships with Jared Kushner and his finances, people familiar with the information requests said. The department, which regulates New York banks and some international banks that do business in the state, sent inquiries last week to firms that include Deutsche Bank and Signature Bank ... The inquiries, which are expansive and comprehensive, seek information about Mr. Kushner's individual finances and those related to his family's real-estate company, Kushner Cos. ... The inquiries
 ask for information from banks about their relationships with Mr. Kushner, including his bank accounts and loans." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb50419bf7fe520891ffcaca40cd31d86c4b10ee2ed8cbae34f2a3d61a354b83007ea9f7bd286f634d0819

-- NANCY COOK and ANDREW RESTUCCIA: "Kushner shifts to 2020 campaign talk amid clearance downgrade": "Jared Kushner showed up for work at the White House on Wednesday and acted like everything was normal. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser attended the daily senior staff meeting, where he launched into a discussion about Trump's 2020 reelection bid, according to an administration official. ... 

"For more than a year, Kushner has snuffed out any whiff of insurrection against him, outlasting a stream of White House aides ... Now, he is in an increasingly tenuous position, restricted in his ability to view information and limited in his duties - and there is growing speculation about his future in the White House. ...

"Kushner's recent focus on the 2020 election has led some in the White House to wonder whether he'll eventually transition out of the West Wing to become an adviser to his father-in-law's reelection bid. Trump's newly announced campaign manager, Brad Parscale, is a close ally of Kushner's and the two men speak on the phone regularly." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb50416405df050c09c259336a95445e5cabfc48417de4c1260613ee3e1f15a35a2b93393206763a903ce1

THE MUELLER REPORT -- "Mueller investigation examining Trump's apparent efforts to oust Sessions in July," by WaPo's Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey and Ros Helderman: "Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has been investigating a period of time last summer when President Trump seemed determined to drive Attorney General Jeff Sessions from his job, according to people familiar with the matter who said that a key area of interest for the inquiry is whether those efforts were part of a months-long pattern of attempted obstruction of justice.

"In recent months, Mueller's team has questioned witnesses in detail about Trump's private comments and state of mind in late July and early August of last year, around the time he issued a series of tweets belittling his 'beleaguered' attorney general ... The thrust of the questions was to determine whether the president's goal was to oust Sessions in order to pick a replacement who would exercise control over the investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Trump associates during the 2016 election." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb5041013a000bfff392ea9f2d4037ed95ba29e2a0b1408dee07192ec37a601c5cbaf8ae27dc9f9fb2ffdb

-- "Mueller asking if Trump knew about hacked Democratic emails before release," by NBC News' Katy Tur and Carol Lee: "Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is asking witnesses pointed questions about whether Donald Trump was aware that Democratic emails had been stolen before that was publicly known, and whether he was involved in their strategic release, according to multiple people familiar with the probe.

"Mueller's investigators have asked witnesses whether Trump was aware of plans for WikiLeaks to publish the emails. They have also asked about the relationship between GOP operative Roger Stone and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and why Trump took policy positions favorable to Russia." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb50419a5e9d62fe2cf671eeb7b6a21eb2c9f6ae39c503334711da23cfb4cf7cea8a1d5c3bf93abede6133

THE JUICE ... 

-- SPOTTED: STEDMAN GRAHAM, Oprah's long-time partner, last night walked into City Center hotspot Centrolina, stayed a minute and then walked out. ... SEN. JEFF FLAKE (R-Ariz.) on the New York-bound 6 p.m. Acela "rocking Nike runners and an AEI pullover." ... Billy Graham's family dining last night at BLT Prime at Trump International Hotel after the Capitol ceremony.

-- JEB BUSH had coffee on Wednesday with OHIO GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH in the Lincoln Room of the State Capital in Columbus, according to two sources familiar with the trip. They caught up for an hour and a half and had a wide-ranging discussion, including about education.

Bush went to Ohio for meetings for his Foundation for Excellence in Education with state lawmakers, had lunch with the House Speaker and House Republican leadership and also addressed the House and Senate Republican Caucuses. Bush advocated for legislation that would consolidate and expand Ohio's existing school voucher program, according to one of the sources. 

TRUMP'S THURSDAY -- The president will host a meeting on school safety in the morning. He will have lunch with VP Mike Pence and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. In the afternoon, Trump will meet with members of the Senate.

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PHOTO DU JOUR: President Donald Trump touches the casket of Rev. Billy Graham, who died last week at age 99, during a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Feb. 28. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

DEPT. OF YA CAN'T MAKE IT UP -- "Besieged Sessions dines with Rosenstein," by Axios' Jonathan Swan and Alayna Treene: "If Donald Trump finally follows through on his rage and fires Jeff Sessions, the image with this story will be printed in history books. [Wednesday night] at 7:35 p.m., the Attorney General strode into a high-end Washington restaurant [Central Michel Richard] to dine with his deputy Rod Rosenstein and the Solicitor General Noel Francisco. The symbolism was unmistakable: the three top ranking officials in the Justice Department appearing together in a show of solidarity on the same day Trump is publicly and privately raging about Sessions." With a pic  
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KFILE GETS ANOTHER SCALP -- "Political appointee at Interior resigns after KFile inquiry into birther, anti-Muslim comments," by CNN's Andrew Kaczynski and Chris Massie: "Christine Bauserman, a former Republican activist in Arizona who also worked for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, served as a special assistant to Secretary Ryan Zinke, providing him operational support that included coordinating policy briefings." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb50410ae6b1c596b83897f0ccff1d2897093bdc53c25cb84b3ddfe0ca5342851ede6b626532a4760abdc4

SEXUAL HARASSMENT FILES - "Rep. Dunn's chief of staff resigns after alleged sexual harassment," by Rachael Bade: "Brian Schubert, chief of staff for Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.), resigned Wednesday morning after the House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into alleged sexual harassment by him and his former boss, Rep. Patrick Meehan. Meehan, a married Pennsylvania Republican, has announced that he will retire following news reports that he used taxpayer money to settle a harassment claim by a former staffer ... 

"But in a story worthy of a soap opera, Meehan and Schubert, his former chief of staff, were both accused of harassing the same woman, according to sources familiar with the situation. Meehan let Schubert go in 2016 when he found out that Schubert expressed an unwanted romantic interest in the female staffer - only to make his own advances on the woman." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb5041f651d2902a4e35cd99694c57536a2a9388148810319475d129f75914b5eefa3ba72fa88487641c0d

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HMM -- "Details of ex-railroad chief's side hustle revealed," by Lauren Gardner: "The former top federal railroad regulator's side gig as a public relations consultant for a Mississippi sheriff was more extensive than previously revealed, records obtained by POLITICO show. Heath Hall apparently returned reporters' phone calls, fielded a complaint about a bad link on a jail website and weighed in on coverage of a dog-fighting arrest during the nearly seven months he was the de facto head of the Federal Railroad Administration, according to emails provided by the government of Madison County, Miss. 

"He also communicated with county officials about his firm's PR work and regularly submitted invoices for its services - sending one such email just hours after a fatal Amtrak crash in Washington state." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb504137d04d6a8833576ee1f4fc4b2dfd204a178c4a484bdf0e01b5ad7a84d80f2a882e29881243c65a8e

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TRANSITIONS -- FIRST IN PLAYBOOK -- Eric Branstad, son of the former Iowa governor who is now ambassador to China, is joining Mercury as managing director and will be launching an office for the firm in Des Moines. He previously was senior White House adviser at the Commerce department.

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Nigel Duara, national correspondent for HBO's "VICE News Tonight," is 35. How he got his start in journalism: "I was lucky enough to have excellent editors in college and in my first jobs who squashed the many bogus Woodstein-besotted notions of this profession and replaced them with the experience earned by years in newsrooms. That prepared me for the night cops shift at the Des Moines Register, the only honest work I've ever done. Every working reporter should be forced by law to cover a week's worth of night cops every year. Call it mandatory continuing journalism education." Read his Playbook Plus Q&A:  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=acd3347117eb504176a03d0e05f073ed5e9b0b887899e8728199668b03264154e15e7294278f6ddf8bdf52863fa06608 

BIRTHDAYS: Hannah Klain, a student at Harvard Law and a Hillary alum, is 27 ... Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) is 67. "She's celebrating with some of her colleagues at a lunch featuring Reuben sandwiches, which were started in Nebraska, and with her goldendoodle Fred Fischer. It's the state of Nebraska's 151st birthday on Thursday too" (hat tip: Brianna Puccini) ... Dr. John P. Holdren is 74 ... former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) is 74 ... Will Robinson, partner at the New Media Firm (hat tip: Jon Haber) ... Jonathan Lipman ... Stephen Ezell, ITIF's VP for global innovation policy ... Politico's Lorraine Woellert (h/t Tim Burger) ... Politico's David Gelsomino and Hossein Fard ... Sally Canfield,
 senior director of government relations at the ONE Campaign ... Vayl Oxford, director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Bush 43 DHS alum (h/ts Ed Cash) ... Lauren Vicary ... Cheyenne Klotz ... Elizabeth Brooks, director of federal gov't affairs at CVS Health ... Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell ... Marjorie Marquardt ... Bridget Bowman, politics reporter at Roll Call ... Zain Khan ... 

... Center for Public Integrity CEO John Dunbar, who was really born on Feb. 29 - on a leap year - so it won't technically be his birthday again until after the next presidential election (h/t Dave Levinthal) ... former Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) is 65 ... Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) is 52 ... Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) is 38 ... Rep. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) is 52 ... Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) is 48 ... Peter Guber is 76 ... Joshua Lachter ... Avron B. Fogelman is 78 ... Ryan Little ... Aaron Sherinian, director of global communications at the Aga Khan Development Network ... Sarah Nolan of UChicago ... Aaron Lennon Rosen ... Tom Jones ... Jonathan Krohn ... Ruth Malhotra ...
 Jonathan Miles is 53 ... Meghan Milloy ... Biogen's Adam Brand ... Howard Owen is 69 ... Ryan Connolly ... Howard Altman is 58 ... NYT alum Karin Roberts ... Tyler Jameson ... Jerry Regier ... Mike Bloomquist ... Jeff Sabbath ... Laura Tucker ... Wendy Goldberg.

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