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Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. To edit or delete this email alert, please go to [Manage My Alerts](. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Daily Update Compiled: March 5, 2018 4:16 AM [NYTimes.com/MyAlerts »]( [The Trumps were upset when they learned that an adviser to the first lady had won a $26 million contract to help plan the president’s inauguration.]( Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times [Melania Trump Parts Ways With Adviser Amid Backlash Over Inaugural Contract]( By KENNETH P. VOGEL and MAGGIE HABERMAN The Trumps were upset when they learned that an adviser to the first lady had won a $26 million contract to help plan the president’s inauguration. [Editorial]( [Why would any policymaker with the agenda or values she espouses work for a president so determined to lay waste to them?]( Illustration by Nicolas Ortega; Photograph by Doug Mills/The New York Times [Ivanka Trump’s Brand Building at the White House]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Why would any policymaker with the agenda or values she espouses work for a president so determined to lay waste to them? Advertisement [Op-Ed Columnist]( [Also: Don’t blame low turnout on voter suppression.]( Mark Lennihan/Associated Press [FedEx Hearts the N.R.A.]( By DAVID LEONHARDT Also: Don’t blame low turnout on voter suppression. [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.]( Karsten Moran for The New York Times [Kushner’s Family Business Received Loans After White House Meetings]( By JESSE DRUCKER, KATE KELLY and BEN PROTESS 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. [Can you guess which man is the model public servant?]( Laura Breiling [Donald Trump Gets a Lesson From That ‘Very Bad Judge’]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Can you guess which man is the model public servant? [It was the latest indication that President Trump is standing by his decision to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from all countries.]( Tom Brenner/The New York Times [Escalating Trade Fight, Trump Threatens Higher Taxes on European Cars]( By EMILY COCHRANE It was the latest indication that President Trump is standing by his decision to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from all countries. Advertisement [A statehouse vote was canceled, but Gov. Jay Inslee is making climate a central plank in his political platform, perhaps ahead of a 2020 presidential run.]( Evan Vucci/Associated Press [In a Gamble to Make Climate Change a Political Win, a Governor Pursues a Carbon Tax]( By CORAL DAVENPORT A statehouse vote was canceled, but Gov. Jay Inslee is making climate a central plank in his political platform, perhaps ahead of a 2020 presidential run. [A higher price for metals isn’t the main concern; it’s the chance that the global trade system will be undermined.]( China Network/Reuters [The Real Risks of Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs]( By NEIL IRWIN A higher price for metals isn’t the main concern; it’s the chance that the global trade system will be undermined. [Though he has lately resisted the impulse to criticize “Saturday Night Live,” President Trump was lured into an online war of words with Mr. {NAME}, who plays him on the show.]( Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press [Trump Slings Twitter Insults With Alec {NAME}, His ‘S.N.L.’ Impersonator]( By DAVE ITZKOFF Though he has lately resisted the impulse to criticize “Saturday Night Live,” President Trump was lured into an online war of words with Mr. {NAME}, who plays him on the show. [A reader worries about the “catastrophic results that can flow from foreign influence in the White House.”]( Tom Brenner/The New York Times [Kushner’s Business Dealings]( A reader worries about the “catastrophic results that can flow from foreign influence in the White House.” [Op-Ed Columnist]( [Hope Hicks said on Wednesday that she is leaving the White House.]( [Hope or Not, There’s Still Twitter]( By PATRICK CHAPPATTE Hope Hicks said on Wednesday that she is leaving the White House. [Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, set to leave in June, said that the service was doing more to fight drug trafficking and receiving more funding, but that hurdles remained.]( Erin Schaff for The New York Times [Departing Commandant Lays Out Coast Guard’s Successes and Challenges]( By RON NIXON Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, set to leave in June, said that the service was doing more to fight drug trafficking and receiving more funding, but that hurdles remained. [John F. Kelly, the chief of staff, summed up the prevailing mood in the West Wing: “God punished me,” he joked of his move there last summer.]( Tom Brenner/The New York Times [Trump’s Chaos Theory for the Oval Office Is Taking Its Toll]( By MARK LANDLER and MAGGIE HABERMAN John F. Kelly, the chief of staff, summed up the prevailing mood in the West Wing: “God punished me,” he joked of his move there last summer. [Canceling the order for the custom-made furniture, which had come under investigation from the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, will not be easy.]( Erin Schaff for The New York Times [Ben Carson Tries to Cancel $31,000 Dining Furniture Purchase for HUD Office]( By GLENN THRUSH Canceling the order for the custom-made furniture, which had come under investigation from the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, will not be easy. [Senators Amy Klobuchar, Steve Daines, Dianne Feinstein and others mixed facts and falsehoods in their televised talk with President Trump. ]( Tom Brenner/The New York Times [Republican and Democratic Lawmakers Get Facts Wrong on Gun Policy]( By LINDA QIU Senators Amy Klobuchar, Steve Daines, Dianne Feinstein and others mixed facts and falsehoods in their televised talk with President Trump. Follow NYTimes [Facebook] [FACEBOOK]( [Twitter] [@nytimes]( Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL This is an automated email. Please do not reply directly to this email from NYTimes.com. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage My Alerts]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018