10 things you need to know today: March 1, 2018

Hope Hicks resigns as Trump's communications director, Trump calls for fast action on guns and school safety, and more

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1. Hope Hicks to resign as White House communications director

Hope Hicks, one of President Trump's closest aides, said Wednesday she was resigning as White House communications director. Her decision came the day after she met behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russia's election meddling, and its contacts with Trump associates. Hicks, a 29-year-old former model who had no experience in politics before Trump's campaign, testified before the committee for eight hours, and told the panel that sometimes as part of her job she told white lies for Trump, although never with respect to Russia. Hicks told colleagues she had accomplished what she set out to do, and said she had "no words" to express to her gratitude to Trump. CNN reported that Trump berated Hicks over her testimony, but he released a statement saying, "I will miss having her by my side."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.