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William Turton / Gizmodo:
National Park Service Banned From Tweeting After Anti-Trump Retweets — The National Park service retweeted some sick Donald Trump burns, noting how, uh, lightly attended his inauguration was compared to Barack Obama's in 2009. But now, the NPS has been ordered by its Washington support office to …
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Interior Department told to stop tweeting after unflattering retweets about Trump … The Interior Department was ordered Friday to shut down its official Twitter accounts — indefinitely — after the National Park Service shared two unsympathetic tweets during President Trump's inauguration.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump signs ObamaCare executive order — President Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to “ease the burden of ObamaCare.” — Trump signed the order in front of reporters at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, one of his first official acts as president.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump signs executive order that could effectively gut Affordable Care Act's individual mandate — President Trump signed an executive order late Friday giving federal agencies broad powers to unwind regulations created under the Affordable Care Act, including the penalty for people who fail …
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New York Magazine, The Daily Signal, ACASignups.net, Mother Jones and No More Mister Nice Blog
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo to Widen Access to Free Abortion and Contraception — Stepping into a period of intense anxiety over the future of the American health care system and reproductive rights, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to announce on Saturday that his administration will require health insurers …
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CBS New York, Taylor Marsh and The Republic
CNN:
Trump issues executive order to start rolling back Obamacare — The order doesn't change the law, but sets direction for how the administration will interpret it — Washington (CNN)Within hours of taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump on Friday night signed an executive order aimed …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Washington Post snipes at Melania Trump's bio — Is this garbage the kind of story the Washington Post will try to pass off as scandalous during the next four to eight years? … I guess all previous First Ladies who modeled, appeared in a magazine swimsuit issue, and started a jewelry line omitted …
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Washington Post:
White House website promotes Melania Trump's modeling and jewelry line … Visitors to the newly revamped White House website get more than a simple rundown of first lady Melania Trump's charitable works and interests — they also get a list of her magazine cover appearances and details on her jewelry line at QVC.
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Mrs. Karen Pence / The White House:
First Lady Melania Trump
First Lady Melania Trump
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The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and The Week
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW STATEMENT: TRUMP NOW VIOLATING CONSTITUTION
CREW STATEMENT: TRUMP NOW VIOLATING CONSTITUTION
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Common Dreams, Shareblue and Politico
Washington Post:
A most dreadful inaugural address — Twenty minutes into his presidency, Donald Trump, who is always claiming to have made, or to be about to make, astonishing history, had done so. Living down to expectations, he had delivered the most dreadful inaugural address in history.
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President Trump's Inaugural Address, Annotated
President Trump's Inaugural Address, Annotated
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Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News:
Live Updates: President Donald Trump Celebrates at Inaugural Balls
Live Updates: President Donald Trump Celebrates at Inaugural Balls
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Mother Jones and Axios
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Flynn is creating the most military-heavy National Security Council of the modern era — President Trump is filling the government's national security leadership with former military officials and businessmen, rejecting the policy and academic types both parties have traditionally relied on.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
ABC reporter: Trump speech carried anti-Semitic ‘overtones’ — ABC journalist Terry Moran on Friday said President Trump's inaugural address used a “loaded term” that carried “overtones from the 1930s, when an anti-Semitic movement” blamed Jews for global problems.
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Bloomberg:
Merkel Scours Trump Archive for Clues on How to Read Him — Chancellor aims for early meeting with Trump in Washington — German leader to push back on Trump views on EU, NATO, trade — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been poring over old interviews and video of Donald Trump …
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Ryan Saavedra / The Gateway Pundit:
Trump Referred To Himself Only 3 Times During Speech; We 45 Times; You 24 Times — President Trump Shows Complete Humility In Speech — For all the criticisms President Donald Trump receives for being a so called narcissist, critics will be unable to point to anything he said in speech as evidence of their claims.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Churchill bust returns to Trump's gilded Oval Office — President Donald Trump has returned a bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office—undoing former President Barack Obama's most contentious interior decorating decision. — The Oval Office was redecorated in the hours between Obama's exit …
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Washington Post and ABC News
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump puts Churchill bust back in the Oval Office
Trump puts Churchill bust back in the Oval Office
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Reuters:
'It's made in Vietnam!' At inauguration, origin of red Trump hats shocks many — One of the biggest cheers President Donald Trump received from supporters watching his inaugural address on Friday was his call to “buy American and hire American.” — It was a moment rich in irony.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Donald Trump completes hostile takeover of Washington, puts both parties on notice … Breanne Deppisch contributed. — THE BIG IDEA: President Trump completed his hostile takeover of the Republican Party last July, and on Friday he completed his hostile, if temporary, takeover of Washington.
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IJR and The Guardian
New York Times:
Trump's Inauguration vs. Obama's: Comparing the Crowds — An analysis of news footage appears to indicate that fewer people attended President Trump's inauguration than President Obama's in 2009. The footage on this page was captured 45 minutes before each oath of office.
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FOX6Now.com, Hot Air, CNN, The Slot and CityLab
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
‘Jesus, Chris’: Rachel Maddow shocked when Chris Matthews suggests Trump might execute son-in-law — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Chris Matthews made a startling comparison during Friday morning's inaugural coverage. — Noting that Republican President-elect Donald Trump's son …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democrats block Pompeo CIA confirmation vote amid Trump's feud with intel — WASHINGTON — An objection from three Democratic senators will delay the U.S. Senate's vote to confirm Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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