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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Spicer Assails Media For ‘Misrepresenting’ Inauguration Crowd (VIDEO) — White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday accused the media of misrepresenting the crowd at Donald Trump's inauguration in order to dampen enthusiasm for the event, getting some numbers wrong himself in the process.
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Washington Post:
Metro Inauguration Day trips top 500,000, but still lowest since 2005 … Friday's Metro ridership was the lowest in at least two presidential Inaugurations, and also was lower than that of an average weekday, the agency said Saturday. — Metro said 570,557 people took trips in the system between its early 4 a .m.
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Max Kutner / Newsweek:
INAUGURATION AND WOMEN'S MARCH, BY THE NUMBERS — U.S. INAUGURATION 2017 DONALD TRUMP WASHINGTON D.C. BARACK OBAMA — Riders took fewer trips on Washington, D.C.'s Metro on Friday morning during President Donald Trump's inauguration than did during his predecessor's inaugurations, according to the transportation provider.
German Lopez / Vox:
DC's metro system keeps trolling Trump for his poor inauguration attendance — It keeps pointing out on Twitter how bad attendance was for Trump's event — and how good it is for the Women's March on Washington. — Washington, DC's metro system, WMATA, just keeps throwing shade …
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Z. Byron Wolf / CNN:
Comparing Trump's inauguration crowd to the Women's March
Comparing Trump's inauguration crowd to the Women's March
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Comparing Donald Trump and Barack Obama's inaugural crowd sizes
Comparing Donald Trump and Barack Obama's inaugural crowd sizes
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Interior Department reactivates Twitter accounts after shutdown following inauguration
Interior Department reactivates Twitter accounts after shutdown following inauguration
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The Independent:
Donald Trump is so unpopular that there are even women marching against him in Antarctica. — The day after the inauguration of a president who bragged about grabbing women by their genitals, thousands will be marching in Washington and in more than 60 countries around the world, to …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Politicians, Activists Rally Crowd at Women's March in Washington — Activists and politicians are participating in the Women's March on Washington this morning, the biggest of hundreds of marches taking place today. — The rally featured speeches from women's rights activist Gloria Steinem …
Chicago Tribune:
Hundreds march through Loop as part of Women's March on Chicago — An estimated 250,000 people gathered to rally in downtown Chicago as a sister event to the National Women's March taking place in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2017. — Organizers officially canceled the march portion …
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Washington Post:
Women's March on Washington: A sea of pink-hatted protesters vows to resist Donald Trump
Women's March on Washington: A sea of pink-hatted protesters vows to resist Donald Trump
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Los Angeles Times:
Women's marches live updates: Millions march in L.A. and around the world following Trump's inauguration
Women's marches live updates: Millions march in L.A. and around the world following Trump's inauguration
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Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
'We're Not Going Away': Huge Crowds for Women's Marches Against Trump
'We're Not Going Away': Huge Crowds for Women's Marches Against Trump
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump attacks Time reporter for mistake about MLK bust — President Trump on Saturday attacked a Time magazine journalist for mistakenly reporting that a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. had been removed from the Oval Office. — Trump called out the reporter, Zeke Miller …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
At CIA headquarters, Trump boasts about himself, denies feud — President Donald Trump, in his first speech in his first full day as commander in chief, visited the Central Intelligence Agency on a mission to reassure the intelligence community that they have his full support …
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
On Day 2, Trump sticks to media bashing and boasting — President Donald Trump declared fresh war on ISIS — and the news media — while trying to forge a new alliance with the intelligence community in a visit to the CIA headquarters, his first to an executive agency as president.
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Makes Bizarre Courtesy Call At CIA Headquarters (VIDEO)
Trump Makes Bizarre Courtesy Call At CIA Headquarters (VIDEO)
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
President Trump Tells CIA: ‘I Am With You 1,000 Percent’
President Trump Tells CIA: ‘I Am With You 1,000 Percent’
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department blesses White House post for Kushner — In a reversal of legal advice given to prior presidents, the Justice Department has concluded that it is lawful for President Donald Trump to appoint his son-in-law Jared Kushner to a White House post.
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Justice Department opinion backs Trump on hiring of son-in-law
Justice Department opinion backs Trump on hiring of son-in-law
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds — “That's what you guys should be writing and covering,” new White House press secretary Sean Spicer angrily lectured reporters on Saturday during his first remarks from the podium of the press briefing room.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump Attacks News Media Over Reporting on Crowd Sizes
Trump Attacks News Media Over Reporting on Crowd Sizes
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Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
Canadians traveling to Women's March denied US entry after sharing their plans — After telling border agents their plans to march, group's cars were searched and phones examined, and each person was fingerprinted and had their photo taken — Would-be protesters heading to the Women's March …
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Steve Rukavina / CBC News:
Montrealers bound for Trump inauguration turned away at border
Montrealers bound for Trump inauguration turned away at border
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox declines to renew contracts for several contributors — Fox News has declined to renew contributor contracts for longtime political commentator George Will, Republican strategist Ed Rollins and actress Stacey Dash, according to a network spokesperson. — Will, 75, is a Pulitzer-winning …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump's inaugural cake was commissioned to look exactly like Obama's, baker says — Amid the glitz of President Trump's inaugural festivities, one item stood out in particular late Friday night: a spectacular nine-tier cake that the new president and Vice President Pence cut into with a sword.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump's executive order on Obamacare, explained by two health policy experts — Shortly after the end of his inaugural parade, President Donald Trump issued his first executive order: instructions for the federal government to dismantle the Affordable Care Act “to the maximum extent permitted by law.”
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Donald J. Trump / CNN:
Full text: Trump's executive order on Obamacare
Full text: Trump's executive order on Obamacare
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Michelle Fitzpatrick / Yahoo:
‘Europe will wake up in 2017’, Le Pen tells Germany right-wing congress — Koblenz (Germany) (AFP) - French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen on Saturday told a European gathering of rightwing populists in Germany that a string of high-stakes elections in 2017 would blow a wind of change across the region.
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