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1:10 PM ET, January 23, 2017

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I believe the president is entitled to:
I believe the president is entitled to significant deference when it comes to his choices for the cabinet.  I also believe given the uncertainty surrounding the future direction of our foreign policy that a higher degree of scrutiny is justified in evaluating whoever is nominated to serve as secretary of state.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Rubio to vote for Tillerson  —  (R-Fla.) announced Monday morning that he would support President Trump's pick to lead the State Department, removing the last significant stumbling block to the nomination.  —  Rubio, who aggressively questioned secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson during …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
New York Times:
Rocky First Weekend for Trump Troubles Even His Top Aides  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's first weekend in office unfolded much the way things often did during his campaign: with angry Twitter messages, a familiar obsession with slights and a series of meandering and at times untrue statements …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Put on Your Big-Boy Pants, Journos  —  Extraordinary times—and we are living in an extraordinary time—do not necessarily call for extraordinary measures on the part of the press, as comforting as a full berserking might make many of us feel.  The opening minutes of the Trump administration …
CBS News:
Sources say Trump's CIA visit made relations with intel community worse  —  U.S. government sources tell CBS News that there is a sense of unease in the intelligence community after President Trump's visit to CIA headquarters on Saturday.  —  An official said the visit …
CNBC:
Trump to sign executive order to renegotiate NAFTA and intent to leave TPP  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday intends to sign an executive order that will put in motion the renegotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).  —  President Trump is also expected to sign …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump tells business leaders he wants to cut regulations by 75% or ‘maybe more’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg:
Trump to Sign Executive Orders on Nafta, TPP Trade Deals, Official Says
Discussion: Politico and Business Insider
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump to sign executive order to withdraw from TPP
Discussion: Forbes, Washington Free Beacon and CNBC
USA Today:
Trump prepares for busy Monday, pledges NAFTA changes, other executive orders
Discussion: The Week
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Why BuzzFeed News Published the Dossier  —  Since BuzzFeed News published a 35-page dossier of unverified allegations about ties between President Donald J. Trump and Russia, I've heard a chorus of criticism from journalists who say we abdicated our role as gatekeeper, and a chorus of thanks …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
BuzzFeed editor: Public deserved to see Trump dossier
Discussion: RedState
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Eyes Michael Flynn's Links to Russia  —  U.S. counterintelligence agents have investigated communications that President Donald Trump's national security adviser had with Russian officials.  Michael Flynn is the first person inside the White House whose links are known to have faced scrutiny …
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Flynn's communications with Russia investigated: report
Simón Rios / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Republican Gov. Baker More Popular Than Democrat Sen. Warren 04:56  —  Play  —  Over four years in office, Elizabeth Warren has staked her claim as the Senate's liberal lion.  And many Massachusetts voters like it — 51 percent view her favorably.
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Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Poll shows Warren is no sure bet for re-election next year
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton plots her next move  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In a series of private meetings and phone calls at their home in Chappaqua, in New York City and in Washington, Bill and Hillary Clinton are slowly starting to puzzle through their political future, according to over a dozen people …
BBC:
Madonna says White House comments ‘taken out of context’  —  A row has erupted over Madonna's comments about US President Donald Trump during a speech at the weekend.  —  While taking part in a protest march in Washington DC on Saturday, the singer said she had thought “an awful lot about blowing up the White House”.
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New York Times:
Foreign Payments to Trump Firms Violate Constitution, Suit Will Claim  —  WASHINGTON — A team of prominent constitutional scholars, Supreme Court litigators and former White House ethics lawyers intends to file a lawsuit Monday morning alleging that President Trump is violating the Constitution …
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Group will sue Trump over business's foreign profits
Discussion: Townhall.com
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump's Health Plan Would Convert Medicaid to Block Grants, Aide Says  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will propose giving each state a fixed amount of federal money in the form of a block grant to provide health care to low-income people on Medicaid …
Discussion: Vox, ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
With executive order, Trump tosses a ‘bomb’ into fragile health insurance markets
Discussion: AOL, NPR and Media Matters for America
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich  —  Some of the wealthiest people in America—in Silicon Valley, New York, and beyond—are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.  —  Steve Huffman, the thirty-three-year-old co-founder and C.E.O. of Reddit, which is valued at six hundred million dollars …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump's biggest donors consider abandoning new political arm  —  Tensions between President Donald Trump's senior political aides and a pair of his most important donors are threatening to upend plans for an outside political group expected to play a key role in advancing his agenda.
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Meet the ‘New Ted Cruz’  —  It was a sleepy Wednesday morning last June when Ted Cruz tipped his hand.  —  John McCain had sponsored an amendment to expand the FBI's online surveillance capabilities, and it was a no-brainer for the many devout constitutionalists on Cruz's Senate staff.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
 
 
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Fox News:
Online Ugliness: Inauguration sparks anti-Trump vitriol on social media
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Bloomberg:
China Slams Western Democracy as Flawed
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How Sean Spicer messed up, and how he can make it right — from a guy who's been there
Jerry Oppenheimer / New York Post:
Could Caroline Kennedy be the baggage-free Hillary Clinton?
Discussion: Political Wire
Sarah Frostenson / Vox:
The Women's Marches may have been the largest demonstration in US history
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Trump's Vainglorious Affront to the C.I.A.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GOP senators to introduce ObamaCare replacement plan
Discussion: RedState
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Nope, the Oval Office Won't Change Trump
Filip Bondy / New York Times:
How Vital Are Women? This Town Found Out as They Left to March
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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