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9:25 PM ET, January 23, 2017

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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 …
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Spicer: ‘Negative’ Trump coverage is ‘demoralizing’  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday pushed back at what he said was negative coverage of the Trump White House, describing the media narrative as “demoralizing.”  —  “It's not just about a crowd size.
Discussion: Politico
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House press briefings to go virtual  —  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that beginning later this week, he will take questions at his daily press briefing via Skype from reporters based outside of Washington.  —  Spicer said four of the so-called “Skype seats” …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer's defense of himself and explanation of Donald Trump's sensitivity, annotated
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Saturday Night Live’ Writer Katie Rich Suspended Over Barron Trump Tweet, Issues Apology  —  Katie Rich, writer for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, who sparked a backlash with a tweet targeting President Donald Trump's 10-year-old son Barron, is no longer working on NBC's veteran late-night sketch comedy show.
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Katie Rich of ‘S.N.L.’ Is Suspended for Tweet Mocking Barron Trump  —  Katie Rich, a writer for “Saturday Night Live,” has been suspended from her position at that show following a widely criticized post she made Friday on her personal Twitter account in which she mocked Barron Trump, the 10-year-old son of President Donald J. Trump.
Sasha Savitsky / Fox News:
NBC won't comment on ‘SNL’ writer's controversial Barron Trump tweet
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump repeats debunked voter fraud claim at meeting with Hill leaders  —  In his first meeting with congressional leaders of both parties since taking office, President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated a debunked claim that he only lost the national popular vote because of widespread voter fraud.
Discussion: Business Insider
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Associated Press:
Senate Confirms Trump's Pick to Run the CIA
Discussion: Politico
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Column U.S. judge finds that Aetna misled the public about its reasons for quitting Obamacare  —  Aetna Chairman and CEO Mark Bertolini groused about the Department of Justice lawsuit blocking the company's merger with Humana in an interview this summer on Aetna's website.  (Aetna)
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mike Allen / Axios:
The 1 thing: Trump's first acts  —  We have been leaked a list of the top executive order priorities for the Trump administration.  The Trump folks wanted to get these done immediately, but our Jonathan Swan is told the process is proving to be a little slower than some might have whimsically thought.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trumpworld prepares to hammer the EPA
Scott / Dippin' Dots:
An Open Letter to Sean Spicer from Dippin' Dots CEO Scott Fischer  —  We understand that ice cream is a serious matter.  And running out of your favorite flavor can feel like a national emergency!  We've seen your tweets and would like to be friends rather than foes.  After all, we believe in connecting the dots.
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.
Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
Why Trump's Staff Is Lying  —  One of the most striking features of the early Trump administration has been its political uses of lying.  The big weekend story was the obviously false claim of Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, that Trump pulled in the largest inauguration crowds in American history.
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New York Times:
Rocky First Weekend for Trump Troubles Even His Top Aides
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
Trump's federal hiring freeze draws immediate fire from unions  —  Federal labor leaders were ready when President Trump froze government hiring Monday.  It was a campaign promise they criticized before the election and did so again shortly after he made good on the pledge.
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Revenge of the bureaucrats  —  President Donald Trump is setting …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Emily Peck / The Huffington Post:
New York Times Apologizes For Much-Ridiculed Story About Fathers  —  “We blew it,” said Metro editor Wendell Jamieson.  —  The reporter and editor responsible for publishing a much-derided New York Times story about fathers are sorry for running the article, they told The Huffington Post Monday morning.
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump names his Inauguration Day a ‘National Day of Patriotic Devotion’  —  President Trump has officially declared the day of his inauguration a national day of patriotism.  —  Trump's inaugural address on Friday frequently referred to patriotism as the salve that would heal the country's divisions.
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Without evidence, Trump tells lawmakers 3-5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote  —  Days after being sworn in, President Trump insisted to congressional leaders invited to a reception at the White House that he would have won the popular vote had it not been for millions of illegal votes …
Discussion: Axios
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
Trump Aide Says He Won't Release Taxes, Breaking Campaign Pledge
CNN:
TPP withdrawal Trump's first executive action Monday, sources say  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's first executive action on Monday will be to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, two sources familiar with matter told CNN.  —  That withdrawal is consistent with campaign promises Trump made.
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Sean Langille / Washington Examiner:
Limo torched in DC protests belongs to Muslim immigrant, may cost $70,000 in damages  —  The limousine that was set on fire during the anti-Trump anarchist protest in downtown Washington on Inauguration Day is owned by a Muslim immigrant who says the damage could cost his company $70,000.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump reinstates ban on US funds promoting abortion overseas  —  President Trump on Monday morning signed an executive order blocking foreign aid or federal funding for international nongovernmental organizations that provide or “promote” abortions.  —  The order comes one day after the 44th anniversary …
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The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Reinstates Ronald Reagan's Abortion ‘Global Gag Rule’
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Long March Ahead For Democrats  —  Saturday's Women's Marches, which rebuked President Trump on the day after his inauguration, probably drew more than 3 million participants between hundreds of locations across the United States, making them among the largest mass protests in American history.
CNNMoney:
Trump Organization documents say he has resigned from more than 400 businesses  —  President Donald Trump says he has resigned from positions in hundreds of business entities, according to a document provided to CNN by the Trump Organization.  —  The text of the 19-page letter reads: “I …
John Nolte / Daily Wire:
Response to Ben Shapiro: Five Reasons I Don't Care If Donald Trump Lies  —  Let me first acknowledge Ben Shapiro's Sunday piece about those who excuse from Donald Trump what they never would from Barack Obama.  On this particular subject, I have been very clear since the beginning, since The Donald stepped out onto the political stage.
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Former Iranian Official, Pro-Tehran Lobbyist Hosted at Obama White House Dozens of Times
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump moves to put his own stamp on Voice of America
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Stephen Piggott / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Former Executive Director of Anti-Immigrant Hate Group FAIR Joins Trump Administration
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Fox News Channel Signs Former State Department Deputy Rep Marie Harf As Contributor
Jesse Ferguson / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Jesse Ferguson column: The resistance starts in Richmond
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
Bomb threats don't Trump hate: PIERS MORGAN on the day Madonna and a bunch of famous …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump to CEOs: Stay here, and I'll wipe out 75 percent of regulations, fast-track factories
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Stephen Rodrick / Rolling Stone:
The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence
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Philip Roth E-Mails on Trump
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