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Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Trump expected to order temporary ban on refugees — President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries …
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New York Times:
Trump to Order Mexican Border Wall and Curtail Immigration — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday will order the construction of a Mexican border wall — the first in a series of actions this week to crack down on immigrants, including slashing the number of refugees who can resettle …
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CNN:
Trump believes millions voted illegally, WH says — but provides no proof — He would say only that Trump “has believed that for a while based on studies and information he has” — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump believes millions of votes were cast illegally in last year's election …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump Won't Back Down From His Voting Fraud Lie. Here Are the Facts.
Trump Won't Back Down From His Voting Fraud Lie. Here Are the Facts.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Huckabee pushes back on Trump's debunked voter fraud claim
Huckabee pushes back on Trump's debunked voter fraud claim
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Spicer defends Trump for claiming without evidence that millions voted illegally
Spicer defends Trump for claiming without evidence that millions voted illegally
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Recidivism Watch: Spicer uses repeatedly debunked citations for Trump's voter fraud claims
Recidivism Watch: Spicer uses repeatedly debunked citations for Trump's voter fraud claims
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
President Trump Still Believes Millions Voted Illegally: White House
President Trump Still Believes Millions Voted Illegally: White House
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PJ Huffstutter / Reuters:
USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday that an internal email sent to staff at its Agricultural Research Service unit this week calling for a suspension of “public-facing documents,” including news releases and photos …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Federal agencies ordered to restrict their communications — Trump administration officials instructed employees at multiple agencies in recent days to cease communicating with the public through news releases, official social media accounts and correspondence, raising concerns that federal employees …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Information lockdown hits Trump's federal agencies
Information lockdown hits Trump's federal agencies
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Immigration hard-liners angered by Trump's softer tone on ‘Dreamers’ — Donald Trump promised during the campaign that he'd “immediately” kill Barack Obama's unilateral actions to shield hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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Nancy Gibbs / TIME:
A Note to Our Readers — On the evening of January 20, TIME White House correspondent Zeke Miller incorrectly reported that the bust of Martin Luther King Jr. had been removed from the Oval Office. Zeke quickly issued a correction. In the hours that followed, he sent multiple emails …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump hangs portrait of inauguration crowd in WH press hall
Trump hangs portrait of inauguration crowd in WH press hall
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Ashley Feinberg / Deadspin:
Send Us Proof Of Ted Cruz Playing Basketball — Here at Deadspin.com, there's nothing we love more than sport. So we were delighted to learn that perpetual failed candidate for president Ted Cruz started a weekly Senate basketball game in hopes of making his colleagues hate him less.
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Four more journalists get felony charges after covering inauguration unrest — A documentary producer, a photojournalist, a live-streamer and a freelance reporter facing up to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine if convicted — Four more journalists have been charged with felonies …
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Susan Crabtree / Washington Examiner:
Senior Secret Service agent suggests she wouldn't take ‘a bullet’ for Trump — A senior U.S. Secret Service agent posted Facebook condemnations of President Trump during the past seven months, including one in which she said she wouldn't want to “take a bullet” for him.
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump threatens to ‘send in the Feds’ to Chicago — President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that he would dispatch federal authorities to Chicago if they don't address violence in the city, which he described as “horrible ‘carnage.’” — “If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible “carnage” …
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Megan Crepeau / Chicago Tribune:
Shootings, homicides in Chicago both higher than start of violent 2016
Shootings, homicides in Chicago both higher than start of violent 2016
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New York Times, The Guardian, IJR and Guns.com
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Trump Didn't Just Reinstate the Global Gag Rule. He Massively Expanded It. — It's the global gag rule “on steroids.” — On Monday morning, Donald Trump, surrounded by a group of smiling white men, signed an executive order banning foreign nongovernmental organizations that receive certain kinds …
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Conrad Black / New York Sun:
Straggle on in Defeat — It was a brilliant inauguration, and the continued scrapping and strafing between the administration and the bedraggled, sodden mass of the press continues the execution of a new demarcation of power in the federal government that will prove benign.
David Brooks / New York Times:
After the Women's March — The women's marches were a phenomenal success and an important cultural moment. Most everybody came back uplifted and empowered. Many said they felt hopeful for the first time since Election Day. But these marches can never be an effective opposition to Donald Trump.
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
47.9%: Obama Had Lower Average Approval Rating Than Nixon or Bush — (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama had an average approval rating of 47.9 percent during his time in office, according to the Gallup poll. — That puts him behind Richard Nixon, who resigned, and George W. Bush …
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The Huffington Post:
Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump — Staff have been told to stop talking to Congress and the press. — Enterprise editor/Senior reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to cease communications …
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Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Trump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources — U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move by the newly minted leadership …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Today in Obamacare: The GOP says the law is “collapsing.” CBO says otherwise. — CBO: Obamacare enrollment will stay steady next year, hit 13 million in 2027. One of Republicans' favorite ways to describe Obamacare is as “collapsing.” — “We're acting quickly because Obamacare …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox's Tucker Carlson nearly doubling Kelly's prime-time ratings — Fox News's Tucker Carlson is nearly doubling the ratings of his predecessor, Megyn Kelly, when compared to the same time period last year, according to Nielsen Media Research. — “Tucker Carlson Tonight” …
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