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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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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Spicer defends Trump for claiming without evidence that millions voted illegally — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump for continuing to claim that millions of people voted illegally in the November election, despite numerous fact checks and other studies that have debunked the theory.
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Vox, The Daily Caller, Media Matters for America and Mother Jones
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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The Atlantic and Vox
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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Politico, New York Times, Vox, NBC News, NPR, CBS Philly, Mediaite and Balloon Juice
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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Washington Post, Politico, New York Daily News, The Moderate Voice, Mashable, Associated Press, Vox and The Gateway Pundit
Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Exclusive: 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 …
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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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Breitbart national security editor and Fox News contributor expected to join Trump White House
Breitbart national security editor and Fox News contributor expected to join Trump White House
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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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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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ProPublica:
Trump Administration Imposes Freeze On EPA Grants and Contracts — The Trump administration has imposed a freeze on grants and contracts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a move that could affect a significant part of the agency's budget allocations and even threaten …
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Mother Jones, MLive.com, FiveThirtyEight, Shareblue, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller, KFOR-TV, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, Mashable, Raw Story, Mediaite, Grist, Business Insider, The Week, The Verge, Daily Kos, BillMoyers.com, Reuters, RedState, EcoWatch, Gizmodo and New Urban Legends
Dino Grandoni / BuzzFeed:
USDA Scientists Have Been Put On Lockdown Under Trump — “Starting immediately and until further notice” the department's main research division “will not release any public-facing documents,” according to an internal memo. — The US Department of Agriculture has banned scientists …
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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
Federal agencies ordered to restrict their communications
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ThinkProgress
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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CBS Denver, The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist, Mediaite, Hot Air, Raw Story, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Instapundit
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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The White House, Sunlight Foundation, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and The Guardian
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Trump's flurry of day one policies had some surprising omissions
Trump's flurry of day one policies had some surprising omissions
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UN Dispatch, ThinkProgress, BuzzFeed, Politico, CNSNews and The Atlantic
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway allegedly punched a man in the face at President Trump's inaugural ball — Top Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway allegedly punched a tuxedo-clad man at an exclusive inauguration ball just hours after the new commander-in-chief was sworn in, according to a witness.
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Washington Post, twitchy.com, LGBTQ Nation and Political Wire
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Charles Gasparino / Facebook:
re-posting this because there are some erroneous reports …
re-posting this because there are some erroneous reports …
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Page Six, BizPac Review, IJR, The Week, alan.com, CBS Philly, The Slot, Oliver Willis and Althouse
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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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump's down to three in Supreme Court search — President Donald Trump has narrowed his first Supreme Court nomination to three finalists, with 10th Circuit judge Neil Gorsuch and 3rd Circuit judge Thomas Hardiman emerging as front-runners while 11th Circuit Judge Bill Pryor remains …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Conservative Colorado judge emerges as a top contender to fill Scalia's Supreme Court seat
Conservative Colorado judge emerges as a top contender to fill Scalia's Supreme Court seat
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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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Moira Weigel / The Atlantic:
How Ultrasound Became Political — One of the first measures that Republicans in the 115th Congress proposed was the “Heartbeat Protection Act.” On January 11, a group led by Steve King of Iowa introduced a bill that would require doctors nationwide to “check for a fetal heartbeat” …
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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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The Atlantic, Daily Kos, Lawyers, Guns & Money, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, Hit & Run and Shakesville
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Has Already Broken Promises on Immigration — Mark Krikorian is displeased. — Krikorian is one of the most influential advocates of stricter enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. He's spent his career pushing for tougher border enforcement and lower levels of legal immigration …
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National Review, Breitbart, RedState and Vox
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump team compiles infrastructure priority list — President Donald Trump's team has compiled a list of about 50 infrastructure projects nationwide, totaling at least $137.5 billion, as the new White House tries to determine its investment priorities, according to documents obtained …
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Axios and Business Insider
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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Washington Free Beacon
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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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
OMB Nom Signals Difference With Trump On Not Cutting Social Security, Medicare — During his confirmation hearing on Tuesday morning, Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Budget and Management, signaled that he will not fall in line with Trump's views …
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UPI, USA Today, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos, Common Dreams and The Week
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Cruz introduces bill letting states bar refugees — Two Republican lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a measure that would let governors bar refugees from their states. — The State Refugee Security Act requires the federal government to notify a state at least 21 days before resettling a refugee there.
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RedState and Balloon Juice