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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
The first days inside Trump's White House: Fury, tumult and a reboot — President Trump had just returned to the White House on Saturday from his final inauguration event, a tranquil interfaith prayer service, when the flashes of anger began to build. — Trump turned on the television …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
The Trump show: a new drama — This West Wing is a tough neighborhood. Even after Sean Spicer's successful get-back-on-the-horse presser yesterday, we were told that a top White House official was discussing his possible replacement. On Day 4! With 1,457 to go in this term.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump assembles a shadow Cabinet
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
White House Shuts Down Phone Comment Line, Tells Callers to Use Non-Existent Facebook Messenger Account Instead
White House Shuts Down Phone Comment Line, Tells Callers to Use Non-Existent Facebook Messenger Account Instead
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Los Angeles Times, The Week and ThinkProgress
Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House press briefings to go virtual
White House press briefings to go virtual
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New York Times:
Trump Repeats Lie About Popular Vote in Meeting With Lawmakers — WASHINGTON — President Trump used his first official meeting with congressional leaders on Monday to falsely claim that millions of unauthorized immigrants had robbed him of a popular vote majority, a return to his obsession …
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Without evidence, Trump tells lawmakers 3 million to 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 …
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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 lost the national popular vote only because of widespread voter fraud.
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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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Kate Sheppard / The Huffington Post:
EPA Freezes Grants, Tells Employees Not To Talk About It, Sources Say — It's unclear whether the freeze is temporary or indefinite. — WASHINGTON The Environmental Protection Agency has frozen its grant programs, according to sources there. — EPA staff has been instructed to freeze …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
The 1 thing: Trump's first acts
The 1 thing: Trump's first acts
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats set to unveil a Trump-style infrastructure plan — A group of senior Senate Democrats on Tuesday plan to unveil their own $1 trillion plan to revamp the nation's airports, bridges, roads and seaports, urging President Trump to back their proposal, which they say would create 15 million jobs over 10 years.
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Matthew Dessem / Slate:
Oh, Saturday Night Live, Honey, No — Oh jeez, Saturday Night Live. You didn't have to do this. Really, you didn't. You got away with the Hillary-Clinton-singing-"Hallelujah" thing, but that was a uniquely terrible week (and long before it was apparent that Hillary Clinton had, in fact, given up).
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Saturday Night Live’ Writer Katie Rich Suspended Over Barron Trump Tweet, Issues Apology
‘Saturday Night Live’ Writer Katie Rich Suspended Over Barron Trump Tweet, Issues Apology
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Associated Press:
Trump's Pick for Health Secretary Faces New Senate Hearing — A second Senate committee is ready to interrogate President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, a nominee who's backed by Republicans but under fire from Democrats for his support for tearing down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and his past stock trades.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's latest hire alarms allies of Ryan — and bolsters Bannon — When House Speaker Paul D. Ryan's red-brick Georgian revival in Janesville, Wis., was surrounded last July by women whose children were murdered by undocumented immigrants, conservative writer Julia Hahn published a scathing report …
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Federal Register:
Special Observances: National Day of Patriotic Devotion (Proc. 9570) — An unpublished Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 01/24/2017 — This document is unpublished. It is scheduled to be published on 01/24/2017. — Once it is published it will be available on this page in an official form.
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump names his Inauguration Day a ‘National Day of Patriotic Devotion’
Trump names his Inauguration Day a ‘National Day of Patriotic Devotion’
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Henry Farrell / Washington Post:
This is how Donald Trump engineers applause — When Donald Trump visited the CIA over the weekend to make a speech, many commentators noted that his audience clapped and cheered enthusiastically. Now, according to CBS News, intelligence sources are pushing back:
Ricardo Lopez / Star Tribune:
Dayton's message cut short by collapse during State of State address — Before fainting briefly and recovering, governor laid out new spending goals. — Video (01:26) : Gov. Mark Dayton collapsed while delivering his State of the State speech on Monday, striking his head on a lectern.
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David Montgomery / Twin Cities:
Gov. Mark Dayton collapses in the middle of his State of the State address
Gov. Mark Dayton collapses in the middle of his State of the State address
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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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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Signs Anti-Abortion Executive Order Surrounded By Men — It seems like women might be interested in this policy too. — Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON On Monday, surrounded by other white men, President Donald Trump signed an anti-abortion executive order …
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DNC Chair Candidates Bash White People in Racially-Charged Forum — ‘My job is to shut other white people down’ — Candidates aspiring to take over as chairman of the Democratic National Committee met Monday night to discuss what went wrong in 2016 and how to get the party back on track.
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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.
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Ashley Feinberg / The Slot:
Melania Trump Definitely Loves Her Husband and Is Very Happy to Be Here — Remember the inauguration? That was fun, wasn't it? We all had a very nice and good time welcoming in our new president, Donald J. Trump. But of all the many, many happy people in attendance …
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump moves to put his own stamp on Voice of America — President Donald Trump on Monday dispatched two aides to scope out the studios of Voice of America, heightening concerns among some longtime staffers that Trump may quickly put his stamp on the broadcasting arm that has long pushed U.S. democratic ideals across the world.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
FBI reviewed Flynn's calls with Russian ambassador but found nothing illicit — The FBI in late December reviewed intercepts of communications between the Russian ambassador to the United States and retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn — national security adviser to then-President-elect Trump …
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