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2:15 PM ET, January 24, 2017

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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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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.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Political Wire
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 …
Charles Gasparino / Facebook:
re-posting this because there are some erroneous reports out there on the inaugural incidents-\-\More detail on my post trump inaugural fun and games: first met my pal Scott baio outside the victory ball.  We said hello when a bunch of anarchist thugs began to descend on us screaming “hey Chachi are u fascist?”
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump assembles a shadow Cabinet  —  The White House is installing senior aides atop major federal agencies to shadow the administration's Cabinet secretaries, creating a direct line with loyalists who can monitor and shape White House goals across the federal bureaucracy.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The sorest winner of all time cannot stop whining
Mike Allen / Axios:
The Trump show: a new drama
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Trump Advancing Keystone, Dakota Oil Pipelines Today, Source Says  —  Pipelines are flashpoints among environmentalists, activists  —  Dakota Access was stalled by Obama administration in September  —  President Donald Trump intends to take action today to advance construction of the Keystone XL …
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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Trump signs five more orders on pipelines, steel and environment  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump signed five more executive actions Tuesday in a blitz of executive power meant to speed approvals of high-profile energy projects like the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:
Trump signs executive orders to advance Keystone XL, Dakota Access pipelines
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 …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats unveil a Trump-size infrastructure plan  —  A group of senior Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled 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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Brad Plumer / Vox:
Senate Democrats call Trump's bluff on infrastructure with a new $1 trillion plan
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and CNBC
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Trump meets Senate leaders on U.S. Supreme Court pick
Discussion: Hot Air
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump's down to three in Supreme Court search
Discussion: Vox and Hot Air
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Sales of ‘1984’ surge after Conway talks ‘alternative facts’  —  George Orwell's dystopian novel “1984” is surging in popularity in the days since President Trump's inauguration.  —  The iconic book, published nearly 70 years ago, is the sixth best-selling book on Amazon as of Tuesday morning.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate delays Sessions' confirmation vote  —  Sen. Jeff Sessions' confirmation vote for attorney general in the Senate Judiciary Committee will wait another week.  —  The powerful panel officially agreed to delay the official committee vote on his nomination due to requests from Democrats …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sessions: No plan to recuse from DOJ Trump probes
Discussion: RedState, Associated Press and Politico
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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New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Keep James Comey as F.B.I. Director  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, told his top agents from around the country that he had been asked by President Trump to stay on the job running the federal government's top law enforcement agency, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump 101: What he reads and watches  —  President Trump spends substantial time and energy ridiculing the media.  He spends even more time consuming —and obsessing about — it.  —  Print copies of three newspapers.  When Billy Bush was on, “Access Hollywood” every night.
Grabien News RSS:
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.
Bloomberg:
China Eager to Fill Political Vacuum Created by Trump's TPP Withdrawal  —  China is now championing an alternative Asia trade pact  —  TPP was centerpoint of Obama's foreign policy focus on Asia  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from a long-planned Pacific trade pact creates …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Is Our Democrats Learning?  —  With the exception of Kirsten Gillibrand, evidently not.  She is the only senator to vote against all three of Trump's cabinet appointments.  Yesterday, 15 Senate Democrats voted to confirm Mike Pompeo, a noted pro-torture Islamphobe.  This is pathetic.  Why?
Discussion: CNN and Balloon Juice
CBO's Publications:
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2017 to 2027  —  If current laws remained generally unchanged, deficits would follow an upward trajectory over the next decade, driving up federal debt.  CBO projects moderate economic growth during that period.  —  View by Chapter
 
 
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Rep. Keith Ellison / TIME:
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Nikki Haley clears committee vote
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
Inside The Private Chatrooms Trump Supporters Are Using To Manipulate French Voters
CNN:
Senate committee raises more red flags on Tom Price
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
OMB Nom Signals Difference With Trump On Not Cutting Social Security, Medicare
Discussion: The Week
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
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Moira Weigel / The Atlantic:
How Ultrasound Became Political
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Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
The Future of the Left Is Female
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Ricardo Lopez / Star Tribune:
Dayton's message cut short by collapse during State of State address
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
White House Shuts Down Phone Comment Line, Tells Callers to Use Non-Existent Facebook Messenger Account Instead
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
How Trump Could Shrink the Government (While Still Keeping the Good Stuff)
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's latest hire alarms allies of Ryan — and bolsters Bannon
Henry Farrell / Washington Post:
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