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5:10 PM ET, January 24, 2017

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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.
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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.
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.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Recidivism Watch: Spicer uses repeatedly debunked citations for Trump's voter fraud claims  —  “I think there have been studies, there was one that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who have voted were not citizens.  There are other studies that were presented to him.”
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?”
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 …
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Huckabee pushes back on Trump's debunked voter fraud claim
Discussion: Vox
New York Times:
Trump Repeats Lie About Popular Vote in Meeting With Lawmakers
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump assembles a shadow Cabinet
Mike Allen / Axios:
The Trump show: a new drama
Discussion: Hullabaloo, ABC News and Politico
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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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 …
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 …
Kate Sheppard / The Huffington Post:
EPA Freezes Grants, Tells Employees Not To Talk About It, Sources Say
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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump's Supreme Court Choices Come Into Focus
Brad Plumer / Vox:
Senate Democrats call Trump's bluff on infrastructure with a new $1 trillion plan
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and CNBC
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Breitbart national security editor and Fox News contributor expected to join Trump White House  —  Sebastian Gorka, the Breitbart national security editor and a Fox News contributor, is expected to join President Donald Trump's White House, a source familiar with the matter told Business Insider.
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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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Brian Naylor / NPR:
Trump Gives Green Light To Keystone, Dakota Access Pipelines
Discussion: Mother Jones and Hollywood Life
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Trump signs five more orders on pipelines, steel and environment
Discussion: KFOR-TV
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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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
OMB Nom Signals Difference With Trump On Not Cutting Social Security, Medicare
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Week
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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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Abortion Science: Heartbeats Are Imaginary, Unborn Babies Aren't Alive, And Ultrasounds Are Just Tools Of The Patriarchy
Discussion: The Atlantic
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.
Dara Lind / Vox:
Trump's flurry of day one policies had some surprising omissions  —  Donald Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail about what he'd do on day one of his presidency.  Now day one is over — and after the first full weekday of the Trump administration, what Trump hasn't done is just as notable as what he has.
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Bloomberg:
China Eager to Fill Political Vacuum Created by Trump's TPP Withdrawal
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
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.
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
 
 
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in Politics  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll …
Discussion: Power Line
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Has Already Broken Promises on Immigration
Discussion: Breitbart, RedState and Vox
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Facebook, Snapchat Deals Produce Meager Results for News Outlets
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Mary Louise Kelly / National Security:
President Trump Pays A Fence Mending Visit To The CIA
Discussion: Raw Story and alan.com
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Nikki Haley clears committee vote
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Senate committee raises more red flags on Tom Price
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Is Our Democrats Learning?  —  With the exception of Kirsten Gillibrand, evidently not.
Discussion: CNN and Balloon Juice
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
The U.K.'s Threat To Weaponize Tax Is No Bluff
 

 
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Financial Times:
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