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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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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Huckabee pushes back on Trump's debunked voter fraud claim — Mike Huckabee, the Republican former Arkansas governor, joined others on Tuesday in pushing back on President Donald Trump's repeatedly debunked claim that millions of undocumented immigrants voted illegally in the November election and cost him the popular vote.
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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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The Huffington Post:
Trump Spokesman Confirms Trump Is A Conspiracy Theorist
Trump Spokesman Confirms Trump Is A Conspiracy Theorist
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, Media Matters for America and The Slot
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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New York Times:
Trump Repeats Lie About Popular Vote in Meeting With Lawmakers
Trump Repeats Lie About Popular Vote in Meeting With Lawmakers
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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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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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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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Kate Sheppard / The Huffington Post:
EPA Freezes Grants, Tells Employees Not To Talk About It, Sources Say
EPA Freezes Grants, Tells Employees Not To Talk About It, Sources Say
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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 — President Trump on Tuesday shared an image of a panoramic portrait illustrating the size of his inauguration crowd that has been put on display in the White House press hall. — Trump tweeted a photo of the portrait …
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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:
Kellyanne Conway gets Secret Service protection
Kellyanne Conway gets Secret Service protection
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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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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats unveil a Trump-size infrastructure plan
Senate Democrats unveil a Trump-size infrastructure plan
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Brad Plumer / Vox:
Senate Democrats call Trump's bluff on infrastructure with a new $1 trillion plan
Senate Democrats call Trump's bluff on infrastructure with a new $1 trillion plan
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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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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?”
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The sorest winner of all time cannot stop whining
The Daily 202: The sorest winner of all time cannot stop whining
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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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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Trump signs five more orders on pipelines, steel and environment
Trump signs five more orders on pipelines, steel and environment
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Brian Naylor / NPR:
Trump Gives Green Light To Keystone, Dakota Access Pipelines
Trump Gives Green Light To Keystone, Dakota Access Pipelines
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Hollywood Life
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.
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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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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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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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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.
BuzzFeed:
Mark Zuckerberg Says He's Not Running For President — “No,” the Facebook CEO told BuzzFeed News in response to a question about his political ambitions. — Mark Zuckerberg has no plans to run for president, the Facebook founder and CEO told BuzzFeed News Tuesday.
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Politico, The Verge, Business Insider and Axios
Paul Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump's HHS Nominee Failed To Properly Disclose Purchase Of Discounted Stock — Rep. Tom Price never revealed the deal to the Office of Government Ethics. — Money in Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), President Donald Trump's pick to head …
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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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Rasmussen Reports:
in Politics — The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 57% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump's job performance. Forty-three percent (43%) disapprove. — The latest figures include 42% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 33% who Strongly Disapprove.
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