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New York Times:
Trump to Order Mexican Border Wall and Curtail Immigration — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday will order the construction of a Mexican border wall — the first in a series of actions this week to crack down on immigrants, including slashing the number of refugees who can resettle …
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Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
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 …
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Trump to sign executive orders enabling construction of proposed border wall and targeting sanctuary cities — President Trump is planning to sign executive orders on Wednesday enabling construction of his proposed border wall, and targeting cities where local leaders refuse to hand …
Bloomberg:
Trump to Unveil Mexico Border Wall Plans in Security Push — President promises a national security focus on Wednesday — Border emphasis may be followed by changes to refugee programs — President Donald Trump plans to unveil actions on national security starting Wednesday that are expected …
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ABC News, Politico, The Guardian, AOL, The Daily Caller, Al Jazeera English, Washington Times and TheBlaze
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's voter fraud claims undermine the democratic process and his presidency — There is no benign explanation for President Trump's false assertion that millions of people voted illegally in the last election. It is either a deliberate attempt to undermine faith in the democratic process …
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The Hill, Salon, NBC News, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Mahablog, Balloon Juice and Politicus USA
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump Won't Back Down From His Voting Fraud Lie. Here Are the Facts.
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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RedState, ThinkProgress, The Slot and Hit & Run, more at Mediagazer »
Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Trump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources — U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move by the newly minted leadership …
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Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed:
A National Park Deleted Tweets On Climate Change After Trump Silenced Federal Scientists
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Red Alert Politics, The Verge, The Guardian, The Week, Politicus USA, Motherboard, twitchy.com, CBS Denver, Grist, Mediaite, Washington Post, Reuters and TheBlaze
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Information lockdown hits Trump's federal agencies
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TIME, The Daily Beast, NBC News, Gizmodo, New Urban Legends, The Verge, BizPac Review, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, The Week and The Guardian
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Poised to Lift Ban on C.I.A. ‘Black Site’ Prisons — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing a sweeping executive order that would clear the way for the Central Intelligence Agency to reopen overseas “black site” prisons, like those where it detained and tortured terrorism suspects …
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Axios
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Majority of American approve of Trump's ‘America first’ address — Dark. Negative. Divisive. That's was the immediate narrative about President Donald Trump's inaugural address. — But many Americans liked it. — A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows that the new president's message …
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The Daily Caller and Axios
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Hidden stars: Melania and Ivanka Trump are well-liked, poll finds
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Axios and The Daily Caller
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Trump's Chicago tweet is another response to cable news — Sean Spicer's defense — When President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday night and said he would send federal agents into Chicago if the city failed to address its growing violence, the threat seemed to emanate from nowhere.
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Axios
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun Times:
Rahm unloads on Trump: Focus on jobs, education — not crowd size
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Hot Air, Chicago Reader, The Guardian, Fox News Insider, Chicago Tribune and Guns.com
CNN:
Secret Service looking at agent who suggested she wouldn't defend Trump from bullet — Washington (CNN)The Secret Service said Tuesday it is taking “appropriate action” after one of its agents suggested on Facebook that she would not defend President Donald Trump should someone try to shoot him.
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Hot Air, Guns.com, The Daily Caller and Instapundit
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Susan Crabtree / Washington Examiner:
Senior Secret Service agent suggests she wouldn't take ‘a bullet’ for Trump
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Raw Story, BizPac Review, AOL, Washington Post, Mediaite, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, CBS Denver, TheBlaze, The Federalist, Washington Free Beacon, Instapundit and The Gateway Pundit
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Boom: Dow hits 20,000 for first time ever — Dow reaches historic 20,000 level — Dow 20,000 is finally here. — After weeks of close calls, the Dow made history on Wednesday by blowing past that key level for the first time ever. — The historic milestone leaves the Dow …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
ABC News Apologizes After Editing Former Bush Spox's Praise of Sean Spicer to Sound Like Attack — ABC News apologized Tuesday after the Monday night edition of Nightline edited a quote from former George W. Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer in a way that made it appear that he was more critical …
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The Daily Caller, BizPac Review and twitchy.com
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Robby Mook And Corey Lewandowski Team Up For Paid Speeches — Rival campaign managers from Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's respective presidential bids are set to join forces on the lucrative paid speaking circuit. — In joint appearances across the country, Robby Mook and Corey Lewandowski …
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Washington Post, The Week and Eschaton
Emily Kaplan / SI.com:
Erin Andrews' secret battle with cervical cancer — The MMQB staff writer Emily Kaplan discusses how Erin Andrews was able to keep working while fighting cervical cancer. — Her safety belt clicked shut. As her highly public and emotionally draining civil trial entered a weekend break …
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IJR, FOX News Radio, Dallas Morning News, CBS Philly, AOL, New York Magazine and CBS Baltimore
CNNMoney:
Publisher printing more copies of George Orwell's ‘1984’ after spike in demand — “Alternative facts” are lies — The book publisher Penguin is printing more copies of George Orwell's dystopian classic “1984” in response to a sudden surge of demand. — On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning …
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Mediaite, The Verge, KXAN-TV, The Guardian and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Immigration hard-liners angered by Trump's softer tone on ‘Dreamers’ — Donald Trump promised during the campaign that he'd “immediately” kill Barack Obama's unilateral actions to shield hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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Bloomberg, Hot Air and National Review
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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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TheBlaze, Red Alert Politics, IJR, RedState, Mediaite and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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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Talking Points Memo
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Federal agencies ordered to restrict their communications
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ABC News and ThinkProgress
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