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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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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 …
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Vox, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Shakesville, Niskanen Center, Washington Times, neo-neocon, Corrente and Gothamist
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 …
CNN:
Trump to direct federal resources toward building a border wall on Wednesday
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The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, Scared Monkeys, Hollywood Life and ABC News
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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Politico, The Hill, Salon, Taylor Marsh, Outside the Beltway, NBC News, Fox News, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, The Mahablog and Balloon Juice
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CNN:
Trump calls for ‘major investigation’ into voter fraud — (CNN)President Donald Trump called on Wednesday for “a major investigation” into voter fraud, following through with baseless claims he has made since November's election alleging millions of illegal votes during the general election without citing any evidence.
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New York Times:
Trump Interrupts His Busy Day to Hail Dow's Milestone
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Raw Story, CBS DC, Daily Kos and BizPac Review
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump Won't Back Down From His Voting Fraud Lie. Here Are the Facts.
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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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Mother Jones, Politico, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, The Week, Common Dreams and Axios
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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alan.com, Business Insider, Hit & Run, Vox, BizPac Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and EcoWatch
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Badlands National Park deletes tweets on climate change
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Common Dreams and Motherboard
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Information lockdown hits Trump's federal agencies
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RedState, TIME, EcoWatch, The Daily Beast, NBC News, Gizmodo, New Urban Legends, The Verge, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, The Week, New York Magazine, The Hill and The Guardian
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed:
A National Park Deleted Tweets On Climate Change After Trump Silenced Federal Scientists
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CBS News, The Daily Caller, Red Alert Politics, Politico, Washington Post, The Verge, The Week, The Guardian, Politicus USA, Reuters, twitchy.com, CBS Denver, Mediaite, BizPac Review, RedState, Grist and TheBlaze
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Voters liked Trump's inaugural 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 is resonating with voters …
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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
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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Dino Grandoni / BuzzFeed:
Agriculture Department Lifts Clampdown On Its Science Division — On Tuesday evening a top USDA official told scientists the order “is hereby rescinded.” — The US Department of Agriculture rescinded an order stopping scientists and other employees at its main research division …
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PJ Huffstutter / Reuters:
USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit
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Talking Points Memo
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Federal agencies ordered to restrict their communications
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ABC News and ThinkProgress
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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Politico, The Atlantic, Washington Post, twitchy.com, The Week and Eschaton
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 …
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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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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TheBlaze, Mediaite, The Verge, KXAN-TV, The Guardian and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
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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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, CBS Baltimore and New York Magazine
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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