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New York Times:
Refugees Detained at U.S. Airports, Prompting Legal Challenges to Trump's Immigration Order — President Trump's executive order closing the nation's borders to refugees was put into immediate effect Friday night. Refugees who were in the air on the way to the United States when the order …
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Talking Points Memo and TheBlaze
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Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Fears That Trump's Visa Ban Betrays Friends and Bolsters Enemies — CAIRO — Across the Muslim world, the refrain was resounding: President Trump's freeze on refugee arrivals and visa requests from seven predominantly Muslim countries will have major diplomatic repercussions …
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NBC News
New York Times:
Trump Bars Refugees and Citizens of 7 Muslim Countries — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday closed the nation's borders to refugees from around the world, ordering that families fleeing Syrian carnage be indefinitely blocked from entering the United States, and temporarily suspending immigration …
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Trump signs order temporarily halting admission of refugees, promises priority for Christians — President Trump said Friday that Christians will be given priority to come to the United States as refugees and later signed an order to suspend the admission of refugees for 120 days and increase …
Michael Patrick Leahy / Breitbart:
President Trump Signs Executive Order Temporarily Halting All Refugees — President Trump signed an executive order late Friday which temporarily bars refugees from entering the United States. — Trump signed the order on refugees while at the Pentagon, minutes after General James Mattis …
New York Times:
Full Executive Order Text: Trump's Action Limiting Refugees Into the U.S. — President Trump signed an executive order on Friday titled “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.” Following is the language of that order, as supplied by the White House.
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Power Line
David Brody / CBN.com:
Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Says Persecuted Christians Will Be Given Priority As Refugees — In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, President Donald Trump says persecuted Christians will be given priority when it comes to applying for refugee status in the United States.
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The Hill, Vox, The Atlantic, The Guardian, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, The Week, The Daily Caller, IJR and Right Wing Watch
Eric Beech / Reuters:
Trump says Syrian Christian refugees will be given priority
Trump says Syrian Christian refugees will be given priority
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit
Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump signs executive order to keep out ‘radical Islamic terrorists’
Trump signs executive order to keep out ‘radical Islamic terrorists’
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Media Matters for America, Shareblue and Mother Jones
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Trump Orders Suspension of All Refugees, Immigrants From Some Muslim Nations
Trump Orders Suspension of All Refugees, Immigrants From Some Muslim Nations
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump bars Syrian refugees, halts entry of citizens from some Muslim states
Trump bars Syrian refugees, halts entry of citizens from some Muslim states
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, ABC News and Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
Trump's First Week: Misfires, Crossed Wires and a Satisfied Smile — WASHINGTON — If other new occupants of the White House wanted to be judged by their first 100 days in office, President Trump seems intent to be judged by his first 100 hours. No president in modern times, if ever …
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Washington Monthly, Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog and Shareblue
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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order — Memo from CEO Pichai says more than 100 employees impacted — Pichai says President's move caused painful ‘personal costs’ — Alphabet Inc.'s Google delivered a sharp message to staff traveling overseas who may be impacted …
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New York Daily News, The Verge, Axios, Business Insider, Engadget and AOL
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
CBS: Senate Republicans convinced Trump that Pryor is a no-go for SCOTUS — As hundreds of thousands of pro-life activists gather in Washington DC for the March for Life, millions of Americans await Donald Trump's choice to fill the Supreme Court opening left by the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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CBS News, Politico and Townhall.com
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New York Times:
Russians Charged With Treason Worked in Office Linked to Election Hacking — WASHINGTON — Ever since American intelligence agencies accused Russia of trying to influence the American election, there have been questions about the proof they had to support the accusation.
Discussion:
Political Wire
Mike Debonis / Washington Post:
Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare — PHILADELPHIA — Republican lawmakers aired sharp concerns about their party's quick push to repeal the Affordable Care Act inside a closed-door meeting Thursday, according to a recording of the session obtained by The Washington Post.
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David J. Bier / New York Times:
Trump's Immigration Ban Is Illegal — President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that purports to bar for at least 90 days almost all permanent immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, including Syria and Iraq, and asserts the power to extend the ban indefinitely.
Discussion:
Princeton Election Consortium
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's erratic first week was among the most alarming in history — Week One of the Trump administration was among the most alarming in the history of the American presidency. — There have been scarier weeks for the country, certainly — the Cuban missile crisis and the Sept. 11 attacks.
Charlie Nash / Breitbart:
YouTube Disables MILO Livestream Hours Before Immigration Speech in New Mexico — YouTube disabled Breitbart News Senior Editor MILO's livestreaming ability on Friday, just hours before his speech on immigration at the University of New Mexico. — MILO's ability to host livestreams …
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Vox Popoli
David Gibson / USA Today:
Trump fails to mention Jews in Holocaust remembrance statement — In a departure from predecessors on both sides of the political aisle, President Trump's statement Friday marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day did not mention the deaths of six million Jews — a lapse the head …
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Balloon Juice
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