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Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Green card holders included in Trump ban -Homeland Security — People holding so-called green cards, making them legal permanent U.S. residents, are included in President Donald Trump's executive action temporarily barring people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States …
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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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ThinkProgress, The Verge, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, AOL, Business Insider, Axios and Balloon Juice
Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:
Following President Trump's executive order green card, visa holders already blocked by airports — Within hours of President Trump's executive order limiting immigration from Muslim countries, green card and visa holders were already being blocked from getting on flights to the U.S.
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Marcelo Rochabrun / ProPublica:
Trump Executive Order Could Block 500,000 Legal U.S. Residents From Returning to America From Trips — When details leaked earlier this week about a spate of immigration-related executive orders from President Donald Trump, much public discussion focused on a 30-day ban on new visas for citizens from seven “terror-prone” countries.
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The Guardian, Hit & Run, Washington Post and Bloomberg
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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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
2 Detained at New York Airport and 7 in Cairo in Wake of Trump's Executive Order — Two Iraqis have been detained at Kennedy International Airport in New York City in the wake of President Trump's executive order Friday on the suspending the entry into the United States of immigrants from certain Muslim nations and all refugees.
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Politico and Associated Press
David Ingram / Reuters:
U.S. lawyers for Iraqis sue to block Trump immigration order
U.S. lawyers for Iraqis sue to block Trump immigration order
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The Week
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 …
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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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RedState, ThinkProgress, Power Line and Washington Post
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Trump signs order temporarily halting admission of refugees, promises priority for Christians
Trump signs order temporarily halting admission of refugees, promises priority for Christians
Michael Patrick Leahy / Breitbart:
President Trump Signs Executive Order Temporarily Halting All Refugees
President Trump Signs Executive Order Temporarily Halting All Refugees
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump's latest executive order: Banning people from 7 countries and more
Trump's latest executive order: Banning people from 7 countries and more
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The Gateway Pundit
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Fears That Trump's Visa Ban Betrays Friends and Bolsters Enemies
Fears That Trump's Visa Ban Betrays Friends and Bolsters Enemies
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NBC News
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
David Brody / CBN.com:
Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Says Persecuted Christians Will Be Given Priority As Refugees
Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Says Persecuted Christians Will Be Given Priority As Refugees
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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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The Daily Caller, Reuters, Media Matters for America, Shareblue, Al Jazeera English and Mother Jones
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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ABC News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Axios and IJR
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Advice for Those Weighing Jobs in the Trump Administration — Some 40 people were indicted as a result of the Watergate scandal. Among those sentenced to prison: the attorney general of the United States, the White House counsel, and President Nixon's two most senior White House aides.
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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, Althouse and Raw Story
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.
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Princeton Election Consortium, Telegraph and Politicus USA
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.
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Political Wire
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.
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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Steve Barnes / Reuters:
Arkansas governor signs abortion law banning common procedure
Arkansas governor signs abortion law banning common procedure
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Refinery29, Common Dreams and LifeNews.com
Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
My great grandparents came from Germany, Austria and Poland. Priscilla's parents were refugees from China and Vietnam. The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of that. — Like many of you, I'm concerned about the impact of the recent executive orders signed by President Trump.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Trump admin cancels ObamaCare ads — The Trump administration has canceled any remaining ObamaCare advertising and outreach planned for the final days of the sign-up period, according to Politico. — The move could negatively affect enrollment, given that many people wait until close to the Jan. 31 deadline to sign up.
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Paul Demko / Politico:
Reversing course, Trump administration will continue Obamacare outreach
Reversing course, Trump administration will continue Obamacare outreach
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Balloon Juice, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Axios and Morning Consult