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10:15 PM ET, January 28, 2017

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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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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Facing intense criticism, some Republicans are speaking out against Trump's refugee ban.  Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell aren't among them.  —  Facing intense criticism and dramatic news coverage of chaos and protests at airports worldwide, several congressional Republicans …
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 …
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.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Federal court halts Trump's immigration ban  —  Step one in a long fight to come  —  The federal court for the Eastern District of New York issued an emergency stay halting President Donald Trump's executive order banning entry to the US from seven majority-Muslim countries tonight …
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Federal judge blocks Trump immigration order: report  —  The federal court for the Eastern District of New York has issued an emergency stay halting President Trump's executive order banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S, The Verge reported Saturday night.
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani / ThinkProgress:
Here's your list of all the protests happening against the Muslim Ban  —  Resist.  —  On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order severely restricting migration from seven Muslim-majority countries.  —  Under the “Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States …
Tamer El-Ghobashy / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Visa Ban Also Applies to Citizens With Dual Nationality, State Department Says  —  Citizens of the seven countries identified by President Donald Trump for a 90-day visa ban who hold dual nationality also will be barred from entering the United States, the U.S. State Department said in a statement Saturday.
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump's immigration ban sends shockwaves
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Judge stays deportations; Trump order barring refugees, migrants from Muslim countries triggers chaos, outrage
Discussion: alan.com, Daily Kos, AOL and Reuters
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Judge blocks deportation of those detained at U.S. airports after Trump order
Discussion: Dallas Morning News and ABC News
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
President Trump's Muslim ban excludes countries linked to his sprawling business empire
Discussion: Mediaite and alan.com
Dean Schabner / ABC News:
Federal Judge Grants Stay on Trump Immigration Order for 2 Iraqis
Discussion: Vox and Politico
CNN:
2 Iraqis file lawsuit after being detained in NY due to travel ban
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
NY lawmakers: Refugee detained in airport has been released
Jon Wilcox / Victoria Advocate:
Fire destroys mosque; cause undetermined (w/video)  —  Flames engulfed the Islamic Center of Victoria, destroying the building in the predawn hours Saturday as congregation members watched from the curb, overcome with emotion.  —  “It's a house of worship,” Shahid Hashmi, president of the center …
Sam Altman:
Time to Take a Stand  —  It is time for tech companies to start speaking up about some of the actions taken by President Trump's administration.  —  There are many actions from his first week that are objectionable.  In repeatedly invoking unsubstantiated conspiracy theories …
Discussion: CNNMoney, Politico and NBC News
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Donald Trump's Start is Rocky, But Far Better Than Many Skeptics Hoped, Which Brings Me to Evan McMullin  —  There have been problems, and I have publicly disagreed with several things the new administration has done this week, but Donald Trump's first week in office should reassure skeptics …
Discussion: IJR
Mike Giglio / BuzzFeed:
We Talked To People Who Fought For ISIS.  This Is How They Plan To Use Trump. … ISTANBUL — Abu Musab was finishing his night shift at an ISIS checkpoint in Raqqa early on Nov. 9 when the friend who came to replace him told him the result of the US election with a hysterical laugh.
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Times:
NBC's Chuck Todd: Media knew how ‘hated’ Hillary was in heartland and we ‘underplayed’ it  —  'We didn't tell the stories of all Americans,' ‘Meet the Press’ host admits  —  NBC's Chuck Todd confessed that he and others in the mainstream news media played down just how despised Hillary Clinton …
 
 
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Justin Glawe / The Daily Beast:
Refugee Family's Grandmother Detained on Trump's Orders
Discussion: Daily Kos
Iowa City Press-Citizen:
FedEx won't fire employee who intervened in Iowa City flag burning
James Delingpole / Breitbart:
Donald Trump is Going to Make the European Union History
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Dutch commit $10M for abortion funding in wake of US ban
Discussion: RedState
CAIR:
CAIR to Announce Constitutional Challenge to Trump's ‘Muslim Ban’ Executive Order
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Republican redistricting is taking a beating in the courts, right now
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's erratic first week was among the most alarming in history
New York Times:
Russians Charged With Treason Worked in Office Linked to Election Hacking
Discussion: AOL and Political Wire
 

 
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