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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
White House Official, in Reversal, Says Green Card Holders Won't Be Barred — WASHINGTON — A top White House official appeared to reverse a key part of President Trump's immigration order on Sunday, saying that people from the affected countries who hold green cards will not be prevented from returning to the United States.
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Inside the confusion of the Trump executive order and travel ban — Trump's unilateral moves reflect the President's desire to quickly make good on his campaign promises — But they also encapsulate the pitfalls of an administration largely operated by officials with scant federal experience
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McCain blasts Bannon placement on National Security Council — John McCain is harshly criticizing the elevation of White House strategist Steve Bannon to President Donald Trump's National Security Council, calling the move “radical” because it minimizes the role of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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David French / National Review:
Trump's Executive Order on Refugees — Separating Fact from Hysteria — The hysterical rhetoric about President Trump's executive order on refugees is out of control. Let's slow down and take a look at the facts. — To read the online commentary, one would think that President …
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Organization of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council — As President, my highest priority is to ensure the safety and security of the American people. In order to advise and assist me in executing this solemn responsibility, as well as to protect and advance …
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Trump just made an unprecedented, ‘radical’ change to the National Security Council — President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Saturday that removed the nation's top military and intelligence advisers as regular attendees of the National Security Council's Principals Committee …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Giuliani: Trump asked me how to do a Muslim ban ‘legally’ — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) said in an interview on Saturday that President Trump had previously asked him about legally implementing a “Muslim ban.” — But Giuliani then disputed the notion …
Jeff Stein / Vox:
“This policy is going to get Americans killed”: Sen. Chris Murphy on Trump's refugee ban — Congressional Republicans have largely fallen in line behind Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration. House Speaker Paul Ryan, who once opposed Trump's “Muslim ban,” has announced his support for the new restrictions.
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump Gives Controversial Adviser Stephen Bannon Seat at National Security Council Meetings — President Donald Trump has tapped his controversial senior adviser and chief strategist Stephen Bannon for a permanent seat at National Security Council meetings in what some experts are calling an …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Dems will rally at Supreme Court to protest Trump's executive order — Democratic lawmakers will host a rally on Monday evening at the Supreme Court to protest President Donald Trump — 's recent executive order imposing a temporary ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries entering the United States.
Bwittes / Lawfare:
Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump's Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Trump doubles down on refugee ban as confusion mounts
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Christian Leaders Denounce Trump's Plan to Favor Christian Immigrants
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Business Insider:
Federal judges block deportations in emergency rulings on Trump's immigration order
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Trump's Immigration Fiasco Might Be More Premeditated Than We Think
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The Hill:
Trump signs three more executive actions
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Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:
Priebus: Immigration Order 'Doesn't Include' Green Card Holders, But Anyone Traveling to Banned Countries Will Be ‘Subjected to Further Screening’ — Priebus: Green Card Holders Not-Affected by Executive Order 6:39 — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus muddied the waters …
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Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
Priebus suggests immigration ban should be expanded to more countries
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Priebus: We Won't Apologize For Keeping America Safe
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Jim VandeHei / Axios:
The Trump bulldozer — We can't stress this enough: Watch closely the specific, substantive moves of the Trump White House. Try to block out the white noise of outlandish statements and unforced errors, and the hyperventilating they provoke. — Otherwise, you miss the big — and in some cases, radical — changes coming our way.
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
American Commando Killed in Yemen in Trump's First Counterterror Operation — WASHINGTON — One American commando was killed and three others injured in a fierce firefight overnight with Qaeda militants in central Yemen, a senior American official said Sunday morning.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Border Patrol Defies Judge, U.S. Senator at Dulles Airport as His First Constitutional Crisis Unfolds — Late Saturday night, in the jam-packed baggage terminal for international arrivals at Washington Dulles International Airport, dozens of lawyers and hundreds of protesters watched …
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Kathianne Boniello / New York Post:
Customs agents ignore judge, enforce Trump's travel ban: ACLU — SEE ALSO — Federal judge grants stay for those detained under Trump's travel ban — :0 — A Brooklyn federal judge took on President Trump Saturday night,... The ACLU is getting “multiple reports” …
Media Matters for America:
Rudy Giuliani Brags That He Crafted Trump's Muslim Ban — JEANINE PIRRO (HOST): Does the ban have anything to do with religion? How did the president decide the seven countries? I understand the permanent ban on the refugees. OK, talk to me. — RUDY GIULIANI: OK. I'll tell you the whole history of it.
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
A Clarifying Moment in American History — There should be nothing surprising about what the Donald Trump has done in his first week—but he had underestimated the resilience of Americans and their institutions. — {{#existing_user}} — Your newsletter subscription preferences have been updated.
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Blake Hounshell / Politico:
President Trump's First Defeat — “It's working out very nicely,” President Donald Trump said on Saturday afternoon as he signed his latest batch of executive actions. “You see it in the airports.” — It was the usual confident swagger from a man accustomed to getting his way.
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