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9:50 PM ET, January 29, 2017

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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Trump warns senators ‘looking to start World War III’  —  defended his executive order on immigration and refugee policy Sunday afternoon in two tweets, posted at around the same time the White House released a statement from the president.  —  The statement stressed the importance of keeping …
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mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SENATORS McCAIN & GRAHAM ON EXECUTIVE ORDER ON IMMIGRATION  —  Washington, D.C. ­- U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released the following statement today on the President's executive order on immigration:  —  “Our government has a responsibility …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Administration Says Green Card Holders Won't Be Barred  —  WASHINGTON — John F. Kelly, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, eased a key part of President Trump's immigration order on Sunday, saying that people from the affected countries who hold green cards …
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 …
RealClearPolitics:
Separating Fact From Hysteria on Trump Refugee Order
Discussion: Power Line
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Giuliani: Trump asked me how to do a Muslim ban ‘legally’
Discussion: Vox, AOL and Mediaite
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Some Top Republicans in Congress Criticize Trump's Refugee Policy
Discussion: alan.com
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Border Patrol Defies Judge, U.S. Senator at Dulles Airport as His First Constitutional Crisis Unfolds
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Trump ratchets up defense of immigrant ban as outrage mounts
Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and CNN
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Rulings on Trump's Immigration Order Are First Step on a Long Legal Path
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Balkinization and KTLA
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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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Trump just made an unprecedented, ‘radical’ change to the National Security Council
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Supreme Court Nomination Fight Might Now Be About Trump's Ban  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's decision to proceed with his expansive executive order restricting immigration at the end of his first week in office has turned into a massive legal battleground that will shape the consideration of any Supreme Court nominee.
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Jihadist groups hail Trump's travel ban as a victory
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Dems will rally at Supreme Court to protest Trump's executive order
Discussion: Politico and TheBlaze
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Denver police to protesters: ‘Stop doing anything that could be construed as free speech’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Protesters at the Denver airport over the weekend were told by police that it was illegal to exercise “free speech without a permit.”
Discussion: alan.com
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
The White House Holocaust Horror  —  So much for giving people the benefit of the doubt who offer no sign they deserve it.  The Trump White House issued a statement on Friday commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the statement didn't make specific mention of the Jewish people …
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Jim VandeHei / Axios:
The Trump bulldozer
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alan Johnson / The Columbus Dispatch:
Trump treasury pick Mnuchin misled Senate on foreclosures, Ohio cases show  —  Alan Johnson The Columbus Dispatch @ohioajJill Riepenhoff The Columbus Dispatch @JRiep  —  President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. treasury secretary was untruthful with the Senate during the confirmation process, documents uncovered by The Dispatch show.
Discussion: Political Wire
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Conway: When will reporters who ‘talked smack’ be fired?  —  Kellyanne Conway in an interview Sunday slammed the media, asking when network reporters will be fired over their coverage of the Trump administration.  —  “Who is cleaning house?  Which one is going to be the first network …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and RedState
Starbucks Newsroom:
Message from Howard Schultz to Starbucks Partners: Living Our Values in Uncertain Times  —  Starbucks chairman and ceo sent the following message to all partners (employees) on January 29, 2017  —  I write to you today with deep concern, a heavy heart and a resolute promise.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and FOX31 Denver
Travis Kalanick / Facebook:
Standing up for the driver community:  —  Here's the email I'm sending to drivers affected by President's unjust immigration and travel ban:  —  At Uber we've always believed in standing up for what's right.  Today we need your help supporting drivers who may be impacted by the President's unjust immigration ban.
Discussion: Mediaite, Politico, Axios and The Verge
Associated Press:
TRUMP WANTS TO ENLIST LOCAL POLICE IN IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN  —  PHOENIX (AP) — To build his highly touted deportation force, President Donald Trump is reviving a program that deputizes local officers to enforce federal immigration law.  —  The program received scant attention as Trump announced …
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
‘Donald Trump destroyed my life,’ says barred Iraqi who worked for U.S.  —  CAIRO - The photos of the Sharef family spoke volumes about their plight.  —  In the first two, the Iraqis are happily seated on their plane, smiling.  They were flying from their home in Irbil to New York.
Discussion: Power Line and Associated Press
 
 
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Reem Akkad / Washington Post:
A Syrian woman flew to the U.S. to see her hospitalized mother. She was forced to turn around.
The Independent:
War with the US under Donald Trump is “not just a slogan” …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Priebus: We Won't Apologize For Keeping America Safe
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Protests Build Across the Country Against Trump's Immigration Order
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats vow legislation to block Trump's travel ban
Discussion: The Hill, Daily Kos and twitchy.com
 Earlier Items: 
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Dems would honor killer, not victim
Discussion: Instapundit
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
A Clarifying Moment in American History
Discussion: American Power
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
American Commando Killed in Yemen in Trump's First Counterterror Operation
Discussion: Reuters, NPR, RedState and Political Wire
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
The Media Honestly Doesn't Get It