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3:30 PM ET, January 30, 2017

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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:

Trump signs executive order requiring that for every one new regulation, two must be revoked — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday morning requiring that for every new federal regulation implemented, two must be rescinded. — “This will be the biggest such act …

Discussion: The Atlantic, ABC News, Eduwonk and Joe.My.God.

Ayesha Rascoe / Yahoo:

Trump signs executive order to slash regulations — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday that will seek to dramatically pare back federal regulations by requiring agencies to cut two existing regulations for every new rule introduced.

Discussion: Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air, IJR and Vox Popoli

Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump signs executive order aiming to slash regulations

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Free Beacon

Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs

Discussion: The Atlantic, Business Insider, Discourse.net and STAT

Washington State:
AG Ferguson seeks halt to Trump's immigration Executive Order

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politicus USA

ABC News:
The Note: The Fallout From Trump's Immigration Ban

Discussion: Politico, Joe.My.God., The Hill and Raw Story

Justin Amash / Facebook:
Many supporters and opponents of President Trump's executive order …

Discussion: RedState

Bwittes / Lawfare:

BREAKING NEWS: Full Text of Draft Dissent Channel Memo on Trump Refugee and Visa Order — Consider this a major bureaucratic uprising on the part of career foreign service officers against the President on his executive order on refugees. … Numerous Foreign Service officers and other diplomats …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Axios, Mother Jones, Washington Post, Above the Law and Daily Kos

Mike Levine / ABC News:

EXCLUSIVE: US Diplomats Consider Filing Dissent Over Immigration Ban — Dozens of foreign service officers and other career diplomats stationed around the world are so concerned about President Donald Trump's new executive order restricting Syrian refugees and other immigrants from entering …

Discussion: Politico

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
DHS Says It's Complying With Court Orders Amid Complaints From Dems

Discussion: Department of Homeland …, Politico and Daily Kos

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Senate Dems will filibuster Trump's Supreme Court nominee — Senate Democrats are going to try to bring down President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick no matter who the president chooses to fill the current vacancy. — With Trump prepared to announce his nominee on Tuesday evening …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Axios, TheBlaze, Above the Law, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, The Week, LifeNews.com, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Politicus USA and Viking Pundit

Jonathan S. Tobin / New York Post: Why the Supreme Court fight is sure to go nuclear

New York Times:

How Trump's Rush to Enact an Immigration Ban Unleashed Global Chaos — WASHINGTON — As President Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Friday, shutting the borders to refugees and others from seven largely Muslim countries, the secretary of homeland security was on a White House conference call getting …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, The Week, The Stranger …, Department of Homeland …, Mediaite, TheBlaze, Washington Post, NBC News, Daily Kos and The Intercept

Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:

A Dangerously Isolated President — The Presidential order that Donald Trump signed on Friday barring all refugees and citizens from seven Muslim countries from travel to the United States was reviewed by virtually no one. The State Department did not help craft it, nor the Defense Department, nor Justice.

Discussion: Salon, The Huffington Post, Hullabaloo, Washington Post, War on the Rocks, New York Times, The Guardian, Shakesville and Vox

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Scarborough singles out Trump aide Stephen Miller for ‘power trip’

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week, Hot Air, Raw Story and Axios

New York Times:

Bannon Is Given Security Role Usually Held for Generals — WASHINGTON — The whirlwind first week of Donald J. Trump's presidency had all the bravura hallmarks of a Stephen K. Bannon production. — It started with the doom-hued inauguration homily to “American carnage” …

Yonatan Zunger:

Trial Balloon for a Coup? — Analyzing the news of the past 24 hours — The theme of this morning's news updates from Washington is additional clarity emerging, rather than meaningful changes in the field. But this clarity is enough to give us a sense of what we just saw happen, and why it happened the way it did.

Discussion: CNN, The Guardian, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, New York Times, Mother Jones, Vox and The Hill

David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Democrats and Republicans can't believe Trump put ‘Nazi’ Steve Bannon on National Security Council

Discussion: New York Daily News

CBC News:

Multiple dead, 2 arrested after shooting at Quebec City mosque — Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard calls shooting an act of terrorism — Quebec City Police say several people are dead after shots were fired inside a mosque on Sunday night during evening prayers. — Multiple people are also feared wounded.

Prime Minister / pm.gc.ca:

Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the fatal shooting in the city of Québec — The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued the following statement today after hearing of the fatal shooting at the Centre culturel islamique de Québec located in the Ste-Foy neighbourhood of the city of Québec:

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Washington Post, Montreal Gazette, Heavy.com, Infowars, The Daily Caller, IJR, Guns.com, KTLA, Gothamist and NPR

Kevin Dougherty / Reuters:
Five dead in Quebec City mosque shooting: mosque president

Discussion: The Daily Beast, New York Times, The Guardian, CBC News, Boing Boing, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Mediaite, Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Refinery29 and Balloon Juice

Stephen Collinson / CNN:

Donald Trump's travel ban fundamentally changes American history — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority nations marks an early defining moment for his presidency and an inflection point in America's posture toward Islam and the outside world that could resonate in history.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, FOX31 Denver, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Infowars, ImmigrationProf Blog, Politicus USA, TheBlaze, Talking Points Memo, New York's PIX11, Axios, Reuters, Joe.My.God., CBS Philly, Washington Free Beacon and NBC News

ABC News:
Donald Trump Blasts Sen. Schumer's ‘Fake Tears’ Over Travel Ban

Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos

Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Jihadist groups hail Trump's travel ban as a victory

Discussion: The Atlantic, Jerusalem Post, Seth J. Frantzman, Foreign Policy, Washington Monthly, Axios, Politicus USA, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats prepare bill to overturn Trump immigration order

Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos

Page Six:

Billy Bush's wife is furious about that Donald Trump tape — Media insiders are buzzing that Andy Lack wants NBC to become “the next Fox News” after he poached cable stars Greta Van Susteren and Megyn Kelly from the network. — “He believes he's building MSNBC and NBC into the next Fox.

Discussion: AOL, The Daily Caller, The Last Tradition and Vox Popoli

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Obama supports protests: ‘American values are at stake’ — Former President Barack Obama's office released a statement Monday supporting the protests going on around the country, and speaking out against discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion, saying “American values are at stake.”

Discussion: ABC News, Axios, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Fox News Insider

Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:

Samantha Bee to Roast Trump on Same Night as Correspondents' Dinner — The annual custom of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner suddenly seems uncomfortable if not untenable: Journalists mingling with Trump administration aides who loathe them, celebrities decrying Trump White House policies …

Discussion: The Atlantic, LGBTQ Nation, Mediaite, Washington Post, Deadline, twitchy.com, Political Wire, DCist, Washington Free Beacon and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »

Aaron Short / New York Post:

Chuck Schumer under fire from left-wing activists — Left-wing activists have found a collateral target in their efforts to resist President Trump — powerful Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer. — Enraged that the Senate Minority Leader has voted in favor of several cabinet nominees …

Discussion: Power Line

Mary Emily O'Hara / NBC News:
Immigration Ban: Democratic Senators to Introduce Bills Overturning Trump

Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Hot Air, Mediaite and AOL

Bloomberg:

Trump's Next Move on Immigration to Hit Closer to Home for Tech — President Donald Trump's clash with Silicon Valley over immigration is about to become even more contentious. — After the new president banned refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Google …

Discussion: Business Insider, Vox Popoli and Axios

Jon Swartz / USA Today:

Exclusive: Google creates $4 million crisis fund for immigration cause — SAN FRANCISCO — Google executives are matching their deeds with donations. — The search-engine giant has created a $2 million crisis fund that can be matched with up to $2 million in donations from employees …