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Trump Fires Acting Attorney General — WASHINGTON — President Trump fired his acting attorney general on Monday night, removing her as the nation's top law enforcement officer after she defiantly refused to defend his executive order closing the nation's borders to refugees and people from predominantly Muslim countries.
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Evan Perez / CNN:
First on CNN: Justice Dept. will not defend executive order on travel restrictions — Federal lawsuit filed against travel ban — Washington (CNN)The acting Attorney General Sally Yates has told Justice Department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending President Donald Trump's executive order …
New York Times:
Acting Attorney General Orders Justice Dept. Not to Defend Refugee Ban — WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, ordered the Justice Department on Monday not to defend President Trump's executive order on immigration in court.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president's travel ban — President Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night, after Yates ordered Justice Department lawyers Monday not to defend his immigration order temporarily banning entry …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
I Smell Fake News — Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama holdover, thrills her future employers by refusing to put the weight of the DoJ behind Trump's travel ban. Even the Times admits this gesture is somewhat symbolic since she is on her way out and Jeff Sessions is on his way in, but they include this odd detail:
New York Times:
Letter From Sally Yates
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Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
Trump Fires Acting Attorney General for Defying Order on Muslims
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump fires defiant acting attorney general
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Associated Press:
Trump Fires Justice Dept. Head Over Executive Order Defiance
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Jonathan H. Adler / Washington Post:
Acting attorney general orders Justice Department attorneys not to defend immigration executive order [UPDATED]
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JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
Quick Thoughts On Sally Yates' Unpersuasive Statement
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CNN:
Democrats consider backing off big battle over Trump's Supreme Court pick — Washington (CNN)Senate Democrats are weighing whether to avoid an all-out war to block President Donald Trump's upcoming Supreme Court pick, instead considering delaying that battle for a future nomination …
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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 …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Hill staffers secretly worked on Trump's immigration order — Senior staffers on the House Judiciary Committee helped Donald Trump's top aides draft the executive order curbing immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations, but the Republican committee chairman and party leadership were not informed …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Angry Republicans lash out at Trump for not consulting them on travel ban
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Obama's Protections for L.G.B.T. Workers Will Remain Under Trump — WASHINGTON — The White House said on Monday that President Trump would leave in place a 2014 Obama administration order that created new workplace protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
White House considers reversing LGBT protections for federal workers
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Jeff Taylor / LGBTQ Nation:
Sources: Trump executive order allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination is coming soon
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The Intercept:
Suspect in Quebec Mosque Attack Quickly Depicted as a Moroccan Muslim. He's a White Nationalist. — A mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque last night left six people dead and eight wounded. The targeted mosque, the Cultural Islamic Center of Quebec, was the same one at which a severed pig's head was left during Ramadan last June.
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Globe and Mail:
Quebec City mosque attack suspect known for right-wing online posts — The suspect in the deadly attack on a Quebec City mosque was known in the city's activist circles as a right-wing troll who frequently took anti-foreigner and anti-feminist positions and stood up for U.S. President Donald Trump.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
How to Build an Autocracy — It's 2021, and President Donald Trump will shortly be sworn in for his second term. The 45th president has visibly aged over the past four years. He rests heavily on his daughter Ivanka's arm during his infrequent public appearances.
CNN:
How the Trump administration chose the 7 countries in the immigration executive order — (CNN)The seven Muslim-majority countries targeted in President Trump's executive order on immigration were initially identified as “countries of concern” under the Obama administration.
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Jon Finer / Foreign Policy:
Sorry, Mr. President: The Obama Administration Did Nothing Similar to Your Immigration Ban
Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump administration to allow 872 refugees into U.S. this week - document
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Department of Homeland Security:
Statement from Secretary Kelly on the President's Appointment of Thomas D. Homan as Acting ICE Director — WASHINGTON - Today, the president appointed Mr. Thomas D. Homan acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). — Since 2013, Mr. Homan has served …
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James V. Grimaldi / Wall Street Journal:
Rep. Tom Price Got Privileged, Discounted Offer on Biomedical Stock, Company Says — Rep. Tom Price got a privileged offer to buy a biomedical stock at a discount, the company's officials said, contrary to his congressional testimony this month.
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New York Times:
Republicans Have One Big Incentive to Stick With Trump — Despite the growing protests against President Trump's executive action on refugees and other people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, relatively few members of his party have spoken out against the policy — a familiar pattern since the election.
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Wall Street Journal:
Homeland Security Chief and White House Clash — Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has clashed with the White House over staffing and other decisions, people familiar with the matter say, leaving DHS without a No. 2 during a chaotic weekend at the nation's airports.
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Associated Press:
In New White House, a Look at Trump's Inner Circle — Since taking office 10 days ago, President Donald Trump has moved to consolidate power within a small cadre of close aides at the White House. — He's added a senior political adviser to the National Security Council and appears …
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
A Dangerously Isolated President
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Washington Post:
Trump's hard-line actions have an intellectual godfather: Jeff Sessions — In jagged black strokes, President Trump's signature was scribbled onto a catalogue of executive orders over the past 10 days that translated the hard-line promises of his campaign into the policies of his government.
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