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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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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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Under fire, Trump weighs new changes to refugee ban — Republican sources tell us that the Department of Homeland Security may issue “implementation guidance” that would allow for softening, and even policy changes, to President Trump's travel restrictions on migrants.
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New York Times:
Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him
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Bloomberg:
Democrats Escalate Fight Over Sessions After Trump Fires Yates
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP panel chairman defends his staff working on Trump immigration order
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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Jeff Sessions grilled Sally Yates on constitutional duty during 2015 hearing
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: ‘we do not support’ Trump immigration order
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Josh Blackman / Politico:
Why Trump Had to Fire Sally Yates
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Watch Sally Yates answer the question that got her fired by President Trump
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president's travel ban
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CNN:
First on CNN: Trump bringing Supreme Court favorites to Washington — (CNN)The two judges who have been considered the top finalists to be President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court — Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman — are being brought to Washington ahead of tonight's White House announcement, sources tell CNN.
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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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Washington Post:
Democrats shouldn't go scorched-earth on Trump's Supreme Court nominee
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
What's next? — You have to wonder what comes next …
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The Huffington Post:
Senate Democrats Boycott Key Votes On 2 Top Trump Nominees — Republicans don't have the quorum needed to move forward. — Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON Senate Democrats deployed a dramatic eleventh-hour maneuver to deny committee votes …
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NBC News:
SEAL, American Girl Die in First Trump-Era U.S. Military Raid — Two Americans killed in first military raid under President Trump 1:09 — In what an official said was the first military raid carried out under President Donald Trump, two Americans were killed in Yemen on Sunday …
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Meg Wagner / New York Daily News:
First President Trump-ordered raid kills 8-year-old American girl, six years after her teenage brother died in drone strike — The first U.S. citizen casualty of President Trump's military is an 8-year-old girl — who died six years after her big brother was killed in a raid ordered by former President Barack Obama.
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Wall Street Journal Editor: Stop Calling The Travel Ban Countries “Majority Muslim” — Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerry Baker has instructed editors to stop referring to the countries targeted in President Trump's travel and refugee executive order as “seven majority Muslim countries” …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
DeVos questionnaire appears to include passages from uncited sources — President Trump's nominee for education secretary, in written responses to questions from senators, appears to have used several sentences and phrases from other sources without attribution — including from a top Obama administration civil rights official.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Republican Fausts — Many Republican members of Congress have made a Faustian bargain with Donald Trump. They don't particularly admire him as a man, they don't trust him as an administrator, they don't agree with him on major issues, but they respect the grip he has on their voters …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Team Hillary blames Obama more than Putin — The worst-kept secret inside Democratic circles is how bitter Hillary Clinton's team is at President Obama over her election loss. We have heard from numerous, anguished people in Clinton-land blaming Obama — more than Putin, FBI Director James Comey or …
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Can Jared and Ivanka Outrun Donald Trump's Scandals? — Less than a fortnight into his new post, Kushner appears unable to control his father-in-law—and is “furious” that his efforts are being undermined. — On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump descended upon the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes flanked …
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CBS News:
Oprah Winfrey becomes special contributor to “60 Minutes” — Oprah Winfrey, the esteemed broadcaster, producer, actress and philanthropist, will become a special contributor to “60 Minutes,” the news magazine's executive producer Jeff Fager announced on Tuesday.
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
White House: Trump will enforce LGBTQ workplace protections — The White House said early Tuesday that President Trump will continue to enforce an Obama-era executive order protecting the rights of the LGBTQ community in the workplace. — “President Donald J. Trump is determined to protect …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Obama's Protections for L.G.B.T. Workers Will Remain Under Trump
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Alice Speri / The Intercept:
The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement … White supremacists and other domestic extremists maintain an active presence in U.S. police departments and other law enforcement agencies. A striking reference to that conclusion, notable for its confidence …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
How Obama will take on Trump — Barack Obama and his aides expected to take on President Donald Trump at some point, but they didn't think it would happen this quickly. — Now they're trying to find the right balance on issues that demand a response, and how to use Obama to deliver the selective pushback.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
White House aide Epshteyn wrote controversial Holocaust memorial statement
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
DHS chief promises to carry out Trump's immigration order ‘humanely’ — Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Tuesday strongly defended President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order restricting immigration, saying such a measure was “long overdue.” — Speaking at a press conference …
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