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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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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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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Democrats boycott confirmation hearings for Price and Mnuchin, blocking votes
Democrats boycott confirmation hearings for Price and Mnuchin, blocking votes
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The Huffington Post:
Senate Democrats Boycott Key Votes On 2 Top Trump Nominees
Senate Democrats Boycott Key Votes On 2 Top Trump Nominees
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New York Times:
Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him
Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Under fire, Trump weighs new changes to refugee ban
Under fire, Trump weighs new changes to refugee ban
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Libby Nelson / Vox:
Senate Democrats are boycotting a vote on Tom Price over his sweetheart deals
Senate Democrats are boycotting a vote on Tom Price over his sweetheart deals
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Bloomberg:
Democrats Escalate Fight Over Sessions After Trump Fires Yates
Democrats Escalate Fight Over Sessions After Trump Fires Yates
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Trump's Talk About Muslims Led Acting Attorney General to Defy Ban
Trump's Talk About Muslims Led Acting Attorney General to Defy Ban
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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Jeff Sessions grilled Sally Yates on constitutional duty during 2015 hearing
Jeff Sessions grilled Sally Yates on constitutional duty during 2015 hearing
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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
Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president's travel ban
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Josh Blackman / Politico:
Why Trump Had to Fire Sally Yates
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
Watch Sally Yates answer the question that got her fired by President Trump
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP panel chairman defends his staff working on Trump immigration order
GOP panel chairman defends his staff working on Trump immigration order
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: ‘we do not support’ Trump immigration order
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: ‘we do not support’ Trump immigration order
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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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Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Roe v. Wade: How Trump's Appointment of a Supreme Court Justice Might Affect Abortion Rights
Roe v. Wade: How Trump's Appointment of a Supreme Court Justice Might Affect Abortion Rights
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Washington Post:
Democrats shouldn't go scorched-earth on Trump's Supreme Court nominee
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 …
What's next? — You have to wonder what comes next …
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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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Eva Moskowitz / New York Post:
Why we need an outsider like Betsy DeVos as education secretary
Why we need an outsider like Betsy DeVos as education secretary
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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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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
Obama's Protections for L.G.B.T. Workers Will Remain Under Trump
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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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MJ Lee / CNN:
In accidental ‘reply all’ to reporter, Collins thanks CEO for defending HHS nominee — (CNN)The head of an Australian pharmaceutical company is forcefully denying to CNN that Rep. Tom Price, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Human Services, was offered a special discounted rate of the firm's stocks.
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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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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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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Boy Scouts welcome transgender boys, prompting conservatives to flee — They couldn't possibly let their sons associate with their trans friends. — Considering how long the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) struggled with whether to allow gay and bi boys to participate in the organization …
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Bloomberg:
Le Pen's Main Rival Hit by Fresh Scandal in French Election — Newspaper reports Fillon employed two children as senate aides — Canard report also raises amount wife earned to 900,000 euros — French presidential candidate Francois Fillon employed two of his children as legislative aides …
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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.
Tom Randall / Bloomberg:
Tesla's Battery Revolution Just Reached Critical Mass — Three new plants in California show how lithium-ion storage is ready to power the grid. — by — Tesla Motors Inc. is making a huge bet that millions of small batteries can be strung together to help kick fossil fuels off the grid.
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