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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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Benny Johnson / IJR:
Exclusive: President Trump's Supreme Court Pick, Confirmed by Two High-Ranking Officials — Two high-ranking administration sources have confirmed to Independent Journal Review that President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick is Colorado Judge Neil Gorsuch.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
White House ices out CNN — The White House has refused to send its spokespeople or surrogates onto CNN shows, effectively icing out the network from on-air administration voices. — “We're sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Ayotte to lead White House team shepherding Supreme Court nominee — The White House has assembled a team of political veterans with deep experience navigating the Senate to help shepherd President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court. — Leading the effort will be former senator Kelly Ayotte …
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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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Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Neil Gorsuch: A Worthy Heir to Scalia
Neil Gorsuch: A Worthy Heir to Scalia
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Progressives cheer Democratic obstruction — and aim at Supreme Court
Progressives cheer Democratic obstruction — and aim at Supreme Court
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump trip canceled; Harley Davidson wasn't comfortable with likely protests — US President Donald Trump speaks to the staff at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2017. Trump vowed to restore “control” of US frontiers as he moved Wednesday to fulfil his pledge to …
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Jake Tapper airs footage of Spicer calling Trump order a ‘ban’ … CNN's Jake Tapper played footage Tuesday afternoon of White House press secretary Sean Spicer describing President Trump's executive order on immigration as a “ban” on multiple occasions. — Earlier Tuesday …
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Sean Spicer says Trump's immigration order isn't banning people. That's a lie.
Sean Spicer says Trump's immigration order isn't banning people. That's a lie.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Spicer takes issue with ‘ban’ label used by Trump
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Trump administration circulates more draft immigration restrictions, focusing on protecting U.S. jobs — The Trump administration is considering a plan to weed out would-be immigrants who are likely to require public assistance, as well as to deport — when possible — immigrants already living …
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Only a third of Americans think Trump's travel ban will make them more safe — Imposing a temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim countries, President Donald Trump said the move would help protect the United States from terrorism. But less than one-third of Americans believe the move makes them …
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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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Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Two Republican senators says they aren't committed to voting for Betsy DeVos on Senate floor
Two Republican senators says they aren't committed to voting for Betsy DeVos on Senate floor
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Democrats block confirmation votes for Sessions, Price and Mnuchin
Democrats block confirmation votes for Sessions, Price and Mnuchin
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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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Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Weigh Child-Pornography Charges Against Anthony Weiner — Former congressman is being investigated for sexually explicit exchanges he allegedly had with a 15-year-old girl — Federal prosecutors are weighing bringing child-pornography charges against former Rep. Anthony Weiner …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
After meeting with pharma lobbyists, Trump drops promise to negotiate drug prices — The new plan is tax cuts and deregulation. — A lot happened in the 2016 campaign, but one of the things Donald Trump did to win the election was shift to the left on a number of key issues …
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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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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.
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Westminster: Meet the New Breeds — The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the most prestigious canine competition in the United States, has added three new breeds to its annual event, which for the first time will also include a program featuring cats. — The introduction of the new breeds …
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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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Deirdre Shesgreen / Cincinnati.com:
Sen. Brown blocks committee vote on Trump's Treasury nominee
Sen. Brown blocks committee vote on Trump's Treasury nominee
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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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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Mysterious intruder rattles GOP lawmakers — For hours, the intruder strolled around what should have been one of the most tightly secured buildings in the country. — Inside the Loews Hotel in downtown Philadelphia at various points Thursday were President Trump, Vice President Pence …
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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E.J. Schultz / Ad Age:
See Budweiser's Super Bowl Ad About an Immigrant's Tale — Budweiser is dialing the clock back to 1857 for its Super Bowl ad that tells the brand's origin story. But the tale about Adolphus Busch's arduous journey to America from Germany comes off as very relevant today amid …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz: Trump ‘believes he was elected as a dictator’ — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) on Tuesday said President Trump thinks he was elected as a “dictator.” — During an interview on Fox Business, Wasserman Schultz cited a tweet the president posted earlier Tuesday blasting Democrats …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Jarring New Level of Confrontation and Conflict Hits Washington — WASHINGTON — President Trump made clear in his fiery inaugural speech that he was going to challenge the Washington establishment. Now the establishment is quickly pushing back, creating a palpable air of uncertainty …
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Dems delay Sessions vote — Senate Democrats used a procedural move Tuesday to stall a committee vote on Sen. Jeff Sessions — 's nomination to be attorney general, one day after the growing controversy surrounding President Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim nations led to the firing …
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Democrat Patient — Ignoring the symptoms, misdiagnosing the malady, skipping the treatment — If progressives were to become empiricists, they would look at the symptoms of the last election and come up with disinterested diagnoses, therapies, and prognoses.