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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
Why Liberals Should Back Neil Gorsuch — I am hard-pressed to think of one thing President Trump has done right in the last 11 days since his inauguration. Until Tuesday, when he nominated an extraordinary judge and man, Neil Gorsuch, to be a justice on the Supreme Court.
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President Trump had the chance to select:
President Trump had the chance to select a consensus nominee to the Supreme Court. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, he failed that test. — Instead, he carried out his public promise to select a nominee from a list drawn up by far right activist groups that were financed by big business interests.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Make Republicans Nuke the Filibuster to Confirm Neil Gorsuch — Once Mitch McConnell blockaded Barack Obama's last Supreme Court nomination, and then Donald Trump carried the Electoral College, the chance that Republicans would fill the vacancy rose to 100 percent.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Trump picks Colo. appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court — President Trump selected Colorado federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday, opting in the most important decision of his young presidency for a highly credentialed favorite …
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Warren says she'll oppose Trump's Supreme Court nominee — (D-Mass.) on Tuesday pledged to oppose President Donald Trump — 's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to succeed the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. — “Based on the long and well-established record of Judge Gorsuch …
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
What Neil Gorsuch, Trump's SCOTUS Pick, Means for American Women
What Neil Gorsuch, Trump's SCOTUS Pick, Means for American Women
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Fox News:
Ted Cruz reportedly says nuclear option is on table in Supreme Court pick
Ted Cruz reportedly says nuclear option is on table in Supreme Court pick
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New York Times:
Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
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New York Times:
Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat
Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
How Trump kept Gorsuch nomination a secret until the clock struck 8
How Trump kept Gorsuch nomination a secret until the clock struck 8
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Jason Sattler / USA Today:
Time for outrageous obstruction against Gorsuch: Jason Sattler
Time for outrageous obstruction against Gorsuch: Jason Sattler
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Pelosi on Gorsuch: ‘A very hostile appointment’
Pelosi on Gorsuch: ‘A very hostile appointment’
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
‘Idiots’ — Senate tensions boil over — The Senate has become embroiled in bitterness and name-calling less than two weeks after Inauguration Day. — The usually genteel chamber of Congress has been anything but recently amid controversial directives from the White House …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
GOP changes rules to push through nominees after Dem boycott
GOP changes rules to push through nominees after Dem boycott
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CNN:
Republicans vote to suspend committee rules, advance Mnuchin, Price nominations
Republicans vote to suspend committee rules, advance Mnuchin, Price nominations
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Dems boycott confirmation votes for Trump nominees
Dems boycott confirmation votes for Trump nominees
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Phil Mattingly / CNN:
First on CNN: Treasury secretary nominee's foreign money links bring new scrutiny
First on CNN: Treasury secretary nominee's foreign money links bring new scrutiny
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Us Weekly:
First Lady Melania Trump May Stay in NYC Permanently and Never Move Into the White House — President Donald Trump may have 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue all to himself. — Though Donald, 70, and his wife Melania announced in November that the first lady would relocate from New York City …
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: 1-in-4 voters believe Trump's vote-fraud claims — One in four voters believe President Donald Trump's unsupported claim that millions of votes were illegally cast in the 2016 election, but more people believe that Trump benefited from any electoral malfeasance instead of Hillary Clinton.
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Poll: If There Was Voter Fraud, Trump Benefited Most
Poll: If There Was Voter Fraud, Trump Benefited Most
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Politicus USA and Washington Times
KFYR-TV:
Hoeven, Cramer say Acting Secretary of the Army has directed Corps to issue final easement for DAPL — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after speaking today with Vice President Pence and Acting Secretary of the Army Robert Speer:
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Standingrock / Stand With Standing Rock:
Standing Rock will challenge any suspension of pipeline's environmental review
Standing Rock will challenge any suspension of pipeline's environmental review
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Amy Lange / WJBK-TV:
Detroit family caught in Iraq travel ban, mom dies waiting to come home — DETROIT (WJBK) - A local business owner flies to Iraq to bring his mother back home to the US for medical treatment. But under President Trump's ban on immigration and travel from seven predominately Muslim nations, he was forced to leave his family behind.
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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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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,” …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump security's use of force questioned — Donald Trump's private security lacked basic procedures and policies — including for the use of force — giving guards free rein during the campaign and transition to physically confront protesters and journalists they found objectionable …
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Goldie Blumenstyk / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He Will Lead Federal Task Force on Higher-Ed Policy — Jerry L. Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, has been asked by President Trump to head up a new task force that will identify changes that should be made to the U.S. Department of Education's policies and procedures …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Hatch: All ObamaCare taxes ‘need to go’ — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch — (R-Utah) is calling for all of ObamaCare's taxes to be repealed, a potentially key moment in an internal Republican debate on the issue. — “We need to definitively answer the question …
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Sanders, Cruz to face off in debate over future of ObamaCare — (R-Texas) will go to battle next week in a debate over the future of ObamaCare. — Sanders and Cruz, who both ran for their party's nomination in the 2016 presidential race, will square off in a debate airing on CNN next Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 9 p.m.