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8:45 AM ET, February 3, 2017

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CBS News:
Americans sharply divided along partisan lines over travel ban, Trump: CBS News poll  —  Two weeks into Donald Trump's presidency, the country remains sharply divided along partisan lines.  A large majority of Republicans approves of President Trump and his recent executive order temporarily restricting entry …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Ed Whelan / National Review:
FakeNews on Gorsuch on Imaginary ‘Fascism Forever’ Club  —  The Daily Mail and the New York Post (parroting the Daily Mail) are trumpeting a ridiculous claim that Neil Gorsuch, while he was a high-school student, founded a student club named “Fascism Forever.”
John Sexton / Hot Air:
Despite loads of media coverage, Neil Gorsuch never started a ‘Fascism Forever’ club in high school
Jerusalem Post:
Trump warns Israel: Stop announcing new settlements  —  White House official tells ‘Post’ all parties should cease ‘unilateral actions,’ affirms two-state solution.  —  WASHINGTON - The White House warned Israel on Thursday - in a surprising statement - to cease settlement announcements that are …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
White House: Israeli settlement construction ‘may not be helpful’ for peace  —  The White House on Thursday declared that Israeli settlement construction beyond the country's current borders “may not be helpful” in achieving peace — a statement that represented a break from President Donald …
New York Times:
Trump Embraces Pillars of Obama's Foreign Policy  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, after promising a radical break with the foreign policy of Barack Obama, is embracing key pillars of the former administration's strategy, including warning Israel to curb construction of settlements …
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Plans to Undo Dodd-Frank Law, Fiduciary Rule  —  President Donald Trump on Friday plans to sign an executive action to scale back the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law, in a sweeping plan to dismantle much of the regulatory system put in place after the financial crisis.
Discussion: Axios, Business Insider and The Week
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Bloomberg:
Trump to Order Review of Dodd-Frank, Halt Obama Fiduciary Rule  —  Move delays April implementation of rule prohibiting conflicts  —  Moves emphasize removal of regulatory burdens: Official  —  President Donald Trump will order a sweeping review of the Dodd-Frank Act rules enacted in response …
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:   Trump plots overhaul of financial market rules
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Ben Shapiro Crushes Clock Boy in Court  —  On Thursday afternoon a Texas Judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro by Mohammed Mohammed, the father of “clock boy” Ahmed Mohammed.  —  Claiming defamation, Mohammed filed the lawsuit in October 2015 …
Discussion: BizPac Review and RedState
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
Howard Stern: Trump wants to be loved, presidency will be ‘detrimental’ to his mental health  —  Donald Trump's crude talk on The Howard Stern Show  —  Howard Stern said on his program Wednesday that Trump will hate being president and the role will be detrimental to his mental health.
Discussion: alan.com
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CNN:
Still no executive order on voter fraud, as Trump moves on
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Uber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick needed everyone to take a deep breath.  —  The chief executive of Uber was holding a regularly scheduled all-hands meeting on Tuesday at the ride-hailing company's San Francisco headquarters …
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Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Bob Iger Won't Attend Trump White House Meeting
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick leaves President Trump's advisory council
Discussion: Axios and The Verge
Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
Kellyanne Conway invents ‘Bowling Green massacre’ to defend refugee ban  —  Kellyanne Conway, President Trump's former campaign manager and now an adviser in his administration, defended the White House's refugee ban with an assertion that appears to be factually indefensible: She made up a “massacre.”
Discussion: The Guardian, Raw Story, AOL and The Week
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway cites ‘Bowling Green massacre’ that never happened to defend travel ban
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
House votes to overturn Obama gun rule  —  The House on Thursday struck down an Obama-era regulation that could block some recipients of disability benefits from buying guns.  —  The House voted 235-18 to roll back a rule that required the Social Security Administration to report people …
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New York Times:
New Yorker and Vanity Fair Pull Out of Correspondents Dinner Parties  —  NEW YORK — The White House Correspondents Dinner has gone from a hoary ritual to the apex of Washington's social calendar, replete with Hollywood A-listers, tuxedoed television stars and live coverage on the major news networks.
Tom Roussey / WJLA-TV:
Former Norwegian Prime Minister held for questioning at Dulles Airport  —  A former prime minister of Norway tells ABC7 he was questioned and prevented from leaving Dulles Airport for about an hour Tuesday, apparently because he had visited Iran in 2014.  —  Kjell Magne Bondevik served …
Discussion: The Guardian, WTOP and The Last Refuge
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
Trump said he'll ‘totally destroy’ the Johnson Amendment.  What is it and why should people care?  —  In his address at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, President Trump made one clear policy declaration: “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment.”  —  What is that?
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Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times:
An assault on an elderly Korean woman that went viral on Facebook is not being investigated as hate crime  —  An elderly Korean woman was assaulted in Koreatown Wednesday afternoon, in an attack that one social media post alleged was racially motivated.  —  An 83-year-old Korean woman …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago getaway could cost taxpayers more than $3 million
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
These Are the Groups Behind Those ‘Spontaneous’ Anti-Trump-Ban Protests
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Betsy DeVos, Pick for Secretary of Education, Is the Most Jeered
Discussion: The Week and Los Angeles Times
Associated Press:
AP Source: US Preparing New Iran Sanctions Over Missile Test
Discussion: Politico, Business Insider and ABC News
Alex Emmons / The Intercept:
Press Secretary Sean Spicer Falsely Accuses Iran of Attacking U.S. Navy Vessel, an Act of War
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Ryan starts stockpiling for 2018
Discussion: Politico
Daily Express:
Shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar’ erupt in court as Rotherham men JAILED for child sex abuse
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
Seasoned Spymaster Linked to Waterboarding Named CIA Deputy
Discussion: Politico
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi slams Bannon: ‘White supremacist’ now on security council
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UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
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