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8:55 PM ET, February 3, 2017

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CNN:
First Trump approval rating lags behind past presidents  — Several specific actions Trump has taken in his first two weeks are also meeting with majority opposition  —  Washington (CNN)It's been two weeks since Donald Trump's inauguration, and the new President's work so far hasn't impressed the American people.
Discussion: Politicus USA and Political Wire
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Grassley Outlines Timeline for Confirming Trump's SCOTUS Nominee
Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
Trump Just Declared Open Season on Suckers  —  If the 2016 election was a national litmus test to see just how many suckers live in this country, the next round of President Trump's executive orders are going to make sure those millions of suckers are taken for every last penny.
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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.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner worked to sink LGBT order  —  Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump helped lead the charge to scuttle a draft executive order that would have overturned Obama-era enforcements of LGBT rights in the workplace, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO.
Christine Wang / CNBC:
Seattle federal judge grants temporary restraining order on immigration ban on nationwide basis  —  Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson obtained a restraining order halting President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration nationwide.
Discussion: Axios
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge issues broad block against Trump's travel ban
Discussion: Politicus USA
Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
Eric Trump's business trip to Uruguay cost taxpayers $97,830 in hotel bills  —  When the president-elect's son, Eric Trump, jetted to Uruguay in early January for a Trump Organization promotional trip, U.S. taxpayers were left footing a bill of nearly $100,000 in hotel rooms for Secret Service and embassy staff.
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Government reveals over 100,000 visas revoked due to travel ban  —  Over 100,000 visas have been revoked as a result of President Trump's ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries, an attorney for the government revealed in Alexandria federal court Friday.
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Republican struggles to explain why GOP just voted to let severely mentally ill people get guns  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  The House of Representatives on Thursday evening voted to overturn an Obama-era rule that had been put in place to prevent people with severe mental illnesses from buying firearms.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Nicole Gaudiano / USA Today:
House votes to strike rule banning guns for some deemed mentally impaired
CNN:
Trump adviser cites non-existent ‘massacre’ defending ban  —  (CNN)Senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway made a statement during a TV interview Thursday that pricked the ears of fact-checkers everywhere.  —  She told MSNBC's Chris Matthews:  —  “I bet it's brand new information to people …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
This Der Spiegel Trump cover is stunning … Edel Rodriguez came to the United States from Cuba as a political refugee in 1980.  Like many immigrants, he was angered by President Trump's executive order temporarily banning entry to the United States for travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees from around the world.
Discussion: Mashable, Politicus USA and Joe.My.God.
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Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Cover Story: John W. Tomac's “Liberty's Flameout”
Discussion: Gothamist, Longreads and Mother Jones
Danny Vinik / Politico:
The little-noticed bombshell in Trump's immigration order  —  When President Donald Trump issued his executive order on immigration last week, it was the travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries that dominated headlines—leaving hundreds of people in limbo, provoking airport protests …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politicus USA
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
CNN Guest: Berkeley Rioters Were Actually Secret Right-Wingers Affiliated With Breitbart  —  On CNN Thursday, UC Berkeley professor and former Democratic Secretary of Labor Robert Reich suggested the anti-Trump riots on campus were actually a right-wing plot to delegitimize liberals.
Manu Raju / CNN:
Hill Republicans revolt over Trump's plans to build border wall  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on the border with Mexico is facing a major problem: A wall of resistance from his own party.  —  A growing number of congressional Republicans are objecting …
CNN:
Military botches release of video seized in Yemen raid  —  WH: President made final call on Yemen raid  —  Washington (CNN)The US military is scrambling to explain an embarrassing mix-up after it released video obtained from Sunday's raid in Yemen that turned out to have already been published online.
Discussion: Reuters, TheBlaze, Daily Kos and Mediaite
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Trump aides hold ‘Kumbaya meeting’ with reporters  —  Trump says he is at “war with the media”  —  While President Trump's White House publicly berates the media, behind the scenes his top advisers are going to the media in an effort to tamp down rumors of strife inside the building.
Discussion: Salon, Boing Boing and Political Wire
Dan Primack / Axios:
Trump ticked off at Uber  —  The view from some in Trump's inner circle: … Why it matters: Kalanick's decision may satisfy many of his employees and drivers plus Kalanick himself, who has been critical of Trump's policies in Uber all-hands meetings but it could come at a real long-term cost to Uber.
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Obama Should Thank Trump for Putting Iran on Notice  —  Don't say Donald Trump never did anything for Barack Obama.  On Wednesday, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn put Iran “on notice” for its ballistic missile test and its arming, training and equipping of Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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CNN:
Treasury sanctions Iran after ballistic missile launch
New York Times:
New Yorker and Vanity Fair Pull Out of Correspondents' Dinner Parties  —  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.
Nadia Khomami / The Guardian:
Former Norway PM held at Washington airport over 2014 visit to Iran  —  Kjell Magne Bondevik describes shock after being held and questioned at Dulles hub under new US entry controls  —  A former prime minister of Norway has spoken of his shock after he was held and questioned …
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Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:
uBeam finally shows off its wireless charging tech  —  uBeam is one of tech's most intriguing startups, promising to someday charge your wireless devices through the air (or, to be more technical, ultrasonic waves).  It's also controversial, with some having publicly suggested that uBeam's technology defies the laws of physics.
Discussion: The Verge
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
New Law Lets Dads Veto Abortions  —  A new Arkansas law bans one of the safest and most common abortion procedures and allows family members to block an abortion by suing the abortion provider.  —  Arkansas Act 45, signed by Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson last Thursday, bans dilation and evacuation abortions …
Barbara Demick / Los Angeles Times:
In an age of ‘alternative facts,’ a massacre of schoolchildren is called a hoax  —  Noah Pozner, the youngest child killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.  Some people contend he wasn't killed, or claim he never existed, and are tormenting his parents.  (Courtesy of Pozner family)
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Moves to Kill Off Obama's Landmark Retirement Rule  —  President Donald Trump has begun killing off an Obama-era retirement-savings rule unpopular with Republicans and some financial-industry executives who say it would harm consumers more than help.
 
 
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
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Nick Juliano / Politico:
GOP assault on Obama's regs is just beginning
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Bruce Springsteen to Australian crowd: ‘We stand before you embarrassed Americans tonight’
Reuters:
French soldier shoots, wounds machete-wielding attacker at Paris Louvre
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
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Cafe owner: Firing of Rep. Walsh was not an attempt to silence free speech
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Split on Media Treatment of Trump Administration
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David Catanese / US News:
The Party of Outrage  —  Democrats can barely keep …
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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