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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Report: Customs and Border Protection tells airlines ‘back to business as usual’ — Customs and Border Protection told major U.S. airlines Friday night they should go “back to business as usual” after a federal judge issued a temporary nationwide restraining order stopping President Trump's …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge issues broad block against Trump's travel ban — President Donald Trump's travel ban executive order suffered its most severe legal blow to date Friday, as a federal judge in Seattle blocked the impact of the directive nationwide. — U.S. District Court Judge James Robart ruled …
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The Seattle Times, Hot Air and Politicus USA
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Government reveals over 100,000 visas revoked due to travel ban — Over 100,000 visas have been revoked as a result of President Trump's ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries, an attorney for the government revealed in Alexandria federal court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.
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.
CNN:
Federal judge temporarily halts Trump travel ban nationwide
Federal judge temporarily halts Trump travel ban nationwide
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ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit, Boing Boing and twitchy.com
Alan Yuhas / The Guardian:
Airlines told to allow previously banned travelers to US, after judge's order - reports
Airlines told to allow previously banned travelers to US, after judge's order - reports
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alan.com and Associated Press
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Stops Enforcement Of Trump Refugee And Travel Ban Nationwide
Federal Judge Stops Enforcement Of Trump Refugee And Travel Ban Nationwide
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Q13 FOX News, CNN, The Guardian, Daily Kos and twitchy.com
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.
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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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.
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Politicus USA and Political Wire
New York Times:
Trust Records Show Trump Is Still Closely Tied to His Empire — Just days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald J. Trump stood beside his tax lawyer at a Midtown Manhattan news conference as she announced that he planned to place his vast business holdings in a trust …
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.
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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 …
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Politicus USA and Raw Story
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.
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Nicole Gaudiano / USA Today:
House votes to strike rule banning guns for some deemed mentally impaired
House votes to strike rule banning guns for some deemed mentally impaired
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Infowars, Washington Monthly and Political Wire
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Trump's pick for Army Secretary drops out — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Army abruptly withdrew his name from consideration late Friday night, citing his inability to get around strict Defense Department rules concerning his family businesses.
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BuzzFeed, New York Times and Washington Post
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.
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Mashable, Politicus USA and Joe.My.God.
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Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Cover Story: John W. Tomac's “Liberty's Flameout”
Cover Story: John W. Tomac's “Liberty's Flameout”
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Gothamist, Longreads and Mother Jones
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)
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Media Matters for America
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Kellyanne Conway: Media is ‘inciting mob mentality if not mob violence’ with their coverage — Trump rips media at Black History Month event — Conway says the media is encouraging mob violence with “disrespectful” coverage of the President and his top spokespeople.
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Raw Story, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
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CNN:
Trump adviser cites non-existent ‘massacre’ defending ban
Trump adviser cites non-existent ‘massacre’ defending ban
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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.
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Hot Air, RedState, Power Line and MichelleMalkin.com
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.
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Jeremy Herb / Politico:
U.S. military touted 10-year-old videos from Yemen terror raid
U.S. military touted 10-year-old videos from Yemen terror raid
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Washington Post, Associated Press and Washington Monthly
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.
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Salon, Boing Boing and Political Wire
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Trump tells Ukrainian politician he won't lift Russia sanctions — During an unusual private meeting on the sidelines of Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump promised a Ukrainian opposition leader that the United States won't lift sanctions on Russia until it pulls out of Ukraine …
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Washington Post
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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 …
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Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politicus USA, The Week and TheBlaze
CNN:
Treasury sanctions Iran after ballistic missile launch — WH issues additional sanctions against Iran — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's administration enacted new sanctions on Iran Friday, the first concrete action after the White House put Tehran “on notice” this week.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Obama Should Thank Trump for Putting Iran on Notice
Obama Should Thank Trump for Putting Iran on Notice
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Reuters:
French soldier shoots, wounds machete-wielding attacker at Paris Louvre — A French soldier shot and seriously wounded a man armed with machetes who attacked him on Friday near the entrance to the Paris Louvre museum shouting Allahu Akbar (God is greatest), in what President Francois Hollande said was a terrorist attack.
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
ATTACK AT THE LOUVRE: Assailant wielding machete, shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ stopped by soldier, police say
ATTACK AT THE LOUVRE: Assailant wielding machete, shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ stopped by soldier, police say
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Chicago Tribune, IJR, Hot Air, Guns.com, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Grassley Outlines Timeline for Confirming Trump's SCOTUS Nominee — Judiciary chairman anticipates a six week process — New Poll Shows Unease With ‘Nuclear Option’ for Supreme Court Pick Democratic Class of 2018 Key to Gorsuch Supreme Court Fight In Age of Trump, Chaos Reigns in the Senate
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Washington Times, ThinkProgress and SCOTUSblog
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Alec MacGillis / New York Times:
Can the Democrats Be as Stubborn as Mitch McConnell?
Can the Democrats Be as Stubborn as Mitch McConnell?
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Daily Kos