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10:45 AM ET, February 4, 2017

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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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CNN:
Federal judge temporarily halts Trump travel ban nationwide  —  Washington (CNN)A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump's immigration executive order effective nationwide Friday, a significant setback for the controversial travel ban.  —  Federal Judge James Robart …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's entry order nationwide  —  A federal judge in Washington state declared Friday that he would temporarily block enforcement of President Trump's controversial ban on entry to the United States — a ruling that appears to be broader than others before it …
The Seattle Times:
Judge in Seattle halts Trump's immigration order nationwide  —  “The Constitution prevailed today,” Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said.  “No one is above the law — not even the president.”
Alan Yuhas / The Guardian:
Travel ban in disarray as airlines told they can board barred passengers - reports
Discussion: Associated Press and alan.com
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge issues broad block against Trump's travel ban
Discussion: Politicus USA and Hot Air
Christine Wang / CNBC:
Seattle federal judge grants temporary restraining order on immigration ban on nationwide basis
Discussion: ABC News, KTLA and Axios
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside the White House-Cabinet battle over Trump's immigration order  —  On the evening of Saturday, Jan. 28, as airport protests raged over President Trump's executive order on immigration, the man charged with implementing the order, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, had a plan.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's First Weeks Leave Washington— and the White House Staff—Panting  —  President's freewheeling style and a torrent of meetings and executive orders created turmoil, forcing him to clarify staff roles; 'we're cracking some eggs here'  —  President Donald Trump wasn't happy.
Discussion: Axios
Eli Stokols / Politico:   The method to President Trump's madness
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Trump aides hold ‘Kumbaya meeting’ with reporters
Discussion: AOL and The Atlantic
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.
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
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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The Daily Caller:
Look Who Funds The Group Behind The Call To Arms At Milo's Berkeley Event  —  The left-wing group that helped organize the violent shut down of the Milo Yiannopoulos event at the University of California, Berkeley on Wednesday is backed by a progressive charity that is in turn funded by George Soros …
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Kellyanne Conway Admits ‘Bowling Green Massacre’ Error  —  Kellyanne Conway, the adviser to President Trump who coined the phrase “alternative facts,” is facing another firestorm of criticism and fact-checking after she falsely spoke of a “Bowling Green massacre” by Iraqi refugees.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Jeremy Herb / Politico:
U.S. military touted 10-year-old videos from Yemen terror raid  —  The video clips that the U.S. military said were evidence of the success of last week's raid on an Al Qaeda compound in Yemen have one major problem, the Pentagon acknowledged Friday: They have been on the internet for a decade.
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Howard Fischer Capitol / Arizona Daily Sun:
GOP lawmakers look to penalize refugee resettlement charities
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NPR.org:
Trump Assistant On President's Foreign Policy
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Damning texts between ex-Baylor coach Briles, other officials revealed in new court records
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Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:
uBeam finally shows off its wireless charging tech
Discussion: The Verge
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing federally subsidized Internet to the poor
Barbara Demick / Los Angeles Times:
In an age of ‘alternative facts,’ a massacre of schoolchildren is called a hoax
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