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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 …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats' misleading language on a 60-vote ‘standard’ for Supreme Court nominees
Senate Democrats' misleading language on a 60-vote ‘standard’ for Supreme Court nominees
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Power Line, The Daily Caller, The Daily Signal, RedState, Hot Air and The Lid
Ed Whelan / National Review:
FakeNews on Gorsuch on Imaginary ‘Fascism Forever’ Club
FakeNews on Gorsuch on Imaginary ‘Fascism Forever’ Club
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Michael O'Loughlin / americamagazine.org:
No, Neil Gorsuch did not start a ‘Fascism Forever’ club at his Jesuit high school
No, Neil Gorsuch did not start a ‘Fascism Forever’ club at his Jesuit high school
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Fusion:
This is what Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was like in college
This is what Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was like in college
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New York Times, New Urban Legends, Above the Law and Daily Kos
John Sexton / Hot Air:
Despite loads of media coverage, Neil Gorsuch never started a ‘Fascism Forever’ club in high school
Despite loads of media coverage, Neil Gorsuch never started a ‘Fascism Forever’ club in high school
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International Business Times and Liberty Unyielding
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Neil Gorsuch started Fascism Forever Club in high school
Neil Gorsuch started Fascism Forever Club in high school
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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.
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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
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.”
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway cites ‘Bowling Green massacre’ that never happened to defend travel ban — Kellyanne Conway has taken “alternative facts” to a new level. — During a Thursday interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews, the counselor to the president defended President Trump's travel ban related to seven majority-Muslim countries.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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The Guardian, WTOP and The Last Refuge
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 …
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
White House nixed Holocaust statement naming Jews — The State Department drafted its own statement last month marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day that explicitly included a mention of Jewish victims, according to people familiar with the matter, but President Donald Trump's White House blocked its release.
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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.
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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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New York Post:
Protesters storm NYU over conservative speaker's seminar — The NYPD was out in full-force at NYU on Thursday night as protesters gathered to voice their disgust with conservative actor and Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes, who was inside holding a seminar for the school's College Republicans.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago getaway could cost taxpayers more than $3 million — President Donald Trump's trip to his luxury resort in Mar-a-Lago this weekend could saddle taxpayers with a bill upwards of $3 million and is already drawing the type of scrutiny Trump and other Republicans regularly heaped upon former President Barack Obama.
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The Week
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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Ted Barrett / CNN:
House rolls back rule restricting gun sales to severely mentally ill
House rolls back rule restricting gun sales to severely mentally ill
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
These Are the Groups Behind Those ‘Spontaneous’ Anti-Trump-Ban Protests — On the dark and cloudy morning in Brooklyn after Donald Trump's Election Night upset, 20 members of the nonprofit Make the Road New York gathered in the conference room of their office for an all-hands emergency meeting.
Bloomberg:
Nordstrom Says It's Cutting Ivanka Trump Brand Due to Poor Sales — Chain was targeted by anti-Trump campaign Grab Your Wallet — Retailer cites the brand's performance in making the decision — Nordstrom Inc. will stop selling the controversial Ivanka Trump brand this season …
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