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10:05 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 and Politico
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Ed Whelan / National Review:
FakeNews on Gorsuch on Imaginary ‘Fascism Forever’ Club
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 …
Alex Guillén / Politico:
Senate sends SEC disclosure rule to the dust bin  —  The Senate Friday gave its thumbs up to a resolution to nullify a SEC rule requiring oil, gas and mining companies to reveal their payments to foreign governments.  —  It was the second time this week lawmakers sent President Donald …
Discussion: RedState
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.
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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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 …
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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Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
Nordstrom Drops Ivanka Trump Brand From Its Stores
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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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.
Discussion: The Week
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.
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.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump vows to ‘destroy’ law limiting political activity by churches  —  President Trump on Thursday vowed to “destroy” the Johnson Amendment, which prevents religious groups and churches from engaging in political activities.  —  “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment …
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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
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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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Trump's win spurs new push on gun rights  —  's election has encouraged gun rights advocates to mount a new legislative push in states across the country.  —  Legislators in more than a dozen states have introduced bills to allow residents to carry guns in the open, roll back licensing requirements …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Thinks He Can Endure More Controversy And Pain Than You  —  The fear, for Democrats, is that he's absolutely right.  —  Just two weeks into his administration, Donald Trump's presidency is off to a rapid pace.  But even by his standards, Monday was especially frenzied.
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Warren drags Tillerson into fight over SEC rule  —  (D-Mass.) blasted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday, criticizing his past lobbying efforts to exclude Exxon Mobil from a rule that would require it to disclose payments to foreign governments.  —  “[A] handful of powerful oil …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US created 227,000 jobs in January, vs 175,000 jobs expected  —  Jobs report delivers upside surprise of 227,000 nonfarm payrolls  —  Nonfarm payrolls grew by 227,000 in January while the unemployment rate edged higher to 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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CNN:
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Kristine Marsh / NewsBusters:
Joy Behar Begs Dr. Phil to Diagnose Trump as a Narcissist Unfit to Be President
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and IJR
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Donald Trump often tweets about terror and violence, but he ignored an attack on Muslims in Quebec City
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
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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
Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times:
An assault on an elderly Korean woman that went viral on Facebook is not being investigated as hate crime
Discussion: Raw Story
Daily Express:
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