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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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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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Hamilton Nolan / The Concourse:
Now The Republicans Will Rob You — Perhaps the greatest tragedy …
Now The Republicans Will Rob You — Perhaps the greatest tragedy …
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Bloomberg, Business Insider and Axios
Bloomberg:
Trump to Order Review of Dodd-Frank, Halt Obama Fiduciary Rule
Trump to Order Review of Dodd-Frank, Halt Obama Fiduciary Rule
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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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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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Washington Post, Florida Politics, Hullabaloo, Politico, The Week and NBC News
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Government reveals over 100,000 visas revoked due to travel ban — Over 100,000 visas have been revoked as a result of President Trump's ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries, an attorney for the government revealed in Alexandria federal court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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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Criticizes Trump's Travel Ban And Extends Order Relating To Dulles Airport
Federal Judge Criticizes Trump's Travel Ban And Extends Order Relating To Dulles Airport
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CNN, The Guardian and Daily Kos
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.
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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.
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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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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Kellyanne Conway: Media is ‘inciting mob mentality if not mob violence’ with their coverage
Kellyanne Conway: Media is ‘inciting mob mentality if not mob violence’ with their coverage
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Chelsea Clinton trolls Conway on ‘Bowling Green Massacre’
Chelsea Clinton trolls Conway on ‘Bowling Green Massacre’
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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.
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Nicole Gaudiano / USA Today:
House votes to strike rule banning guns for some deemed mentally impaired — WASHINGTON —The House of Representatives approved its first effort of the new Congress to roll back gun regulations, voting to overturn a rule that would bar gun ownership by some who have been deemed mentally impaired by the Social Security Administration.
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Washington Monthly, Infowars and Political Wire
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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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, Joe.My.God. and Politicus USA
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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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Washington Monthly, Gothamist, Longreads and Mother Jones
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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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Milo Yiannopoulos says he's going to the White House press briefing — WASHINGTON — Milo Yiannopoulos, the conservative provocateur and Breitbart News columnist, claims he is going to attend the White House press briefing on Friday. — “I'll be there,” Yiannopoulos said in an email to Yahoo News.
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Asra Nomani / The Hill:
The alt-left's cyber jihad against Trump and his supporters
The alt-left's cyber jihad against Trump and his supporters
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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:
Betsy DeVos clears another hurdle in early morning Senate vote — Senate pushes DeVos to final confirmation vote — (CNN)The Senate voted early Friday to advance President Donald Trump's education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos to a final confirmation vote, which is expected Monday.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate advances DeVos's nomination, setting her up for final vote
Senate advances DeVos's nomination, setting her up for final vote
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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.
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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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Mother Jones, New York Times, Washington Post and Daily Kos
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 upward 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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Daily Kos, Politicus USA, AOL, Mashable and The Week
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Split on Media Treatment of Trump Administration — WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the wake of several contentious encounters between President Donald Trump's White House and the national press corps, Americans disagree on the news media's coverage of the new president and his administration.
Alisha A. Pina / providencejournal.com:
Cafe owner: Firing of Rep. Walsh was not an attempt to silence free speech — Owner says: “Walsh would often get into vocal political discussions with customers during her shifts, often sitting down with the diners in their booths. We sometimes had to ask her to return to her duties …
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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 …
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