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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 …
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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 …
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Associated Press:
Trump Lashes out a Federal Judge Over Ruling on Travel Ban — President Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at “this so-called judge” who put a nationwide hold on his executive order denying entry to the U.S. to refugees and people from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump lashes out at ‘so-called judge’ who temporarily blocked travel ban — President Trump on Saturday morning ripped into a federal judge's decision to temporarily block enforcement of his controversial travel ban. — “When a country is no longer able to say who can, and who cannot …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump officials slow-walked court orders on travel ban
Alan Yuhas / The Guardian:
Travel ban in disarray as airlines told they can board barred passengers - reports
Travel ban in disarray as airlines told they can board barred passengers - reports
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge issues broad block against Trump's travel ban
Judge issues broad block against Trump's travel ban
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Hot Air and Politicus USA
Christine Wang / CNBC:
Seattle federal judge grants temporary restraining order on immigration ban on nationwide basis
Seattle federal judge grants temporary restraining order on immigration ban on nationwide basis
New York Times:
Court Temporarily Blocks Trump's Travel Ban, and Airlines Are Told to Allow Passengers
Court Temporarily Blocks Trump's Travel Ban, and Airlines Are Told to Allow Passengers
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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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.
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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Tristan Lejeune / The Hill:
BuzzFeed sued over unverified Trump dossier — BuzzFeed faces a new lawsuit over its publication of an unverified dossier of claims against President Trump and others, McClatchy reported Friday evening. — McClatchy says XBT Holdings, a tech firm with Russian ties named in the document …
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Jose Pagliery / CNNMoney:
Russian tech exec sues Buzzfeed for publishing unverified Trump dossier
Russian tech exec sues Buzzfeed for publishing unverified Trump dossier
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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.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
The method to President Trump's madness — Donald Trump's first two weeks have been a frenetic sprint that has unsettled Washington and left a rattled world wondering what's next. — Trump's White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is the provocateur who has engineered …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Trump aides hold ‘Kumbaya meeting’ with reporters
Trump aides hold ‘Kumbaya meeting’ with reporters
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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 …
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In the Name of Humanity …, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit and IJR
Howard Fischer Capitol / Arizona Daily Sun:
GOP lawmakers look to penalize refugee resettlement charities — PHOENIX — Unable to block the federal government from sending refugees to Arizona, six Republican lawmakers want to penalize the charities that help them resettle here. — Sen. Judy Burges of Sun City West, who is leading the effort …
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Political Wire and Politicus USA
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 …
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Washington Post
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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Austin Wright / Politico:
DeVos opposition snowballs into avalanche — Adversaries of Betsy DeVos are mounting a furious last-minute bid to sink her nomination for Education secretary, with tactics that include a “tie-breaker telethon” in Alaska, a flood of emails to U.S. senators and celebrity appeals to millions of Twitter followers.
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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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New York Times:
Trump Moves to Roll Back Obama-Era Financial Regulations — President Trump moved to roll back the Obama administration's legacy on financial regulation on Friday, announcing an array of steps to undo rules enacted to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis and turning to the Wall Street titans …
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Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
Trump Just Declared Open Season on Suckers
Trump Just Declared Open Season on Suckers
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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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Raw Story and Politicus USA