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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump officials slow-walked court orders on travel ban — Hours after a federal judge ordered customs officers to provide lawyers to travelers detained at Dulles airport last Saturday, senior Trump administration officials instructed the guards to give the travelers phone numbers …
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Mother Jones
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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 …
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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Townhall.com, Politico and Mother Jones
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump lashes out at ‘so-called judge’ who temporarily blocked travel ban
Trump lashes out at ‘so-called judge’ who temporarily blocked travel ban
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's entry order nationwide
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's entry order nationwide
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Washington Monthly, NPR, Refinery29 and Balloon Juice
The Seattle Times:
Judge in Seattle halts Trump's immigration order nationwide
Judge in Seattle halts Trump's immigration order nationwide
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Power Line, The Stranger …, Informed Comment, The Daily Caller and Common Dreams
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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Associated Press and alan.com
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
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump lashes out at judge as travel ban is put on ice
Trump lashes out at judge as travel ban is put on ice
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Politicus USA and Hot Air
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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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Week
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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RedState, McClatchy Washington Bureau and TheBlaze
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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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The Daily Caller and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
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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Political Wire
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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
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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New York Times, Mediaite, Joe.My.God., The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, BuzzFeed, Washington Post and NBC News
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Trump's pick for CIA No. 2 prompts fears — Senate Democrats and human rights activists are rallying against Donald Trump — 's selection of an officer linked to the CIA's controversial enhanced interrogation program to take the number-two seat at the agency.
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Political Wire, NO QUARTER USA NET, New York Times, Common Dreams and RedState
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Michael J. Morell / The Cipher Brief:
Why Haspel Makes Sense as the Deputy CIA Director
Why Haspel Makes Sense as the Deputy CIA Director
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The Guardian and New York Times
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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Axios
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 Atlantic and AOL
Anna Palmer / Politico:
TV networks hiking ad rates for shows Trump watches — MSNBC and Fox News are capitalizing on President Donald Trump's TV watching habits, dramatically increasing issue advocacy advertising rates in recent weeks as companies and outside groups try to influence Trump and his top lieutenants.
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
Joel Kotkin / The Daily Beast:
The High Cost of a Home Is Turning American Millennials Into the New Serfs — American greatness was long premised on the common assumption was that each generation would do better than previous one. That is being undermined for the emerging millennial generation.
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Instapundit
Associated Press:
The Latest: Homeland Security: Visa-Holders Can Fly to US — The Latest on the reaction to a court order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries (all times Eastern): — A Somali refugee says about 140 refugees whose resettlement …
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ABC News