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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Pence Defends Trump ‘Speaking His Mind’ About Federal Judge, Promises ‘All Legal Means’ to Challenge Ruling — Vice President Mike Pence defended President Donald Trump's criticism of a federal judge who blocked an executive action temporarily barring immigrants and refugees …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Officials Move to Appeal Ruling Blocking Immigration Order — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A day after a federal judge temporarily blocked the White House's immigration order, the government on Saturday began opening the nation's doors again to refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations …
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Meet the Bush-nominated federal judge who halted Trump's executive order
Meet the Bush-nominated federal judge who halted Trump's executive order
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Yahoo:
Trump fumes, vows to act, after judge lifts travel ban
Trump fumes, vows to act, after judge lifts travel ban
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Predicts Administration Will Win Appeal
The Latest: Trump Predicts Administration Will Win Appeal
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
State Dept. reverses visa revocations, allows barred travelers to enter U.S.
State Dept. reverses visa revocations, allows barred travelers to enter U.S.
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
DOJ seeking emergency stay of federal judge's ‘outrageous order’
DOJ seeking emergency stay of federal judge's ‘outrageous order’
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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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Martha Bellisle / Associated Press:
Trump lashes out at travel ban ruling by ‘so-called judge’
Trump lashes out at travel ban ruling by ‘so-called judge’
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
'We'll do better': Trump's White House tries to gain a sense of order amid missteps — Soon after President Trump lifted off from the South Lawn of the White House for a long weekend in Florida, the administration's communications and policy teams convened for what some jokingly called their first “staff mixer.”
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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.
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs Committee Members Compromised By Rogue IT Staff — Three brothers who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers were abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion …
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Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Mitt Romney: No regrets about criticizing Trump, but time to recognize his ‘strong start’ — PARK CITY — Mitt Romney said Friday he has no regrets about criticizing then candidate Donald Trump in a stinging speech last year but now sees the new president as having “obviously gotten off to a very strong start.”
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Victoria Colliver / Politico:
Republicans face anger over Obamacare repeal during town halls — ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Two Republican lawmakers representing reliably conservative districts on opposite ends of the country on Saturday faced down heated questions from Obamacare supporters who flooded town hall events demanding …
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Fox News:
Conway says she misspoke on Iraqi terrorists, calls some critics ‘haters’ — Kellyanne Conway admits she made a mistake in talking about a Kentucky massacre that never took place. But that's not all she has to say about it. — In an interview airing Sunday on “Media Buzz,” …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
CNN turns down White House offer of Kellyanne Conway to appear on Sunday shows: report — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Pushing back at President Donald Trump's attacks on the network, CNN has said “no thanks” to a White House offer of Kellyanne Conway to speak for the president …
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Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
8 million people could be deported under Trump's immigration order — Migrants from Guatemala receive instructions from a local law enforcement official after they crossed the Rio Grande near McAllen, Texas, in 2014. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
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Fox News Insider:
PREVIEW: Trump Tells O'Reilly He ‘Respects’ Putin in Super Bowl Interview — On Sunday, Bill O'Reilly will hold a special Super Bowl pre-game interview with President Trump at 4 p.m. ET on your local FOX broadcast station. — In a special preview, Trump revealed his plans for dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Hill
Sara Reardon / Nature:
US government takes animal-welfare data offline — The US Department of Agriculture will no longer make lab inspection results and violations publicly available, citing privacy concerns. — Rights & Permissions — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) agency charged with ensuring …
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Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
USDA abruptly purges animal welfare information from its website
USDA abruptly purges animal welfare information from its website
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Associated Press:
Trump's Supreme Court Pick Wary of ‘Politicians With Robes’ — Judge Neil Gorsuch recalls being blinded by tears in the middle of a ski run after someone rang his cellphone with news of the unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The reaction illustrates not only the depth …
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
How protesters plan to get under Trump's skin wherever he goes — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Saturday evening march will begin at Trump Plaza, a high-rise apartment building. President Trump actually hasn't owned the place since 1991. Fine. It still has the name. It's a good place to start.
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
China Assails U.S. Pledge to Defend Disputed Islands Controlled by Japan — BEIJING — China reacted with strong displeasure on Saturday to a promise by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that the United States would defend two uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that Japan controls but China also claims as its own.
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The Daily Caller
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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Maggie Hassan / New York Times:
Why I Won't Vote for Betsy DeVos
Why I Won't Vote for Betsy DeVos
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PhillyVoice and ThinkProgress