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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
DOJ appealing travel ban ruling — Friday night, federal Judge James Robart, halted the enforcement of Trump's order, effective nationwide — The Justice Department is expected to file its brief laying out its legal argument later Saturday night — Washington (CNN)The Justice Department …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Appeals Court Denies Request For “Immediate” Order Bringing Back Trump's Travel Ban
Appeals Court Denies Request For “Immediate” Order Bringing Back Trump's Travel Ban
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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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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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Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
McClintock exits with police escort after raucous town hall meeting in Roseville — Facing a packed auditorium and raucous crowd, Republican Rep. Tom McClintock on Saturday defended his party's national agenda and voiced strong support for President Donald Trump's controversial executive actions …
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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 …
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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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Steve Bannon's Book Club — On the day after Christmas, I was walking through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport when I caught sight of a slightly rumpled man waiting for a flight. He seemed familiar, the way figures in dreams do. — It was, I thought, Stephen K. Bannon …
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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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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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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Errors From The Press Are Piling Up In The Opening Weeks Of The Trump Administration — Journalists can't seem to get their stories straight in the opening weeks of the Trump administration, whether in tweets or in articles where falsehoods have been spread almost daily.
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Colbert I. King / Washington Post:
AME bishops sound a battle cry against the Trump administration — Has anything like this ever occurred with a newly elected president? Less than two weeks after Donald Trump's inauguration, the Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, “the first protestant denomination formed …
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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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
CNN turns down White House offer of Kellyanne Conway to appear on Sunday shows: report
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Neil Johnson / GazetteXtra:
Hundreds protest Trump, Ryan in Janesville — JANESVILLE—Of the hundreds of demonstrators who rallied in Jefferson Park on Courthouse Hill on Saturday afternoon, many carried signs protesting President Donald Trump's plans on immigration control and U.S. border security.
Robert Barnes / LawNewz:
On Trial: Why Trump's Immigration Ban Will Win Over Seattle Judge's Nationwide Order — Opening Statement — On Friday, a Boston federal judge issued a 21 page decision debunking the arguments against Trump's Executive Order suspending migration from certain countries pending further review.
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CBC News:
In his own words: Imam Hassan Guillet's address at Quebec City funeral for 3 mosque victims — Read his English address at Friday's funeral of Ibrahima Barry, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Azzeddine Soufiane … We are here to celebrate Khaled, Aboubaker, Abdelkrim, Azzedine, Mamadou, Ibrahima.
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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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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 …
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
USDA abruptly purges animal welfare information from its website — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday abruptly removed inspection reports and other information from its website about the treatment of animals at thousands of research laboratories, zoos, dog breeding operations and other facilities.
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