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New York Times:
After 2 Weeks, Trump's Bungles Have Aides Rethinking Strategy — WASHINGTON — President Trump loves to set the day's narrative at dawn, but the deeper story of his White House is best told at night. — Aides confer in the dark because they cannot figure out how to operate the light switches in the cabinet room.
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Michael G. Mullen / New York Times:
I Was on the National Security Council. Bannon Doesn't Belong There. — In his first weeks in office, President Trump has outlined plans to reorganize the White House's National Security Council. This is in keeping with tradition: New presidents regularly reconfigure the council to fit …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why Judge Robart Blocked the Muslim Ban — There's no constitutional way to implement an unconstitutional order. — It's over—for now. On Friday night, U.S. District Judge James Robart blocked the entirety of Donald Trump's de facto Muslim ban from taking effect.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department demolishes case against Trump order
Justice Department demolishes case against Trump order
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The Last Refuge
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump resumes Twitter attacks on judge
Trump resumes Twitter attacks on judge
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Political Wire, Washington Post and The Guardian
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Former top diplomats, tech giants blast immigration order as court showdown looms
Former top diplomats, tech giants blast immigration order as court showdown looms
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Wall Street Journal:
Few Recall Gorsuch's Volunteer Work at Harvard — Questions arise over Trump Supreme Court pick's level of participation in programs to help less fortunate while in law school — When President Donald Trump introduced his Supreme Court pick on live television last week, he said Neil Gorsuch had …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Schumer slams Trump for attacking federal judge
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Trump sets Democratic field ablaze with anger — The Democratic base is so roiled and enraged after only two weeks of Donald Trump's presidency that a take-no-prisoners posture toward the White House is emerging as the price of entry for the 2020 primary. — An election that could have focused …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘The Senate is coming apart’
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Uber, Twitter, Netflix and other tech giants to call travel ban ‘unlawful’ in rare coordinated legal action — Silicon Valley is stepping up its confrontation with the Trump administration. — On Sunday night, Uber, Twitter, Netflix and other prominent tech companies are planning …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Donald Trump Says ‘Negative Polls Are Fake News’
Donald Trump Says ‘Negative Polls Are Fake News’
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Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
Chelsea Clinton Is the Last Thing the Democratic Party Needs — The only positive would be for Chelsea to lose a congressional race, teaching Dems a lesson they've continuously failed to learn — Since Hillary Clinton's presidential election loss, rumors have circulated that speculate about what she will do next.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Trump Protesters Borrow From Tea Party to Put Pressure on Lawmakers — Opponents on the left are making plans to show up in force when members of Congress hold town forums during this month's recess. — MORRISTOWN, N.J. — For weeks, a swelling group has been showing up every Friday …
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WREG-TV:
Town rallies after being forced to remove Christian flag — RIENZI, Miss. — More than 100 supporters showed up to a rally in a small Mississippi town Saturday to fight back after being forced to remove a Christian flag flying over Veterans Memorial Park. — One organization stepped …
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Washington Examiner, RedState, TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
Michael V. Hayden / Washington Post:
Former CIA chief: Trump's travel ban hurts American spies — and America — Michael V. Hayden, a principal at the Chertoff Group and visiting professor at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government, was director of the National Security Agency from 1999 to 2005 and the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006 to 2009.
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The Atlantic
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump 101: he is definitely not a health nut — Aides who travelled with Donald Trump during the campaign marveled at the lax health habits of a 70 year-old obsessed with appearance. Here was a man fixated on his personal brand and look like nobody they'd ever seen.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Does Trump Actually Want to Succeed? — HOUSTON—Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: James A. Baker III was the gold standard when it came to running a White House. And so far he's not overly impressed when it comes to the troubled kickoff of the Trump administration.
John Yoo / New York Times:
Executive Power Run Amok — Berkeley, Calif. — Faced with President Trump's executive orders suspending immigration from several Muslim nations and ordering the building of a border wall, and his threats to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, even Alexander Hamilton …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cancel dinner plans. Send ‘nerd prom’ to the history books. — Once merely embarrassing and ridiculous, the annual White House correspondents' dinner is poised to tip over into journalistic self-abasement. — It's time to stick a silver-plated fork in it.
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
As a conservative Twitter user sleeps, his account is hard at work — CHICAGO — Daniel John Sobieski, 68, climbed the stairs in his modest brick home and settled into a worn leather chair for another busy day of tweeting. But he needn't have bothered. As one of the nation's …
Maria Tsvetkova / Reuters:
Kremlin says it disagrees with Trump's assessment of Iran — The Kremlin said on Monday it did not agree with U.S. President Donald Trump's assessment of Iran as “the number one terrorist state” and wanted to deepen what it described as already good ties with Tehran.
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