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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states — U.S. immigration authorities made a series of arrests in at least half a dozen states across the country on Thursday and Friday, sweeping up an unknown number of undocumented immigrants, immigration lawyers and advocates said.
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New York Times:
Reports of Raids Have Immigrants Bracing for Enforcement Surge — In Austin, Tex., undocumented women working in a laundromat cowered in the back of the room, petrified after seeing a video and a photograph of apprehensions outside a local grocery store and burger joint.
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Protests erupt in NYC over immigration enforcement raids — Hundreds gathered in New York City Friday night to protest raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week that resulted in the arrests of hundreds in several states. — According to a report by The Washington Post …
CNN:
US investigators corroborate some aspects of the Russia dossier — Washington (CNN)For the first time, US investigators say they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent, multiple current and former US law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CNN.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
CIA freezes out top Flynn aide — A top deputy to National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was rejected for a critical security clearance, effectively ending his tenure on the National Security Council and escalating tensions between Flynn and the intelligence community.
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New York Times:
Trump Will ‘Look Into’ Reports That Flynn Discussed Sanctions With Russia
Trump Will ‘Look Into’ Reports That Flynn Discussed Sanctions With Russia
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Just how much trouble is Michael Flynn in?
Just how much trouble is Michael Flynn in?
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NBC News:
Russia Considers Returning Snowden to U.S. to ‘Curry Favor’ With Trump: Official — U.S. intelligence has collected information that Russia is considering turning over Edward Snowden as a “gift” to President Donald Trump — who has called the NSA leaker a “spy” and a “traitor” who deserves to be executed.
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The Hill:
Trump not planning to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court — The Trump administration is not planning to appeal a temporary hold on the president's travel ban to the Supreme Court, a White House official said Friday. — But the White House said it will forge ahead on the broader battle …
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Michael McConnell / Hoover Institution:
A Flawed Restraining of a Flawed Order
A Flawed Restraining of a Flawed Order
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NBC News:
White House Rewriting Trump's Controversial Travel Ban Order: Sources
White House Rewriting Trump's Controversial Travel Ban Order: Sources
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Dara Lind / Vox:
The one big hurdle to rewriting Trump's refugee ban so it holds up in court
The one big hurdle to rewriting Trump's refugee ban so it holds up in court
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Al Franken to Maher: GOP senators privately express ‘great concern’ about Trump's temperament — Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said Friday night that his Republican Senate colleagues privately express “great concern” about President Trump's temperament, and he joked about the GOP eventually impeaching Trump.
CNN:
Trump to Dems: ‘Pocahontas is now the face of your party’ — McConnell disagrees with Trump's voter fraud claim — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump taunted Democrats by telling them “Pocahontas is now the face of your party” — his insult of choice for Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
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Washington Post:
Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway hires a chief of staff — Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump and one of the most visible figures in the administration, is expanding her operation inside the White House by hiring a veteran congressional staffer as her chief of staff.
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
DOJ nixes request to halt order against trans student protections — On the day after Jeff Sessions was confirmed as U.S. attorney general, the U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn its request to halt partially an order against Obama administration guidance protecting transgender students …
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Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Exclusive: White House Has Interviewed Carl Higbie for Press Secretary — Carl Higbie has interviewed for the position of White House press secretary, according to two senior administration officials familiar with the matter. “Well, I can say that I've offered my services,” Higbie confirms for Washingtonian when reached by phone.
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
States find new ways to troll Trump — A California lawmaker is demanding Melania Trump's immigration records. New Hampshire lawmakers have introduced a resolution demanding a federal probe into Trump University and “illegal financial or business dealings in which President TRUMP may have been involved.”
Wall Street Journal:
Internal Nordstrom Data Show Sales Decline for Ivanka Trump Brand — Brand's 32% tumble occurred even as the chain's overall sales rose — Dueling social-media movements are urging people to boycott and buy brands based on their affiliation with President Donald Trump …
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Political Wire
Aimee Green / Oregonian:
Guilty: Man who pulled gun out at 'Don't Shoot PDX' protest — A man who pulled out a gun at a Don't Shoot Portland march and pointed it at a crowd of protesters in downtown Portland was found guilty Friday of 21 felony and misdemeanor crimes. — Multnomah County Circuit Judge Thomas Ryan …
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls — MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Republicans in deep red congressional districts spent the week navigating massive crowds and hostile questions at their town hall meetings — an early indication of how progressive opposition movements …
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
A Utah Congressman Faces the ‘Resistance’ in His Home State
Charles E. Schumer / New York Times:
Charles Schumer: Judge Gorsuch, We Won't Be Fooled Again — Just three weeks in, the Trump administration has tested the limits of executive power, violated the separation of powers and shaken the very roots of the Constitution. A particular theme of President Trump's first days in office …
Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson: On College Campuses “Everybody Gets A Safe Space Except White Men. They Are Hated And Despised” — TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): If you've been awake at any point in the last 50 years, you know that American colleges are basically pretty liberal.