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Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States — PROTECTING THE NATION FROM FOREIGN TERRORIST ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America …
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Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from getting new visas — President Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal challenges over the matter by imposing a 90-day ban on the issuance of new visas …


ACLU Comment on Trump's New Muslim Ban — NEW YORK — The Trump administration today announced a new Muslim ban executive order. — Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, had this reaction: — “The Trump administration has conceded that its original Muslim ban was indefensible.
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Trump's New Order Bans Immigrants From 6 Muslim Nations, Except Iraq
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Towergate: Trump's great gamble — I have learned that some — though definitely not all — members of President Trump's inner circle share his belief that the Obama administration tapped his Trump Tower phones in October. And a White House official told me President Trump not only doesn't regret …
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While You Weren't Looking, the Democrat-Media Election-Hacking Narrative Just Collapsed
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Birth of a conspiracy theory: How Trump's wiretap claim got started
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Oversight chair: ‘I have not seen anything’ to back Trump's wiretapping claim
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Donald's eruption in the Oval Office: Video emerges of Trump's ‘furious argument’ with top adviser Steven Bannon as Ivanka and Jared look on, hours before President made phone tapping claims — Just days after the row, Bannon was pictured on Sunday boarding Air Force One via a separate entrance …
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Carson refers to slaves as ‘immigrants’ in talk to HUD employees — Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson referred to slaves as “immigrants” dreaming of a better life in a talk with department employees, according to Monday reports. — “That's what America is about.
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Ben Carson just referred to slaves as ‘immigrants’
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In Conversation: David Letterman … Since retiring after 33 years on the late night television, David Letterman has kept a low public profile — aided by the growth of a truly impressive beard. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been as fixated on politics as the rest of us.
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Pause This Presidency! — The American people must immediately demand a cessation of all consequential actions by this “president” until we can be assured that Russian efforts to hack our election, in a way that was clearly meant to help him and damage his opponent, did not also include collusion …
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U.S. Warned of Foreign Intel Operations After Russian Met With Team Trump at RNC
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Russian Hackers Said to Seek Hush Money From Liberal U.S. Groups — Post-election crime wave by attackers demanding bitcoins — Center for American Progress said to be among victims — Russian hackers are targeting U.S. progressive groups in a new wave of attacks …
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Inside Trump's fury: The president rages at leaks, setbacks and accusations — President Trump spent the weekend at “the winter White House,” Mar-a-Lago, the secluded Florida castle where he is king. The sun sparkles off the glistening lawn and warms the russet clay Spanish tiles …
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Report: Trump aides cheer up a moody president by talking about his travel ban
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Knives are out for Reince — As the White House struggles …
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Why House Republicans Are Rewriting Their Obamacare ‘Replacement’ — On Friday, Politico reported that Republicans were considering ways to amend their Obamacare “replacement” legislation, by placing income limits on the bill's new refundable tax credit for health insurance.
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Mika Tearfully Tells Viewers of Trump: ‘If People out There Feel Nervous, We Do Too’ — ‘This is not funny, this is really bad’ — President Trump's wiretap tweets struck an emotional chord with MSNBC's Mika Brzezinksi. The morning anchor fought back tears as she told viewers that …
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Donald Trump's Worst Deal — The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. — Heydar Aliyev Prospekti, a broad avenue in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, connects the airport to the city.
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Supreme Court Won't Hear Major Case on Transgender Rights — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would not hear a major case on transgender rights after all, acting after the Trump administration changed the federal government's position on whether public schools …
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At the root of Trump's new fury: Total contempt for American democracy — THE MORNING PLUM: — President Trump is now wallowing in fury, we are told, because he can't make the Russia story disappear; he can't stem the leaks to the media; and he can't seem to realize his promises.
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The sorry state of political discourse right now, in five Bernie Sanders tweets — Let's start with the tweets, which Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (and/or his staff) fired off late Monday morning: … Do me a quick favor. Hit pause on your temptation to either cheer or jeer what Sanders …
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Following Sessions' Mar-a-Lago appearance, new ethics questions arise — At some point during the Obama era, conservatives convinced themselves that the Democratic president took an outrageous amount of time off, traveled constantly, and vastly preferred golfing to working.


Right-Wing Media Scramble To Recast Obama As Trump-Era Villain — In science, nature abhors a vacuum. On cable news, Fox News abhors not having a Democratic villain. So the network is trying to bring back former President Barack Obama for the starring role.


Trump Tells Planned Parenthood Its Funding Can Stay if Abortion Goes — The White House, concerned about the possible political repercussions of the Republican effort to defund Planned Parenthood, has proposed preserving federal payments to the group if it discontinues providing abortions.
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Grassley probes FBI's ties to British spy who investigated Trump — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley — (R-Iowa) has opened an inquiry into allegations the FBI worked with the British spy who authored a controversial opposition research dossier on President Trump during the 2016 election.
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Democratic senator says they could shut down the government if Republicans stonewall on Russia investigation — “That's our ultimate card, is to threaten to shut down the government when we get to the end of the funding,” Coons said Monday. — “One of our challenges is we're Democrats.
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