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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 …
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ACLU Comment on Trump's New Muslim Ban
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Trump's New Order Bans Immigrants From 6 Muslim Nations, Except Iraq
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Trump's Executive Order Mandates Government Reports on Honor Killings Committed by Migrants
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Trump's new Muslim ban doesn't fix the biggest legal problem with the policy
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House Republicans release long-awaited plan to repeal and replace Obamacare — House Republicans on Monday released long-anticipated legislation to supplant the Affordable Care Act with a more conservative vision for the nation's health care system, sketching out a system of individual tax credits …
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GOP unveils Obamacare replacement amid sharp party divide — With the blessing of the Trump White House, House Republicans on Monday finally released a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, a long-anticipated moment in the GOP's yearslong campaign to upend the Democratic health care law.
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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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House Republicans Unveil Plan to Replace Health Law
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4 GOP senators demand to keep Obamacare Medicaid expansion
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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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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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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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Trump Is Said to Reject Comey Assertion That Wiretapping Claim Is False
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While You Weren't Looking, the Democrat-Media Election-Hacking Narrative Just Collapsed — That supposed FBI investigation of collusion with the Russians? Never mind . . . They're in retreat now. You may have missed it amid President Trump's startling Saturday tweet storm …


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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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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President Trump Congratulates Exxon Mobil for Job-Creating Investment Program — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump today congratulated Exxon Mobil Corporation on its ambitious $20 billion investment program that is creating more than 45,000 construction and manufacturing jobs in the United States Gulf Coast region.
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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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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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Chris Wallace vs. Dem Sen. Coons: McCarthyism to Accuse Trump Of Russian Collusion, Where Is Evidence? — FOX News Sunday host Chris Wallace tells Democratic Senator Chris Coons that continued talk of collusion between Trump and Russia has a whiff of McCarthyism.
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Democratic senator says they could shut down the government if Republicans stonewall on Russia investigation
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Fox's ‘Last Man on Earth’ Kills Entire Trump Administration (Video) — Sunday's episode of FOX's post-apocalyptic comedy series The Last Man on Earth imagines a world where President Donald Trump's entire administration is killed off in a freak occurrence. — The flashback episode, tiled …
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FBI Director James Comey was ‘incredulous’ over Trump's tweets — FBI asked DOJ to refute wiretapping claim — FBI officials reached out to DOJ personnel to try to clear up reports that Obama wire-tapped Trump's phone — (CNN)FBI Director James Comey was “incredulous” …
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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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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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TSA Warns Local Police About Its New Airport Pat-Downs — A universal “comprehensive” search may prompt passenger complaints to law enforcement. — by — The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has declined to say exactly where—and how—employees will be touching air travelers …
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Judicial Watch Sues CIA, DOJ and Treasury for Records Related to Intelligence Leaks Regarding Investigation of General Flynn — Asks Court to Order Searches and Production of Records — National Security Agency Refuses to Confirm or Deny Existence of Records
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