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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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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
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:
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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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump's New Order Bans Immigrants From 6 Muslim Nations, Except Iraq
Trump's New Order Bans Immigrants From 6 Muslim Nations, Except Iraq
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Axios:
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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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Trump's Wiretap Claims: What We Know and What We Don't
Trump's Wiretap Claims: What We Know and What We Don't
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Oversight chair: ‘I have not seen anything’ to back Trump's wiretapping claim
Oversight chair: ‘I have not seen anything’ to back Trump's wiretapping claim
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Birth of a conspiracy theory: How Trump's wiretap claim got started
Birth of a conspiracy theory: How Trump's wiretap claim got started
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
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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Media Matters for America:
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.
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Fox News:
Conway challenges Comey to release info on Trump's wiretap allegation
Conway challenges Comey to release info on Trump's wiretap allegation
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn't believe Comey that Obama didn't wiretap
White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn't believe Comey that Obama didn't wiretap
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Daily Mail:
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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CNN:
Steve Bannon in 2013: Joseph McCarthy was right in crusade against Communist infiltration
Steve Bannon in 2013: Joseph McCarthy was right in crusade against Communist infiltration
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Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
The Eight Power Centers Of The Trump Administration
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
David Bossie: The Man the Trump Train Left Behind
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
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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Associated Press:
Supreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights
Supreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sends Virginia transgender case back to lower court
Supreme Court sends Virginia transgender case back to lower court
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Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
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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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
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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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Knives are out for Reince — As the White House struggles …
Knives are out for Reince — As the White House struggles …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Report: Trump aides cheer up a moody president by talking about his travel ban
Report: Trump aides cheer up a moody president by talking about his travel ban
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David Marchese / Vulture:
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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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
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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Jana Winter / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Warned of Foreign Intel Operations After Russian Met With Team Trump at RNC
U.S. Warned of Foreign Intel Operations After Russian Met With Team Trump at RNC
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Grabien News RSS:
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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Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
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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Christopher Jacobs / The Federalist:
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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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
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.