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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 …
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Mother Jones, The White House, TalkLeft, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Kos and Gothamist
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
New travel ban drops Iraq but keeps 6 other majority-Muslim countries — Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that temporarily bars people from six majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. — The new executive order, effective next week, revokes and replaces …
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CNBC, Politicus USA, Hot Air, Just Security, Sputnik International and twitchy.com
CNN:
President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, notably dropping Iraq from January's previous order. — The new travel ban comes six weeks …
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RedState, ImmigrationProf Blog, The Week and TheBlaze
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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Political Wire, Engadget and The Week
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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Politico, New York Magazine, Progress Pond, No More Mister Nice Blog and CANNONFIRE
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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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New York Times, IJR, The Week, The Guardian and Hot Air
Reuters:
Why Trump might suspect Obama bugged Trump Tower — President Trump's claim that his predecessor bugged Trump Tower during the election has sent the media into fits, wondering where on earth he could've gotten such an idea. But it's all-too-obvious why Trump would be suspicious.
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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Power Line, USA Today, Mediaite, Washington Times, The Week and Instapundit
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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Los Angeles Times, The Hill and BizPac Review
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
At the root of Trump's new fury: Total contempt for American democracy
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Chaffetz: I've seen no evidence Obama ordered wiretap of Trump
Chaffetz: I've seen no evidence Obama ordered wiretap of Trump
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Daily Kos
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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Talking Points Memo
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Former Bush attorney general: Trump right that there was surveillance
Former Bush attorney general: Trump right that there was surveillance
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Politico, Raw Story, The Resurgent, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Tradition, IJR, Liberty Unyielding, The Last Refuge, New York Times and Associated Press
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 — With the White House struggling to gain its footing almost two months into Donald Trump's presidency, administration officials are increasingly putting the blame on one person: Reince Priebus. — In interviews, over a dozen Trump aides, allies …
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RedState, Raw Story, Daily Kos, The Week, Washington Post and Little Green Footballs
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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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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Politico, Daily Kos, The Week, twitchy.com and Althouse
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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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RedState, Liberty Unyielding and The Resurgent
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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Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and News, Indy Week
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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Raw Story, Mediaite, The Verge, The Week and The Daily Caller
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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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Daily Wire, Liberty Unyielding and Raw Story
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Jana Winter / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Warned of Foreign Intel Operations After Russian Met With Team Trump at RNC — The day Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak mingled with Trump campaign advisers—including then-Sen. Jeff Sessions—at a conference near the Republican National Convention, the Department of Homeland Security began preparing …
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Business Insider, Axios and Washington Post
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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Breitbart, Business Insider, Washington Times, The Root, Mediaite, Washington Post, AOL, Raw Story, TVNewser, Politicus USA and The Week
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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Vox, Business Insider and Raw Story
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Dept. staffers have one question: Where's Rex? — The State Department resumes its formal press briefing this week — an event that offers Secretary of State Rex Tillerson an ideal setting to appear before the public, assert to the world that America remains a diplomatic force and reassure …
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The Week and Washington Examiner
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
CBO: Obamacare Costing The Feds A Third Less Than Expected — The Congressional Budget Office said Friday that its projections for the federal government's spending on the Affordable Care Act's coverage provisions in 2019 are now a third lower than what they were when the law was passed in 2010.
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
The Obamacare Sticking Points Behind Closed Doors
The Obamacare Sticking Points Behind Closed Doors
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Axios