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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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Mother Jones, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Kos and Gothamist


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, Just Security, Politicus USA and Hot Air


Trump's New Order Bans Immigrants From 6 Muslim Nations, Except Iraq — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday signed a revised version of his executive order banning migrants from predominantly Muslim nations, removing Iraqi citizens from the original travel ban at the urging of the State and Defense departments.
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Political Wire and Engadget


President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq
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RedState, ImmigrationProf Blog, Sputnik International, TheBlaze and The Week


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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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

Report: Trump aides cheer up a moody president by talking about his travel ban
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CNN, Washington Post, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, ABC News, Eschaton and IJR


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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Supreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights
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RedState, Liberty Unyielding and The Resurgent


Supreme Court sends Virginia transgender case back to lower court
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Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion


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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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.

Welcome, Airbnb Guest! Your Neighbors Are the Trumps
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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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Raw Story, Mediaite, The Verge, The Daily Caller and The Week
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A top House Republican says he's seen no evidence to back Trump wiretap claim — A top congressional Republican said Monday that he has not seen any evidence to corroborate President Trump's claim that former president Barack Obama ordered a wiretap on his phones before the election …
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Talking Points Memo, The Mahablog and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Chaffetz: I've seen no evidence Obama ordered wiretap of Trump
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Daily Kos

White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn't believe Comey that Obama didn't wiretap
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Talking Points Memo

Former Bush attorney general: Trump right that there was surveillance
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Politico, The Resurgent, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Tradition, IJR, Liberty Unyielding, The Last Refuge, Associated Press and 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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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


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, The Week, The Guardian and Hot Air
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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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Breitbart, Business Insider, Washington Times, The Root, Mediaite, Washington Post, Politicus USA, TVNewser, AOL, Raw Story and The Week


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

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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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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The Obamacare Sticking Points Behind Closed Doors
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