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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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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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CNN:
President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq
President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq
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Fox News:
Trump set to sign revised travel ban order
Trump set to sign revised travel ban order
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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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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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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 — I spent most of the last two days reporting out the extraordinary allegations President Donald Trump made against his predecessor, Barack Obama - that Obama had Trump's “wires tapped in Trump Tower.”
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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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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:
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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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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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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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 to gain its footing almost two months into Donald Trump's presidency, administration officials increasingly put the blame on one person: Reince Priebus. — In interviews, more than a dozen Trump aides, allies …
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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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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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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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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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CNN:
Steve Bannon in 2013: Joseph McCarthy was right in crusade against Communist infiltration — (CNN)Donald Trump's chief White House strategist Steve Bannon said in 2013 that Sen. Joseph McCarthy was right in his 1950s campaign claiming widespread Communist infiltration into the United States government.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
David Bossie: The Man the Trump Train Left Behind
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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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.
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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