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5:10 PM ET, January 23, 2017

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CBS News:
Sources say Trump's CIA visit made relations with intel community worse  —  U.S. government sources tell CBS News that there is a sense of unease in the intelligence community after President Trump's visit to CIA headquarters on Saturday.  —  An official said the visit …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House press briefings to go virtual  —  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that beginning later this week, he will take questions at his daily press briefing via Skype from reporters based outside of Washington.  —  Spicer said four of the so-called “Skype seats” …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
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New York Times:
Rocky First Weekend for Trump Troubles Even His Top Aides
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Put on Your Big-Boy Pants, Journos
CNN:
TPP withdrawal Trump's first executive action Monday, sources say  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's first executive action on Monday will be to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, two sources familiar with matter told CNN.  —  That withdrawal is consistent with campaign promises Trump made.
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CNBC:
Trump to sign executive order to renegotiate NAFTA and intent to leave TPP  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday intends to sign an executive order that will put in motion the renegotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).  —  President Trump is also expected to sign …
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump tells business leaders he wants to cut regulations by 75% or ‘maybe more’
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump to CEOs: Stay here, and I'll wipe out 75 percent of regulations, fast-track factories
Discussion: Daily Kos
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Abandons Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama's Signature Trade Deal
Discussion: The Atlantic, Hit & Run and Techdirt
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sanders, joined by rust belt Democrats, praises Trump for nixing TPP
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller and Jamie Dupree
I believe the president is entitled to:
I believe the president is entitled to significant deference when it comes to his choices for the cabinet.  I also believe given the uncertainty surrounding the future direction of our foreign policy that a higher degree of scrutiny is justified in evaluating whoever is nominated to serve as secretary of state.
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
Trump's federal hiring freeze draws immediate fire from unions  —  Federal labor leaders were ready when President Trump froze government hiring Monday.  It was a campaign promise they criticized before the election and did so again shortly after he made good on the pledge.
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Revenge of the bureaucrats  —  President Donald Trump is setting himself up for a messy clash with the country's 2.1 million federal employees as his administration quietly preps plans to cut the size of the government workforce.  —  As one of his first acts Monday, Trump signed an executive order freezing most federal hiring.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sasha Savitsky / Fox News:
NBC won't comment on ‘SNL’ writer's controversial Barron Trump tweet  —  NBC won't comment on a “Saturday Night Live” writer's tweet that went after President Donald Trump's youngest son Barron.  —  Katie Rich said Friday in a now-deleted tweet that Barron Trump “will be this country's first homeschool shooter.”
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Saturday Night Live’ Writer Katie Rich Suspended Over Barron Trump Tweet, Issues Apology  —  Katie Rich, writer for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, who sparked a backlash with a tweet targeting President Donald Trump's 10-year-old son Barron, is no longer working on NBC's veteran late-night sketch comedy show.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Why BuzzFeed News Published the Dossier  —  Since BuzzFeed News published a 35-page dossier of unverified allegations about ties between President Donald J. Trump and Russia, I've heard a chorus of criticism from journalists who say we abdicated our role as gatekeeper, and a chorus of thanks …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
We Are Dissidents; We Are Legion  —  On Friday, Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
CNNMoney:
Trump Organization documents say he has resigned from more than 400 businesses  —  President Donald Trump says he has resigned from positions in hundreds of business entities, according to a document provided to CNN by the Trump Organization.  —  The text of the 19-page letter reads: “I …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump reinstates ban on US funds promoting abortion overseas  —  President Trump on Monday morning signed an executive order blocking foreign aid or federal funding for international nongovernmental organizations that provide or “promote” abortions.  —  The order comes one day after the 44th anniversary …
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich  —  Some of the wealthiest people in America—in Silicon Valley, New York, and beyond—are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.  —  Steve Huffman, the thirty-three-year-old co-founder and C.E.O. of Reddit, which is valued at six hundred million dollars …
Discussion: Business Insider and Mashable
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton plots her next move  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In a series of private meetings and phone calls at their home in Chappaqua, in New York City and in Washington, Bill and Hillary Clinton are slowly starting to puzzle through their political future, according to over a dozen people …
Judith Thurman / New Yorker:
Philip Roth E-Mails on Trump  —  In 2004, the writer published “The Plot Against America,” about an election that upends the country.  Has it happened here?  —  In 2004, Philip Roth published “The Plot Against America.”  The four main characters of the novel, which takes place between June …
Discussion: Liberal Values, Hullabaloo and Axios
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Republicans: Schumer Broke His Word on Pompeo Confirmation  —  An inside look at the behind-the-scenes drama.  —  Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, testifies during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building, January 12, 2017.
John Nolte / Daily Wire:
Response to Ben Shapiro: Five Reasons I Don't Care If Donald Trump Lies  —  Let me first acknowledge Ben Shapiro's Sunday piece about those who excuse from Donald Trump what they never would from Barack Obama.  On this particular subject, I have been very clear since the beginning, since The Donald stepped out onto the political stage.
Discussion: RedState
Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
EXCLUSIVE: Whatever Trump does, Dreamers likely to be deported soon  —  WASHINGTON  —  Young immigrants currently protected from deportation will be quickly removed from the country by President Donald Trump's plan to boost deportations, even if the new president doesn't target them directly …
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Stephen Rodrick / Rolling Stone:
The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence  —  He's trampled on the rights of women, LGBTQ folks and the poor.  Then there's the incompetence.  Meet, quite possibly, the next president  —  During his time as Indiana governor, Mike Pence made a name for himself as virulently anti-abortion and anti-LGBT.
Discussion: The Week
Indianapolis Star:
Next Slide  —  Indiana Sen. Jack E. Sandlin is facing a social media backlash for a Facebook post that called the masses gathered for last weekend's Women's March “fat women out walking.”  —  Sandlin, a Republican, took down the message but not before screenshots had been widely shared on Facebook and Twitter.
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump's biggest donors consider abandoning new political arm  —  Tensions between President Donald Trump's senior political aides and a pair of his most important donors are threatening to upend plans for an outside political group expected to play a key role in advancing his agenda.
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Benny Johnson / IJR:
Marine and Two-Time Purple Heart Recipient Proposed To Girlfriend At Trump Inauguration Ball To …
Ilan Goldenberg / Politico:
How Trump can move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
Discussion: ABC News
Ryan Manion / Philly.com:
Commentary: After assault by inaugural protesters, a call to redefine nation's character
Kristen A. Graham / Philly.com:
Philly teachers plan Black Lives Matter week — not all are happy
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
Morning Joe Crew Says Crowd Size Doesn't Matter; Discusses for Entire Show
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's D.C. hotel lost $1.1 million in Sept., Oct.
Discussion: Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
The Trump Resistance Will Be Led by Angry Women
Fox News:
Online Ugliness: Inauguration sparks anti-Trump vitriol on social media
Discussion: Mediaite
Jerry Oppenheimer / New York Post:
Could Caroline Kennedy be the baggage-free Hillary Clinton?
Discussion: Political Wire
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Meet the ‘New Ted Cruz’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
Filip Bondy / New York Times:
How Vital Are Women? This Town Found Out as They Left to March
Discussion: DCist and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Eyes Michael Flynn's Links to Russia