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4:30 PM ET, January 25, 2017

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
It's No Trump Tower, but White House Has ‘Beautiful’ Phones  —  President Trump, who flew across the country on hundreds of nights during the 2016 campaign to sleep in his own bed, has now spent five straight days in the unfamiliar surroundings of the White House.
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Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
Trump White House senior staff have private RNC email accounts  —  U.S. DONALD TRUMP RNC  —  Senior Trump administration staffers including Kellyanne Conway, Jared Kushner, Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon have active accounts on a Republican National Committee email system, Newsweek has learned.
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Trump Tells ABC News' David Muir: Construction of Border Wall Will Begin in ‘Months’  —  In his first one-on-one television interview since being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, President Donald Trump told ABC News anchor David Muir that Mexico would be paying …
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New York Times:
Trump to Order Mexican Border Wall and Curtail Immigration  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday will order the construction of a Mexican border wall — the first in a series of actions this week to crack down on immigrants, including slashing the number of refugees who can resettle …
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Trump to sign executive orders enabling construction of proposed border wall and targeting sanctuary cities  —  President Trump is planning to sign executive orders on Wednesday enabling construction of his proposed border wall, and targeting cities where local leaders refuse to hand …
CNN:
Trump to direct federal resources toward building a border wall on Wednesday
Robert Frank / CNBC:
Mar-a-Lago membership fee doubles to $200,000  —  Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach resort owned by the Trump Organization, doubled its initiation fee to $200,000 following the election of Donald Trump as president.  —  People close to the Florida resort said the increase took effect Jan. 1.
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Hui-Yong Yu / Bloomberg:
Trump Hotels CEO Plots U.S. Expansion With Foreign Plans Shelved  —  Luxury hotels targeted for big cities, resort destinations  —  First of new lower-priced Scion hotels to debut this year  —  President Donald Trump's hotel-management company wants to expand its namesake luxury hotels across …
New York Times:
Mar-A-Lago Doubles Its Initiation Fee as Membership Interest Swells  —  The Mar-a-Lago resort doubles its initiation fee — to $200,000 — leading to charges that the Trump Organization is cashing in on its founder's power.  —  By President Trump's definition of voter fraud, his senior adviser …
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Steve Bannon registered to vote in two states despite Trump's cries of ‘voter fraud’  —  President's senior adviser is registered in both New York and Florida, as president falsely claims in tweet that such an arrangement amounts to fraud  —  A senior White House adviser to Donald …
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Chris Anderson / Sarasota Herald:
Column: Does Stephen Bannon live in Sarasota County?  Because he's registered to vote here  —  President Trump's senior adviser problematically also has active voting status in New York City.  —  One of the most powerful men in America happens to be a resident of Sarasota County.  We think.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Poised to Lift Ban on C.I.A. ‘Black Site’ Prisons  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing a sweeping executive order that would clear the way for the Central Intelligence Agency to reopen overseas “black site” prisons, like those where it detained and tortured terrorism suspects …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's voter fraud claims undermine the democratic process and his presidency  —  There is no benign explanation for President Trump's false assertion that millions of people voted illegally in the last election.  It is either a deliberate attempt to undermine faith in the democratic process …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
After His Claim of Voter Fraud, Trump Vows ‘Major Investigation’
Susan Page / USA Today:
Sen. Chuck Schumer ‘worries’ when it comes to Trump and facts
TMZ.com:
Mary Tyler Moore — In Grave Condition  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Mary Tyler Moore is in grave condition at a Connecticut hospital ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources close to the family tell us her condition is so grim family members are coming to the hospital to say goodbye.
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Virginia Heffernan / New York Times:
Mary Tyler Moore, Who Incarnated the Modern Woman on TV, Dies at 80  —  Mary Tyler Moore, whose witty and graceful performances on two top-rated television shows in the 1960s and '70s helped define a new vision of American womanhood, died on Wednesday in Greenwich, Conn. She was 80.
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
EPA spokesman: No plan to take down climate webpages  —  An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spokesman said the Trump administration is not currently planning to take down website content regarding climate change.  —  Doug Ericksen, spokesman for the so-called beachhead team working …
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Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Trump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Voters liked Trump's inaugural address  —  Dark.  Negative.  Divisive.  That's was the immediate narrative about President Donald Trump's inaugural address.  —  But many Americans liked it.  —  A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows that the new president's message is resonating with voters …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR and neo-neocon
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Hidden stars: Melania and Ivanka Trump are well-liked, poll finds
Discussion: The Daily Caller
U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Selection …:
Joint Statement on Progress of Bipartisan HPSCI Inquiry into Russian Active Measures  —  f t # e  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and Ranking Member Adam Schiff released the following statement:
Discussion: Politico and Shareblue
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Ned Resnikoff / ThinkProgress:
Democrats push for a broader inquiry into Russian electoral interference
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Agency Deletes Listing For Joint Paid Speeches By Robby Mook And Corey Lewandowski  —  The Washington speaking agency Leading Authorities deleted marketing material from its website on Wednesday morning that advertised joint paid appearances featuring Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's respective campaign managers.
Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico and The Week
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:   Buzzkill: Corey Lewandowski and Robby Mook are not teaming up, after all
CNN:
Secret Service looking at agent who suggested she wouldn't defend Trump from bullet  —  Washington (CNN)The Secret Service said Tuesday it is taking “appropriate action” after one of its agents suggested on Facebook that she would not defend President Donald Trump should someone try to shoot him.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Germany will abolish law against insulting foreign heads of state
Discussion: Mother Jones
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump's Foreign Business Partners Got VIP Treatment During the Inauguration
Discussion: Raw Story
Adele M. Stan / American Prospect:
Hold the Mansplaining: The Resistance Is Being Led by Women
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Meenal Vamburkar / Bloomberg:
Environmental Activists Prep for Battle as Trump Pushes Projects
Discussion: Business Insider and Heat Street
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
A woman flew through a tornado in a bathtub and survived
Discussion: AOL
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NPR And The Word ‘Liar’: Intent Is Key
The Huffington Post:
Democrats Want To Pick Their Battles With Trump. Their Base Wants All-Out War.
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