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12:45 PM ET, January 25, 2017

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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 …
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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 …
Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Trump expected to order temporary ban on refugees  —  President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries …
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Trump expected to sign order funding border wall
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite, NPR and The Week
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:
Trump Vows ‘Major Investigation’ of His Claim of Voting Fraud  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump reiterated his false claim that at least 3 million illegal immigrants cast ballots for Hillary Clinton, calling on Wednesday for an investigation into voter fraud, even though his own legal team has argued that no such fraud occurred.
CNN:
Trump calls for ‘major investigation’ into voter fraud
New York Times:
Trump Interrupts His Busy Day to Hail Dow's Milestone
ABC News:
The Note: President Trump Takes On Immigration
Discussion: Politico and Right Wing Watch
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump Won't Back Down From His Voting Fraud Lie. Here Are the Facts.
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 …
Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Trump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move by the newly minted leadership …
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Badlands National Park deletes tweets on climate change
Discussion: Common Dreams and Motherboard
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Information lockdown hits Trump's federal agencies
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed:
A National Park Deleted Tweets On Climate Change After Trump Silenced Federal Scientists
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.
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:   Buzzkill: Corey Lewandowski and Robby Mook are not teaming up, after all
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 and Axios
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Hidden stars: Melania and Ivanka Trump are well-liked, poll finds
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
It's No Trump Tower, but New White House Resident Is All Praise  —  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.
Discussion: Axios
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Four more journalists get felony charges after covering inauguration unrest  —  A documentary producer, a photojournalist, a live-streamer and a freelance reporter facing up to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine if convicted  —  Four more journalists have been charged with felonies …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Trump's Chicago tweet is another response to cable news  —  Sean Spicer's defense  —  When President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday night and said he would send federal agents into Chicago if the city failed to address its growing violence, the threat seemed to emanate from nowhere.
Discussion: Salon, Politico and Axios
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump threatens to ‘send in the Feds’ to Chicago
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 …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Dino Grandoni / BuzzFeed:
Agriculture Department Lifts Clampdown On Its Science Division  —  On Tuesday evening a top USDA official told scientists the order “is hereby rescinded.”  —  The US Department of Agriculture rescinded an order stopping scientists and other employees at its main research division …
CNNMoney:
Publisher printing more copies of George Orwell's ‘1984’ after spike in demand  —  “Alternative facts” are lies  —  The book publisher Penguin is printing more copies of George Orwell's dystopian classic “1984” in response to a sudden surge of demand.  —  On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning …
 
 
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Chris Anderson / Sarasota Herald:
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Discussion: New York Magazine and Gothamist
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Did IUD insertions spike after Trump's election? A big new data set says yes.
NBC News:
Water Lead-Level Falls Below Federal Limit in Flint
Discussion: MLive.com, Motherboard and Mother Jones
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Prosperity Is Destiny  —  If the economy grows during Trump's …
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Boom: Dow hits 20,000 for first time ever
Discussion: RedState and The Week
Asma Khalid / NPR:
Democrats Try To Find A Future Post-Obama With Fault Lines Along Economics, Race
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Erin Andrews' secret battle with cervical cancer
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 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Secret Service looking at agent who suggested she wouldn't defend Trump from bullet
Conrad Black / New York Sun:
Straggle on in Defeat
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
47.9%: Obama Had Lower Average Approval Rating Than Nixon or Bush
 

 
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