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7:25 PM ET, January 27, 2017

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Mike Debonis / Washington Post:
Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare  —  PHILADELPHIA — Republican lawmakers aired sharp concerns about their party's quick push to repeal the Affordable Care Act inside a closed-door meeting Thursday, according to a recording of the session obtained by The Washington Post.
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Mike Debonis / Washington Post:
In private meeting, Pence vows ‘full evaluation of voting rolls’ over claims of fraud
Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Another Bogus Obamacare Argument From Donald Trump And Paul Ryan
Discussion: The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's First Week: Governing Without a Script  —  The new president seems to be running his administration much like he ran his company and campaign, eager to weigh in on every issue and willing to make last-minute calls  —  A directive to revive two controversial oil pipelines awaited …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Trump and the Republicans Are on a Suicide Mission Together  —  And we'll all have to live with the fallout.  —  One of the things supposedly driving President Donald Trump to distraction, in what should be a celebratory first week in office, is that he isn't getting a honeymoon period from the media and the general public.
Discussion: Washington Post
Mike Allen / Axios:
The Bannon coup  —  White House and Hill GOP leaders are astonished …
David Brody / CBN.com:
Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Says Persecuted Christians Will Be Given Priority As Refugees  —  In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, President Donald Trump says persecuted Christians will be given priority when it comes to applying for refugee status in the United States.
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David Brody / CBN.com:
Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Calls Mainstream Media The “Opposition Party.”
David Gibson / USA Today:
Trump fails to mention Jews in Holocaust remembrance statement  —  In a departure from predecessors on both sides of the political aisle, President Trump's statement Friday marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day did not mention the deaths of six million Jews — a lapse the head …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
President Trump Signs Executive Orders at Pentagon  —  President Trump today made his first trip to the Pentagon as commander in chief and signed two executive orders related to national security.  —  The first focused on what Trump described as a “great rebuilding” of the military …
Discussion: Politico, Axios, The Daily Beast and IJR
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Fox News:
Trump signs executive order for ‘extreme vetting’ of refugees  —  President Trump on Friday continued his crackdown on illegal immigration, signing sweeping new orders that tighten the country's refugee and visa policies -suspending almost all refugee admissions for four months and indefinitely barring entry for some Syrians.
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Blows Up the U.S.-Mexico Relationship  —  Since Ronald Reagan was first elected, in 1980, every new American President has met with his Mexican counterpart shortly after winning the White House.  Reagan travelled to Mexico before his swearing in and welcomed Mexican President …
Discussion: The Week
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Mexico's Vicente Fox to Trump: We are ‘ready for the trade war’
David Caplan / ABC News:
Melania Trump Appears on Cover of Mexican Vanity Fair Amidst Tensions
Washington Post:
President Trump and Mexican president speak by phone amid crisis in relations
Jim Miller / Sacramento Bee:
Calexit backers can begin collecting signatures to qualify for 2018 ballot  —  Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment seeking California's secession from the U.S. can begin collecting voter signatures to qualify for the 2018 ballot, the secretary of state's office said Thursday.
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Mattis orders review of F-35, Air Force One programs  —  Defense Secretary James Mattis has ordered the Pentagon to review the F-35 fighter jet and Air Force One replacement programs following President Trump's criticism of the costs, the Pentagon announced Friday.
Discussion: Axios
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, the White House didn't Photoshop an image of the president's hand  —  Dana Schwartz, a writer for the New York Observer, claimed to have noticed something interesting about one of the photos displayed during President Trump's interview with ABC News that aired this week.
Sheila Weller / Vanity Fair:
How Author Timothy Tyson Found the Woman at the Center of the Emmett Till Case  —  With a renewed cultural interest in the 1955 murder that catalyzed the 20th century civil rights movement, an interview with the author of a new book who tracked down the long-hidden woman at its center.
Paul Demko / Politico:
Reversing course, Trump administration will continue Obamacare outreach  —  The Trump administration has reversed plans to scrap all Obamacare outreach in the finals days of the law's enrollment period, a day after the move sparked outcry from the law's supporters and health insurers.
The Hill:
McConnell all but rules out filibuster change  —  (R-Ky.) on Friday all but ruled out the possibility of a change to the filibuster rule this year.  —  McConnell made his comment in an interview with The Hill one day after President Trump said he wants Senate Republicans to strip Democrats …
Discussion: Hot Air
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The end of Sarah Palin is here … Remember how former Alaska governor Sarah Palin was going to use her political celebrity to build an army of like-minded politicians via her political action committee?  —  Yeah, not so much.  —  Michael Beckel of the Center for Public Integrity flagged for me this news …
Discussion: Heat Street
Austin Wright / Politico:
McConnell to Trump: Do not lift sanctions on Russia  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan are drawing a hard line against easing sanctions on Russia, issuing stern warnings ahead of President Donald Trump's first official communication with Vladimir Putin since his inauguration last week.
Discussion: ABC News and The Atlantic
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain warns Trump he'll fight on lifting Russian sanctions
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Huge shakeup at ‘Today’ to make way for Megyn Kelly  —  More On:  —  NBC is canceling the third hour of “Today” to make way for new star Megyn Kelly, sources exclusively confirm to Page Six.  —  We're told Kelly will take over either the 9 a.m. hour from Tamron Hall and Al Roker or will replace Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
A viral Washington Post story about State Department resignations is very misleading  —  On Thursday morning, the Washington Post published a piece with an explosive headline: “The State Department's entire senior management team just resigned.”  The piece alleged that Undersecretary …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's authoritarian tendencies are revealed once again  —  Throughout the presidential campaign, Donald Trump attacked the media in personal, vicious terms.  He threatened to “open up” libel laws.  From time to time, he chose to ban one or another outlet from the press gaggle because he objected to its reporting.
 
 
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Joel Zinberg / RealClearHealth:
Don't Panic Over the CBO Repeal Report
Discussion: Instapundit
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Orwell's “1984” and Trump's America
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Trump says sanctuary cities are hotbeds of crime. Data say the opposite.
Discussion: CityLab, Above the Law and Slate
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Didn't Think Madonna Was ‘Disgusting’ When He Lied About Her Wanting to Date Him
Discussion: Gothamist, Raw Story and Mediaite
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
New wave of anti-evolution bills hit states
Discussion: Argus Leader and Raw Story
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump thinks he is the modern Andrew Jackson. Here is why he isn't.
 Earlier Items: 
Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
New U.S. U.N. envoy warns allies: back us or we'll take names
Discussion: Daily Kos
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
POWER DINNER: Jared and Ivanka break bread with TIM COOK and LISA JACKSON …
Discussion: TheStreet.com and Business Insider
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
A GOP Regulatory Game Changer
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump won't attend Alfalfa Club dinner
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Sen. Franken: No Democrat will vote for Betsy DeVos as education secretary …
Kim Janssen / Chicago Tribune:
Rod Blagojevich's 20-year-old daughter Amy unloads on Barack Obama
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Althouse