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10:50 AM ET, January 29, 2017

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CNN:
Inside the confusion of the Trump executive order and travel ban  — Trump's unilateral moves reflect the President's desire to quickly make good on his campaign promises  — But they also encapsulate the pitfalls of an administration largely operated by officials with scant federal experience
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump's Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas  —  The malevolence of President Trump's Executive Order on visas and refugees is mitigated chiefly—and perhaps only—by the astonishing incompetence of its drafting and construction.
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Trump boots top officials — but includes Steve Bannon — in reshuffled National Security Council  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  In another series of executive orders on Saturday, Pres. Donald Trump restructured the National Security Council (NSC) and created a position …
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
The Hill:
Trump signs three more executive actions  —  President Trump signed three executive actions on Saturday afternoon focusing on lobbying, a reorganization of the National Security Council and a plan to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).  —  The executive action caps off a busy …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump orders ISIS plan, talks with Putin and gives Bannon national security role … President Trump on Saturday ordered the Joint Chiefs of Staff to devise a strategy to defeat the Islamic State and restructured the National Security Council to include his controversial top political adviser …
The White House:
Presidential Memorandum Plan to Defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria  —  NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM - 3 MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
Discussion: Infowars and Washington Post
David French / National Review:
Trump's Executive Order on Refugees — Separating Fact from Hysteria
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Federal judge blocks Trump immigration order: report  —  The federal court for the Eastern District of New York has issued an emergency stay halting President Trump's executive order banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S, The Verge reported Saturday night.
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Sfrantzman / Seth J. Frantzman:
Obama's administration made the “Muslim ban” possible and the media won't tell you  —  I was outraged by the ban on refugees from war-torn countries in the Middle East.  I've covered refugees fleeing war in Iraq and Syria over the last two years, meeting families on the road in Greece …
Mother Jones:
A Federal Judge Just Issued a Stay Against Donald Trump's “Muslim Ban”
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Muslim Ban Is Cowardly and Dangerous
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Facing intense criticism, some Republicans are speaking out against Trump's refugee ban.
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
The Media Honestly Doesn't Get It  —  In 1968, if you'd railed endlessly about how the United States would never, ever send men to the moon, you would've had some crow to eat the following year.  —  If you made your declarations not in your local pub, but on television and in the newspaper …
Ryan Browne / CNN:
US servicemember killed in raid on al Qaeda in Yemen  —  Yemenis look at the wreckage of a vehicle on February 9, 2016, in the aftermath of clashes between forces loyal to Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and al-Qaeda members in the Mansura suburb of Aden.
Discussion: Axios
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
American Commando Killed in Yemen in Trump's First Counterterror Operation
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
The Trump bulldozer  —  We can't stress this enough: Watch closely the specific, substantive moves of the Trump White House.  Try to block out the white noise of outlandish statements and unforced errors, and the hyperventilating they provoke.  —  Otherwise, you miss the big — and in some cases, radical — changes coming our way.
Blake Hounshell / Politico:
President Trump's First Defeat  —  “It's working out very nicely,” President Donald Trump said on Saturday afternoon as he signed his latest batch of executive actions.  “You see it in the airports.”  —  It was the usual confident swagger from a man accustomed to getting his way.
Discussion: ABC News and Vox
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New York Times:
Banned From U.S.: ‘You Need to Go Back to Your Country’
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Donald Trump, the refugee ban, and the triumph of cruelty  —  Trump's immigration crackdown is an exercise in government cruelty.  —  On Friday, Donald Trump made the most plainly indefensible promise of his presidential campaign a reality.  He suspended all refugee admissions to the US for 120 days …
Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
Hours After Landing in U.S., Cleveland Clinic Doctor Forced to Leave by Trump's Order  —  Dr. Suha Abushamma's flight back to Saudi Arabia took off minutes before a federal judge ordered such forced removals to stop.  “She was basically racing against Trump,” a colleague and friend said.
Jake Tapper / CNN:
WH: No mention of Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day because others were killed too  —  Washington (CNN)The White House statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day didn't mention Jews or anti-Semitism because “despite what the media reports, we are an incredibly inclusive group …
 
 
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Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Warm Welcome for Syrians in a Country About to Ban Them
Kit Daniels / Infowars:
SANCTUARY SHERIFF FACES REMOVAL FROM OFFICE FOR AIDING CRIMINAL ILLEGALS
David Barstow / New York Times:
‘Up Is Down’: Trump's Unreality Show Echoes His Business Past
Discussion: Axios
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Countries where Trump does business are not hit by new travel restrictions
Adam Jentleson / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats have the power to stop Trump. All they have to do is use it.
David Brody / CBN.com:
Brody File Exclusive Interview: President Trump Relying On God Now More Than Ever
 Earlier Items: 
The White House:
Executive Order: ETHICS COMMITMENTS BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH APPOINTEES
Discussion: Politico, NPR and Washington Post
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Anti-choice advocate admits to Joy Reid her ultimate goal is to make birth control illegal
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Doug P. / twitchy.com:
D'OH! NY Times WH correspondent asks for fact check on terrorism claim, tweeters oblige
Discussion: Power Line
Mike Giglio / BuzzFeed:
We Talked To People Who Fought For ISIS. This Is How They Plan To Use Trump.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Donald Trump's Start is Rocky, But Far Better Than Many Skeptics Hoped, Which Brings Me to Evan McMullin
Discussion: IJR
 

 
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Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams from Research to DeepMind
 
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