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10:45 AM ET, February 3, 2017

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CBS News:
Americans sharply divided along partisan lines over travel ban, Trump: CBS News poll  —  Two weeks into Donald Trump's presidency, the country remains sharply divided along partisan lines.  A large majority of Republicans approves of President Trump and his recent executive order temporarily restricting entry …
Discussion: Political Wire, Politico and The Week
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Ed Whelan / National Review:
FakeNews on Gorsuch on Imaginary ‘Fascism Forever’ Club
CNN:
Trump adviser cites non-existent ‘massacre’ defending ban  —  (CNN)Senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway made a statement during a TV interview Thursday that pricked the ears of fact-checkers everywhere.  —  She told MSNBC's Chris Matthews:  —  “I bet it's brand new information to people …
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Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
Kellyanne Conway invents ‘Bowling Green massacre’ to defend refugee ban  —  Kellyanne Conway, President Trump's former campaign manager and now an adviser in his administration, defended the White House's refugee ban with an assertion that appears to be factually indefensible: She made up a “massacre.”
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway cites ‘Bowling Green massacre’ that never happened to defend travel ban  —  Kellyanne Conway has taken “alternative facts” to a new level.  —  During a Thursday interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews, the counselor to the president defended President Trump's travel ban related to seven majority-Muslim countries.
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Conway Cites ‘Massacre’ That Didn't Happen
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Plans to Undo Dodd-Frank Law, Fiduciary Rule  —  President Donald Trump on Friday plans to sign an executive action to scale back the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law, in a sweeping plan to dismantle much of the regulatory system put in place after the financial crisis.
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Bloomberg:
Trump to Order Review of Dodd-Frank, Halt Obama Fiduciary Rule
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
New Yorker and Vanity Fair Pull Out of Correspondents Dinner Parties  —  NEW YORK — The White House Correspondents Dinner has gone from a hoary ritual to the apex of Washington's social calendar, replete with Hollywood A-listers, tuxedoed television stars and live coverage on the major news networks.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate advances DeVos's nomination, setting her up for final vote  —  Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick to lead the Department of Education, overcame a key Senate hurdle early Friday morning, clearing the path for her expected confirmation.  —  Senators voted 52-48 to advance DeVos's nomination.
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit
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Associated Press:
DeVos Clears Senate Hurdle Toward Becoming Ed Secy
Discussion: Politico
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Betsy DeVos, Pick for Secretary of Education, Is the Most Jeered
Discussion: The Week and Los Angeles Times
Jerusalem Post:
Trump warns Israel: Stop announcing new settlements  —  White House official tells ‘Post’ all parties should cease ‘unilateral actions,’ affirms two-state solution.  —  WASHINGTON - The White House warned Israel on Thursday - in a surprising statement - to cease settlement announcements that are …
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Warren drags Tillerson into fight over SEC rule  —  (D-Mass.) blasted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday, criticizing his past lobbying efforts to exclude Exxon Mobil from a rule that would require it to disclose payments to foreign governments.  —  “[A] handful of powerful oil …
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Tom Roussey / WJLA-TV:
Former Norwegian Prime Minister held for questioning at Dulles Airport  —  A former prime minister of Norway tells ABC7 he was questioned and prevented from leaving Dulles Airport for about an hour Tuesday, apparently because he had visited Iran in 2014.  —  Kjell Magne Bondevik served …
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Ben Shapiro Crushes Clock Boy in Court  —  On Thursday afternoon a Texas Judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro by Mohammed Mohammed, the father of “clock boy” Ahmed Mohammed.  —  Claiming defamation, Mohammed filed the lawsuit in October 2015 …
Discussion: BizPac Review and RedState
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Dave Burke / Daily Mail:
Machete-wielding man slumps to the ground after being shot in the stomach at the Louvre museum as he attacked French soldiers while screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’  — A man armed with a machete was shot five times in the stomach after attempting to storm the museum
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CNN:
Louvre knife attack: Soldier shoots assailant near Paris museum
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago getaway could cost taxpayers more than $3 million  —  President Donald Trump's trip to his luxury resort in Mar-a-Lago this weekend could saddle taxpayers with a bill upwards of $3 million and is already drawing the type of scrutiny Trump and other Republicans regularly heaped upon former President Barack Obama.
Discussion: The Week
Michael Crowley / Politico:
White House nixed Holocaust statement naming Jews  —  The State Department drafted its own statement last month marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day that explicitly included a mention of Jewish victims, according to people familiar with the matter, but President Donald Trump's White House blocked its release.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
Howard Stern: Trump wants to be loved, presidency will be ‘detrimental’ to his mental health  —  Donald Trump's crude talk on The Howard Stern Show  —  Howard Stern said on his program Wednesday that Trump will hate being president and the role will be detrimental to his mental health.
Discussion: alan.com
New York Post:
Protesters storm NYU over conservative speaker's seminar  —  The NYPD was out in full-force at NYU on Thursday night as protesters gathered to voice their disgust with conservative actor and Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes, who was inside holding a seminar for the school's College Republicans.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US created 227,000 jobs in January, vs 175,000 jobs expected  —  Jobs report delivers upside surprise of 227,000 nonfarm payrolls  —  Nonfarm payrolls grew by 227,000 in January while the unemployment rate edged higher to 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Thinks He Can Endure More Controversy And Pain Than You  —  The fear, for Democrats, is that he's absolutely right.  —  Just two weeks into his administration, Donald Trump's presidency is off to a rapid pace.  But even by his standards, Monday was especially frenzied.
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
US threatens North Korea with ‘overwhelming’ retaliation if it uses nuclear arms  —  U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Thursday threatened North Korea with an “effective and overwhelming” retaliation if the country decided to utilize its nuclear arsenal.
Discussion: RedState, Reuters and Defense One
Julia Belluz / Vox:
A drug company hiked the price of a lifesaving opioid overdose antidote by 500 percent  —  Where's the outrage?  —  In 1971, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug that could reverse a heroin or opioid overdose.  More than 40 years later, makers of this drug, called naloxone …
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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Isaac Orr / RealClearEnergy:
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Trump's win spurs new push on gun rights
Jack Meserve / Democracy Journal:
Can Marches Become a Movement?
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump vows to ‘destroy’ law limiting political activity by churches
Kristine Marsh / NewsBusters:
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Donald Trump often tweets about terror and violence, but he ignored an attack on Muslims in Quebec City
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
These Are the Groups Behind Those ‘Spontaneous’ Anti-Trump-Ban Protests
Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times:
An assault on an elderly Korean woman that went viral on Facebook is not being investigated as hate crime
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Uber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism