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6:30 PM ET, February 3, 2017

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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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Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
Trump Just Declared Open Season on Suckers  —  If the 2016 election was a national litmus test to see just how many suckers live in this country, the next round of President Trump's executive orders are going to make sure those millions of suckers are taken for every last penny.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Yuki Noguchi / NPR:
Trump Takes Aim At Dodd-Frank, Investor Protections Rule In Executive Action
CNN:
First Trump approval rating lags behind past presidents  — Several specific actions Trump has taken in his first two weeks are also meeting with majority opposition  —  Washington (CNN)It's been two weeks since Donald Trump's inauguration, and the new President's work so far hasn't impressed the American people.
Discussion: Political Wire
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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 …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner worked to sink LGBT order  —  Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump helped lead the charge to scuttle a draft executive order that would have overturned Obama-era enforcements of LGBT rights in the workplace, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO.
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Government reveals over 100,000 visas revoked due to travel ban  —  Over 100,000 visas have been revoked as a result of President Trump's ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries, an attorney for the government revealed in Alexandria federal court Friday.
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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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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Kellyanne Conway: Media is ‘inciting mob mentality if not mob violence’ with their coverage
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway cites ‘Bowling Green massacre’ that never happened to defend travel ban
Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
Eric Trump's business trip to Uruguay cost taxpayers $97,830 in hotel bills  —  When the president-elect's son, Eric Trump, jetted to Uruguay in early January for a Trump Organization promotional trip, U.S. taxpayers were left footing a bill of nearly $100,000 in hotel rooms for Secret Service and embassy staff.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Republican struggles to explain why GOP just voted to let severely mentally ill people get guns  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  The House of Representatives on Thursday evening voted to overturn an Obama-era rule that had been put in place to prevent people with severe mental illnesses from buying firearms.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Nicole Gaudiano / USA Today:
House votes to strike rule banning guns for some deemed mentally impaired  —  WASHINGTON —The House of Representatives approved its first effort of the new Congress to roll back gun regulations, voting to overturn a rule that would bar gun ownership by some who have been deemed mentally impaired by the Social Security Administration.
Manu Raju / CNN:
Hill Republicans revolt over Trump's plans to build border wall  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on the border with Mexico is facing a major problem: A wall of resistance from his own party.  —  A growing number of congressional Republicans are objecting …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
McCain: Mexico won't pay for the wall
Discussion: Political Wire
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
This Der Spiegel Trump cover is stunning … Edel Rodriguez came to the United States from Cuba as a political refugee in 1980.  Like many immigrants, he was angered by President Trump's executive order temporarily banning entry to the United States for travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees from around the world.
Discussion: Mashable, Joe.My.God. and Politicus USA
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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.
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Milo Yiannopoulos says he's going to the White House press briefing  —  WASHINGTON — Milo Yiannopoulos, the conservative provocateur and Breitbart News columnist, claims he is going to attend the White House press briefing on Friday.  —  “I'll be there,” Yiannopoulos said in an email to Yahoo News.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Obama Should Thank Trump for Putting Iran on Notice  —  Don't say Donald Trump never did anything for Barack Obama.  On Wednesday, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn put Iran “on notice” for its ballistic missile test and its arming, training and equipping of Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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CNN:
Treasury sanctions Iran after ballistic missile launch
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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Moves to Kill Off Obama's Landmark Retirement Rule  —  President Donald Trump has begun killing off an Obama-era retirement-savings rule unpopular with Republicans and some financial-industry executives who say it would harm consumers more than help.
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 upward of $3 million and is already drawing the type of scrutiny Trump and other Republicans regularly heaped upon former President Barack Obama.
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 …
Alisha A. Pina / providencejournal.com:
Cafe owner: Firing of Rep. Walsh was not an attempt to silence free speech  —  Owner says: “Walsh would often get into vocal political discussions with customers during her shifts, often sitting down with the diners in their booths.  We sometimes had to ask her to return to her duties …
Discussion: TheBlaze, Moonbattery and IJR
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Split on Media Treatment of Trump Administration  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the wake of several contentious encounters between President Donald Trump's White House and the national press corps, Americans disagree on the news media's coverage of the new president and his administration.
Discussion: AOL and Mediaite
 
 
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Danny Vinik / Politico:
The little-noticed bombshell in Trump's immigration order
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
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Reuters:
French soldier shoots, wounds machete-wielding attacker at Paris Louvre
CNN:
Military botches release of video seized in Yemen raid
Discussion: Reuters and Mediaite
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump calls politics bigger than the Super Bowl
Discussion: Political Wire
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Thank God for Harry Reid
Noah C. Rothman / USA Today:
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
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New York Post:
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