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7:50 PM ET, February 4, 2017

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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Pence Defends Trump ‘Speaking His Mind’ About Federal Judge, Promises ‘All Legal Means’ to Challenge Ruling  —  Vice President Mike Pence defended President Donald Trump's criticism of a federal judge who blocked an executive action temporarily barring immigrants and refugees …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump officials slow-walked court orders on travel ban  —  Hours after a federal judge ordered customs officers to provide lawyers to travelers detained at Dulles airport last Saturday, senior Trump administration officials instructed the guards to give the travelers phone numbers …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
State Dept. reverses visa revocations, allows barred travelers to enter U.S.  —  The State Department says previously barred travelers will be allowed to enter the United States after a federal judge in Washington state on Friday temporarily blocked enforcement of President Trump's controversial immigration ban.
Yahoo:
Trump fumes, vows to act, after judge lifts travel ban
Discussion: The Hill and Politicus USA
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump lashes out at ‘so-called judge’ who temporarily blocked travel ban
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
DOJ seeking emergency stay of federal judge's ‘outrageous order’
Discussion: IJR
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
'We'll do better': Trump's White House tries to gain a sense of order amid missteps  —  Soon after President Trump lifted off from the South Lawn of the White House for a long weekend in Florida, the administration's communications and policy teams convened for what some jokingly called their first “staff mixer.”
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's First Weeks Leave Washington— and the White House Staff—Panting
Discussion: Axios
Eli Stokols / Politico:   The method to President Trump's madness
Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
8 million people could be deported under Trump's immigration order  —  Migrants from Guatemala receive instructions from a local law enforcement official after they crossed the Rio Grande near McAllen, Texas, in 2014.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside the White House-Cabinet battle over Trump's immigration order  —  On the evening of Saturday, Jan. 28, as airport protests raged over President Trump's executive order on immigration, the man charged with implementing the order, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, had a plan.
Victoria Colliver / Politico:
Republicans face anger over Obamacare repeal during town halls  —  ROSEVILLE, CA — Two Republican lawmakers representing reliably conservative districts on opposite ends of the country on Saturday faced down heated questions from Obamacare supporters who flooded town hall events demanding …
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs Committee Members Compromised By Rogue IT Staff  —  Three brothers who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers were abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
CNN turns down White House offer of Kellyanne Conway to appear on Sunday shows: report  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Pushing back at President Donald Trump's attacks on the network, CNN has said “no thanks” to a White House offer of Kellyanne Conway to speak for the president …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Associated Press:
Trump's Supreme Court Pick Wary of ‘Politicians With Robes’  —  Judge Neil Gorsuch recalls being blinded by tears in the middle of a ski run after someone rang his cellphone with news of the unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.  The reaction illustrates not only the depth …
Discussion: Politico
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ABC News:
Trump's Criticism of Judge Shows Limits of Staff's Influence
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Hundreds plan to moon Trump Tower in protest  —  Hundreds have responded to a Facebook “Chicago moons Trump Tower” event, during which protesters plan to drop their trousers in front of Trump Tower Chicago.  —  According to the Facebook page for the event titled “Operation “Kiss Our Asses …
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Not ‘Lone Wolves’ After All: How ISIS Guides World's Terror Plots From Afar  —  HYDERABAD, India — When the Islamic State identified a promising young recruit willing to carry out an attack in one of India's major tech hubs, the group made sure to arrange everything down to the bullets he needed to kill victims.
Sara Reardon / Nature:
US government takes animal-welfare data offline  —  The US Department of Agriculture will no longer make lab inspection results and violations publicly available, citing privacy concerns.  —  Rights & Permissions  —  The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) agency charged with ensuring …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
USDA abruptly purges animal welfare information from its website
Discussion: Gizmodo
Austin Wright / Politico:
DeVos opposition snowballs into avalanche  —  Adversaries of Betsy DeVos are mounting a furious last-minute bid to sink her nomination for Education secretary, with tactics that include a “tie-breaker telethon” in Alaska, a flood of emails to U.S. senators and celebrity appeals to millions of Twitter followers.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Maggie Hassan / New York Times:
Why I Won't Vote for Betsy DeVos
Discussion: PhillyVoice and ThinkProgress
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin / Reuters:
Iran vows ‘roaring missiles’ if threatened, defies new sanctions  —  A Revolutionary Guards commander said Iran would use its missiles if its security is under threat, as the elite force defied new U.S. sanctions on its missile programme by holding a military exercise on Saturday.
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Pelosi loses bid to rehang controversial cop painting in Capitol complex  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tried unsuccessfully on Friday to appeal a decision by the Architect of the Capitol to remove a controversial painting that depicted police officers as animals.
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
How protesters plan to get under Trump's skin wherever he goes  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Saturday evening march will begin at Trump Plaza, a high-rise apartment building.  President Trump actually hasn't owned the place since 1991.  Fine.  It still has the name.  It's a good place to start.
 
 
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Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze:
Watch liberal ‘professor’ absolutely lose it in explosive rant at cops during ‘neo-Nazi’ protest
Discussion: The Unz Review, Power Line and Mediaite
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: New Yorkers hold mock vigil at Bowling Green for ‘massacre’ victims as Kellyanne Conway ripped for bogus claim
Katie Yoder / NewsBusters:
Abortion Sympathizer Katie Couric: Even a ‘Female Fetus’ Can ‘Feel’ Male
Discussion: RedState, The Gateway Pundit and IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Joel Kotkin / The Daily Beast:
The High Cost of a Home Is Turning American Millennials Into the New Serfs
Discussion: Instapundit
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Trump's pick for CIA No. 2 prompts fears
Anna Palmer / Politico:
TV networks hiking ad rates for shows Trump watches
Discussion: Hot Air