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11:55 AM ET, February 5, 2017

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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Appeals court rejects Trump administration's request to restore travel ban  —  A federal appeals court early Sunday rejected the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to restore President Trump's travel ban on immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
Discussion: RedState, alan.com and IJR
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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
DOJ appealing travel ban ruling  — Friday night, federal Judge James Robart, halted the enforcement of Trump's order, effective nationwide  — The Justice Department is expected to file its brief laying out its legal argument later Saturday night  —  Washington (CNN)The Justice Department …
Robert Barnes / LawNewz:
On Trial: Why Trump's Immigration Ban Will Win Over Seattle Judge's Nationwide Order  —  Opening Statement  —  On Friday, a Boston federal judge issued a 21 page decision debunking the arguments against Trump's Executive Order suspending migration from certain countries pending further review.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Appeals Court Denies Request For “Immediate” Order Bringing Back Trump's Travel Ban
Discussion: Power Line and Politicus USA
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Appeals Court Rejects Request to Immediately Restore Travel Ban
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
McConnell rebukes Trump's judge attack  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday distanced himself from President Donald Trump's positions on Russia, voter fraud and the travel ban, while criticizing the president for attacking a federal judge.  —  “It is best not to single out judges …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Sanders on Trump: ‘This guy is a fraud’  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that President Donald Trump is “a fraud” and is working with Wall Street as he looks to roll back some banking regulations.  —  “It is hard not to laugh, to see President Trump alongside these Wall Street guys.
Discussion: Political Wire
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
VP Mike Pence Did Not Ask Supreme Court Nominee About Roe V. Wade
Discussion: Associated Press
John Fund / National Review:   Round Two for the Supreme Court?
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
McClintock exits with police escort after raucous town hall meeting in Roseville  —  Facing a packed auditorium and raucous crowd, Republican Rep. Tom McClintock on Saturday defended his party's national agenda and voiced strong support for President Donald Trump's controversial executive actions …
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Tampa Bay Times:   A Bilirakis gathering turns out to be strongly pro-Obamacare
Julie Westfall / Los Angeles Times:
Hundreds of people showed up for a town hall with California's Rep. Tom McClintock, and things got intense
Discussion: Axios
Victoria Colliver / Politico:
Republicans face anger over Obamacare repeal during town halls
Discussion: ThinkProgress
David Cohen / Politico:
Albright on Trump: Bannon ‘pulling the strings’  —  Referring to him as President Donald Trump's puppet master, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright condemned the placement of Steve Bannon on the National Security Council.  —  “I think he's the person that's pulling the strings,” …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats aim to make Steve Bannon a scarier Karl Rove  —  Democrats spent years turning George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove into a bogeyman whose mere mention sent liberals' blood boiling.  Now, members of Congress are doing the same to top Trump hand Steve Bannon — but in much darker terms.
Discussion: Political Wire
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Steve Bannon's Book Club
Discussion: Axios
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Trump's Radical Anti-Americanism  —  As the President rejects our foundational principles, all we can turn to is our instinct for shared defiance.  —  Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, the couple who did so much to bear witness to the terrible truths of the Second World War, came to town last week …
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Trump's DOJ lays out travel ban defense  —  Trump travel ban remains suspended for now  —  (CNN)Top Justice Department lawyers are now in charge of defending the Trump administration's hastily drawn up executive order, and they are assiduously avoiding President Donald Trump's blunt …
Discussion: NBC News, Deadline and Jamie Dupree
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Prosecute the Rioters  —  And make sure that we condemn them as well.  —  From time to time over the years, the eminent historian Daniel Pipes has lamented that treason, not just as a crime but as a concept, appears defunct in the West.  The question of bringing treason charges against jihadists has been raised from time to time.
Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Mitt Romney: No regrets about criticizing Trump, but time to recognize his ‘strong start’  —  PARK CITY — Mitt Romney said Friday he has no regrets about criticizing then candidate Donald Trump in a stinging speech last year but now sees the new president as having “obviously gotten off to a very strong start.”
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Errors From The Press Are Piling Up In The Opening Weeks Of The Trump Administration  —  Journalists can't seem to get their stories straight in the opening weeks of the Trump administration, whether in tweets or in articles where falsehoods have been spread almost daily.
Colbert I. King / Washington Post:
AME bishops sound a battle cry against the Trump administration  —  Has anything like this ever occurred with a newly elected president?  Less than two weeks after Donald Trump's inauguration, the Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, “the first protestant denomination formed …
Patrick Maguire / The Guardian:
Two-thirds of Britons believe Trump is ‘threat to international stability’  —  Over half surveyed believe US president is untrustworthy and that UK state visit should be cancelled, new poll finds  —  Britain's verdict on Trump?  Improve non-US allies and be prepared  —  Read more
 
 
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Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Florida heroin bust reveals something bizarre: Drugs covered in Donald Trump's face
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
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Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:
Google Redefines The Word ‘Fascism’ To Smear Conservatives, Protect Liberal Rioters
CBC News:
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Neil Johnson / GazetteXtra:
Hundreds protest Trump, Ryan in Janesville
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
China Assails U.S. Pledge to Defend Disputed Islands Controlled by Japan
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
'We'll do better': Trump's White House tries to gain a sense of order amid missteps
Discussion: New Yorker and The Guardian
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Pence Defends Trump ‘Speaking His Mind’ About Federal Judge, Promises ‘All Legal Means’ to Challenge Ruling
Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
8 million people could be deported under Trump's immigration order
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