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Trump's plan for announcing his Supreme Court nominee is straight from the reality-TV playbook.

The president has asked both leading candidates for the job to come to Washington, moved up the announcement, and scheduled it for prime time.
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โ€œWhen she, as the acting attorney general, is not only responsible but required to execute lawful orders and defiantly says no, as someone who was chosen to lead a department, she was rightfully removed.โ€

At the White House briefing Tuesday, Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended President Trumpโ€™s decision to remove the acting attorney general Monday night after she refused to enforce his executive order on refugees and immigration, framing Trumpโ€™s decision as proper and in line with executiv...
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Elaine Chao became the third member of Trumpโ€™s Cabinet to win confirmation and his fifth overall nominee to pass through the Senate.

The Senate confirmed Elaine Chao to be transportation secretary and advanced the nominations of three other presidential appointees. But Democrats blocked committee votes on Jeff Sessions, Steve Mnuchin, and Tom Price.
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Senior editor Krishnadev Calamur and staff writer David Graham discuss the limits of Trump's executive order.

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โ€œThis is notโ€”I repeatโ€”not a ban on Muslims. The Homeland Security mission is to safeguard the American people, our homeland, our values, and religious liberty is one of our most fundamental and treasured values,โ€ Kelly said.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Tuesday that he knew of the executive order on immigration that targeted seven Muslim-majority countries, but did not offer any detail on what he knew of the order ahead of time.
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On January 18, Gabbard caused a stir when she revealed her fact-finding trip to Syria this month included a meeting with Assad.

The Ohio-based Arab-American group has been linked to the Assad regime and called anti-Semiticโ€”charges its leader rejects.
theatlantic.com|By Yasmeen Serhan
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Overall, botsโ€”good and badโ€”are responsible for 52 percent of web traffic, according to a new report.

More than half of web traffic comes from automated programsโ€”many of them malicious.
theatlantic.com|By Adrienne LaFrance
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Some of the biggest stories told at Sundance 2017 were well outside of Hollywoodโ€™s usual homogeny, and give viewers plenty of reasons to be excited for the year in cinema outside of the expected superheroes, sequels, and superhero sequels.

"The Big Sick," "Mudbound," "Brigsby Bear," "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore," and more
theatlantic.com|By David Sims
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The retired generals in Trump's administration are already getting upset about how he governs.

Progressives were worried about the heavy concentration of retired brass in the new administration, but James Mattis and John Kelly could prove to be the most effective checks on the president.
theatlantic.com|By David A. Graham
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Why Dr. Seuss's political cartoons are reemerging now

The children's author's early works have been finding a new audience among those opposed to the "America First" policies of President Trump.
theatlantic.com|By Sophie Gilbert
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โ€œNo one wanted to see people with green cards or special immigrant visas like translators get caught up in all of this.โ€

But despite criticism from Republican lawmakers, the speaker defended the underlying policy: โ€œWhat is happening is something that we support,โ€ he told reporters Tuesday.
theatlantic.com|By Russell Berman

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The Senate Finance Committee was slated to vote on both Price and Mnuchin Tuesday, advancing both nominations toward confirmation.

Senate Democrats are boycotting committee votes Tuesday on two would-be Cabinet officials: Tom Price, President Trumpโ€™s nominee to helm the Department of Health and Human Services, and Steve Mnuchin, his nominee for secretary of the treasury.
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David Frum argues public indifference is Trump's greatest asset on the path to autocracy. Read the full story here: http://theatln.tc/2kcNfBW

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โ€œThe notion that dangerous individuals could rush into the country in the timeframe of a week flies in the face of reality."

โ€œThe notion that dangerous individuals could rush into the country in the timeframe of a week flies in the face of reality,โ€ according to one immigration lawyer.
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Nike, Ford Motor Company, and Goldman Sachs speak out

An unusually wide range of major companies are speaking out against President Trumpโ€™s recent executive order.
theatlantic.com|By Adam Chandler
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President Trumpโ€™s decision to keep the orderโ€”without a religious exemption, at least for nowโ€”is an interesting departure from conservative orthodoxy.

The 2014 measure prohibits federal contractors that do over $10,000 per year in government business from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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