Thu Feb 9, 2017 AT 12:41 PM EST
Townhall reports that, before swearing in Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the White House Thursday, President Donald Trump announced the signing of three executive orders related to crime: “I’m signing three executive actions today designed to restore safety in America,” Trump said, adding “I am directing DOJ and DHS to take all necessary action to break the backs of criminal cartels that have spread across our nation.” Trump also announced a directive for DOJ to convene a task force against violent crime and to come up with a plan to combat violence against law enforcement officers.
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- Politico: Conway: Conway: ‘Completely False’ That White House Can’t Fill Communications Director Job
- WashExaminer: 2017 Is Right-To-Work’s Watershed Year
Wed Feb 8, 2017 AT 12:03 PM EST
CNN reports that the Department of Defense is seeking to rent space in President Trump’s New York skyscraper, Trump Tower, a move that could funnel government money into the Trump Organization. The U.S. military agency is “working through appropriate channels . . . to acquire a limited amount of leased space in Trump Tower,” Lt. Col. J.B. Brindle, a Pentagon spokesman, said late Tuesday. Military support for a president, including the staff assigned keep the “nuclear football” nearby, requires close proximity to the commander-in-chief. Leasing agent Jared Horowitz said the floors available to rent cost about $1.5 million a year. Trump Tower is owned by the Trump Organization, which is headquartered there, and Trump owns a triplex penthouse there.
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- The Hill: Trump Attacks Judges Weighing Travel Ban
- Politico: CIA Chief to Visit Turkey on Back of Trump-Erdoğan Call
- WashTimes: Trump to Approve Weapons Packages to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Blocked by Obama
Tue Feb 7, 2017 AT 12:32 PM EST
The New York Times reports that about 20 rabbis affiliated with a liberal Jewish group were arrested Monday night after blocking the street near the Trump International Hotel and Tower at Columbus Circle in Manhattan to protest the executive order banning travel to America from seven majority-Muslim nations. Citing the Immigration Act of 1924 that restricted immigrants to America, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, the executive director of the rabbinical group T’ruah that organized the protest, said “We know that some of the language that’s being used now to stop Muslims from coming in is the same language that was used to stop Jewish refugees from coming.”
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- Independent: Republicans Hit Back at Commons Speaker John Bercow for Blocking Donald Trump’s Address to Parliament
- Daily Caller: In Their Own Words: Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ Leaders Say They Want to Make America ‘Ungovernable’
- WashExaminer: Trump Is Stronger Than National Polls Suggest
