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.”
- WashTimes: Justice Dept. Lawyers Say Trump Has Power to Block Foreign Visitors
- Reuters: Russia Says Trump’s Efforts on Ukraine Better Than Obama’s: TASS
- 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
Mon Feb 6, 2017 AT 12:28 PM EST
The Washington Examiner reports that, according to a new Gallup poll, 36 percent of Americans said that the media has been “too tough” on President Trump; 31 percent said the coverage has been “about right” and a surprisingly low 28 percent said the media hasn’t been tough enough.
- WashTimes: White House Scrambles for New Strategy After Courts Stifle Extreme Vetting
- Politico: Trump: ‘I Call My Own Shots … and Everyone Knows It’
- Free Beacon: Senator: U.S. Falling Behind Russia in Arctic Region
- AP: Gov. to Sign Bill Making Missouri 28th Right-To-Work State
- WashTimes: Climate Change Whistleblower Alleges NOAA Manipulated Data to Hide Global Warming ‘Pause’
Fri Feb 3, 2017 AT 1:20 PM EST
On Friday, the Trump administration will sign an executive order to dramatically scale back Dodd Frank, the sweeping banking legislation put in place by the administration of President Barack Obama in response to the 2008 financial crisis. The Act, signed into law in 2010, has been called “a disaster” by Trump, reports Forbes.
- WashTimes: Trump says US Should ‘GET SMART’ after Louvre Attack
- Reuters: Iranians Fear Attacks and Economic Isolation as Trump Gets Tough
- Townhall: President Appoints 30-Year CIA Veteran, Woman for Agency Second in Command
- Daily Caller: Yet Another Media Meltdown Turns Out To Be Totally Wrong
- Reuters: Eleven Arrested During Protest Against Conservative Comedian at NYU
