Day 5: Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Morning

President Trump meets with automobile executives to discuss automobile manufacturing in the U.S.  GM, Ford, and Fiat-Chrysler representatives were present. (@realDonaldTrump Tweet Archive) (YouTube Link)

President Trump states that he will keep James Comey as Director of FBI (NYT Archive)

“Russian Defense Ministry says its warplanes have flown first combat mission in Syria with U.S.-led coalition aircraft.” (@AP Archive)  The U.S. denies this event (RT Archive)

Kellyanne Conway receives Secret Service protection due to death threats (NY Post Archive)

FBI finds no wrongdoing in General Flynn’s actions (FOX & Friends Tweet)

Paul Ryan and GOP leadership hold press conference (YouTube)

Swedish municipal council lawmaker Roland Pettersson steps down after making a Facebook post calling for someone to shoot President Trump (ZeroHedge)

President Trump signs a document allowing government approval of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines (NYT Archive)

Afternoon

WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer holds afternoon press briefing.  Confirms the White House and FEMA are in touch with southern states effected by the recent storm.  President Trump is scheduled to meet with the PM of Canada, PM of the UK, President of Mexico, and PM of Israel in the coming weeks.  Other questions included voter fraud, pipelines, future relations with Russia, and a shield law for journalists. (YouTube Link)

Ben Carson, Elaine Chao, Wilbur Ross, and Nikki Haley all approved by Senate panels.  Nikki Haley officially confirmed by Senate as U.S. Ambassador to U.N.  Elizabeth Warren says she will back Ben Carson’s nomination for HUD (The Hill)

President Trump will be holding a bipartisan Senate meeting regarding his nomination for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

President Trump accepts Speaker Ryan’s invitation to address a joint session of Congress on February 28

Chelsea Handler attacks Melania Trump, saying she can barely speak English (Fox News)

Senior Secret Service Agent Kerry O’Grady writes in Facebook post that she would not take a bullet for President Trump, still supports Hillary (Washington Examiner Archive)

Evening

White House releases statement on treatment of children of the President (WH Archive)

Reuters reports President Trump expected to sign immigration ban from seven countries on Thursday.  Possible countries include Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen (Reuters Archive)

McClatchy’s Kansas City Star and The News Tribune have obtained a list of 50 infrastructure projects compiled by President Trump’s team.  Total investments for the project amount to $137.5 billion (McClatchy DC Article, DocumentCloud File)

President Trump sends out two evening tweets on @realDonaldTrump 1) on Chicago and 2) on national security meeting for Wednesday, January 25 (Archive Tweet 1, Tweet 2)

CNBC source says President Trump to announce building of Mexican Border Wall on Wednesday, January 25 (Archive Tweet)

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