Day 22: Friday, February 10, 2017

Morning

Internal report claims border wall will take three and a half years, $21.6 billion to build (Reuters)

Senate confirms Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price early in the morning (The Hill) Swearing-in ceremony (YouTube) Text of remarks by VP Pence (White House)

President Trump sends early morning tweet calling 9th Circuit Court decision “disgraceful” (@realDonaldTrump) Additional tweet calls out failing NYT for a fake news story that claims Trump and Chinese President Xi have not spoken since November (@realDonaldTrump)

Washington Times reports of the 1,100 refugees that have entered the U.S. after February 3, 77% have been from the seven countries banned in President Trump’s executive order (Washington Times)

President Trump honors nation’s heroes at West Point (White House)

British officials drop plans for President Trump to address UK Parliament (The Guardian)

Afternoon

Joint statement from President Trump and PM Abe (White House)

President Trump holds joint press conference with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe (YouTube) Abe discusses Japanese investments in America, high speed rail between NYC and D.C. (White House)

President Trump approves Oklahoma disaster declaration (White House)

French police arrest four people in anti-terror raid, suspects include 16-year-old girl (Fox News)

Audit of November election in Michigan reveals 31 cases of voter fraud (ABC 13)

Tenneessee substitute teacher no longer allowed to teach in district after threatening life of President Trump (NBC WSMV)

Sources tell NBC that the Trump Administration is rewriting their immigration executive order (NBC)

Protesters block Secretary of Education DeVos from entering public school (Fox News)

Multiple readouts posted today: Sheikh Sabah of Kuwait (White House), Sheikh Tamim of Qatar (White House), Prime Minister Haider of Iraq (White House)

Vice President Pence speaks with President Juan Santos of Columbia (White House) and President Mauricio Macri of Argentina (White House)

Evening

9th Circuit Court will vote on whether to have a large panel of judges review President Trump’s executive order (Boston Herald)

Russians could “gift” Snowden back to U.S. (NBC)

President Trump delivers weekly address (YouTube)

Aboard Air Force One, President Trump tells reporters says a “brand new” executive order is possible (ABC)

160 arrested across Southern California in ICE raids, 150 of arressted had crimminal histories (Vessel News)

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