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<p><strong>Republican sources tell us</strong> that the Department of Homel=nd Security may issue "implementation guidance" that would allow for softe=ing, and even policy changes, to President Trump's travel restrictions on =igrants. The White House insists that any further guidance wouldn't consti=ute a walk-back. </p><p><strong>But the internal conversation,</strong> le= by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, reflects the widespread view a=ong top Republicans that the current chaotic situation -- beset with blamesting, backstabbing and unintended consequences -- is untenable.</p><p><=trong>An official at one of the top firms </strong>in corporate America em=ils: "The pressure from inside these companies is intense. One of my deput=es spent all day with a relative who needs to go back to Iran to see her m=m who is dying. Worried she might get stuck but had to go. Lots of needles= worrying. They have been Americans since the Shah left" 38 years ago.</p>=p><strong>Yesterday was a day </strong>that'll be dissected by historians =nd political scientists forever:</p><ul><li><strong>A made-for-the-movies =wist</strong> came at 9:16 last night, after a day in which corporation af=er corporation had condemned the policy, helping produce the worst stock-m=rket day of 2017. A <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.29865/a=R0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL3RydW1wLWZpcmVzLWFjdGluZy1hLWctMjIyNjk2NDMzMy5o=G1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1=ZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB5ba3c776" target="_blan=">White House statement</a> announced that the acting attorney general, Sa=ly Yates, had been fired because she "has betrayed the Department of Justi=e by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of=the United States" and is "weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigr=tion."</li><li> <strong>Hours earlier,</strong> Yates had sent a letter to=Justice Department lawyers telling them not to defend the travel ban in co=rt arguments, because she was not "convinced that the Executive Order is l=wful." </li><li><strong>The N.Y. Times,</strong> which reports that Yates =as informed of her dismissal two minutes before the statement went out, wr=tes in its<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.29865/aHR0cHM6Ly9cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wMS8zMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi=iYW4tbWVtby5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0b=9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB2ea30e6b" t=rget="_blank"> lead story</a> that the sacking "recalled the so-called S=turday Night Massacre in 1973, when President Richard M. Nixon fired his a=torney general and deputy attorney general for refusing to dismiss the spe=ial prosecutor in the Watergate case."</li><li><strong>Fox News employees<=strong> got a corporation-wide email last night from their parent, 21st Ce=tury Fox (signed by Lachlan and James Murdoch), saying: "We deeply value d=versity and believe immigration is an essential part of America's strength="</li></ul><p><strong>That all happened AFTER </strong>a crazy day of dram= over the executive order that has become the defining opening act of Trum='s presidency. Check out the fallout from the refugee ban over a 12-hour p=riod, from Trump allies alone: </p><ul><li><strong>"Morning" Joe Scarborou=h,</strong> <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.29865/aHR0cHM6Ld2l0dGVyLmNvbS9Nb3JuaW5nX0pvZS9zdGF0dXMvODI2MDI5MTM0MTg2ODM1OTY4P3V0bV9z=3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGV=X2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB26d0a063" target="_blank">fresh off=meeting with Trump</a> and his foreign-policy team, blamed policy chief St=phen Miller for botching the order and P.R.</li><li><strong>Steve Bannon,<=strong> one of the authors of the executive order, <a href="http://link.=xios.com/click/8743476.29865/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3Bvb=l0aWNzL3RydW1wcy1oYXJkLWxpbmUtYWN0aW9ucy1oYXZlLWFuLWludGVsbGVjdHVhbC1nb2Rm=XRoZXItamVmZi1zZXNzaW9ucy8yMDE3LzAxLzMwL2FjMzkzZjY2LWU0ZDQtMTFlNi1iYTExLTY=YzRiNGZiNWE2M19zdG9yeS5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW=tYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB\00304" target="_blank">said in an email to the Washington Post</a> tha= there was an adult deeply involved in setting "policy and philosophy": in=oming Attorney General Jeff Sessions.</li><li><strong>Rex Tillerson</stron=>, soon to be Sec of State, made plain through friends he was cut out of t=e loop -- and not happy: "<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.25/aHR0cDovL3N0YWdpbmcuaG9zdGVkLmFwLm9yZy9keW5hbWljL3N0b3JpZXMvVS9VU19UUl=NUF9UUkFWRUxfQkFOX0ZBTExPVVQ_U0lURT1BUCZTRUNUSU9OPUhPTUUmVEVNUExBVEU9REVGQ=VMVCZDVElNRT0yMDE3LTAxLTMxLTAzLTI5LTE0JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1f=WVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c57a8b8cBe88e4c7b" target="_blank">Tillerson has told</a> the president'= political advisers that he was baffled over not being consulted on the su=stance of the order."</li><li><strong>Capitol Hill aides secretly</strong>=helped draft the EO and signed non-disclosure agreements to assist WITHOUT=telling their bosses, <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.29865=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2xpdGljby5jb20vc3RvcnkvMjAxNy8wMS90cnVtcC1pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi=jb25ncmVzcy1vcmRlci0yMzQzOTI_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09Z=1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBab729" target="_blank">Politico reported</a> -- an extraordinary move =iven the separation of powers between the White House and Congress.</li><l=><strong>Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly </strong>was also cut out =nd upset, on top of feeling the White House was trying to jam a hard-liner=he didn't want in as his number two.</li><li><strong>Retired Gen. James Ma=tis</strong>, the incoming SecDef, "is said to be particularly incensed," =a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.29865/aHR0cDovL3N0YWdpbmcuaG=zdGVkLmFwLm9yZy9keW5hbWljL3N0b3JpZXMvVS9VU19UUlVNUF9UUkFWRUxfQkFOX0ZBTExPV=Q_U0lURT1BUCZTRUNUSU9OPUhPTUUmVEVNUExBVEU9REVGQVVMVCZDVElNRT0yMDE3LTAxLTMx=TAzLTI5LTE0JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1=YWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cCe88e4c7b" target="_blank">AP reports</a>. "Mattis, along with Joint Chiefs Chairman Josep= Dunford, was aware of the general concept of Trump's order but not the de=ails."</li></ul>
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<p><strong>Dems are more torn</strong> about how to react than you'd think.=Some well-known Democrats told us they think the first polls will show Tru=p's plan is more popular than the current coverage suggests -- maybe 45% t= 52% support, tracking the fault lines of the country. So Dems thinking ab=ut the presidency, like Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, will make hay. But=senators facing reelection in Trump states have a tricky balancing act. </=><p><strong>The author ... </strong>Even Democrats told us that Stephen Mi=ler, 31, the Trump senior policy adviser who was a key author of the ban, =ooked remarkably composed as he did television interviews calmly, even rob=tically defending his handiwork: "[I]f nobody's disagreeing with what you'=e doing, then you're probably not doing anything that really matters in th= scheme of things," he said on CNN.</p><ul><li><strong>This'll stay in the=news ... </strong><strong> </strong>On "CBS This Morning," Miller said: "W='re going to take the next 30 days to develop a new set of screening proto=ols."</li></ul><p> <strong>A David Brooks column i</strong>n the N.Y. Time= warns "<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.29865/aHR0cHM6Ly93d=cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wMS8zMS9vcGluaW9uL3RoZS1yZXB1YmxpY2FuLWZhdXN0cy5o=G1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1=ZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB327b6c00" target="_blan="><strong>The Republican Fausts</strong></a>" in Congress who don't partic=larly trust, admire or agree with Trump, but "respect the grip he has on t=eir voters": "[I]f the last 10 days have made anything clear, it's this: T=e Republican Fausts are in an untenable position. The deal they've struck =ith the devil comes at too high a price. It really will cost them their so=l."<span></span><br></p>
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<p><strong>The worst-kept secret</strong> inside Democratic circle is how b=tter Hillary Clinton's team is at President Obama over her election loss. =e have heard from numerous, anguished people in Clinton-land blaming Obama=-- more than Putin, FBI Director James Comey or, um, Hillary herself -- fo= the defeat. </p><p><strong>The reason: </strong>Clintonites feel that if ma had come out early and forcefully with evidence of Russian interferen=e in the campaign, and perhaps quicker sanctions, she might be president ty. His caution, they argue, allowed the public to have a foggy sense of =lear, calculated, consistent Russian meddling in the campaign. We can't st=ess enough how upset some Democrats are. It's testing relationships betwee= Clinton and Obama loyalists. It's making efforts to form a new Trump oppo=ition coalition harder. </p><ul><li><strong>A Clinton campaign official to=d us:</strong> "The White House was like everyone else: They thought she'd=win anyway. ... If he had done more, it might have lessened a lot of aggri=ved feelings, although I don't think it would have altered the outcome. Th= Russia thing was like a spy novel, and anything he said or did would have=helped get people to believe it was real."</li></ul><p><strong>On the flip=side, </strong>Obama has let it be know he remains befuddled how she misse= what to him was an easy layup of a win, given his own popularity on Elect=on Day and Trump's vulgarity:</p><ul><li><strong>A top Obama aide</strong>=told us the White House was very deliberate about not being seen as politi=izing the hacks. The aide said the first priority was making sure that thetual voting was untainted, and coordination with Republican state offici=ls would have collapsed if Obama was seen as grandstanding.</li><li><stron=>Obama acknowledged</strong> the issue at his year-end news conference: "I=know that there [have] been folks out there who suggested that somehow if =e went out there and made big announcements and thumped our chests about a=bunch of stuff, that somehow that would potentially spook the Russians ...=[T]he idea that somehow public shaming is going to be effective, I think d=esn't read the thought process in Russia very well."</li></ul>
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<p><strong>Trump plans to announce </strong>his nominee to replace Justice =ntonin Scalia on the Supreme Court at 8 p.m., and CNN's <a href="http://=ink.axios.com/click/8743476.29865/aHR0cDovL3VzMTEuY2FtcGFpZ24tYXJjaGl2ZTEu)tLz91PTQ3YzkwNDBmNmZmOTU3YTU5YmQ4ODM5NmUmaWQ9ZjQyOTc5ODU0MCZ1dG1fc291cmN=PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heG=vc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB9782b46d" target="_blank">Brian Stelter</=> points out the "Apprentice" aura: "Trump was counterprogramming: pitting=one show (his announcement) against another (the rolling and largely negat=ve coverage of his exec order and the protests against it). By turning one=of the most consequential decisions of the presidency into a primetime tel=vision event, ... Trump is governing in the way a TV executive might."</p>=p><strong>Axios'</strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.29e/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2luc2lkZS10cnVtcHMtc2NvdHVzLXBpY2stMjIyNjQ=OTI0MC5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW=wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB8b7f4c81" target="_blank"><strong> Jonathan Swan</strong></a> has this inside look at the=pick: A source who knows the final decision would only tell us it's one of=two men: <strong>Judge Neil Grouch, </strong>49, who serves on United Sta=es Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; or <strong>Judge Thomas Hardima=, </strong>51, who sits on United States Court of Appeals for the Third Ci=cuit and works out of Pittsburgh.</p><ul><li><strong>How the finalists wer= picked:</strong> The advisory team \u2014 which included Vice Presiden= Pence, Steve Bannon, incoming Attorney General Jeff Sessions, White House=counsel Don McGahn and the Federalist Society's Leonard Leo (who drew up t=e original list of 21) \u2014 studied both Gorsuch's and Hardiman's rec=rds and found enough case evidence to convince them that these were unbend=ng originalists.</li></ul>
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<p><strong>The day's most arresting headline</strong> is on a New York Time= <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.29865/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0=W1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wMS8zMC9idXNpbmVzcy9lY29ub215L3RydW1wcy1tZXhpY28tY2hpbmE=dGFyaWZmLXRyYWRlLmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haW=mdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBd2633" target="_blank">business story</a>, <strong>"Trump's Trade War May H=ve Already Begun," </strong>which reports that traditional allies in Europ=, Asia and Latin America are already "shifting focus to other potential pa=tners for new sources of trade and investment" -- most notably China.</p><=><strong>The kicker to the article,</strong> which the paper makes its <a =ref="http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.29865/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lc=5jb20vMjAxNy8wMS8zMC9wYWdlb25lcGx1cy9xdW90YXRpb24tb2YtdGhlLWRheS5odG1sP3V0=V9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV=dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB25ca37c0" target="_blank">Quota=ion of the Day</a>, is from a lunch in Davos two days after the address by=China's President Xi Jinping asserting that Beijing will be a reliable cha=pion of expanded trade if the United States steps back.<span></span> Andr Loesekrug-Pietri, Berlin-based private equity fund manager, said: "W= heard a Chinese president becoming the leader of the free world."<span></=pan></p>
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<p>Walmart’s U.S. Manufacturing Innovation Fund has committed $10 mil=ion in grants to support research proposals that strive to create new tech=ologies in manufacturing.</p>
<p>Because the textile manufacturing industry has been particularly challen=ing to re-shore in the U.S., Walmart chose to award its research grants to=projects with a concentration in that field. Congratulations to Clemson Un=versity, Oregon State University, Texas Tech University, North Carolina St=te University, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Washington State Un=versity. <a href='http://link.axios.com/click/8743476.29865/aHR0cDovL2Nv=nBvcmF0ZS53YWxtYXJ0LmNvbS9nbG9iYWwtcmVzcG9uc2liaWxpdHkvdXMtbWFudWZhY3R1cml=Zy93YWxtYXJ0LXVzLW1hbnVmYWN0dXJpbmctaW5ub3ZhdGlvbi1mdW5kP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bm<2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zY=0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cCa0e2f630' target='_blank'>Learn more</a>. </p</td>
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