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President Trump's Dizzying First Week in Office

1/28/2017

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There was a lot going on in the first week of the new administration. Read about actions taken at the links below.
 
Politifact’s summary of President Trump’s first week in office can be found here.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jan/27/heres-what-donald-trump-did-first-week-president-u/
 
A summary from The Nation can be found here.
https://www.thenation.com/article/what-donald-trump-did-this-week/
 
A link to dispatches from the White House press room can be found here.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog
 
National Public Radio’s White House correspondent Tamara Keith explains exectuive actions this week in relation to Trump’s campaign promises.
http://www.npr.org/2017/01/28/512055554/trump-signs-a-record-number-of-executive-actions-but-nothing-about-ethics
 
A list of how senators have voted so far for Cabinet picks can be found here.
https://cabinetvotes.org/
 
This article from PBS NewsHour explains what executive orders, memoranda, and proclamations do.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/cheat-sheet-executive-orders-memorandums-proclamations/
 
 
All of the Presidential Actions and proclamations signed this week can be found here.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions
 
A somewhat bizarre, home video-like live address from the President in the Oval Office was posted to Facebook Saturday morning.
https://www.facebook.com/POTUS/videos/1236581346411303/
 
Some facts about crime committed by immigrants can be found in this New York Times article from January 26, 2017, by Richard Pérez-Peña.
 
For those without subscription access:
“A central point of an executive order President Trump signed on Wednesday — and a mainstay of his campaign speeches — is the view that undocumented immigrants pose a threat to public safety.
“But several studies, 
over many years, have concluded that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than people born in the United States. And experts say the available evidence does not support the idea that undocumented immigrants commit a disproportionate share of crime.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/trump-illegal-immigrants-crime.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur
 
 
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