The Supreme Court agreed late Tuesday to lift restrictions on President Trump’s travel ban until further notice, allowing the administration to continue barring most refugees under the ban. The court granted the government’s request to block a federal appeals court ruling that said the administration cannot ban refugees who have formal assurances from resettlement agencies or are in the U.S. Refugee […]
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New Investigation Into Clinton Team’s Deleting Of Emails
A Maryland county judge has ordered the state bar to investigate three lawyers accused of deleting thousands of Hillary Clinton’s emails. Circuit Judge Paul F. Harris Jr. ruled Monday that the Attorney Grievance Commission and Office of Bar Counsel Maryland Office of Bar Counsel must look into complaints against Cheryl Mills, Heather Samuelson and David […]
Female Soldier Cancels Wedding In Order To Help Hurricane Irma Relief
As people continue to deal with the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, soldiers from the Michigan National Guard prepare to travel south to provide relief. The natural disasters are impacting lives outside of the southern region. That includes wedding plans. “Everyone wants to have their dream wedding and plan it all out and everything […]
Steve Bannon Says That Firing Comey Was A Colossal Mistake
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said Sunday the firing of FBI Director James Comey may have been the biggest mistake in “modern political history.” Bannon confirmed in an online-only segment of “60 Minutes” that he opposed President Donald Trump’s decision to oust Comey. The wide-ranging discussion, which covered the Russia investigation, the media, […]
Department Of Justice To Send Travel Ban Back To Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – The Justice Department on Monday filed an emergency application at the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block an appeals court decision that curbed President Donald Trump’s effort to temporarily bar most refugees from entering the United States. The department did not ask the court to immediately block a separate part […]
8 Dead In Latest Mass Shooting On American Soil
PLANO, Texas — At least eight people are dead, including the suspect, after a shooting at a home in a Dallas suburb, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. Sunday in the city less than 20 miles northeast of Dallas. Plano police spokesman David Tilley said police initially responded to a report of shots […]
Hillary Says Trump’s Victory Speech Was A Call To White Nationalists
Hillary Clinton on Sunday called Donald Trump’s inaugural speech as president “a cry from the white nationalist gut”. Clinton was speaking in her first televised interview since her stunning defeat in the election in November, two days ahead of the publication of What Happened, her book about her defeat. Sitting onstage as Trump was sworn […]
Pope Francis Injured By The Popemobile
Pope Francis sustained minor injuries today after hitting his head against the vehicle in which he was traveling in Cartagena, Colombia. A spokesman for the pope confirmed the injuries, which were captured on video, saying he has a wound on his cheekbone and eyebrow but is “fine.” He is receiving “ice treatment,” the spokesman added. […]
Trump Says Texas Churches Should Get FEMA Funds
President Trump on Friday evening voiced his support for Texas churches receiving disaster relief money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) following Hurricane Harvey. “Churches in Texas should be entitled to reimbursement from FEMA Relief Funds for helping victims of Hurricane Harvey (just like others),” Trump wrote on Twitter. Churches in Texas should be entitled […]
Trump Says Debt Ceiling Is Not Necessary
President Trump meets with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other congressional leaders in the Oval Office. According to The Washington Post, Trump and Schumer have agreed to work on a plan to eliminate the debt ceiling. The debt ceiling’s days as […]
Federal Court Rejects Part Of Trump’s Travel Ban
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on Thursday that the Trump administration’s travel ban could not deny grandparents, aunts, uncles and other extended family members an exemption to travel into the United States. The panel upheld a district court judge’s preliminary injunction, ruling that President Trump’s executive order […]
Trump Sides With Democrats On Debt Limit And Harvey Aid
President Donald Trump sided with Democrats on adding a three-month extension of the U.S. debt limit and government spending to a hurricane-relief bill over the arguments of fellow Republicans, who pressed for a longer debt extension. Senate Republicans released a new version of a Harvey aid bill late Wednesday that includes the debt ceiling extension […]