The Trump administration is poised to issue new guidance outlining which restrooms transgender students can use, potentially sowing confusion in schools, angering LGBTQ rights groups and adding uncertainty to a widely discussed case due to come before the U.S. Supreme Court next month. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said President Donald […]
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California Officer Killed By Recent Parole
A suburban Los Angeles police chief blasted California’s criminal justice reform initiatives Tuesday, one day after a recently paroled gang member fatally shot one of his officers and wounded another. “We need to wake up. Enough is enough,” Whittier police Chief Jeff Piper told a news conference. “You’re passing these propositions; you’re creating these laws […]
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Maryland’s Assault Rifle Ban
A federal appeals court upheld Maryland’s ban on assault rifles, concluding that the powerful military-style guns outlawed by the measure are not entitled to protection under the Second Amendment. The 10-4 ruling, issued by the entire Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, reverses a decision by a smaller panel of judges from the court […]
New Travel Ban Will Basically Be The Same
Senior White House Policy Adviser Stephen Miller told Fox News’ “First 100 Days” Tuesday that a revised version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban would “have the same basic policy outcome.” Miller claimed that the new executive order would be “responsive” to federal court rulings which halted the original order and resolve “a lot of […]
Memos Show Trump Making Effort To Expel More Immigrants
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released a set of documents translating President Trump’s executive orders on immigration and border security into policy, bringing a major shift in the way the agency enforces the nation’s immigration laws. Under the Obama administration, undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes were the priority for removal. […]
Trump’s Trips Have Cost Tax Payers 10 Million In First Month
Budget watchdogs are criticizing the cost of President Trump’s visits to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, Florida. Mr. Trump has been at his so-called “Winter White House” the past three weekends. That’s 11 of his first 33 days in office. The travel has an estimated price tag of $10 million. Between Secret Service […]
Trump Says Anti-Semitism Has To Stop After Uptick In Threats
President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned anti-Semitism in his strongest terms so far after criticism that he failed to respond specifically to recent threats at Jewish community centers. “I will tell you that anti-Semitism is horrible, and it’s going to stop and it has to stop,” Trump told MSNBC in an exclusive interview, saying he […]
Trump Ready To Unveil New Travel Ban
President Trump plans to issue a revised version of his temporary travel ban targeting majority-Muslim countries as early as Tuesday, with a likely focus on fewer people so it will survive legal challenges. The new order, according to a draft obtained by the Associated Press, would focus on the same seven countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — […]
Trump’s Approval Ratings Continue To Fall
WASHINGTON — One month after his inauguration, President Trump has seen his approval ratings sag and the political divisions of his election deepen. A new president’s traditional honeymoon? It’s nowhere in sight. Trump retains overwhelming support among Republicans. In the latest Pew Research Center poll, 84% of Republicans said they approved of the job Trump was doing as […]
Trump Names New National Security Adviser
President Donald Trump on Monday named Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser, a week after Michael Flynn resigned from the post. During a news conference at his Florida resort, Trump said that McMaster was “highly respected by everybody in the military” and is “a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience.” […]
Putin Compiles Psychological Dossier on Trump
MOSCOW — A dossier on Donald Trump’s psychological makeup is being prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Among its preliminary conclusions is that the new American leader is a risk-taker who can be naïve, according to a senior Kremlin adviser. Trump “doesn’t understand fully who is Mr. Putin — he is a tough guy,” former […]
Trump Makes Up Terrorist Attack In Sweden
President Trump speaks during his campaign-style rally at Orlando Melbourne International Airport in Florida on Saturday. In the span of a single sentence, President Trump managed to flummox a nation. “We’ve got to keep our country safe,” Trump said at a campaign-style rally Saturday in Melbourne, Fla. “You look at what’s happening in Germany, you […]