Trump was quick off the mark when he tweeted his reaction to the federal appeals court refusing to reinstate his travel ban, but his former rival Hillary Clinton was not far behind. The panel of three judges from the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban […]
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British Prime Minister Say’s Trump’s Travel Ban Is Wrong
British Prime Minister Theresa May waded into the international debate over President Trump’s travel ban Thursday, blasting the executive order as “wrong” during a news conference. “We thought that was wrong, that was divisive,” May said of the ban, which halts entry into the U.S. for any refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries. […]
Despite No Evidence, Trump Says Media Chooses Not To Report Terror Attacks
President Trump on Monday said that news outlets are covering up terrorist attacks without citing any evidence that supports that claim. He made the comment in a speech to U.S. servicemembers at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida after receiving a briefing and eating lunch with troops. The president began talking about how “radical […]
Trump Wants To Ally With Russia Against ISIS
President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly that he does “respect” Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that respect does not mean they’ll get along. In an interview set to air this week, O’Reilly asks Trump why he respects Putin — a former KGB officer who is known to have had his enemies killed. “I […]
Federal Judge In Seattle Blocks Trump’s Travel Ban
U.S. District Senior Judge James Robart of Seattle on Friday issued a nationwide restraining order blocking the travel ban put in place by President Trump last week. Trump’s ban, created through an executive order, sought to block people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. In issuing his decision, Robart was siding with […]
Sanctions On Russia To Be Lightened
The Trump administration appeared to loosen U.S. sanctions Thursday that the Obama administration had imposed against Russia in response to its cyberattacks in the 2016 presidential election. The Treasury Department published a license that authorizes certain transactions between U.S. companies and the FSB, Russia’s security service and for the importation, distribution or use of “certain […]
Trump Tells Mexico To Take Care Of ‘Bad Hombres’ Or He Will
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump warned in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart that he was ready to send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” unless the Mexican military does more to control them, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press. The excerpt of […]
Washington State Sues To Halt Trump’s Immigration Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The state of Washington will challenge U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration from some Muslim-majority states in federal court, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on Monday. Washington will be the first state to take on the executive order that went into effect on Friday, heightening the legal stakes surrounding […]
Trump Fires Acting Attorney General
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday fired Sally Yates, the acting attorney general and a Democratic appointee, after she refused to defend in court his controversial refugee and immigration ban. The extraordinary public clash over Trump’s most consequential policy decision to date laid bare the discord and dissent surrounding the executive order, which temporarily […]
Trump To Hire 5000 More Border Agents
President Trump called for the hiring of 5,000 border officers and tripling the size of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a brief address Wednesday at the Department of Homeland Security. Trump made the announcement in conjunction with the signing of two executive orders — one of which calls for the building of a border […]
Trump Issues Gag Order On EPA And USDA
WASHINGTON – A Trump Administration directive ordering employees at the Environmental Protection Agency to halt external communications and posts on social media fueled news reports Tuesday that a number of other agencies were issuing similar gag orders to their workers. But while the EPA confirmed it was freezing such activity as well as new contracts and […]
Trump Says 3-5 Million Votes Illegally Cast
Days after being sworn in, President Trump insisted to congressional leaders invited to a reception at the White House that he would have won the popular vote had it not been for millions of illegal votes, according to people familiar with the meeting. Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that widespread voter fraud caused him […]