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. […]
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Trump’s Approval Rating Continues To Fall
The most recent Gallup survey, the first conducted entirely after the resignation of Michael Flynn as national security adviser, has Mr. Trump’s approval rating down to 38 percent, with 56 percent disapproving (a differential of minus 18). Mr. Trump’s ratings aren’t just bad for an incoming president. They’re bad for a president at any point […]
US General Claims 60,000 ISIS Militants Have Been Killed
Gen. Raymond Thomas, head of US Special Operations command, said on Tuesday that the US and its allies in the fight against ISIS had killed more than 60,000 of the terrorist group’s fighters. That estimate was considerably higher than the 50,000 ISIS-dead estimate given by US officials in December. Thomas, whose command includes Navy SEALs […]
Trump To “Tweak” NAFTA
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a polar opposite to Donald Trump in almost every way, joined the new U.S. president at the White House on Feb. 13, 2017, keen to build a relationship that doesn’t threaten trade. President Donald Trump praised the “outstanding” trade relationship between the United States and Canada Monday, saying he would only […]
Kmart And Sears Drop Trump Retail Products
Two big box retailers have decided to stop selling Donald Trump’s brand of home products from their websites, as backlash builds against his administration. The Trump Home Line, which is owned by the Trump Organization, is no longer available on the Kmart or Sears websites, according to Business Insider. Sears insists that the decision is […]
Trump Responds To North Korea
“I assume they don’t have a strategy yet, so Trump with Abe by his side was properly taciturn, surprisingly so,” said Jeffrey A. Bader, an Asia scholar at the Brookings Institution who served as President Barack Obama ‘s Asia adviser. “But that can’t hold. At some point you need to articulate a strategy.” The tempered […]
Russia May Return Snowden To The United States
U.S. intelligence has collected information that Russia is considering turning over Edward Snowden as a “gift” to President Donald Trump — who has called the NSA leaker a “spy” and a “traitor” who deserves to be executed. That’s according to a senior U.S. official who has analyzed a series of highly sensitive intelligence reports detailing […]
Trump’s Travel Ban Options After Latest Legal Setback
1. Go to Supreme Court The administration could appeal directly to the Supreme Court. That could be a difficult road, however, as the court remains short one justice and deadlocked 4-4 between conservatives and liberals. With Trump’s nominee to fill the vacant ninth seat, Neil Gorsuch, just beginning a lengthy confirmation process, the high court could decide not […]
Trump Backtracks, Will Honor “One China” Policy
President Donald Trump told China President Xi Jinping the U.S. would honor the “one China” policy months after Trump suggested he might use American policy on Taiwan as a bargaining chip between the two sides. Trump “agreed at the request of President Xi,” to honor the policy, the White House said in a statement late […]
Nordstrom Stock Rises After Trump Tweet
President Trump staged another tweet attack on an American corporation on Wednesday, this time raking Nordstrom Inc. for the supposed crime of dropping his daughter Ivanka’s fashion line. At about 10:51 a.m. New York time, Trump tweeted, “My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person — always pushing me […]
5 Important Moments From Appeals Court Hearing On Travel Ban
1. Judges Ask for Evidence to Support the Travel Ban Arguing for the federal government that the executive order was “well within the president’s power as delegated to him by Congress,” Flentje soon found himself on the defensive as Friedland pressed for evidence the government relied on to determine the risks posed by immigrants from […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mocks Trump
Iran’s supreme leader mocked President Trump on Tuesday, thanking “Mr. Newcomer” for revealing “the real face” of human rights with his contentious executive order that would ban citizens from Iran and six other nations from entering the United States. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in an address to Iranian military commanders posted on his website, also scoffed at […]