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Trump: The First Year
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Trump taps Gorsuch for Supreme Court
Judge Neil Gorsuch accepts President Donald Trump's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. He was speaking Tuesday night in the East Room of the White House as Trump and Gorsuch's wife, Louise, look on.
Challenging Trump: Dem AGs in 4 states sue administration
Associated Press SEATTLE Washington, Massachusetts, Virginia and New York are becoming the
Valley voices respond to Trump immigration order
Tressel, Ryan, Catholic Diocese and more weigh in on travel ban
2nd federal judge, who sentenced 9/11 conspirator, rules against Trump travel ban
“I am frankly, terrified,” said one US citizen with a foreign-born husband. “And it’s not some terrorist organization that’s done this to us - it’s our president.”
UPDATE| Protestors across US cheer federal judge's halt to Trump deportations
Trump's directive did nothing to prevent attacks from homegrown extremists already here and omitted Saudi Arabia, home to most of the Sept. 11 hijackers. One Republican said, “If we send a signal to the Middle East that the U.S. sees all Muslims as jihadis, the terrorist recruiters win by telling kids that America is banning Muslims and that this is America versus one religion.”
Protests erupt at airports across the US in response to Trump travel ban
President Donald Trump’s travel ban barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations entry into the U.S. sparked protests around the country tonight.
Foreign leaders, citizens react with anger, dismay to Trump's travel ban
Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council told AP that Trump’s decision “will not make America safer, it will make America smaller and meaner.” He added: The U.S. is leading a “race to the bottom” in which politicians in wealthy countries provide “zero moral leadership.”
Canada to travelers banned by Trump: #WelcomeToCanada
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted Saturday “To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength WelcomeToCanada .”
Leaders of US tech giants blasting Trump's travel ban order
The U.S tech industry relies on foreign engineers and other technical experts for a sizeable percentage of its workforce. The order bars entry to the U.S. for anyone from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days.
Trump travel ban upends thousands of lives overnight; US vets respond angrily on Twitter
Also affected were Iraqis who helped the United States during the war and were approved under a program that gives them priority for resettlement. U.S. military veterans angrily took to Twitter, denouncing Trump’s order as a betrayal of Iraqis who provided life-saving intelligence and translation services.
Trump, Australian PM stress close releations in 5th call of day
Turnbull was the fifth foreign leader Trump spoke with by telephone on Saturday.
Trump invites Japanese PM to visit Washington Feb. 10
The leaders pledged to consult and cooperate on the threat posed by a nuclear-ambitious North Korea.
Trump, Putin's versions of hour-long call today differ
A White House official said sanctions did not come up in the call, but the Kremlin said the two leaders addressed the importance of “restoring mutually beneficial trade and economic ties between business circles of the two countries.”
Trump bans administration officials from ever lobbying US for foreign nation
“Most of the people standing behind me will not be able to go to work,” Trump joked, referring to an array of White House officials who lined up behind him as he sat at his Oval Office desk. He also began restructuring the White House National Security Council and Homeland Security Council and gave Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and his top military advisers 30 days to come up with a plan defeat the Islamic State group.
Muslim-nation travelers detained at Kennedy airport, some midair when Trump ordered ban
“I never thought I’d see the day when refugees, who have fled war-torn countries in search of a better life, would be turned away at our doorstep,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “This is not who we are, and not who we should be.”
Dakota pipeline protestors fear Trump's about-face, but now urging camp closings
Many protesters knew they could be celebrating a short-lived victory when the Obama administration announced last month it would not issue a final permit to build the pipeline until it conducted a more extensive environmental review. Now, after President Trump told his administration to look for a way to issue the permit, their worries appear to have been well founded.