By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−After denouncing a prior agreement to accept a group of refugees currently interned in Australia, President Trump signed an executive order for the deportation of all kangaroos in American zoos whom he suspects are harboring weapons in their pouches. * The House of Representatives voted to repeal a ban on the
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USALOS ANGELES — Lawyers aren’t usually this popular, but these weren’t your usual lawyers. Outside the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., last weekend, a crowd of hundreds chanted like soccer fans as they awaited the end of a court hearing inside: “A-C-L-U, we are here, we stand with you!” When the attorneys for the American
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USASEATTLE — The federal judge who stopped President Donald Trump’s travel ban is a Republican appointee known for his sharp legal mind and past volunteer work for refugees. U.S. District Judge James Robart decided in Seattle Friday to temporarily block enforcement of Trump’s executive order, which denied entry to the U.S. to refugees and to
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USAThe Department of Homeland Security said Saturday that it had suspended “any and all actions” related to President Donald Trump’s travel ban on immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries and his halt on refugees coming into the U.S. The announcement came after a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order against the major
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International, Middle East, USAThe UN’s top human rights official says the leader of Myanmar has promised to investigate allegations of atrocities against Rohingya Muslims. It comes after a high-level UN report accused security forces in Myanmar of committing serious human rights abuses. What did the investigation find? Security forces and police have committed mass killings, gang rapes and
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InternationalYou may have seen one of Micah Bazant’s posters in the window of a local business or, more recently, at a protest somewhere in America. After President Donald Trump signed an executive order limiting immigration and suspending the U.S. refugee resettlement program last week, you’re probably going to start seeing a lot more of them.
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International, Middle East, USAIt had to be a first in the annals of presidential diplomacy: a commander-in-chief getting so addled by a phone conversation with a counterpart that he barked at the other leader and then slammed down the phone, 25 minutes into what was intended to be a one-hour conversation. Why a first? Because the leader on
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International, USAA federal judge’s ruling temporarily lifting a ban on travel to the US from certain countries triggered confusion in airports worldwide as airlines began boarding American-bound flights and federal lawyers took steps to reinstate the ban. As the impact of the ruling took hold, President Donald Trump lashed out on Twitter early Saturday morning, referring
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International, Middle East, USACapital & Main is an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political and social issues. In her home state of Michigan, Amway heiress Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, has been a fierce proponent of taxpayer-funded vouchers for private schools, arguing that “choice” would fix the state’s ailing public education system.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA group of Polish activists is towing a mobile billboard across Europe with an image of Adolf Hitler hanging over the gates of Auschwitz, in a bid to distance Poland from the atrocities of the Nazi regime. Auschwitz was built in the east European country, along with several other concentration camps, as part of the
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International, Jewish HistoryThe Louvre in Paris re-opened on Saturday morning, 24 hours after a soldier patrolling the museum shot a machete-wielding attacker, believed to be an Egyptian who entered the country on a tourist visa a week ago. The Friday incident has thrust security and the terror threat back into the limelight three months before elections in
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International, Middle EastPHILADELPHIA �� Federal authorities have identified a Philadelphia journalist as the woman who infiltrated and might have secretly recorded a private discussion of congressional Republicans at their retreat last week, law enforcement sources familiar with the matter said. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Emily Guendelsberger is unlikely to face federal
Jim Mattis not planning to boost troop numbers in the Middle East US imposes fresh sanctions Tehran denounces them as “illegal” Military exercises have got underway in Iran. The country’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC):http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7064353.stm, a branch of the armed forces, say the exercises show Tehran is prepared to confront the threat posed by what
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Middle East, USAClashes between Ukrainian forces and Moscow-backed rebels left seven more people dead in Ukraine on Friday, in escalating violence that European monitors say could lead to a humanitarian disaster. A surge in fighting in Ukraine that started on January 29 has now killed 34 people, according to reports from both sides. The Ukrainian army said
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