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Trump national security aide is out from under the cloud of gun charge

ARLINGTON, Va. — A Virginia court dismissed a weapons charge Friday against a White House national security aide, but not before an unwanted spotlight was cast on one of the architects of President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies. Sebastian Gorka, charged last year with trying to board an airplane with a loaded handgun, is an […]

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Nearly 60,000 visas revoked since Trump’s immigration order

Nearly 60,000 visas were revoked after President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend refugee resettlements and other admissions from seven predominantly Muslim countries, a government lawyer said in a Virginia federal court Friday. The revelation came during a hearing on a lawsuit filed against the president’s order last week by visa holders prevented from entering

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White House bolstered by good jobs report: ‘The markets knew’ Donald Trump ‘would deliver’

The White House reveled Friday in the first jobs report of the new administration that showed the U.S. economy added 227,000 jobs in January, saying President Trump had already taken steps to turn the economy around. “Today’s report reflects the consumer confidence that the Trump presidency has inspired,” said White House press secretary Sean Spicer,

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Trump Treasury pick Steven Mnuchin sued in revived film fraud case

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary nominee, Steven Mnuchin, has been sued again by a film financier that accuses Mnuchin and others of fraud related to the collapse of movie and TV company Relativity Media. RKA Film Financing, in an amended complaint filed Thursday in New York County Supreme Court, renewed its claim

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

My dad was strip-searched at the airport last weekend — and it’s a wake-up call for us all

On Sunday night, my dad was going through the security line at Washington Dulles International Airport to board a short domestic flight. It was, by his account, an uneventful evening, away from the protestors who were awaiting international arrivals. According to his boarding pass, he’d been granted TSA Pre-check, the Transportation Security Administration protocol to

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Trump woes loom over EU summit as leaders agree to migration plan

Valletta (dpa) – EU leaders agreed on a plan to stem the flow of migrants via the Mediterranean at a summit in Malta on Friday, yet they repeatedly found themselves addressing the elephant in the room: US President Donald Trump. The summit, which ended on Friday evening, came as the European Union finds itself under

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German foreign minister finds common ground with Pence, Tillerson

Washington (dpa) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said he found much common ground with US Vice President Mike and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after meeting with them Thursday in Washington. There were differences between Germany and the United States on migration, Europe, Ukraine and Russia’s behaviour, Gabriel said, but in his meetings with

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Trump delays major new rule for financial advisers

President Trump signed a memorandum Friday to delay – and potentially cancel – a sweeping federal rule that would impose new responsibilities on financial advisers, a move guaranteed to provoke heated objections from consumer advocates and liberal lawmakers. The memorandum targets the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule that, when it begins to phase in April

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Lawyers: U.S. Segregating Muslims as Part of Travel Ban

Dozens of lawsuits being filed across the nation against President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its Customs and Border Protection division contend that customs officials are subjecting refugees, immigrants and travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries to flagrant religious and racial discrimination. They also claim that customs officials refuse to provide information

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On Israel-Palestine, Trump might end up another George W. Bush

Seeking to seal ‘ultimate deal,’ new president is not rushing to dramatic changes. He doesn’t mind Israel building in settlements blocs, but could soon push for two-state solution By Raphael Ahren Donald Trump’s grandiose pre-election promises notwithstanding, the new president is starting to make it fairly clear that he will neither quickly move the US

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Middle East, USA

Donald Trump Didn’t Really Want To Win, Says Howard Stern

Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency of the United States might’ve been nothing more than a stunt to get a bigger contract on “The Apprentice,” according to his close friend Howard Stern. The president never actually wanted to win the election, and instead, was hoping there was still a chance his opponent will take over,

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Chuck Grassley, Dianne Feinstein introduce legislation to kill controversial investor visa program

Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Dianne Feinstein announced Friday they have introduced legislation to kill a controversial investor visa program that critics have derided as a backdoor way for wealthy foreigners to essentially buy a pathway to U.S. citizenship. “I was hoping that it would not come to this point, but absent serious efforts to

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Betsy DeVos: Senate advances nomination for education secretary

President Trump’s out-of-the-box pick to lead the Education Department survived another hurdle, overcoming an attempted Democratic filibuster in a rare pre-dawn vote Friday. A final vote is slated for Monday. Democrats have made Betsy DeVos, the pick, one of their chief targets as they try to score a scalp from among Mr. Trump’s Cabinet nominees,

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA