Inside the confusion of the Trump executive order and travel ban

Washington (CNN)When President Donald Trump declared at the Pentagon Friday he was enacting strict new measures to prevent domestic terror attacks, there were few within his government who knew exactly what he meant. Administration officials weren’t immediately sure which countries’ …

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Thousands of academics sign letter opposing Trump’s travel ban

Washington (CNN)Thousands of academics in the United States are calling on President Donald Trump to reconsider his executive order that bans travel from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days and temporarily suspends all refugee admission to the US. By late …

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Trump official justifies travel ban with attack that would not have been stopped by new rules

Washington (CNN)A senior Trump administration official on Saturday pointed to the 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, to justify the President’s order to ban US immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. But neither of the attackers in the shooting, which …

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Trump’s fast and furious first week: The strategy

(CNN)President Trump is moving at a fast and furious pace. He is overwhelming Washington with a series of provocative executive orders that aim to fulfill his campaign promises. Trump issued an explosive executive order closing the borders to refugees for …

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Unauthorized woman slipped into GOP retreat on same day Trump visited

(CNN)A woman used counterfeit credentials and impersonated a congressional spouse to attend a Republican retreat this week on the same day President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and British Prime Minister Theresa May met with lawmakers in Philadelphia. The …

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WH: No mention of Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day because others were killed too

Washington (CNN)The White House statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day didn’t mention Jews or anti-Semitism because “despite what the media reports, we are an incredibly inclusive group and we took into account all of those who suffered,” administration spokeswoman Hope …

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More protests against Trump’s immigration policies planned

(CNN)More furious demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are set for Sunday across the nation after numerous demonstrators converged on airports the day before.. Demonstrations are scheduled today at airports, mainly in Washington, Orlando, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, and …

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Photojournalist shot outside Haitian senate

(CNN)A Haitian senator appeared to open fire amid chaotic scenes outside the country’s Parliament building in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Monday. Chery, a native of Haiti, said on his Facebook page that doctors would remove the bullet “soon,” and thanked …

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