Seattle sues Trump over threat to sanctuary cities U.S. Politics

Seattle sues Trump over threat to sanctuary cities

March 29th, 20170 SEATTLE ― The city of Seattle sued President Trump's administration on Wednesday over its executive order seeking to withhold federal funds from "sanctuary cities," arguing it amounted to unconstitutional federal coercion. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray told reporters the Constitution forbade the federal government from pressuring cities,...
AIPAC leads attack dogs on Capitol Hill U.S. Politics

AIPAC leads attack dogs on Capitol Hill

March 29th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.-The move to levy sanctions against Iran in the House and Senate is hastened by this week's AIPAC conference held March 26-27 in Washington D.C. A hawkish stance against Iran is expected to be a key policy point for pro-Israel groups. Iran’s test of ballistic missiles in late January fired up US officials, Trump...
Community meeting with DHS Secretary Kelly turns sour U.S. Politics

Community meeting with DHS Secretary Kelly turns sour

March 28th, 20170 DEARBORN – A meeting on Monday, March 27 with community activists and Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly turned antagonistic, when a local attorney and civil rights advocate pressed Kelly about orders and harassment that target Arabs and Muslims. The meeting, held at The Arab American National Museum, was a second...
Hawaii judge halts Trump's new travel ban before it can go into effect U.S. Politics

Hawaii judge halts Trump’s new travel ban before it can go into effect

March 15th, 20170 HONOLULU ― A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii dealt another legal blow to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, issuing an emergency halt to his revised travel ban just hours before it was set to go into effect early on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson put out an emergency stop on Trump's executive order, which aimed to...
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade quitting at Trump's request U.S. Politics

U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade quitting at Trump’s request

March 10th, 20170 DETROIT — Barbara McQuade says she's stepping down as U.S. attorney for eastern Michigan at the request of President Donald Trump. McQuade has been head of the U.S. Attorney's Office since 2010. But it's common for the job to change hands when a new president takes office. She said Friday it's been an "incredible privilege" to work...
Call from Trump interrupts Israeli police questioning Netanyahu U.S. Politics

Call from Trump interrupts Israeli police questioning Netanyahu

March 9th, 20170 JERUSALEM ― A phone call from President Trump interrupted a police inquiry into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was on Monday being questioned for a fourth time over suspicions of corruption. Not long after sitting down with police investigators at his residence in Jerusalem, one aide said, Netanyahu briefly excused...
Trump signs new travel ban order, Iraq left off U.S. Politics

Trump signs new travel ban order, Iraq left off

March 6th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts, senior administration officials said. The new order, which the White House said Trump had signed, will keep a...
Palestine, campaign finance reform still deal breakers for DNC U.S. Politics

Palestine, campaign finance reform still deal breakers for DNC

March 3rd, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.— In a turn of events paralleling the contentious rivalry between Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the Democratic Party primaries last year, Representative Keith Ellison(D-MN) lost his bid to become the next Democratic National Committee Chair to former Labor Secretary...
Trump not to challenge travel ban in Supreme Court U.S. Politics

Trump not to challenge travel ban in Supreme Court

February 11th, 20170 DONALD TRUMP was confident his lawyers would win the argument reinforcing his travel ban before the country’s highest court. But, following three legal losses Thursday and careful against facing yet another setback regarding his executive order banning travel to the US for people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the White House...
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