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Trump rails against court ruling blocking travel ban

9 years 7 months ago
President Donald Trump on Wednesday decried a federal judge's decision to block the travel ban he enacted via a revised executive order as a politically motivated decision that makes the US look "weak" and vowed to take his case to the Supreme Court if necessary.

Trump defends wiretap accusation amid doubts

9 years 7 months ago
President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his baseless accusation that President Barack Obama wiretapped him at Trump Tower, saying the media reports and the initial proof he had at the time made his claim appropriate.

Tillerson to warn China on North Korea sanctions

9 years 7 months ago
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will tell his Chinese counterparts that the US is prepared to increase financial penalties against companies and banks in their country that do business with North Korea, senior US officials say.

House panel seeks names of officials who requested 'unmasking' for the page

9 years 7 months ago
The leaders of the House Intelligence Committee asked the three leaders of the intelligence community Wednesday about any time during the last seven months of the Obama administration whenever any of its agents and officials improperly named, or "unmasked," and disseminated the identities of American citizens picked up in intelligence collection.

DOJ: Trump's early Muslim ban talk shouldn't count in lawsuits

9 years 7 months ago
For almost two months, immigration advocates have consistently argued that President Donald Trump's call for a "complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" during the campaign shows his travel ban executive orders are motivated by religious animus, but the Justice Department told a federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday that none of those statements count.
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