Federal appeals court weighs Trump immigration order
Three federal appellate judges on Tuesday lobbed critical inquiries at those challenging and defending President Trump’s controversial immigration order — whose immediate future now rests with the court. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit aggressively questioned a Justice Department lawyer about what he considered the limits on the president’s power and what evidence Trump relied upon in temporarily barring refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority co..>> view originalRepublicans vote to rebuke Elizabeth Warren, saying she impugned ...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was stopped from speaking on the Senate floor about Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions on Feb. 7. "I am surprised that the words of Coretta Scott King are not suitable for debate in the United States Senate," Warren said. (YouTube/Senator Elizabeth Warren) Senate Republicans passed a party-line rebuke Tuesday night of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for a speech opposing attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, striking down her words for impugning the A..>> view originalDepartment of Defense looks to rent space in Trump Tower
Police officers walk through the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 17, 2017. (Andrew Harnik/AP) The Department of Defense is seeking to rent space in President Trump’s New York skyscraper, Trump Tower, a move that could directly funnel government money into the president’s business interests. The U.S. military agency is “working through appropriate channels . . . to acquire a limited amount of leased space in Trump Tower,” Lt. Col. J.B. Brindle, a Pentagon spokesman, told The Washin..>> view originalShe felt a 'crawling sensation.' Doctors found a live cockroach in her ...
Editor's note: This video contains graphic content. An Indian woman told doctors she felt a "crawling sensation" in her right nostril. Doctors pulled a live cockroach out of her skull. (Newslions) The 42-year-old Indian woman was in deep slumber last Tuesday night until she awoke around midnight to a “tingling, crawling sensation” in her right nostril. At first, the woman, a domestic worker named Selvi, brushed the feeling off, assuming she might be catching a cold, the Times of India rep..>> view originalKellyanne Conway, in return to CNN, plays a shell game
VIDEO Kellyanne Conway made her return to CNN's airwaves on Tuesday afternoon, just two days after the counselor to President Trump was turned down for an appearance on its Sunday show because of questions about her credibility. Conway got through the interview without another "Bowling Green massacre"-type gaffe, but she also resumed the Trump team's long-standing media game plan: Ignore what the boss actually said about the topic, obfuscate, and then hope the media moves on. At issue in the ..>> view originalTrump administration to approve final permit for Dakota Access ...
Protesters rally against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota in November. (Stephanie Keith/Reuters) The deputy secretary of the Army will grant the final permit needed to complete the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Army declared in a court filing Tuesday, clearing the massive infrastructure project’s last bureaucratic hurdle. The Army’s intention to grant a 30-year easement under North Dakota’s Lake Oahe was immediately hailed by con..>> view originalThe judges ask: What if Trump flat out banned Muslims?
11:38 PM February 07 by Abigail Hauslohner The three judges are pressing the government’s lawyer on whether it would be constitutional to impose an outright ban on Muslims–which Washington state says Trump’s order amounts to. constitutional. What if President Trump just said simply, “We’re not going to let any Muslims in?” Judge William C. Canby asked Justice Department attorney August E. Flentje. “Could he do that?” Canby continued. “Would anybody be able to challenge that?” “That’s not w..>> view original'Sigh of relief': Standoff with couple on week-long Gulf Coast killing ...
After four women were killed in multiple states along the Gulf Coast last week, suspects William Boyette and Mary Rice were found at a motel in Georgia on Feb. 7. Rice was arrested, while Boyette killed himself. (TWP) A multistate killing spree along the Gulf Coast came to an end Tuesday evening after suspected killers William Boyette and Mary Rice faced off with police in Georgia. At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, police were alerted that the pair — who had allegedly killed four women in Alabama and..>> view originalIs it a Muslim ban? Let's look at some numbers.
10:07 PM February 07 by Matt Zapotosky The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is hearing arguments starting at 6 p.m. Eastern on whether to restore President Trump’s controversial immigration order. The hearing, which will be conducted by telephone, is to review an order by a lower court judge to put Trump’s directive on hold. The judges said each side would have 30 minutes to present their arguments beginning at 6 p.m. Eastern. It is unclear how soon a ruling could follow. The hea..>> view originalScientists are going to march on Washington. Here's why that's ...
On the day of the Women's March on Washington, Jonathan Berman, a biology postdoc at the University of Texas Health Science Center, was reading a Reddit ...>> view original
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