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Acting AG tells DOJ lawyers not to defend Trump travel ban order
Acting Attorney General Sally Yates instructed Justice Department attorneys to not legally defend President Donald Trump's executive order on refugees and immigration.
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Trump orders two-for-one repeal for all new regulations
he signing of the regulatory order followed a meeting with small-business owners in the White House on Monday morning.
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Trump executive order: White House stands firm over travel ban
The Trump administration is standing firm over its ban on immigration from seven countries despite court rulings and mass protests against it.
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Refugee Program Suspended
President Trump Friday signed an executive order suspending the State Department's Refugee Assistance Program and visa entry from Iraq, Syria and five other countries, saying they are "detrimental to the interests of the United States"
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Trump executive order: Refugees detained at US airports
Rights groups have filed a lawsuit in a New York court to demand the release of refugees in transit who have been detained at John F Kennedy airport.
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Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May discuss NATO, trade, Brexit
Trump and May are scheduled to conduct a joint news conference after their Oval Office meeting.
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Donald Trump to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto: ‘Pay up or don’t come’
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has declared the “whole world is angry right now”, as he outlined his plans to screen people coming in to the US, fight terrorism and build a wall on the US border with Mexico.
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Trump brands Chelsea Manning an 'ungrateful traitor'
Chelsea Manning is an "ungrateful traitor" who "should never have been released from prison", President Donald Trump has said on Twitter.
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Chelsea Manning thanks Obama for prison release
The US army private serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified documents has thanked President Barack Obama for shortening her sentence.
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Pulse nightclub shooting: Wife of gunman 'knew of attack'
The widow of the man who killed 49 people at a Florida gay nightclub knew of the attack before it happened, a court in California has heard.
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Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence
President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010.
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Rep. John Lewis ‘Would Not Invite’ Donald Trump to Visit Selma
Rep. John Lewis said he would not invite President-elect Donald Trump on a visit to Selma, Alabama with him in an interview released after Trump attacked the congressman on Twitter. Lewis has frequently visited the city with politicians from both sides of the aisle over the years
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US watchdog to probe FBI Clinton email actions
A US government watchdog has launched an investigation into actions taken by the FBI during the election campaign.
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Fed Under Investigation
The Justice Department inspector general says he will investigate the actions of the Justice Department and FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were followed by FBI Director James Comey
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Trump top nominees Pompeo and Mattis warn of Russia threat
President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for defence secretary and spy chief have been taking aim at Russia during their Senate confirmation hearings.
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US President Barack Obama delivers his final speech
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama had to quell the boos of a raucous crowd when he made an oblique reference to incoming president Donald Trump during his final speech to the nation.
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Obama Says Goodbye
Watch a live stream here of President Obama's farewell address to the nation as his time in office comes to a close. He has returned to Chicago, where he began his political career, to give the speech. "Chicago's where it all started," he said in a preview to his address
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Jeff Sessions, US attorney general nominee, denies KKK sympathies
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the new attorney general has denied sympathising with the Ku Klux Klan, in a tough Senate confirmation hearing.
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US church attacker sentenced to death
A white supremacist has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killings of nine black people at a South Carolina church in 2015.
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