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Travel Ban Appeal, Ice Shelf Ready to Break

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

— Park City, UT Tell It to the Judge: A hearing is scheduled today in the Trump Administration’s appeal to reinstate the president’s ban on travel and immigration from seven Muslim countries. Justice Department lawyers are expected to argue that …

Greatest Super Bowl Comeback

Monday, February 6, 2017

—From Park City, UT The Comeback Kid: The New England Patriots came from 25 points behind the Atlanta Falcons in the third quarter of the Super Bowl to tie it up before a shocking 34-28 win in a first-ever overtime …

Appeals Court Denies Trump

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Rule of Law: A federal appeals court early today rejected the Justice Department request to immediately reinstate President Trump’s travel and immigration ban. Just two weeks in, he’s in a battle over the power of the presidency. Trump yesterday fired …

Judge Blocks Trump, “What is She Doing?”

Saturday, February 4, 2017

The Travel Ban: A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked President Trump’s ban on travel and immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Airlines that had been refusing to board valid visa holders from the seven countries were told last …

Machete Attack in Paris, Trump Will Fix Things

Friday, February 3, 2017

World: A man wielding a machete and shouting “Allahu akhbar” was shot and wounded today after attacking a soldier outside the Louvre in Paris, police say. The man was headed toward the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall under the museum. …

No Free Speech at Berkeley, New Rules

Thursday, February 2, 2017

What Would Mario Say?: The University of California Berkeley had an anti-free speech movement last night. About 1500 protesters gathered to object to the scheduled speech by an editor of the right-wing and racists Breitbart News. Some of the protesters pushed …

Trump Names Justice, Celebrity Correspondent

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

By Appointment: President Trump last night named Neil Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge from Colorado, to replace the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme  Court. Trump had invited two candidates to Washington, trying to create a little …

Trump Fires Acting AG, Get With the Program

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

You’re Fired!: President Trump fired Acting US Attorney General Sally Yates last night after she ordered Justice Department lawyers to stop defending and enforcing the president’s immigration and travel ban from seven Muslim countries. Dana J. Boente, the US Attorney …

Quebec Mosque Massacre, Protests Continue

Monday, January 30, 2017

Mosque Massacre: Six people were killed in an attack during evening prayers at a mosque in Quebec last night in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a “terrorist attack on Muslims.” Eight others were wounded and two suspects were arrested. …

Refugee Ban Uproar, Liar Liar

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Paper Wall: As thousands of protesters gathered at airports across the country yesterday, a federal judge in Brooklyn granted the ACLU’s request to stop the deportation of everyone detained as a result of the president’s immigration order. Protesters had gathered …