It won’t be from sea to sea; how long will border wall be?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House insists that plans for President Donald Trump’s border wall are on track despite resistance from Congress. What it’s not saying is how it envisions the wall these...
View ArticleAP FACT CHECK: The record behind Trump’s Cabinet preening
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump preened before his Cabinet and the cameras on Monday, making claims that are unsupported by the record. A sampling from a portion of the Cabinet meeting opened...
View ArticleAP fact check: The trophies in Trump’s display Cabinet
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump showed off a few too many trophies in his display Cabinet. Trump opened part of a Cabinet meeting to the press Monday and filled that time with self-congratulation...
View ArticleDHS chief hints laptop ban may not be extended right now
WASHINGTON (AP) — It may not be necessary to expand a ban on laptops and other large electronics in the cabins of many international flights into the United States right now, Homeland Security...
View ArticleAdmin revokes blocked program to protect immigrant parents
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Obama-era immigration program intended to protect parents of U.S. citizens and legal residents from deportation has been formally cancelled, fulfilling a key campaign promise from...
View ArticleFate of program to protect young immigrants still undecided
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it still has not decided the fate of a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation, despite a statement a day...
View ArticlePoll: Courts are right in blocking Trump’s travel ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say federal courts are acting properly in blocking President Donald Trump’s travel ban, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...
View ArticlePoll: Courts are right in blocking Trump’s travel ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say federal courts are acting properly in blocking President Donald Trump’s travel ban, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...
View ArticlePoll: Courts are right in blocking Trump’s travel ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say federal courts are acting properly in blocking President Donald Trump’s travel ban, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...
View ArticleUS to issue more temporary worker visas this summer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department has decided to offer extra visas for temporary, seasonal workers, a department spokesman said Wednesday. DHS spokesman David Lapan said Homeland...
View ArticleTrump slashes grant for group combatting white extremism
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday slashed $400,000 in federal funding for one of the few U.S. groups that combat white extremism but denied it is now focusing only on fighting...
View ArticleUS demands more security on international flights to US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department is demanding that airlines around the world step up security measures for international flights bound for the United States or face the possibility of...
View ArticleTravel ban takes effect but less chaos expected
WASHINGTON (AP) — A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet...
View ArticleMore court challenges expected for Trump’s new travel ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban is now in force, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely...
View ArticleUS officials aware of possible hacking at nuclear facilities
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nuclear and other energy providers have been advised by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI that hackers may be trying to breach their computer systems. DHS said in a...
View ArticleUS hits 50,000 refugee cap, but some others still allowed in
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has reached the Trump administration’s limit of 50,000 refugees for this budget year. That won’t stop some additional refugees from entering the United States in the next few...
View ArticleTrump calls for 700 miles to 900 miles of border wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump doesn’t see the need for a proposed border wall to stretch the length of the roughly 2,000-mile (3,218 kilometer) frontier with Mexico. Instead, he envisions...
View ArticleTravel ruling paves way for more refugees, but appeal awaits
The ruling is the latest piece of pushback in the fierce fight set off by the ban President Trump first attempted in January. It will culminate with arguments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in...
View ArticleDOJ appeals judge’s travel ban ruling to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking to close a legal window opened for tens of thousands of refugees to enter the United States, appealing a federal judge’s order directly to the...
View ArticleUS to offer 15,000 extra temporary worker visas this year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will offer an extra 15,000 temporary, seasonal work visas this budget year. The extra H-2B visas are for seasonal, non-agriculture workers for jobs at a...
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