Monday, December 4, 2017

Evening Edition: Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban while legal challenges continue

 
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BREAKING NEWS
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban while legal challenges continue
The justices approved a request from the president's lawyers to lift restrictions on the order — which bans most travelers from eight nations, most with Muslim majorities — that had been imposed by lower courts. The court gave no reason for its decision but said it expected lower-court review of the executive orders to proceed quickly.
Trump shrinks two national monuments in Utah by about 2 million acres
The move to scale back the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments immediately sparked an outpouring of praise from conservative lawmakers as well as activists' protests outside the White House and in Utah. It is the largest reduction of public lands protection in U.S. history.
 
The Daily 202 | Analysis
Botched damage control efforts keep making Russia scandal worse for Trump
After former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI — and President Trump tweeted about it — aides to Trump spent the weekend trying to stop the bleeding from more self-inflicted wounds. Meanwhile, speculation grows about where special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's probe goes from here.
 
 
Wonkblog | Analysis
Is the GOP tax plan an unprecedented windfall for the wealthy? We look at 50 years of data to find out.
Comparing tax plans across generations is hard. But we can say the Republicans' $1.4 trillion tax cut plan isn't the biggest in history. It is also hard to find a tax plan that has done less for the middle class.
 
Trump's lawyer says a president can't technically obstruct justice. Experts say that's fanciful.
This theory is clearly a hugely convenient one for the White House; that much is clear. But does it actually hold water, legally speaking?
 
Trump may face a reckoning in case brought by former 'Apprentice' contestant
If a defamation case proceeds to trial, attorneys for Summer Zervos, who had been a contestant on the reality show, could gather and make public incidents from Trump's past, and the president could be called to testify.
 
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Brexit talks stumble as Britain's Theresa May faces anger at home
On issues ranging from what Britain will pay before exiting to a special status for Northern Ireland, the British prime minister was being pushed toward Europe's demands after long vowing otherwise.
 
The Irish border has crashed Brexit negotiations. Here's what you need to know.
Negotiations have hit a crisis point, and it isn't clear who can make concessions.
Trump calls Roy Moore to offer his most explicit endorsement to date in Alabama race: 'Go get 'em, Roy!'
"We need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama," the president tweeted before calling the Senate nominee, leaving no question that he was supporting a candidate that many other Republican leaders have repudiated and called upon to quit the race.
 
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Religious liberty or a license to discriminate? Court to hear case of baker who refused to serve gay couple.
Two years after the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, justices will hear arguments this week about whether it also protects business owners with religious objections from providing wedding services to these couples.
 
Arab nations issue dire warnings to stop Trump from recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital
President Trump promised he would relocate the U.S. Embassy during the campaign, but he has reluctantly held off as his administration attempts to broker peace.
 
How will humanity react to alien microbes? Psychologists have some predictions.
Americans seem receptive to extraterrestrial microorganisms, but they don't think their neighbors will be.
 
 
John B. Anderson | 1922–2017
Fiery third-party candidate in 1980 presidential race dies at 95
John B. Anderson cultivated a free-thinking reputation during his 20 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
 
Perspective
Rob Gronkowski is suspended for one game after dirty hit. It makes sense.
The Patriots tight end may have said the right things after his late, dirty hit left the Bills' Tre'Davious White with a concussion, but that apparently did not deter the NFL from suspending him. The punishment fits the crime.
 
Facebook now has a messaging app just for kids
Major tech firms have recently released more products that allow children to engage within the limits of privacy laws — and that reach more of the country's approximately 50 million children under the age of 13 in the process.
 
 
     
 
 
 
 

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