A US appeals court on Monday left in place a block on President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting citizens from six Muslim majority nations — the latest in a string of judicial blows for the controversial measure. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit largely upheld an injunction on the ban issued by … Read more
Bette Midler won best actress in a musical while an edgy new tale of millennial angst scooped six awards including best musical at Broadway’s equivalent of the Oscars for US theater. The glitzy revival of “Hello, Dolly!” starring the 71-year-old Midler and the breakout “Dear Evan Hansen,” about wanting to belong and the might of … Read more
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will appear before a Senate panel in response to James Comey’s testimony. He will appear before the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday, he announced in a letter. He said the decision had been made “in light of Mr Comey’s recent testimony”. Former FBI director Mr Comey told the … Read more
Camden was once the murder capital of America, crime was on a par with Honduras and the police force was peppered with corrupt officers in league with drug dealers. Then police reform and falling crime statistics turned it into a poster child for better policing as other US cities grappled with race riots and departments … Read more
A US air strike killed at least two Afghan policemen and wounded four others in Helmand, officials said Saturday, in apparently the first “friendly fire” incident since American Marines returned to the southern province in April. Afghan border police were on a patrol in the volatile district of Nad Ali when they came under fire … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron is zinging U. S. President Donald Trump again for pulling out of the Paris climate accord. Now he has launched a Make Our Planet Great Again website aimed at openly recruiting scientists and others to come to France to join the battle against climate change. The effort is, again, in English, … Read more
Ex-FBI chief James Comey told Congress that the Trump administration’s comments about him and the FBI were “lies plain and simple”. Mr Comey told a Senate committee they were wrong to denigrate the agency and its leadership. He was also “confused” by the “shifting explanations” for his sacking, which came as he led a probe … Read more
Arrivals in the United States from the six mostly Muslim countries in President Donald Trump’s travel ban have plunged despite a legal freeze on the ban’s implementation. Government data received Thursday showed that arrivals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen were down by nearly half in March and April from a year ago … Read more
Arrivals in the United States from the six mostly Muslim countries in President Donald Trump’s travel ban have plunged despite a legal freeze on the ban’s implementation. Government data received Thursday showed that arrivals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen were down by nearly half in March and April from a year ago … Read more
More than an hour after James Comey started his testimony dozens of people were still waiting in line for a seat at Shaw’s Tavern, where Thursday’s drama on Capitol Hill unfolded on live television. “There’s been so much media hype, it’s good to actually hear this from the source,” said Sadie Cornelius, a 33-year-old marketing … Read more
President Donald Trump rallied die-hard supporters behind a message of defiance Thursday, after explosive sworn testimony about his behavior by his ex-FBI director. Without referring to James Comey’s sworn Senate testimony directly, Trump vowed to fight his enemies and knock back attempts to derail his presidency. They will “not divert us from this righteous cause, … Read more
Donald Trump has faced down a litany of scandals in his nearly 71 years, surviving bankruptcy, divorce, lawsuits and vulgar exposes. But less than six months into his White House tenure, he finds himself locked in his toughest fight yet — the battle to save his presidency. On Thursday, former FBI director James Comey will … Read more
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is tapping former Justice Department official Christopher Wray to serve as his new FBI director, on the eve of critical testimony by his ousted predecessor. Wray, a partner at King & Spalding law firm in Washington and Atlanta, served as assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice … Read more
Top US intelligence officials will be grilled by lawmakers Wednesday about Russia’s election interference and possible coordination with Donald Trump’s campaign, ahead of a highly-anticipated appearance by sacked FBI director James Comey. The former Federal Bureau of Investigation chief is expected to dispute Trump’s claim that Comey told him multiple times that he was not … Read more
American tourism companies are seeing early signs that US President Donald Trump’s still-young administration is hitting foreign visits and fear “destination USA” could suffer further in the years to come. Travel industry executives in particular expressed anguish over Trump’s proposed travel ban on visitors from seven predominately Muslim countries, an issue the US president raised … Read more
The US capital will grind to a halt Thursday, glued to TV sets and computer screens as sacked FBI chief James Comey testifies about whether President Donald Trump asked him to drop a probe into one of his key aide’s links to Russia. Trump, a ratings-obsessed former reality TV star, may not appreciate the worldwide … Read more
US President Donald Trump has again lashed out at London Mayor Sadiq Khan over his assurances to Londoners following Saturday’s terror attack. He accused Mr Khan of offering a “pathetic excuse” for saying there was no reason for people to be alarmed. Mr Khan had in fact said people should not be alarmed by an … Read more
President Donald Trump may have torpedoed the Paris climate accord as US diplomats brace for huge cuts to their environmental programs. But on Monday, American officials joined world diplomats wading out into the Potomac estuary to replant seagrass in a telling gesture paired with an unlikely photo opportunity. Embassy staff from 13 countries — from … Read more
Qatari planes are to be banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space, as a growing diplomatic row in the Gulf threatens large-scale air disruption. Several countries have cut ties with the tiny Gulf state over accusations of supporting extremism in the region. Air, land and sea links have been halted to the country from Saudi … Read more
A US government contractor has been arrested on suspicion of leaking top-secret information to a news outlet. Reality Leigh Winner, 25, allegedly removed classified material from a government facility in the US state of Georgia. The charges were announced shortly after the Intercept published a National Security Agency briefing about alleged Russian political meddling. The … Read more