Republican senator calls for vote on bill to bar Trump from firing special counsel
U.S. Republican Senator Susan Collins said on Friday that she wants the Senate to vote on legislation to restrict President Donald Trump’s ability to fire the special counsel probing Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and whether Trump’s campa…
Rights groups seek to block Trump asylum order
Civil rights groups said on Friday they had filed a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly announced restrictions which would effectively ban illegal migrants from Mexico from qualifying for asylum.
Top Senate Democrat challenges Trump on Whitaker appointment
President Donald Trump’s appointment of a new acting attorney general faced growing scrutiny on Friday, with the U.S. Senate’s top Democrat accusing him of ignoring the proper line of succession and some legal experts calling it unconstitutional.
U.N. tells Washington to protect refugees after Trump limits asylum
The United States must make sure anyone fleeing violence or persecution can get protection “without obstruction”, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order limiting asylum rights.
Trump jabs back at ‘Mr. Kellyanne Conway,’ an unusual critic
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday took a jab at a conservative lawyer whose critical tweets and editorials have attracted an outsized following because he is married to a top aide to the president.
Democrats dig in for Florida recount battle, Trump sends lawyers
Florida’s bitter races for the U.S. Senate and governor appeared headed to recounts on Friday as Republican leads narrowed, and President Donald Trump vowed to send in lawyers in a development reminiscent of the state’s dramatic 2000 presidential recou…
Trump: sending lawyers to contested vote in Broward County, Florida
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would send lawyers to expose what he said without evidence was “fraud” in contested voting in Broward County, Florida.
Federal court asks how Sessions’ ouster impacts lawsuit challenging Mueller
A federal appeals court that is weighing a legal challenge to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s authority said Friday it wanted to know whether the sudden ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions could impact or change the outcome of how it should rule….
In memoir, Michelle Obama says she’ll never forgive Trump birther claims
Former first lady Michelle Obama will never forgive President Donald Trump for promoting a bigoted conspiracy theory that questioned whether her husband was born in the United States, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
Schumer asks Trump about Whitaker attorney general appointment
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Friday questioned the legality of President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general and sent the Republican president a list of questions about the move.
