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'Almost Everything Went Wrong' in First Trump-Era Raid

2 Americans died in mission on Yemen village

(Newser) - The first American military raid of the Trump administration wasn't a complete failure, but "almost everything went wrong," a senior military official tells NBC News . The Sunday raid in Yemen, which the president approved last week, left dozens of people dead , including two Americans: a service member...

Since Inauguration, 2.2K Progressives Decided to Run for Office

1K did so in the days after immigration order

(Newser) - A group determined to turn opposition to President Trump's policies into real change has signed up more than 1,000 young people to run for state or local office in the space of a few days. The Run for Something group, which is seeking people under 35 with progressive...

Acting Attorney General Won&#39;t Defend Trump&#39;s Refugee Ban
Trump Fires Acting AG
After Her Act of Defiance
UPDATED
Jan 31, 2017 12:47 AM CST

Trump Fires Acting AG After Her Act of Defiance

Obama holdover Sally Yates is out after refusing to defend immigration order

(Newser) - An Obama holdover who was temporarily running the Justice Department just got fired by President Trump after an act of defiance. Mere hours after acting attorney general Sally Yates said the department would not defend Trump's refugee executive order in court while she was in charge, Trump made sure...

Trump Voter Fraud Expert Registered in 3 States

'Why would I know or care?' Gregg Phillips says

(Newser) - A man who President Trump has promoted as an authority on voter fraud was registered to vote in multiple states during the 2016 presidential election, the AP has learned. Gregg Phillips, whose unsubstantiated claim that the election was marred by 3 million illegal votes was tweeted by the president , was...

Obama Criticizes Trump: 'American Values Are at Stake'

Former president 'heartened' by protests

(Newser) - It didn't take long for Barack Obama to criticize his successor: The former president issued a statement Monday disagreeing with President Trump's immigration moves and praising those who are protesting them, reports CNN . Spokesman Kevin Lewis said Obama is "heartened by the level of engagement taking place...

Trump's Disapproval Rating Is Kind of Insane

Bill Clinton hit majority disapproval in 573 days; Trump did it in 8

(Newser) - It took President Trump just eight days to make history in the Oval Office—but don't expect him to boast about the feat on Twitter. According to Gallup , Trump has become the president to fastest reach majority disapproval, with 48% disapproving of the job he's doing as president...

Trump's SCOTUS Announcement Goes Prime Time

President will name his choice live on TV Tuesday at 8pm

(Newser) - Donald Trump is returning to prime time. The president on Monday morning announced via Twitter that he'd be naming his pick for the Supreme Court live on TV. The 8pm Tuesday announcement speeds up the original plan, which the New York Times reports had Antonin Scalia's replacement being...

Samantha Bee Promises Epic Trump Roast

It's planned for same night as White House Correspondents' Dinner

(Newser) - If Donald Trump chooses to roast journalists, celebrities, and politicians at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC, this year, it'll be with the knowledge that he's being brutally mocked not too far away. Samantha Bee of TBS' Full Frontal says she'll host celebrities, journalists,...

1.3M Argue Trump's Visit to UK Will Embarrass the Queen

President's travel ban has sparked outrage in Britain

(Newser) - A state visit to Britain by President Trump later this year will go ahead, the prime minister's office said Monday, despite increasing calls for it to be canceled over his temporary ban on residents of seven majority-Muslim countries from traveling to the US, the AP reports. Furor over the...

Trump's New Executive Order: 'Biggest Act Country Has Seen'

Making good on what he said he'd do in November

(Newser) - President Trump signed an executive action Monday aimed at "cutting regulations massively for small business." He says it will be the "biggest such act that our country has ever seen." The AP reports that White House officials had called the directive a "one in, two...

MIT Student, a 12-Year-Old: 6 People Affected by Trump Ban
6 People Stranded Around
the World by Trump's Ban
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 30, 2017 8:07 AM CST

6 People Stranded Around the World by Trump's Ban

Including a 12-year-old stuck in Djibouti who will probably be sent back to Yemen

(Newser) - Niki Mossafer Rahmati took a short winter break from her studies at MIT by heading home to Tehran. But as USA Today reports, Rahmati's return trip was dashed by President Trump's executive order banning nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries. Her Facebook post documents her scramble once news of...

7 Stars Who Slammed Trump Order at SAG Awards

Show was political right from the start

(Newser) - The Screen Actors Guild Awards happened as protests against President Trump's immigration order were taking place nationwide Sunday—and the awards show itself was political right from the start, with Ashton Kutcher welcoming everyone in the crowd "and everyone in airports that belong in my America." He...

Official Calls Trump Travel Ban a &#39;Massive Success&#39;
Official Calls
Trump Travel Ban 
a 'Massive Success'
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 30, 2017 6:19 AM CST

Official Calls Trump Travel Ban a 'Massive Success'

ACLU smashes fundraising records

(Newser) - President Trump's travel ban on citizens of seven countries continued to cause chaos and protests at airports around the country and around the world Sunday, though an administration official insisted it was a "massive success," Reuters reports. The attorneys general of 15 states denounced the Trump order...

9 Photos That Capture Today's Protests Over Trump's Ban

From Boston to Miami

(Newser) - Day 2 of protests continue at America's international airports, among other places, with those opposed to President Trump's executive order on immigration and refugees making their voices heard. NBC News runs down a number of the places that have seen activity Sunday, from New York City's Battery...

White House Doesn't Blink: 'The Order Remains in Place'

As the attorneys general in 15 states come out against it

(Newser) - US District Court Judge Ann Donnelly issued an injunction barring the government from deporting anyone during an emergency hearing Saturday night in Brooklyn, and her court was not the only one to do so. Reuters reports that judges in three additional states—Massachusetts, Virginia, and Washington state—have since followed...

Trump's Travel Ban Has Altered the Oscars

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi won't be there, even if an exception is granted

(Newser) - The Iranian director of one of the "12 best films of the 21st century" is up for an Oscar this year, but he won't be attending the Academy Awards, and President Donald Trump's travel ban is why. Asghar Farhadi, an acclaimed director whose film The Salesman was...

Airbnb Offers Its 3M Homes to Stranded Refugees

Lyft takes a stand, too

(Newser) - Uber finds itself persona non grata this weekend, after it kept giving rides —and turned off surge pricing—at JFK Saturday as taxi drivers stopped work to protest President Trump's executive order on refugees and immigration. Its rival finds itself on the other end of the press stick:...

National Security Council Restructured to Include Bannon

While roles of the DNI, chairman of the Joint Chiefs minimized

(Newser) - Amid President Trump's flurry of actions Saturday was some restructuring at the National Security Council. White House chief strategist Steve Bannon now has a permanent seat on the principals committee of the NSC, reports the Washington Post , which notes that "the changes affirm the ascent of Bannon" in...

US Suffers 1st Combat Death of the Trump Era

1 killed in rare American raid in Yemen

(Newser) - A US military service member was killed Sunday during a raid against al-Qaeda militants in central Yemen that also left nearly 30 others dead, including women and children. The loss of the service member is the first-known combat death of a member of the US military under President Trump. The...

Conway: Ban Is &#39;a Small Price to Pay&#39;
Conway: Ban Is
'a Small Price to Pay'
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jan 29, 2017 10:59 AM CST

Conway: Ban Is 'a Small Price to Pay'

Trump's order sees some pushback from Republicans

(Newser) - Kellyanne Conway says that a federal judge's emergency order late Saturday temporarily barring the US from deporting people from nations subject to President Trump's travel ban "really doesn't affect the executive order at all." Conway says Trump's order is about "preventing, not detaining"...

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