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Trump admin issues new immigration measures

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly issued two memoranda directing the department to implement Trump's harsh executive orders on immigration enforcement.

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Trump admin’s Hungarian fascist connection?

Trump assistant Sebastian Gorka wears the medal of the Hungarian Order of Heroes, listed by the State Department as having collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.

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Fall of Flynn: hope or peril?

Mike Flynn’s resignation as National Security Advisor couldĀ be the beginning of the collapse of the administrationā€”or the start of a Trump-Putin breach, which holds dangers of its own.

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White nationalist to National Security Council

With a constitutional crisis looming over Trump's "Muslim ban," white nationalist mouthpiece Steve Bannon has been named to the inner ring of the National Security Council.

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Court issues stay on Trump immigration order

A Brooklyn federal judge blocked Trump's order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, as activists occupied JFK and several other US airports.

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Trump issues executive orders on immigration

President Trump signed two executive orders on immigration—withholding funds from "sanctuary cities" and directing construction of a wall along the Mexican border.

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Human Rights Watch: Trump portends ‘tyranny’

In its yearly report, Human Rights Watch warns that the rise of populist leaders "poses a dangerous threat to basic rights"—particularly naming Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.