Trump blamed “big problems at airports” on other factors, including demonstrators and an airline’s technical problems.
Critics remain concerned over the exact limits of the ban's scope, legal questions about its constitutionality and whether the Trump administration will comply with orders from federal judges to temporarily halt the travel ban.
In social-media postings, Islamic State supporters see the order as validation for their claim that the U.S. is at war with Islam.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Trump’s executive order "was done in such a sloppy and careless way. ... It almost seems like back of the envelope.”
In their first formal break with the administration, top network officials condemned the travel ban on some refugees and immigrants, calling it “the wrong approach.”
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Sept. 11, 2001. Boston Marathon. San Bernardino. Orlando. No one involved in those attacks was born in the countries President Trump's order included. Yet his aides, in defending the ban, have pointed to some of these attacks, including some carried out by people born in the United States.
Two senior administration officials agreed to explain the president's executive order on Sunday evening — but only on the condition of not being identified.
There are several important differences between the two refugee policies.
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Police made two arrests after the attack at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center. One of the men is now considered a witness. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the shooting an act of terrorism.
The announcement capped weeks of private meetings with the jetmaker. The president said the savings would apply to the company’s next lot of 90 planes.
The White House did not immediately release a text of the executive order, which the president called “a big one,” so its impact was difficult to judge.
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We look at the possible picks to succeed the late Antonin Scalia and how their views would fit with other justices.
We dig into the statistics and facts underlying the president’s statements on crime trends.
Major new commitments were made in July at a NATO summit in Warsaw by then-President Barack Obama, and at the time they seemed like a bipartisan expression of support for U.S. allies.
The “Full Frontal” host said her event will draw “journalists and non-irritating celebrities from around the world.” She promised to donate proceeds to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
