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Trump’s travel ban faces yet another stinging loss at 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against President Donald Trump’s revised executive order limiting travel from six predominately Muslim countries. The ruling is yet another rejection from a court that similarly refused to reinstate Trump’s original executive order on travel in February. “We conclude that the President, in issuing the Executive Order, exceeded... Read More

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June 9, 2017

Hillary Clinton is here for President Trump | Shades him in her Medgar Evers Speech

Still on this matter. Former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton took another opportunity to test her claws on Trump, Thursday. In her commencement address at Medgar Evers College, Clinton urged the graduates to fight for social justice and also projected her immense loss on the fresh graduates according to reports. Addressing graduates at Barclays Center... Read More

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June 5, 2017

The Thread: “Unhinged rants” “You’ve failed as a human” | America blows up at Trump

There’s no stopping Trump, is there? He’s dug his heels in and won’t let go, prepared to do whatever is neccessary to achieve his goals/campaign pledges. These include the travel ban and his cold war with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. We thought we would get a breather from Trump’s tweets after the weekend.... Read More

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June 4, 2017

From firing Sally Yates, to the Muslim ban | See a timeline of Donald Trump’s controversial decisions so far

Since his inauguration as 45th President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has only rarely failed to make the news for controversial reasons. Trump has made decisions that have either sparked outrage, protests or have made him a butt of jokes. From his ban on Muslims and refugees, to appointment of family members... Read More

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May 9, 2017

“It’s not a muslim ban”| Trump’s lawyer struggles to defend revised travel ban in court

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Donald Trump’s controversial political statements followed him to court, where judges seem skeptical that his revised travel ban was based on national security rather than his campaign promise to ban Muslims from entering the United States. Thirteen judges on the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit were considering the... Read More

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May 8, 2017

Appeals court set to hear arguments on President Trump’s revised travel ban

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Donald Trump’s travel ban is back Monday with a high-stakes legal battle in front of a dozen federal judges in Richmond, Virginia. The March order was the president’s second effort on travel restrictions. The first which was issued Jan. 27, led to chaos and protests at airports before being blocked by... Read More

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March 30, 2017

President Trump’s new travel ban faces indefinite halt

By Itunuoluwa Adebo US District Court Judge Derrick Watson on Wednesday further extended his injunction on President Trump’s revised travel ban. This comes after the State of Hawaii asked the judge to extend the temporary ruling he passed on the case about two weeks ago. [READ ALSO:] The future of online privacy might now be in... Read More

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March 8, 2017

US Congressmen blast new travel ban, call it Muslim Ban 2.0

By Itunuoluwa Adebo The two Muslim members of Congress swiftly blasted President Donald Trump’s new version of the travel ban as still targeting Muslim-majority countries ,raising the critical issue which stalled the first ban in court. “Here we go again…Muslim Ban 2.0 #NoBanNoWall,” tweeted Democratic Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana, the second Muslim elected to... Read More

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February 10, 2017

Opinion: What Trump’s ban says to Nigeria and the rest of us

by Chude Jideonwo “We live in a very unknown but somehow very scary world right now,” tweeted a friend from home barely 50 minutes after news of President Donald Trump’s latest executive order cut through the world – blocking nearly all people of seven countries from entering the United States and suspending the entire... Read More

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February 5, 2017

FactCheck: Kellyanne Conway lied again; and not only about her “Bowling Green Massacre” that never happened

In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Thursday, Trump adviser, Kellyanne Conway found herself stretching the truth whilst trying to defend president Trump and his policies. The interviewer asked: Chris Matthews: “Does the president have a right to insist that people who work for the federal government agree with him?” Kellyanne Conway: “He’s the... Read More

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February 3, 2017

Timeline: Trump, #MuslimBan, #WomensMarch, Mexican border wall and everything in-between

Exactly two weeks ago, Donald J. Trump took the oath of office on January 20, 2017, becoming the 45th President of the United States of America. Within that space of time Trump has been in the news for the good, the bad, and the ugly. From his executive order banning Muslims from certain countries from... Read More

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January 31, 2017

Reuben Abati: Donald Trump and the Muslim world

by Reuben Abati I am not a fan of Donald Trump, the incumbent President of the United States. I didn’t stand with him. I stood with her- Hillary Clinton- in the last US Presidential election. No other election in recent American history has been more international in terms of interest and emotional involvement. Trump’s election... Read More

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January 30, 2017

The Thread: Iraqi refugee, Brahim, literally saved my life, twice -US Soldier | #MuslimBan

Donald Trump’s ban on refugees has got the US and other countries reeling. See below the retelling of a personal experience by a US soldier, @dyllyp. https://twitter.com/dyllyp/status/825397560126824448 https://twitter.com/dyllyp/status/825406426566713344 *tears*

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January 30, 2017

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. How cabal has been blocking us from meeting Buhari – CAN The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has alleged that a cabal has been frustrating efforts by its President, Supo Ayokunle to meet President Muhammadu Buhari. 2. We will ensure Kashamu is extradited to the US... Read More

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January 30, 2017

Seth Frantzman: Obama’s administration made the “Muslim Ban” possible and the media won’t tell you

by Seth J. Frantzman I was outraged by the ban on refugees from war-torn countries in the Middle East. I’ve covered refugees fleeing war in Iraq and Syria over the last two years, meeting families on the road in Greece, Serbia and Macedonia, speaking to poor people in Turkey and Jordan and discussing the hopes... Read More

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January 29, 2017

Obama’s elder brother, Malik supports Trump’s Muslim ban

Former President Barack Obama’s elder brother, Malik has supported President Donald Trump’s ban on Muslims. In a series of tweets, Malik said Trump decision was born out of his love for Americans. He wrote, “We don’t lock our doors before bed because we hate people outside. We lock them because we love the people inside.”... Read More

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January 29, 2017

We would not exist without immigrants, Apple, Google tell Trump

Top American companies have protested against the decision by President Donald Trump to ban entrance if Muslims from 7 countries fro 3 months. Tim Cook in a memo to staff said Apple will not exist without immigrants. “Apple would not exist without immigration, let alone thrive and innovate the way we do,” he said. Netflix... Read More

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November 11, 2016

Donald Trump’s Muslims ban statement reappears on website

Following questions from journalists, one of US President-elect, Donald Trump’s campaign promises to ban Muslims from entering America has reappeared on his website on Thursday. Trump during his campaign had made a divisive statement that he would suspend immigration for Muslims and from any country “that has been compromised by terrorism.” The campaign promise had... Read More