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Here are the 12 countries Trump placed under travel bans, and the 7 newly under travel restrictions

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump cited a range of reasons for placing 19 countries under new travel bans or restrictions in the U.S. They include allegations of lax screening of travelers, “a significant terrorist presence” in its territory, a government that wasn’t cooperative enough in accepting deported citizens or residents who were prone

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Trump orders investigation into Biden’s actions as president, ratcheting up targeting of predecessor

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed his administration to investigate Joe Biden’s actions as president, alleging aides masked his predecessor’s “cognitive decline” and casting doubts on the legitimacy of his use of the autopen to sign pardons and other documents. The order marked a

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Guatemalan man deported to Mexico returns to US after court orders Trump administration to do so

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press A Guatemalan man deported to Mexico, whom President Donald Trump’s administration was working to bring back after a court order, landed in the United States on Wednesday, his attorneys confirmed. The man, identified in court documents by initials O.C.G., landed in California via a commercial flight and made contact

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Judge weighs government’s request to unseal records of FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is weighing a request from the Trump administration to unseal records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. — files that the civil rights leader’s relatives want to keep under wraps in the national archives. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington,

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Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday barred a major U.S. private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials. Leavenworth County Judge John Bryant agreed after a packed hearing to

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Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday barred a major U.S. private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials. Leavenworth County Judge John Bryant agreed after a packed hearing to

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Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday barred a major U.S. private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials. Leavenworth County Judge John Bryant agreed after a packed hearing to

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Syria will give inspectors immediate access to suspected former nuclear sites, UN watchdog tells AP

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s new government has agreed to give inspectors from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog access to suspected former nuclear sites immediately, the agency’s head told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, spoke in an exclusive interview in Damascus,

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