Among Allentown’s Syrians, mostly shock over Trump missile strike

Zarour also said Trump's action was "confusing" because of his previous actions cutting off the flow of Syrian refugees to the U.S. "This is patterned behavior", Jennifer Cafarella, a Syria analyst for the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War, said to BuzzFeed. And not just Christians, Sabbagh added, but nonradicalized Muslims in Syria.

Clinton chides Trump on Syrian refugee ban after strike5 min ago

Washington, April 8 Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has chided President Donald Trump for firing 59 Tomahawk missiles on Syria as he attempts to bar refugees from entering the US. Clinton on Friday urged the administration to "recognize that we cannot in one breath speak of protecting Syrian babies and in the next close America's doors to them".

Gorsuch OK’d as new justice

The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to become the newest associate justice on the Supreme Court Friday, elevating Donald Trump's nominee following a corrosive partisan confrontation that could have lasting impacts for the Senate and the court. Vice President Mike Pence was presiding as the Senate voted 54-45 in favor of Gorsuch, a 49-year-old veteran of the 10th U.S. Circuit of Appeals in Denver whose conservative rulings make him an intellectual heir to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, whose seat he will fill.

Twitter case shows breadth of US power to probe anti-Trump statements

A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 26, 2016. An attempt by U.S. authorities to identify an anonymous critic of President Donald Trump on Twitter has set off alarm bells among Democratic and Republican lawmakers and civil liberties advocates fearful of a crackdown on dissent.

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The United States vowed Friday to keep the pressure on Syria after the intense nighttime wave of missile strikes from U.S. ships, despite the prospect of escalating Russian ill will that could further inflame one of the world's most vexing conflicts. Standing firm, the Trump administration signaled new sanctions would soon follow the missile attack, and the Pentagon was even probing whether Russia itself was involved in the chemical weapons assault that compelled President Donald Trump to action.

In Syria, Trump and Obama faced same issue – and found different solutions

More than four years ago, President Barack Obama vowed action if Syria crossed a "red line" and used chemical weapons on its own people. But when hundreds of Syrians died in a chemical weapons attack in the Ghouta region outside Damascus in 2013, Obama failed to act.

Inside the breakneck a 72-hour evolutiona that led Trump to order Syria strike

President Donald Trump ordered the first U.S. military strikes against Syria last night since the war began in 2011, firing 59 Tomahawk missiles on an airbase in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack in Idlib that killed some 86 people, over 30 of the In this image from video provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. This satellite image released by the U.S. Department of Defense shows a damage assessment image of Shayrat air base in Syria, following U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes on Friday, April 7, 2017 from the USS Ross and USS Porter , Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers.

Trump’s Syria Strike Won’t Solve Any Problems But Could Make Everything Worse

"It is in the vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the use of deadly chemical weapons," said President Donald Trump in explaining a U.S.-missile strike on a Syrian airbase. That might sound good and even noble in theory, explains Emma Ashford of the Cato Institute, but the plain truth is that he's wrong.

The Nuclear Option: Senate confirms Trump pick to Supreme Court

The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to become the newest associate justice on the Supreme Court Friday, elevating Donald Trump's nominee following a corrosive partisan confrontation that could have lasting impacts for the Senate and the court. Vice President Mike Pence was presiding as the Senate voted 54-45 in favor of Gorsuch, a 49-year-old veteran of the 10th U.S. Circuit of Appeals in Denver whose conservative rulings make him an intellectual heir to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, whose seat he will fill.

Media Praise Trump For Ordering Missile Attack On Syrian Airbase

Media figures and pundits celebrated President Donald Trump's "swift, decisive" order to destroy a Syrian airbase in retaliation for what is believed to be a chemical warfare attack against Syrian rebels that killed dozens of people, including children. Pundits praised Trump's "readiness to act on instinct" and declared that Trump "made Americans proud."

Sanders and Perez plan cross-country tour

Bernie Sanders Sanders and Perez plan cross-country tour 'SNL' alum: 'Moron' Trump 'didn't get the jokes' Senate Dems offer bill to restore internet privacy rules MORE will join Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez in a cross-country outreach tour to states where Democrats lost in 2016. The trip will begin in Maine in mid-April and will reach several states, including Kentucky, Florida, Nevada and Arizona, according to the Washington Post .