White House backs strategist at national security meetings

" The White House on Sunday said the addition of President Donald Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, to regular meetings of the country's top national security officials was essential to the commander in chief's decision-making process. Trump took steps Saturday to begin restructuring the White House National Security Council, adding the senior adviser to the principals committee, which includes the secretaries of state and defense.

Clever signs from Women’s Marches around the world

Senator Elizabeth Warren and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh wave to the crowds while walking in the Boston Women's March For America on Beacon St. on Saturday,Jan. 21, 2017. Roxanne Vigil, from left, Heather Murth and Janette Vigil, listen to a speech in front of the Wyoming Supreme Court during the Women's March Saturday morning, Jan. 21, 2017, in downtown Cheyenne, Wyo.

Some Republicans question Trump’s immigration order

Demonstrators sit down in the concourse and hold a sign that reads "We are America," as more than 1,000 people gather at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, to protest President Donald Trump's order that restricts immigration to the U.S., Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Seattle. President Trump signed an executive order Friday that bans legal U.S. residents and visa-holders from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S. for 90 days and puts an indefinite hold on a program resettling Syrian refugees.

Trump just made an unprecedented, ‘radical’ change to the…

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Saturday that removed the nation's top military and intelligence advisers as regular attendees of the National Security Council's Principals Committee, the interagency forum that deals with policy issues affecting national security. The executive measure established Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon as a regular attendee, whereas the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of National Intelligence will be allowed to participate only "where issues pertaining to their responsibilities and expertise are to be discussed."

McCain: Trump’s Orders Fueling ISIS With ‘More Propaganda’

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., often a critic of President Donald Trump, said Sunday the recent executive orders to ban Syrian refugees and visa-holders from seven countries which was originally outlined by former President Barack Obama's administration might be "more propaganda" to fuel the ISIS fire against the U.S. "But I'm very concerned about our affect on the Iraqi's right now. The dominant influence in Iraq today is not the United States of America it's Iran.

A psychologist explains why Trump needs lies and chaos to make himself look like a winner

President Donald Trump is going to continue lying and creating chaos because that's pretty much all he knows, according to a psychologist who's profiled him. Dan McAdams, a psychology professor at Northwestern University, attempted to plumb the depths of Trump's personality in an article published by The Atlantic a few months before the election, but the first week of his presidency have been more troubling than expected.

No, Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter didn’t do the same thing as Donald Trump’s Muslim ban

Supporters of the President's unprecedented Muslim ban are screaming hypocrisy. But there are some important differences with what previous Presidents have done Donald Trump supporters are asking why everyone's all mad about his unprecedented Muslim ban - because Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter both did the same thing.

Israel’s Netanyahu says US embassy should be in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the American embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, injecting himself once again into a charged campaign trail promise of U.S. President Donald Trump. Netanyahu's comments at his weekly Cabinet meeting appeared aimed at countering reports that Israel was concerned about the fallout of such a move, which is vehemently opposed by the Palestinians and has sparked fears of a renewed outbreak of violence.

Protests erupt over travel ban

President Donald Trump's travel ban barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations entry into the U.S. has sparked protests around the country Saturday night and early Sunday morning. At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, about 3,000 protesters holding signs and chanting "no hatred, no fear, immigrants are welcome here" and "let them in" gathered Saturday evening and continued demonstrating into early Sunday morning.

Why the US cannot – and will not – move its embassy in Israel

Donald Trump Why the US cannot - and will not - move its embassy in Israel Demonstrators hit LAX to protest Trump's immigration ban Trump puts Mexican president in a political vise MORE , promised that once he was elected he would move the U.S. embassy in Israel, currently in Tel Aviv, to Jerusalem. In doing so, he was echoing a theme that has been played out in the previous six presidential elections.

Commentary: Can Trump reconcile populist aims with establishment means?

From populism's left wing, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders drawing cheers during a campaign stop in Derry, N.H., last winter. is a senior economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester and an adjunct professor of economics at Villanova University The 2016 election season officially came to a close with the inauguration of Donald Trump as our 45th president.

NYC airport a scene of anguish after Trump ban

New York City's Kennedy airport became a scene of anguish and desperation Saturday for the families of people detained after arriving in the U.S. from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban. Many flights to the U.S. already were in the air Friday when the president's order barred entry to citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations.

How Trump’s abrupt immigration ban sowed confusion at airports, agencies

After immigration agents detained two Iraqis on Saturday at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, their lawyers and two U.S. representatives accompanying them tried to cross into a secure area - and were stopped themselves. A few minutes later, Heidi Nassauer, chief of passenger operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the airport, was called over.

Confusion, anger as Trump’s entry ban bites; even some cabin crew stuck

In his most sweeping decision since taking office a week ago, Trump, a Republican, put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travellers from Syria and six other countries. Capping a day of confusion and chaos and protests in several airports across the country, a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, granted a temporary reprieve.

Environmentalists preparing to battle Trump, GOP in court

The night before Donald Trump's inauguration, five environmental lawyers filed a federal court brief defending an Obama administration clean-water rule that the new president and his Republican allies have targeted for elimination, considering it burdensome to landowners. The move served as a warning that environmentalists, facing a hostile administration and a Republican-dominated Congress, are prepared to battle in court against what they fear will be a wave of "It's going to be all-out war," said Vermont Law School Professor Patrick Parenteau.

States discussing lawsuit over Trump immigration order

A group of state attorneys general are discussing whether to file their own court challenge against President Donald Trump's order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries entering the United States, officials in three states told Reuters. Democrat attorneys general are expected to be a source of fierce resistance to Trump, much as Republican AGs opposed former President Barack Obama.