Trump signals changes to US interrogation, detention policy

President Donald Trump 's renewed embrace of torture in the fight against Islamic extremism sets up a heated dispute with a long line of opponents both at home and abroad of Bush-era interrogation policies and CIA-run "black site" prisons. "We have to fight fire with fire," Trump told ABC in an interview aired Wednesday after The Associated Press and other news organizations obtained a copy of a draft executive order that signals sweeping changes to U.S. interrogation and detention policy.

For most Americans, Dow 20,000 carries little benefit

While Wall Street celebrates yet another stock market record - surpassing 20,000 on the Dow Jones industrial average - many Americans have little reason to cheer. Despite the spread of 401 retirement plans, the wealthiest 10 percent of households own roughly 80 percent of stock market wealth.

Immigration advocates draw battle lines after Trumpa s executive orders

Rev. Walter Contreras, from Pasadena Presbyterian Church, speaks during a vigil in front of Los Angeles City Hall to denounce immigration-related Executive Actions by President Donald Trump on Wednesday January 25, 2017. About 30 protesters gather as they light candles and say prayers.

Two-alarm fire leaves five in Ashland homeless

A cold-case investigation into the disappearance of a woman in Manchester in 1981 took a twist Wednesday when the state Attorney General's Office announced it will hold a press briefing... Gabriel Verpaelst's fourth goal of the season sent the Norfolk Admirals to a 4-3 overtime win over the Manchester Monarchs in ECHL play Wednesday night in ... (more)

Rights advocates slam Trump plans on Muslim immigrants, refugees

A cold-case investigation into the disappearance of a woman in Manchester in 1981 took a twist Wednesday when the state Attorney General's Office announced it will hold a press briefing... Gabriel Verpaelst's fourth goal of the season sent the Norfolk Admirals to a 4-3 overtime win over the Manchester Monarchs in ECHL play Wednesday night in ... (more)

Mexico opposition leader urges U.N. lawsuit over Trump wall

A cold-case investigation into the disappearance of a woman in Manchester in 1981 took a twist Wednesday when the state Attorney General's Office announced it will hold a press briefing... Gabriel Verpaelst's fourth goal of the season sent the Norfolk Admirals to a 4-3 overtime win over the Manchester Monarchs in ECHL play Wednesday night in ... (more)

White House Distances Itself from ‘Black Site’ Order After Outrage

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday said he had "no idea" where a controversial executive order that seemed poised to reinstate secret overseas CIA prisons came from, stating that President Donald Trump had not seen it. The draft, titled "Detention and Interrogation of Enemy Combatants," copies of which were obtained by the Associated Press and the Washington Post , would revoke former President Barack Obama's decision to ban torture techniques and end the CIA program that allowed "interrogation of high-value alien terrorists to be operated outside the United States."

Opposition Gathers Steam as Trump Readies Conservative Pick for Supreme Court

President Donald Trump will next week announce his pick for Supreme Court justice, who will likely be in the mold of the late Antonin Scalia. With Republicans having blocked the nomination of former President Barack Obama's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, President Donald Trump is now ready to offer up his choice for the seat left vacant for nearly a year since the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.

‘It’s A Dangerous Lie’: Chris Cuomo Destroys Santorum’s Voter Fraud Myth With Basic Journalism

CNN host Chris Cuomo on Wednesday accused CNN contributor Rick Santorum of enabling President Donald Trump's patently false voter fraud claims. In a tweet Wednesday morning, Trump promised a "major investigation" into voter fraud following his assertion this week that he lost the popular vote because 3 to 5 million people voted illegally.

Firewood is stacked up at a protest encampment along the route of the …

President Donald Trump's executive actions on the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines are aimed at turning the much-protested pipelines into reality. Here's a look at what may be next for the two pipelines: The $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline to carry North Dakota oil through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois is nearly complete, except for a stretch underneath Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota.

Trump draft order seeks review on terror interrogations

President Donald Trump is asking for a review of America's methods for interrogating terror suspects and the possible reopening of CIA-run "black site" prisons outside the United States, according to a draft executive order obtained by The Associated Press. The document instructs top national security officers to "recommend to the president whether to reinitiate a program of interrogation of high-value alien terrorists to be operated outside the United States and whether such program should include the use of detention facilities operated by the Central Intelligence Agency."

Trump calls Dow 20,000 ‘Great!’

Following the Dow's cross over the 20,000 level, President Donald Trump re-tweeted a story on the index's move with the word "Great!" from the official POTUS account. While the milestone was achieved under Trump, it appears more of the move had to do with strong earnings from Dow components such as Boeing, which beat on earnings and revenue on Wednesday morning.

Melania Trump’s interview from 2011 demanding to see Barack Obama’s birth certificate

Later in the morning President-elect Trump will be sworn in as the nation's 45th president during an inaugural ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. One lump or two? Melania Trump and Michelle Obama met for tea in the White House in the days following Donald Trump's election victory Photo: Chuck Kennedy/The White House President Barack Obama greets Melania, Tifffany and Ivanka Trump prior to the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017.

Trump advance construction of controversial oil pipelines Keystone XL, Dakota Access pipelines

Washington D.C. [United States], Jan. 25 : United States President Donald Trump has advanced the construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines through executive orders. Trump signed the documents in the Oval Office and vowed to "renegotiate some of the terms" of the Keystone bill and said he would then seek to "get that pipeline built."

Trump expected to issue executive order to block refugees from ‘dangerous’ Muslim countries

With Trump considering measures to tighten border security, he could turn his attention to the refugee issue later this week. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries, according to several congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter.

What’s next for the Dakota Access, Keystone XL pipelines?

President Donald Trump's executive actions on the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines are aimed at turning the much-protested pipelines into reality. Here's a look at what may be next for the two pipelines: The $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline to carry North Dakota oil through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois is nearly complete other than a stretch underneath Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota.