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For eight years, Barack Obama, the first black president, and First Lady Michelle Obama occupied the most powerful seat in the world. During this time, they graciously shouldered the pride and hopes of blacks around the world with them.
President Donald Trump begins his term with ambitious promises regarding the economy. He has pledged to boost economic growth to 4 percent a year and create 25 million jobs in the next decade as "the greatest jobs producer that God ever created."
I was on the road again this week, and was thinking about how Florida has swung back and forth between Democrats and Republicans. I also thought more about the House, Senate, and White House being held by the same party.
Hundreds of thousands of onions were lost when this onion storage shed in Nyssa collapsed under the weight of several feet of snow. About 50 storage sheds and packing facilities have been destroyed.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey are among the large crowd of protesters at Philadelphia International Airport. Pa. politicians join #MuslimBan protest Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey are among the large crowd of protesters at Philadelphia International Airport.
A federal court in Brooklyn Saturday night granted an emergency stay on President Trump's executive order that bans immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries for two Iraqi men who had valid visas to enter the United States but were detained Saturday when they arrived in New York. Trump's order calls for an immediate suspension of immigration from countries with ties to terror, including Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and Libya, for a time period of 90 days.
Protesters gathered at airports cross the United States on Saturday to complain about President Donald Trump's immigration policies, with more protests scheduled for Sunday. This was the second weekend of demonstrations, with more than 1 million people coming out last weekend for the Women's March.
Protests spread to airports across the country Saturday after after at least 27 passengers were detained or sent home from four different airports, and hundreds of people around the world were barred from boarding U.S.-bound flights following President Trump's executive order on immigration. One of at least two Iraqis detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City has been released, according to New York officials.
A federal judge granted an emergency stay Saturday night for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries who have already arrived in the US and those who are in transit, and who hold valid visas, ruling they can legally enter the US -- a decision that halts President Donald Trump's executive order barring citizens from those countries from entering the US for the next 90 days. "The petitioners have a strong likelihood of success in establishing that the removal of the petitioner and other similarly situated violates their due process and equal protection guaranteed by the United States Constitution," US District Judge Ann Donnelly wrote in her decision.
President Donald Trump's seismic move to ban more than 130 million people from the United States and to deny entry to all refugees reverberated worldwide Saturday, as chaos and confusion rippled through US law enforcement agencies, airports and foreign capitals trying to grasp the US's new policy. Trump's executive order bars citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for the next 90 days and suspends the admission of all refugees for 120 days.
The Latest on U.S. President Donald Trump and his ban on refugees from Muslim-majority countries : A federal judge in New York has issued an emergency order temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly issued the order Saturday evening after lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed a court petition on behalf of people from seven predominantly Muslim nations who were detained at airports across the country as the ban took effect.
President Trump is moving at a fast and furious pace. He is overwhelming Washington with a series of provocative executive orders that aim to fulfill his campaign promises.
In signing an executive order imposing tough ethics standards on executive branch employees, President Trump followed a path laid by the two Democratic presidents who preceded him, almost word for word. "This is a five-year lobbying ban," Trump said at the ceremony where he signed this and two other orders.
Elizabeth Warren greeted Baharak Bahmani after her husband had been held up while flying in from Iran during a protest against the recent immigration bans at Boston Logan Airport. Facing a crowd of protesters at Logan Airport on Saturday night, US Senator Elizabeth Warren denounced President Trump's recent immigration order, proclaiming, "we will not turn away children."
Protesters gather at JFK International Airport's Terminal 4 on Jan. 28, 2017, to demonstrate against President Trump's executive order to suspend refugee arrivals. President Trump's ban on immigration by citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries ran into at least a temporary roadblock Saturday night, after a U.S. District judge in Brooklyn granted an emergency stay sought by immigrants' rights lawyers.
The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah addresses his supporters at the American Preparatory campus in Draper, Saturday, March 19, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Carly Fiorina and Glenn Beck were also in attendance.
Protesters march down Tejon Street Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, during the Colorado Springs Women's March in downtown Colorado Springs. The sister march of the Women's March on Washington, D.C., drew between 5,000 and 10,000 people.
U.S. Reps. Dina Titus and Ruben Kihuen this afternoon condemned President Donald Trump's executive order barring refugees from entering the country, while vowing to help those who may be affected.
President Donald Trump bars all refugees from entering the United States for four months _ and those from war-ravaged Syria indefinitely _ declaring the ban necessary to prevent "radical Islamic terrorists" from... Confusion, worry and outrage are growing as President Donald Trump's crackdown on refugees and citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries takes effect The federal trial of the South Carolina man who slaughtered nine Bible study participants has come and gone, with Dylann Roof's death sentence assuring he will spend the rest of his limited days in prison The federal trial of the South Carolina man who slaughtered nine Bible study participants has come and gone, with Dylann Roof's death sentence assuring he will spend the rest of his limited days in prison The woman at the center of the trial of Emmett Till's alleged killers has acknowledged that she falsely testified he made ... (more)
Angry protesters are gathering at Kennedy Airport to denounce President Trump's executive action against refugees. Several international travelers have been detained, and customs officials are saying those people are not allowed to enter the United States.