Appeals Court Keeps Freeze on Trump's Refugee Order
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Feb. 10, 2017 |
| Happy Friday from Washington as Donald Trump wraps up his third week as president. Senate Democrats continue to stall some Cabinet picks, and it turns out the acting treasury secretary is an architect of the Iran nuclear deal. Fred Lucas reports. Trump's Supreme Court nominee is a godsend to some special nuns, as Kelsey Harkness shows. Small businesses have to be sold on an import tax, Josh Siegel learns. Plus: Nolan Peterson files from the fighting in Ukraine, and John York explains why blue states are losing residents. |
NewsAppeals Court Keeps Freeze on Trump's Refugee Order"The federal courts are in essence refusing to recognize or acknowledge the authority given to the president by Congress to suspend the entry of aliens into the U.S.," says The Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky. "The very idea that any foreigner has any constitutional or statutory right to be admitted to the U.S. is absurd." |
NewsWhy This Group of Nuns Is Defending Neil GorsuchAfter President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, Democrats promised a fight, calling the federal appeals judge an extremist and a threat to women's health care. |
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CommentaryWhy People Are Leaving Blue States in DrovesIn the past 10 years, Texas received 1.3 million new residents while states like Illinois and New York have lost over 2 million combined. |
NewsOn the Front Lines of the War in Ukraine, Soldiers Dig In"In this embattled front-line town in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian army's 30th Brigade came under 120 mm mortar fire from its enemy—a combined force of pro-Russian separatists and Russian regulars entrenched across no man's land about 2 kilometers away," writes Daily Signal foreign correspondent Nolan Peterson. |
NewsThese Small Business Owners Fret Over 'Devastating' Import Tax Pitched by House GOP Leaders"If I want to keep importing and pay the tax, I am out of business," says Marc Johnson. He estimates his federal tax bill under the House plan would soar from about $100,000 a year to $650,000 annually. |
NewsBook Detailing the Story of Infamous Abortionist Left Off New York Times Best-Seller ListSince its release on Jan. 24, "Gosnell: The Untold Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer," quickly reached Amazon's best-seller list, but was left off The New York Times' hardcover nonfiction best-seller list. |
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