Trump’s Travel Ban Showdown Is Headed for the Supreme Court – TIME

(WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s administration is pledging a Supreme Court showdown over his travel ban after a federal appeals court ruled that the ban “drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.” Citing the president’s duty to protect the country from terrorism, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that the Justice Department will ask the high […]

US lawmakers reintroduce bill to end restrictions on Cuba travel – Reuters

HAVANA/WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of U.S. senators reintroduced legislation on Thursday to repeal all restrictions on travel to Cuba, this time attracting far more co-sponsors in a sign of growing support for U.S.-Cuban detente even as its future looks uncertain. The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act was introduced in 2015 by eight Republican and […]

Block on Trump travel ban upheld by 4th Circuit, DOJ pledges to seek Supreme Court review – ABC News

A federal appeals court upheld Thursday a lower court’s temporary block of key provisions of President Donald Trump‘s revised executive order banning travel from some Middle East and African countries. In the decision, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Roger Gregory writes that the executive order “in text speaks with vague words of national […]

Block on Trump travel ban upheld by 4th Circuit – ABC News

A federal appeals court upheld Thursday a lower court’s temporary block of key provisions of President Donald Trump‘s revised executive order banning travel from some Middle East and African countries. In the decision, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Roger Gregory writes that the executive order “in text speaks with vague words of national […]

Federal circuit court upholds decision blocking Trump’s travel ban – CBS News

A federal appeals court dealt another blow to President Trump’s revised travel ban targeting six Muslim-majority countries on Thursday, siding with groups that say the policy illegally targets Muslims. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that blocks the Republican’s administration from temporarily suspending new visas for people from Iran, […]

US bill would ban American tourist travel to North Korea – Reuters

WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. congressmen introduced a bill on Thursday that would ban Americans from traveling to North Korea as tourists and require them to obtain special permission for other types of visits. Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Joe Wilson said their proposed North Korea Travel Control Act followed the detention of at least […]