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• In setback for Trump, U.S. judges reject travel ban
• Ninth Circuit rules on Trump executive orders case
• Federal appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban
• The Latest: Trump calls ruling a 'political decision'
• ‘SEE YOU IN COURT’: Trump says he’ll take travel ban to Supreme Court
• Veterans Advantage Supports New Senate Bill to Treat Veterans with PTSD, TBI and Silent Injuries of War
• US appeals court refuses to restore Trump travel ban
• Trump responds to ruling on travel ban: 'SEE YOU IN COURT'
• U.S. appeals court upholds suspension of Trump travel ban
• US appeals court poised to rule on Trump travel ban
• The new ISIS threat: its soldiers are going home
• Competing polls: Does handpicked data deepen political divides?
• Trump Goes After McCain After He Says Yemen Raid Wasn't a 'Success'
• One year after nuclear deal, Iranian museum welcomes collection home from abroad
• New York man pleads guilty to attempted support of Islamic State
• Texas student from Jordan freed from immigration detention
• The Yemen Raid and the Ghost of Anwar al-Awlaki
• For many abroad, ideal of 'America' still cherished – at least for now
• Trump hosts Japan’s Abe for talks and golf at Mar-a-Lago
• Venezuela falls behind on oil-for-loan deals with China, Russia
• Trump accuses McCain of emboldening al-Qaida amid dispute over Yemen raid
• Having fled fighting, Iraqis and Syrians learn to code
• Turkey detains 4 IS suspects, seizes 24 suicide attack belts
• British PM May says Trump immigration order was wrong
• May says Trump immigration order was wrong
• Germany: 2 alleged extremists held in possible attack plan
• Residents can play soccer again in Mosul, without IS rules
• The Latest: CIA chief arrives in Turkey to discuss IS
• Japan took in just 28 refugees in 2016, despite record applications
• Iraq puts out fires at Qayyara oil field in northern Iraq: ministry
• Travel to US down 6.5% after Trump travel ban: report
• Trump calls courts 'so political' as travel ban faces scrutiny
• Yemenis stuck in Africa by travel ban arrive in Los Angeles
• Trump's Supreme Court pick dispirited by president's tweets

In setback for Trump, U.S. judges reject travel ban Posted: 09 Feb 2017 05:38 PM PST U.S. President Donald Trump suffered a legal blow on Thursday when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate a temporary travel ban he had ordered on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the Trump administration failed to offer any evidence that national security concerns justified immediately restoring the ban, which he launched two weeks ago. Shortly after the court issued its 29-page ruling, Trump tweeted: "SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!" He told reporters his administration ultimately would win the case and dismissed the ruling as "political." The 9th Circuit ruling, upholding last Friday's decision by U.S. District Judge James Robart, does not resolve the lawsuit.

Ninth Circuit rules on Trump executive orders case Posted: 09 Feb 2017 05:36 PM PST A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel has upheld a temporary restraining order related to the Trump administration's executive action on immigration from seven Mideast nations and the admission of refugees into the United Sta

Federal appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban Posted: 09 Feb 2017 05:01 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, unanimously rejecting the administration's claim of presidential authority and questioning its motives.

The Latest: Trump calls ruling a 'political decision' Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:52 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump (all times local):

‘SEE YOU IN COURT’: Trump says he’ll take travel ban to Supreme Court Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:50 PM PST President Trump reacted on Twitter Thursday evening after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reinstate his ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations. In his Twitter message, which was written in all capital letters, Trump indicated he will have Justice Department attorneys appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. White House director of social media Dan Scavino did not immediately respond to an email from Yahoo News asking whether the president planned to send any more tweets about the court decision on Thursday night.

Veterans Advantage Supports New Senate Bill to Treat Veterans with PTSD, TBI and Silent Injuries of War Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:25 PM PST WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a special national announcement to its members, Veterans Advantage has joined in support of new bipartisan legislation focusing on ground-breaking mental health treatments for military veterans, driven by a national obligation to accelerate focus on medical care for those who served our country. U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and David Perdue (R-GA) recently introduced the No Heroes Left Untreated Act, Senate legislation that would create a pilot program for innovative medical care for veterans to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the burgeoning 'silent injuries' of modern warfare. Senator Purdue's press announcement noted Veterans Advantage's support of the legislation, along with U.S Special Operations Command, Vietnam Veterans of America, Blue Star Families, American Legion Post 281, among others.

US appeals court refuses to restore Trump travel ban Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:19 PM PST A US court on Thursday slapped down Donald Trump's effort to bar refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from US soil, dealing the new president and his controversial law-and-order agenda a major defeat. The ruling from the federal appeals court in San Francisco on Trump's executive order, issued on January 27 with no prior warning and suspended a week later, capped a turbulent first three weeks of the Republican's presidency. "We hold that the government has not shown a likelihood of success on the merits of its appeal, nor has it shown that failure to enter a stay would cause irreparable injury," the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously.

Trump responds to ruling on travel ban: 'SEE YOU IN COURT' Posted: 09 Feb 2017 04:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to contest a federal appellate court decision refusing to reinstate his ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations, tweeting, "SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!"

U.S. appeals court upholds suspension of Trump travel ban Posted: 09 Feb 2017 03:52 PM PST A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday unanimously upheld a suspension of President Donald Trump's order that restricted travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling came in a challenge to Trump's order filed by the states of Washington and Minnesota. The U.S. Supreme Court will likely determine the case's final outcome.

US appeals court poised to rule on Trump travel ban Posted: 09 Feb 2017 02:52 PM PST A US court will rule Thursday on whether to reinstate President Donald Trump's executive order closing US borders to refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, in a major legal test of his controversial law-and-order agenda. The ruling from the federal appeals court in San Francisco on the contentious ban, which was issued on January 27 with no prior warning and suspended a week later, comes just three weeks into Trump's presidency. The order sparked travel chaos and was met with condemnation by immigration advocacy groups.

The new ISIS threat: its soldiers are going home Posted: 09 Feb 2017 02:02 PM PST Mohammed could be Jordan's biggest threat. For nearly three years, the 25-year-old has fought in Syria alongside the Al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al Nusra, then the Islamic State (IS, or ISIS). After months on the frontlines, Mohammed has a new plan: return home to Jordan.

Competing polls: Does handpicked data deepen political divides? Posted: 09 Feb 2017 01:57 PM PST How do Americans feel about President Trump's controversial immigration order? While thousands of protesters have crowded airports, city and town halls, and streets to loudly and visibly decry Mr. Trump's executive immigration order over the past two weeks, polls have revealed varying levels of support or opposition to the orders overall. Discrepancies in polling data is nothing new, and results are generally contextualized with a degree of uncertainty.

Trump Goes After McCain After He Says Yemen Raid Wasn't a 'Success' Posted: 09 Feb 2017 01:40 PM PST President Donald Trump has started another war of words with Arizona Sen. John McCain over whether a recent raid in Yemen — in which a Navy SEAL and a number of civilians, including women and children, were killed — was a success. "My understanding of the parameters of the raid were that they wanted to capture individuals, and obviously they didn't want to kill children or women," McCain said.

One year after nuclear deal, Iranian museum welcomes collection home from abroad Posted: 09 Feb 2017 01:33 PM PST On Monday, a museum in Tehran opened an unusual exhibit of ancient artifacts from ancient Persian history. Iran has had tenuous relations with the West for decades and no official diplomatic relations with the US at all since 1979, when Iranian students and held American hostages trapped in the US embassy for 444 days. Recommended: How much do you know about Iran?

New York man pleads guilty to attempted support of Islamic State Posted: 09 Feb 2017 01:09 PM PST A New York City man admitted on Thursday that he had sought to provide support to Islamic State and tried to kill an FBI agent with a knife when authorities came to his home to execute a search warrant in 2015. Fareed Mumuni, 22, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to five counts, including charges that he conspired to provide material support to Islamic State and attempted to murder a federal officer.

Texas student from Jordan freed from immigration detention Posted: 09 Feb 2017 12:44 PM PST HOUSTON (AP) — A Jordanian teenager returned to his home near Houston on Wednesday after being detained for more than a week following President Donald Trump's executive order curbing immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.

The Yemen Raid and the Ghost of Anwar al-Awlaki Posted: 09 Feb 2017 12:36 PM PST President Donald Trump has begun forging his own legacy in the ongoing wars on terror. On the same weekend that he signed his executive order temporarily banning travel to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, U.S. Navy SEALs, alongside UAE special forces, were preparing to raid Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) targets in Yemen, the first U.S.-led ground action in the country since 2014. While over a dozen al-Qaeda fighters were reportedly killed, so too was a Navy SEAL, along with an unverified number of civilians. Looming in the background was an all-too-familiar apparition: that of the late Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born al-Qaeda cleric and propagandist, killed by a U.S. drone strike on September, 30, 2011, while traveling through al-Jawf, Yemen.

For many abroad, ideal of 'America' still cherished – at least for now Posted: 09 Feb 2017 11:48 AM PST Martin Schulz, the former European Parliament president who is now vying to become Germany's next chancellor, has used the term "un-American" to describe Mr. Trump's policies. With the United States' status as sole superpower of the world since the fall of Communism, "America" has often carried a negative connotation of bullying and bellicosity. Suddenly the words of George Washington, who welcomed the "oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions" to "the bosom of America," are being brought up by those who have long been the US's closest allies.

Trump hosts Japan’s Abe for talks and golf at Mar-a-Lago Posted: 09 Feb 2017 11:42 AM PST The threat from North Korea, the future of trade, China's territorial ambitions and "a fair bit of golf" — there's a lot on the agenda as President Trump hosts Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on Friday, followed by a weekend at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.

Venezuela falls behind on oil-for-loan deals with China, Russia Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:29 AM PST By Marianna Parraga and Brian Ellsworth HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's state-run oil company, PDVSA, has fallen months behind on shipments of crude and fuel under oil-for-loan deals with China and Russia, according to internal company documents reviewed by Reuters. The delayed shipments to such crucial political allies and trading partners - which together have extended Venezuela at least $55 billion (£43.9 billion) in credit - provide new insight into PDVSA's operational failures and their crippling impact on the country's unraveling socialist economy. Because oil accounts for almost all of Venezuela's export revenue, PDVSA's crisis extends to a citizenry suffering through triple-digit inflation and food shortages reminiscent of the waning days of the Soviet Union.

Trump accuses McCain of emboldening al-Qaida amid dispute over Yemen raid Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:15 AM PST President Trump unleashed a furious tirade against Vietnam veteran Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Thursday morning amid their ongoing dispute over the White House's characterization of a recent military raid targeting al-Qaida terrorists as a success. According to McCain, the Jan. 28 intelligence-gathering raid in Yemen should not be considered successful because it resulted in the death of a Navy SEAL: Chief Petty Officer William "Ryan" Owens. The day before, White House press secretary Sean Spicer suggested McCain should apologize, but McCain rebuffed the request.

Having fled fighting, Iraqis and Syrians learn to code Posted: 09 Feb 2017 09:02 AM PST By Emily Wither and Girish Gupta ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - At a training course in northern Iraq, people displaced by the wars in Mosul and neighboring Syria are learning how to code. Some are already being sought by global companies even though they live in sprawling, dusty camps near Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish region, not far from Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq. The students come from regions seized by the Sunni militants in 2014 when they swept through parts of Iraq and Syria, and from other areas hit by Syria's civil war.

Turkey detains 4 IS suspects, seizes 24 suicide attack belts Posted: 09 Feb 2017 08:38 AM PST Turkish police detained four Islamic State group suspects who were allegedly planning to carry out a "sensational" attack in Turkey and seized 24 suicide attack belts, officials said Thursday. ...

British PM May says Trump immigration order was wrong Posted: 09 Feb 2017 06:56 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning entry to people from seven Muslim-majority countries is wrong and Britain does not plan to adopt a similar policy, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday. Trump's order, announced hours after his first meeting with May in Washington last month, barred travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering for 90 days. "We thought that was wrong, that was divisive, it is not a policy that the United Kingdom would adopt," May said when asked about the order during a news conference. ...

May says Trump immigration order was wrong Posted: 09 Feb 2017 06:48 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning entry to people from seven Muslim-majority countries is wrong and Britain does not plan to adopt a similar policy, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday. Trump's order, announced hours after his first meeting with May in Washington last month, barred travellers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering for 90 days. "We thought that was wrong, that was divisive, it is not a policy that the United Kingdom would adopt," May said when asked about the order during a news conference. ...

Germany: 2 alleged extremists held in possible attack plan Posted: 09 Feb 2017 06:44 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — Police in central Germany detained two men they described as known Islamic extremists on Thursday in an investigation of suspected plans for an attack.

Residents can play soccer again in Mosul, without IS rules Posted: 09 Feb 2017 06:28 AM PST MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — After months of fighting, Mosul residents can finally practice their favorite game again at a soccer field in the eastern part of the city — and this time without the restrictions imposed by Islamic State group militants.

The Latest: CIA chief arrives in Turkey to discuss IS Posted: 09 Feb 2017 03:31 AM PST ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on efforts to fight the Islamic State group in Turkey (all times local):

Japan took in just 28 refugees in 2016, despite record applications Posted: 09 Feb 2017 01:06 AM PST By Ami Miyazaki and Minami Funakoshi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan accepted just 28 refugees last year when a record number applied for asylum, a government document dated for release on Friday showed, throwing a spotlight on the nation's reluctance to accept foreigners. In 2016, 10,901 people sought asylum in Japan, up 44 percent from a year earlier, when the country accepted 27. Immigration is a controversial subject in Japan, where many pride themselves on cultural and ethnic homogeneity, even as the population ages and its workforce shrinks.

Iraq puts out fires at Qayyara oil field in northern Iraq: ministry Posted: 09 Feb 2017 12:41 AM PST Five oil wells are still burning out of 25 that Islamic State set on fire in Qayyara, south of Mosul, an oil ministry statement said on Thursday. State-run North Oil Company crews are working to control the fires torched by the hardline militants to slow down the advance of U.S.-backed Iraqi forces toward Mosul, their last major city stronghold in Iraq. The oil field was one of the main sources of revenue for the group that declared in 2014 a self-styled ''caliphate'' in parts of Syria and Iraq.

Travel to US down 6.5% after Trump travel ban: report Posted: 09 Feb 2017 12:16 AM PST Travel bookings to the United States fell 6.5 percent in late January compared to last year in the wake of President Donald Trump's travel ban, according to a report Wednesday. While he cautioned that the data represents just an eight-day snapshot, the report said the period represents the first consistently long run of declines from the corresponding year-earlier period since before the presidential election in November.

Trump calls courts 'so political' as travel ban faces scrutiny Posted: 08 Feb 2017 10:22 PM PST By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump stepped up his criticism of the U.S. judicial system on Wednesday, saying courts seem to be "so political," a day after his U.S. travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries faced close scrutiny from an appeals court. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday heard arguments on the Trump administration's challenge to a lower court order putting his temporary travel ban on hold. The appeals court is expected to issue a ruling as soon as Wednesday.

Yemenis stuck in Africa by travel ban arrive in Los Angeles Posted: 08 Feb 2017 08:48 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than two dozen Yemenis who were stranded in Africa by President Donald Trump's travel ban flew into Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Trump's Supreme Court pick dispirited by president's tweets Posted: 08 Feb 2017 06:14 PM PST By Lawrence Hurley and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, on Wednesday described as "demoralizing" and "disheartening" the U.S. president's Twitter attacks on a judge who suspended Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, a spokesman for Gorsuch said. Gorsuch's comments came as a federal appeals court in San Francisco was expected to decide in coming days on the narrow question of whether U.S. District Judge James Robart acted properly in temporarily halting enforcement of Trump's ban. A Republican strategist hired by the White House to help guide Gorsuch's nomination through the U.S. Senate said that Gorsuch, himself an appeals court judge, used those words when he met with Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal.

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