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By Jim Brunner ,Jessica Lee and David Gutman A federal judge in Seattle on Friday ordered a national halt to enforcement of President Trump’s controversial travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations. The White House vowed to appeal the decision immediately. In a stunning rebuke, a federal...

The Burma-Shave-style signs lining the street next to Steve Sorensen’s white clapboard house don’t mince words. “Take your Muslim Somalian diaspora and put it where the sun doesn’t shine!!!” the cheery red-and-white messages proclaim. Sorensen, a retired former federal VA worker who’s lived in St. Cloud...

Obama hitting campaign trail for Clinton in key swing state that has been Democratic firewall but is competitive this year   By KEVIN FREKING and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail Tuesday to rally support for Democratic presidential...

This debate may end up being inconsequential. It may even be forgotten by Sunday, when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump again face off in a town hall format. But it was more contentious than perhaps was predicted. Tim Kaine's strategy was transparent from the outset...

By Stephen Nellis | SAN FRANCISCO The main U.S. visa program for technology workers could face renewed scrutiny under President-elect Donald Trump and his proposed Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions, a long-time critic of the skilled-worker program. H-1B visas admit 65,000 workers and another 20,000 graduate...

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump wasted no time in their second debate Sunday night before talking about the 2005 recording of his lewd talk about groping women, which has thrown his Republican Party into turmoil. The two candidates avoided shaking hands as they...

In the Washington of 2016, even when the policy can be bipartisan, the politics cannot. And in that sense, this year shows little sign of ending on Dec. 31. When President Obama moved to sanction Russia over its alleged interference in the U.S. election just...

At an extraordinary press conference, the US president said new order will 'comprehensively protect our country'. US President Donald Trump said he will issue a new executive order to replace his controversial directive suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mainly-Muslim countries. At...

Cuba will respect Fidel Castro's dying wish that no statues be erected in his honour and no streets be named after him, President Raul Castro said Saturday. The national assembly will introduce legislation at its next session later this month so that "his wish is...

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. ― A number of fairly mendacious statements were made during Monday night’s first presidential debate. But arguably the most brazen involved Donald Trump’s views on climate change. The GOP nominee was called to task for claiming that climate change is a hoax perpetrated...