Trump signed an executive order directing the secretary of state and the treasury secretary to report on whether certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, including chapters in Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, should be designated as foreign terrorist organizations. The order directs the secretaries to take action within 45 days after making the report. Among other…… MORE
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a “wish list” of the Russians and not the actual U.S. plan. The…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is meeting in private with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices could say as soon as Monday whether they will hear…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a potentially far-reaching development in survivors’ years long push for a public reckoning over how the well-connected financier sexually abused and trafficked teenage girls for more…… MORE
Associated Press Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It’s a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.…… MORE