Jan 31 Watch 7:00 Universities tell foreign students: Don't go anywhere By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump’s temporary ban from seven majority-Muslim countries is not only causing anxiety among travelers and policymakers. Students are also being affected, and across the nation and abroad, various protests continue on college campuses. Angel Cabrera, president of George… Continue watching
Jan 31 872 refugees will be allowed into the U.S. this week, despite immigration ban By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press A Customs and Border Protection official said Tuesday the refugees were already traveling and stopping them would cause "undue hardship."… Continue reading
Jan 31 For those caught up in immigration order, tough decisions and lives in limbo By Rhana Natour In a high-rise building in Northwest Washington D.C., one floor buzzed with kinetic activity this weekend. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) was fielding a steady stream of calls from people desperate for legal guidance on behalf of friends or family… Continue reading
Jan 31 WATCH: Sean Spicer addresses questions about immigration ban rollout By Associated Press White House press secretary Sean Spicer is continuing to field questions about President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, and how it's being implemented, during his daily news conference Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch 3:41 How Trump's immigration ban is jeopardizing one Iraqi translator's future in America By PBS News Hour After seven years of working alongside the U.S. military, Abdul Hamid Abdul Ghani was set to move to live in the United States with his family next week. Now President Donald Trump's executive order has left their future uncertain. Special… Continue watching
Jan 31 Meet the three judges on Trump's Supreme Court shortlist By Geoffrey Lou Guray Reports over the last week on Mr. Trump’s top picks have focused on three appellate court judges from different parts of the country, all of whom had to win Senate approval on the way to their current posts.Whoever Trump picks,… Continue reading
Jan 31 WATCH: Homeland Security Sec. John Kelly addresses immigration ban By News Desk Retired Gen. John Kelly responds to questions over how Trump's executive order on immigration was implemented last weekend. Continue reading
Jan 31 WATCH: Dems use obscure rule to delay Sessions vote as attorney general By Alan Fram, Associated Press Republicans are muscling more of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees to the cusp of Senate confirmation over Democratic objections, with committees poised to advance his picks to head agencies in the thick of partisan battles over health care, legal protections,… Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 7:40 Former Trump adviser says U.S. has 'huge problems' with terrorists abusing refugee program By PBS News Hour Amid the uproar over President Donald Trump’s executive order barring refugees and some travelers and immigrants, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who was a top adviser on the president’s transition team, joins Miles O’Brien to defend President Trump’s executive… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 49:41 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 30, 2017 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump defends his immigration order as thousands protest. We get full analysis on the travel ban, including views from former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and an Iraqi interpreter… Continue watching