Tuesday, February 7, 2017

DHS chief: Travel, immigration ban should have been delayed

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DHS chief: Travel, immigration ban should have been delayed

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly listens to a question while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, before the House Homeland Security Committee. This is Kelly's first public appearance before lawmakers who are sure to press him for details about the Trump administration's contentious rollout of a travel and refugee ban. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's immigration and travel ban made "an awful lot of sense" but probably should have been delayed at least long enough to brief Congress about it, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told lawmakers Tuesday.


U.S. House speaker: Obamacare replacement law to pass this year

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan arrives on stage before President Donald Trump speaks during the 2017 "Congress of Tomorrow" Joint Republican Issues Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives' Republican leader said on Tuesday that legislation to replace former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law will be completed this year, trying to assuage concerns that the party is retreating from its campaign promise to dismantle Obamacare. "We are going to be done legislating with respect to healthcare and Obamacare this year," House Speaker Paul Ryan told a news briefing. "The question is how long does it take to implement the full replacement of Obamacare," he said, indicating that that could take longer.


Justice Ginsburg laments partisanship in speech at Stanford

FILE - This Nov. 14, 2016 file photo Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at The Jewish Federations of American conference in Washington. Bader Ginsburg is set to speak at Stanford University about a topic that has many liberals anxious these days: Her life. University officials say the 83-year-old justice will offer personal reflections on her life at a discussion on Monday, Feb. 6. Bader Ginsburg has had colon and pancreatic cancer. She is the leader of the court's liberal wing. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana,File)STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lamented partisanship in Congress during a talk at Stanford University on Monday and said she hoped it would return to an era when "it was working for the good of the country and not just along party lines."


U.S. House passes bill requiring warrants to search old emails
By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to require law enforcement authorities to obtain a search warrant before seeking old emails from technology companies, a win for privacy advocates fearful the Trump administration may work to expand government surveillance powers. Technology companies such as Microsoft have lobbied Congress for years to pass the Email Privacy Act, which updates a decades-old law to force authorities to first get a warrant to access emails or other digital communications that are at least 180 days old. Currently, agencies such as the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission only need a subpoena, which is subject to less judicial oversight than a warrant, to seek such data from a service provider - a standard that has existed since the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) was adopted in 1986.
U.S. House passes bill requiring warrants to search old emails
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to require law enforcement authorities to obtain a search warrant before seeking old emails from technology companies, a win for privacy advocates fearful the Trump administration may work to expand government surveillance powers. Technology companies such as Microsoft have lobbied Congress for years to pass the Email Privacy Act, which updates a decades-old law to force authorities to first get a warrant to access emails or other digital communications that are at least 180 days old.
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