Monday, February 6, 2017

Police escort congressman after rowdy California town hall

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Police escort congressman after rowdy California town hall
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Congressman Tom McClintock, a Republican from California, on Saturday faced a rowdy crowd at a packed town hall meeting in Northern California, and had to be escorted by police as protesters followed him shouting "Shame on you!"
Trump: U.S. will win appeal of judge's travel ban order

Iraqi refugee Nizar Kassab and his family pose for pictures with their passports in their temporary home in BeirutWASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said the Justice Department will win an appeal filed late Saturday of a judge's order lifting a travel ban he had imposed on citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries. For the safety of the country, we'll win," he told reporters at his private Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, shortly after the Justice Department filed a notice that it intends to appeal the order. Trump's personal attack on U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle went too far for some who said the president was undermining an institution designed to check the power of the White House and Congress.


Vice President Mike Pence addresses Federalist Society in Philadelphia

Vice President Mike Pence addresses Federalist Society in PhiladelphiaVice President Mike Pence was greeted Saturday by around 120 members of the Federalist Society inside historic Congress Hall.


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“The man from the BBC was laughing as he reported the White House’s false claims about the size of the crowd at Donald Trump’s inauguration,” writes Gideon Rachman. “He should have been crying.... This spectacle of obvious lies being peddled by the White House is a tragedy for US democracy. A Trump administration that is addicted to the ‘big lie’ has very dangerous implications for global security.... [T]he biggest role in protecting the truth – and therefore democracy itself – will fall to Americans.... American institutions from the media to Congress and the courts have demonstrated their independence from the White House in the past.
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