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| U.S. Customs give airlines green light to board all visa-holders after Seattle ruling | | | (Reuters) - U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has informed U.S. airlines that they can once again board travelers who had been barred by an executive order last week, after it was blocked nationwide on Friday by a federal judge in Seattle, an airline official told Reuters. In a conference call at around 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT), the U.S. agency told airlines to operate just as they had before the order, which temporarily had stopped refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The judge's temporary restraining order represents a major challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump's action, although his administration could still appeal the ruling and have the policy upheld. |
| U.S. Justice Department will not file immediate stay against Seattle immigration ruling | | | TORONTO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice will not be filing an emergency stay on Friday night to overturn a Seattle's judge ruling that blocked a U.S. executive order temporarily barring refugees and nationals from seven countries from entering the United States, a spokesman said. The White House had earlier said the emergency motion would be filed "at the earliest possible time." (Reporting by Julia Edwards Ainsley; Editing by Nick Macfie) |
| Seattle judge blocks Trump's travel ban; White House to appeal | |  By Dan Levine and Scott Malone SEATTLE/BOSTON (Reuters) - A Seattle federal judge on Friday put a nationwide block on U.S. President Donald Trump's week-old executive order that had temporarily barred refugees and nationals from seven countries from entering the United States. The judge's temporary restraining order represents a major setback for Trump's action, though the White House said late Friday that it believed the ban to be "lawful and appropriate" and that the U.S. Department of Justice would file an emergency appeal. Trump's Jan. 27 order caused chaos at airports across the United States last week as some citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen were denied entry.
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| Albanian authorities call for capture of cannabis kingpin | | | By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's Security Council called on law enforcement agencies on Friday to arrest a fugitive cannabis kingpin to quell doubts among NATO partners of the country's resolve to fight the drugs trade. President Bujar Nishani, chairing the meeting, said the failure to catch Klement Balili had stained Albania's image, as his drugs ring had spread to the territory of neighbouring countries and NATO allies. "Our (NATO) partners and international law-enforcement agencies want this issue solved as soon as possible and have expressed their concerns several times," Nishani said, according to a statement from his office. |
| Seattle judge grants nationwide temporary restraining order on Trump immigration ban | | | (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge in Seattle on Friday granted a nationwide temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump's executive order made last week that temporarily barred entry to the United States to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. The ruling is the broadest to date against Trump's directive. (Reporting by Dan Levine; Writing by Bill Rigby; Editing by Chris Reese) |
| U.S. House Republicans exploring border tax design changes - lawmaker | | | By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are considering possible changes to the design of their controversial border adjustment tax proposal to accommodate industries worried about being harmed by the provision, a top lawmaker said on Friday. The measure, a centrepiece of the House Republican tax reform blueprint backed by Speaker Paul Ryan, is intended to encourage investment and manufacturing in the United States. Major U.S. exporters on Thursday threw their support behind a border tax, but President Donald Trump has sent mixed signals and some U.S. Senate Republicans question whether it would pass muster under international trade rules. |
| Connecticut fund manager linked to 'Hamilton' Ponzi case pleads guilty | | | By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Connecticut hedge fund manager has pleaded guilty in a case linked to an alleged Ponzi scheme involving the resale of tickets for popular events, including smash Broadway musical "Hamilton." Mark Varacchi, founder of Sentinel Growth Fund Management LLC, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday to conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud charges and is cooperating with authorities, according to court records. The plea came a day before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil lawsuit accusing Varacchi, a resident of Norwalk, Connecticut, and Sentinel of stealing $3.95 million from investors. |
| Trump ignites political fight over U.S. banking law reforms | |  By Sarah N. Lynch and Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, drawing fire from Democrats who said his order lacked substance and squarely aligned him with Wall Street bankers. [.N] At a White House forum on Friday with U.S. business leaders, including JPMorgan Chase's CEO Jamie Dimon, Trump said his administration expects "to be cutting a lot out of Dodd-Frank." That will involve a lot more than issuing an order, said former Democratic congressman Barney Frank, co-author of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law that raised capital requirements for banks, restricted their trading by means of the "Volcker Rule," and created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to guard against predatory lending.
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| Trump's travel ban has revoked 60,000 visas for now | | | By Mica Rosenberg and Lesley Wroughton NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 60,000 visas were revoked under U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, the State Department said on Friday, in one of several government communications clarifying how the order is being rolled out. The revocation means the government voided travel visas for people trying to enter the United States but the visas could be restored later without a new application, said William Cocks, a spokesman for consular affairs at the State Department. |
| French soldier shoots, wounds machete-wielding attacker at Paris Louvre | |  By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - A French soldier shot and seriously wounded a man armed with machetes who attacked him on Friday near the entrance to the Paris Louvre museum shouting Allahu Akbar (God is greatest), in what President Francois Hollande said was a terrorist attack. Police inquiries had established that the man, who was hovering between life and death after being shot, was a 29-year-old Egyptian who arrived in France on Jan. 26 after obtaining a tourist visa in Dubai, the Paris prosecutor said. Police have searched an apartment the man had rented in Paris and are now working to establish whether he acted alone, on impulse, or on orders from someone, prosecutor Francois Molins told a news conference on Friday night.
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| Boston judge refuses to extend order against Trump immigration ban | | Friday, February 03, 2017 11:22 PM | |
|  By Scott Malone and Dan Levine BOSTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - A federal judge in Boston on Friday declined to extend a temporary restraining order that allowed some immigrants into the United States from certain countries despite being barred by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent executive order. The ruling was a victory for the Trump administration and a setback for state authorities and advocacy groups that are aiming to overturn last week's executive order, which temporarily bars nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
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| Tens of thousands of visas revoked in Trump travel ban | | Friday, February 03, 2017 10:31 PM | |
| | Tens of thousands of visas were revoked under U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban affecting seven Muslim-majority countries, the State Department said on Friday. "Fewer than 60,000 individuals' visas were provisionally revoked to comply with the executive order," said William Cocks, a spokesman for consular affairs at the State Department. Earlier news reports, citing a government attorney at a federal court hearing, put the figure at more than 100,000 visas. |
| U.S. National Security Agency's deputy director is retiring | | Friday, February 03, 2017 9:44 PM | |
|  The deputy director of the U.S. National Security Agency, the intelligence agency in charge of electronic surveillance and code-breaking, is retiring, an NSA spokesman said on Friday. Richard Ledgett, who just turned 59, will retire in the spring, spokesman Michael Halbig said in an emailed statement. "It has been anticipated that he would retire in 2017 and he decided the time is right this spring after nearly 40 years of service to the nation." Ledgett played a central role in the agency's response to massive leaks of U.S. surveillance programs by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
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