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White House expresses confidence travel ban will be restored
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it expects the courts to restore President Donald Trump's ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, an executive order founded on a claim of national security.
Trump's week: Brief calm amid more chaos
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments of order and calm came to Week Two at the Trump White House. You just had to look fast to catch them amid the name-calling, indelicate tweets and hectoring of world leaders.
Donald Trump travel ban: Passengers in race against time to return to US before ban reinstated
Travellers from seven predominantly Muslim nations listed in President Donald Trump’s blocked travel ban are in a race against time to return to the United States amid fears the executive order could be reinstated. Families were reunited in emotional scenes around the country on Sunday night as the White House prepared for a court showdown over the ban. Many had been stranded in legal limbo before a judge ordered a temporary halt to the ban, a decision backed yesterday by the US Court of Appeals.
Elon Musk says he pushed Trump's Muslim travel ban to top of White House meeting agenda
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that he took the initiative to ensure that President Donald Trump's travel ban was pushed to the top of the agenda at a meeting of the president's economic advisory council on Friday (3 February). "At my request, the agenda for yesterday's White House meeting went from not mentioning the travel ban to having it be first and foremost," Musk tweeted on Saturday. Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, who heads the advisory council, told CNBC that the group discussed tax reform, trade, infrastructure and other issues at the meeting, noting that he saw "complete engagement from everybody in the room".
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