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(Reuters) — Thousands of Mexicans marched on Mexico City on Sunday (February 12) to denounce US President Donald Trump, condemning his plans to deport millions of migrants and make Mexico pay for a border wall along the US border with the Latin American country. Just three weeks into his presidency, Trump has moved fast to start carrying out his plans to deport up millions of undocumented migrants. He has vowed to move fast on […]
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — A Dominican newspaper apologized Sunday for publishing a photo of actor Alec Baldwin in his satirical role as US President Donald Trump, alongside an article on the US president’s stance on Israeli settlements. The Friday edition of El Nacional featured Baldwin’s photo — instead of an actual image of Trump — next to one of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a story about Israeli settlements in areas claimed […]
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The courts may have halted his travel ban but that hasn’t caused President Donald Trump to shy away from planning new action on immigration in the name of keeping Americans safe. As thousands of Mexicans protested against Trump’s anti-Mexican rhetoric and vow to make the country pay for his “big, beautiful border wall,” the White House confirmed the president’s plans to weigh a new […]
by James Mannion / Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Friday he is considering drafting a new order to ban migrants from majority-Muslim nations after his initial decree fell afoul of the law. Insisting that he has the law on his side despite two defeats in federal court in quick succession, Trump said security concerns may necessitate a quicker response than legal channels would allow. […]
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US authorities arrested hundreds of undocumented migrants this week in the first large-scale raids under President Donald Trump, triggering panic in immigrant communities nationwide. The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency rounded up undocumented individuals living in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and other cities two weeks after Trump signed an executive order that broadened which undocumented immigrants would be targeted […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a brotherly hug and warm words of admiration Friday, as he ditched previously hard-charging rhetoric toward Tokyo during a White House summit. Trump praised his guest’s “strong hands,” the pair’s “very, very good chemistry” and rolled out a White House military honor guard in a remarkable public display of diplomatic affection. “When I […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday told Chinese President Xi Jinping he would respect the “One China” policy, the White House said, in their first conversation since the US leader came to power. “President Trump agreed, at the request of President Xi, to honor our ‘One China’ policy,” the White House said in a statement, adding that the two leaders had “extended invitations to meet in their respective countries.” In a swift […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Washington on Thursday for talks with US President Donald Trump aimed at setting a new course for the crucial bilateral relationship, amid strains over trade and defense. Abe and his wife Akie descended the stairs of their jet at Joint Base Andrews just outside the US capital, their overcoats blowing in the fierce winter wind. On Friday, the Japanese prime minister will meet […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The monarch butterfly population dropped by a quarter in its Mexican wintering grounds this season and US President Donald Trump’s planned wall could affect its migration from Canada, Mexican authorities said Thursday. The orange and black butterfly covered 2.91 hectares (7.2 acres) of pine and fir forest in the 2016-2017 season, compared to 4.01 hectares the previous year, a 27.4 percent decline, the government said. The monarch population is estimated […]
by Frankie Taggart with Andrew Beatty in Washington Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A US court on Thursday slapped down Donald Trump’s effort to bar refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from US soil, dealing the new president and his controversial law-and-order agenda a major defeat. The ruling from the federal appeals court in San Francisco on Trump’s executive order, issued on January 27 with no prior warning and suspended […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping on the heels of his remarks about Taiwan that angered Beijing. In his missive, which thanked Xi for his “congratulatory letter” about Trump’s inauguration, said he “looks forward to working with President Xi to develop a constructive relationship that benefits both the United States and China,” spokesman Sean Spicer said in a statement. The note appeared to be […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –The US Senate confirmed Jeff Sessions as attorney general Wednesday, despite fierce debate about his civil rights record and Democratic concern over whether he serves as the nation’s top law enforcement officer independent from President Donald Trump. Lawmakers greenlighted the senator as the 84th US attorney general on a mostly party line vote of 52 to 47, with one Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, voting with the Republican majority. When […]
