Trump hat nicht einfach nur einen – übrigens von George W. Bush eingesetzten – Richter herabgewürdigt, nein, er hat der Justiz mit dem Wörtchen „sogenannt“ ihre Funktion als Korrektiv des politischen Handelns der ­Exekutive abgesprochen. Diese Aussage bewegt sich, sollte sie eines Tages vom politischen Geschwätz in politisches Handeln umgesetzt werden, direkt auf einen Verfassungsbruch zu.

Die Rechtspopulisten der Front National (FN) von Marine Le Pen stellen nun auch die NATO-Mitgliedschaft Frankreichs infrage. Das geht aus dem Programm für den Präsidentenwahlkampf hervor, das am Samstag in Lyon veröffentlicht wurde. Die FN will gleichzeitig mehr für die Verteidigung ausgeben und die Wehrpflicht wiedereinführen.

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Also wisst ihr, wenn ich mir das so durchlese, … wir müssen schnell gegen den Iran in den Krieg ziehen!!1!

The Latest on the reaction to a court order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump‘s ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries (all times Eastern):

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The Justice Department has appealed a judge‘s order blocking his travel ban at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, citing the „sovereign prerogative“ of a president to admit or exclude aliens.

Palestinian leaders are fuming over warnings from Trump administration about halting aid and even restoring the PLO to list of terror groups. Not all these would be new policy, as a law authorizing some of these steps was passed in 2015.

The tactic is familiar: Obama, eight years after he succeeded President George W. Bush, was still blaming the 43rd president for some of the pockmarks on his legacy.

The United States has sent a Navy destroyer to patrol off the coast of Yemen to protect waterways from Houthi militia aligned with Iran, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, amid heightened tension between Washington and Tehran.

„Our Donald“, or „the other Donald“? European Union leaders meeting in Malta found themselves taking sides, between their summit chairman, „our Donald“ Tusk, and the new U.S. president, Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump‘s fledgling administration has spent the past week trading barbs with Iran, marking a sudden escalation of tensions between two nations whose icy relationship was just beginning to thaw.
Travel bans, missile tests, sanctions and insults have been ping-ponged in a provocative show of force by both sides. It all raises concerns over the future of a deal, brokered by the Obama administration, that requires Iran to heavily restrict its nuclear program.

An official in U.S. President Donald Trump‘s Cabinet and at least one of his advisers gave paid speeches for an Iranian exile group that killed Americans before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, ran donation scams and saw its members set themselves on fire over the arrest of their leader.

Elaine Chao, confirmed this week as Trump‘s transportation secretary, received $50,000 in 2015 for a five-minute speech to the political wing of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, previously called a „cult-like“ terrorist group by the State Department. Former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani also was paid an unknown sum to talk to the group, known as the MEK.

Trump’s violation of 11030 goes way beyond improper margins, however. Section 2 begins, “A proposed Executive order or proclamation shall first be submitted … to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,” which is part of the White House. If the director of the OMB approves the executive order, it goes to the Justice Department and then to the president.

But there’s no sign Trump’s immigration executive order was routed through the OMB at the start, and lots of evidence it wasn’t.

Die Sicherheitskräfte des internationalen Flughafens Washington-Dulles haben den ehemaligen Ministerpräsidenten von Norwegen, Kjell Magne Bondevik, festgenommen und für etwa eine Stunde einem Verhör unterzogen, meldet der Fernsehsender ABC 7. Grund dafür sei der Vermerk in seinem Pass über die Reise in den Iran vor drei Jahren gewesen, die er aufgrund der Teilnahme an einer Menschenrechtskonferenz unternommen hatte.

Die US-Regierung um Donald Trump ist mit dem Versuch gescheitert, das Einreiseverbot gerichtlich wieder in Kraft zu setzen. Das zuständige Berufungsgericht in San Francisco entschied jetzt, dass die Aussetzung des von Trump unterschriebenen Dekrets weiter Bestand hat.

The Trump administration filed an appeal late Saturday night of a Federal District Court ruling that blocked the president’s immigration order, setting the stage for a legal showdown over his authority to tighten the nation’s borders in the name of protecting Americans from terrorism.

President Trump kicked off his first day of vacation in Mar-a-Lago on Saturday morning with a set of stinging Tweets deriding the „so-called judge“ that overturned his travel ban and declaring the „ridiculous“ ruling would be overturned. He returned to the subject later in the day, calling the judge‘s ruling a „terrible“ decision and warning that „many very bad and dangerous people“ might enter the country.

President Trump‘s first two weeks in office have been a sprint, not the start of a marathon. If the rapid pace and, sometimes, hourly developments of executive orders, news, controversies and more have left you exhausted, you‘re not alone. If you‘re finding it hard to remember just everything that‘s transpired too, we‘re here for that, too.

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