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You’d almost think Uber had cosigned Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban.” The outrage is palpable, the headlines ubiquitous. Esquire: “Here’s Why All Your Friends Are Deleting Their Uber Accounts.” The Huffington Post: “People Are Deleting Uber for Undermining Strike Against Muslim Ban.” Vox: “Why People Are Deleting Uber From Their Phones After Trump’s Executive Order.” Those…
GTM DataLayer Umbel End Umbel [if lte IE 9]>< ![endif][if gte IE 10]>< ![endif] Google Tag Manager Container End Google Tag Manager Container Muslim ban today, gay rights tomorrow, encryption after that — techies are going to have to get used to a very political atmosphere fast. So I thought my column this week…
The instructions came in a cable from State Department headquarters, just after midnight ET on Friday. Cancel appointments. Halt approvals. Post online “red banner” warnings. These are some of the new operating procedures US foreign service officers had to initiate when dealing with applicants from seven Muslim-majority countries who want a new life in the United…
In one short week in the White House, Donald Trump has managed to shatter the tradition of the honeymoon period enjoyed by new presidents. While predecessors eased themselves into the role and were showered with national adulation, he has prompted widespread criticism with a stream of provocations. Trump has proclaimed war on the media, was…
Donald Trump is engaged in an extraordinary diplomatic row with the Prince of Wales over climate change that threatens to disrupt his state visit to the UK. The new president is reluctant to meet the prince when he comes to Britain in June because of their violently divergent views on global warming. Members of…
Narges Bayani, a Ph.D student at NYU’s Institute for the Study Of The Ancient World, was among those who were detained at JFK. According to a Facebook post by Bayani’s sister, she was denied re-entry to the country and has to wait two days to take a flight back to Iran despite living in United…
DULLES, Virginia ― The U.S. government must “permit lawyers access to all legal permanent residents being detained at Dulles International Airport,” a federal judge in Virginia ordered late Saturday. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at this airport outside Washington, D.C., are defying the judge’s order, blocking attorneys from talking to the lawful permanent residents CBP…
Country First The United States has had, prior to Donald Trump, 44 presidents. (Arguably we’ve had 43, but the guardians of historical pedantry long ago decreed that Grover Cleveland, who served nonconsecutive terms, would be counted as two.) There’s no reason our descendants shouldn’t enjoy at least another 44—and, one hopes, even more. But there’s…
Google Microdata Mobile only ad Article “Cover” There should be nothing surprising about what Donald Trump has done in his first week—but he has underestimated the resilience of Americans and their institutions. Google Metadata Kevin Lamarque / Reuters I am not surprised by President Donald Trump’s antics this week. Not by the big splashy pronouncements…
Less than 36 hours passed after President Trump signed his executive order on Friday restricting immigration on several fronts before four federal judges had issued rulings in quick succession blunting the effect of the order and calling its constitutionality into question. The executive order — “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United…