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• Martin Rowson on Theresa May's international travels – cartoon

  29-01-2017 23:39
  
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• Canada will offer temporary residency to those stranded by U.S. ban

  29-01-2017 23:22
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will offer temporary residency to people stranded in the country as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said on Sunday. While Canada is considering its policy options, the government does not plan to withdraw from the safe third-party agreement with the United States at this time, Hussen said. The agreement requires refugees to make a claim in whichever country they arrive in first, meaning
  
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• Trump is trading on prejudice – and if May is a true friend she’ll tell him | Sarah Wollaston

  29-01-2017 23:00
  
  From the Muslim travel ban to women’s rights, the Trump administration is taking the world backwards. Westminster should not be fawning over himDonald Trump made no secret of his deeply divisive instincts during his campaign for the White House. Vile racial and religious stereotyping, misogyny, his support for torture, even parodying those with disabilities. All his prejudices were worn as a badge of honour, displayed from campaign platforms and television studios for months on end.Westmin
  
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• Trump says U.S. will resume issuing visas to all countries over next 90 days

  29-01-2017 22:52
  President Donald Trump, trying to quell a backlash over his "extreme vetting" order, said the United States would resume issuing visas to all countries once secure policies are put in place over the next 90 days. Under an order he signed on Friday, immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries were barred from entering the United States. The decision has drawn large protests at many U.S. airports, where some travellers from those countries have been stranded.
  
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• Attorneys general from 15 US states, DC decry immigration order

  29-01-2017 22:50
  By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Democratic attorneys general across the United States on Sunday condemned President Donald Trump's order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country and are discussing whether to challenge the administration in court. Democratic attorneys general are expected to be a source of fierce resistance to Trump, much like Republican attorneys general opposed former President Barack Obama's policies. A lawsuit brought by states
  
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• The Legal Battle Over Trump's Muslim Immigration Order

  29-01-2017 22:03
  Federal judges in four states issued orders over the weekend temporarily forbidding the removal of some individuals who had been targeted by President Trump’s executive order on refugees and immigrants, capping 36 hours of protests and chaos at major U.S. airports.
  
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• What Trump's Executive Order Means for the Syrian Health Crisis

  29-01-2017 22:01
  With the collapse of the country’s health system, Syrians are already dying of treatable diseases. Now, none of them have a hope of making it to the U.S.
  
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• British Citizens NOT Banned From US - Unless Travelling From Seven Outlawed Countries

  29-01-2017 21:50
  
  British dual nationals are exempt from Donald Trump’s ban on travel to the US unless they’re travelling from one of the seven predominantly Muslim countries outlawed by the US President, the Foreign Office has said amid huge confusion over t
  It means Sir Mo Farah can now return home to his family in Oregon, US, despite the Somalia-born Olympian’s fears he would be blocked from entering the country.
  A spokeswoman for the athlete said Sir Mo Farah is “relieved” that
  
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• Donald Trump Refugee Ban: How Theresa May's US And Turkey Trip Turned Into A Political Thunderstorm

  29-01-2017 21:45
  
  Within seconds of Theresa May’s plane touching down at Heathrow on Saturday night, she and her team knew that she’d flown back into a political storm. Hurricane Donald, a huge weather system that started over Washington, had crossed the Atlantic and just hit Britain in earnest.
  As soon as No.10 smartphones connected to a mobile signal, their screens flashed into life with fresh news of the backlash at Donald Trump’s travel ban. And the backlash was not from the usual opponents
  
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• Poll of voting intentions shows France's Fillon lost ground to centrist Macron

  29-01-2017 21:33
  French presidential frontrunner Francois Fillon lost ground in his campaign for this spring's election to centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, according to a Kantar-Sofres poll of voting intentions for Le Figaro newspaper published on Sunday. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen would come first in the election's first round in April with 25 percent of the votes, while Fillon would garner 21-22 percent and Macron 20-21 percent, the poll showed. In the runoff to be held on May 7, both Fillon, a conserva
  
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• Hamon: France's money-for-all presidential contender

  29-01-2017 21:32
  By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - Benoit Hamon has an enticing offer for French voters if elected president in May: his Socialist government would give each and every one a regular wage, whether they work or not, be they billionaires or paupers. Alongside promises to legalise cannabis, abandon diesel fuel and cancel debts between European Union countries, Hamon, the ruling Socialist Party's candidate pledges a "universal income" for all citizens. The idea has captured the imagination of Socialists
  
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• The way to debate Trump’s orders on migrants

  29-01-2017 21:31
  Public reaction has been swift and strong to President Trump’s executive orders on immigration. Mr. Trump insists the ban does not target Muslims. Both sides, for example, worry that much of Central America as well as parts of Mexico are home to high rates of corruption and gang violence.
  
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• Trump faces tide of criticism, protests, legal challenges over travel bans

  29-01-2017 21:23
  By Doina Chiacu and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump fought back on Sunday amid growing international criticism, outrage from civil rights activists and legal challenges over his abrupt order for a halt on arrivals of refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries. Confusion persisted over details of implementation, in particular for green card holders who are legal residents of the United States. In his most sweeping action since taking office on Jan. 2
  
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• French Left picks presidential candidate, boosting Macron campaign

  29-01-2017 21:22
  France's Socialists on Sunday picked leftwinger Benoit Hamon as their candidate for president, a move unlikely to help them win the election, but which could boost the campaign of popular independent centrist Emmanuel Macron. With 60 percent of the votes in a Socialists' primary counted, the ex-education minister had won 58.65 percent against his rival Manuel Valls, a former prime minister who is closer to the centre ground and embraces pro-business policies. The Socialists, weakened and divided
  
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• The Latest: Demonstrators in NYC protest Trump travel ban

  29-01-2017 21:11
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions (all times local):
  
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• White House reverses course on green card holders

  29-01-2017 21:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Sunday tried to tamp down concerns about President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration order in the face of widespread protests, as some Republicans in Congress urged him to proceed with caution in the face of legal pushback. Top congressional Republicans, however, remain largely behind the new president.
  
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• Protests spread over Trump travel ban on Muslim majority countries – live

  29-01-2017 21:04
  
  Latest updates as political backlash to president’s executive order targeting Muslim-majority countries and shutting down refugee entry continuesFederal judge stays deportations under travel banTrump’s executive order – the full text 8.04pm GMTFrom Guardian reporter Lauren Gambino at the anti-travel ban rally outside the White House: 8.00pm GMTCustoms and Border Protection agents defied the orders of federal judges regarding Donald Trump’s travel bans on Sunday, according
  
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• Commando dies in US raid in Yemen, first military op OK'd by Trump

  29-01-2017 21:03
  By Mohammed Ghobari and Phil Stewart SANAA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. commando died and three others were wounded carrying out a deadly dawn raid on the al Qaeda militant group in southern Yemen on Sunday, in the first military operation authorized by President Donald Trump. The U.S. military said it killed 14 militants in a raid on a powerful al Qaeda branch that has been a frequent target of U.S. drone strikes.
  
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• Canadian tech companies ask Ottawa to issue visas after U.S. ban

  29-01-2017 21:00
  By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - More than 200 Canadian technology company founders, executives and investors called on Sunday for Ottawa to immediately give temporary residency to those displaced by a U.S. order banning the entry of people from seven Muslim-majority countries. In an open letter, they said U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, which temporarily bars travellers from Syria and six other countries while putting a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United St
  
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• California looks to build $7 billion legal pot economy

  29-01-2017 21:00
  
  The future of California's legal marijuana industry is being shaped in a warren of cubicles tucked inside a retired basketball arena, where a garden of paper cannabis leaves sprouts on file cabinets and ...
  
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• No ordinary suburban Sunday as Sutton produce Cup magic

  29-01-2017 20:45
  By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - The corrugated stands shook, 'Que Sera Sera' rang out in time-honoured fashion and ecstatic fans danced for joy in the rain with absolutely no intention of going home. For on a weekend in which the FA Cup's reputation for shocks and romance was embellished again, it was National League (fifth tier) Sutton United who offered the most captivating evidence that the competition's old magic still exists. Forty-seven years after a mighty Leeds United side managed by
  
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• Crazy to rest so many players in FA Cup says Shearer

  29-01-2017 20:44
  By Steve Tongue LONDON (Reuters) - As the number of Premier League clubs knocked out of this season's FA Cup by lower division opponents reached six on Sunday, debate intensified over whether the competition was being devalued by leading teams resting so many players. Hull City and Watford joined Bournemouth, Liverpool, Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion in losing to sides from the second or third tier in this year's competition, most of them making several changes to their strongest lineups. P
  
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• Angela Merkel Explains Geneva Convention On Refugees To Donald Trump

  29-01-2017 20:42
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has had to explain to Donald Trump his obligations under the Geneva Refugee Convention after the US President banned citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the country.
  Fresh details have emerged from a phone call between the two leaders on Saturday. The Associated Press reported Merkel raised his responsibilities, citing the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention that calls on signatories to take in people fleeing war, Merkel spokesma
  
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• Trump ban inspires wide anger, some applause across world

  29-01-2017 20:32
  
  LONDON (AP) — Anger and dismay, along with congratulations from Europe's far-right, rippled across the world Sunday as politicians, community leaders and even a sports star reacted to the entry ban U.S. President Donald Trump imposed on refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations.
  
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• Military: First-known combat death since Trump in office

  29-01-2017 20:29
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A U.S. military service member was killed Sunday during a raid against al-Qaida militants in central Yemen that also left nearly 30 others dead, including women and children. The loss of the service member is the first-known combat death of a member of the U.S. military under President Donald Trump.
  
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• Ghana reach semis again thanks to Ayew brothers' double

  29-01-2017 20:27
  Ghana reached the African Nations Cup semi-finals for the sixth time in a row after brothers Jordan and Andre Ayew secured a 2-1 win over the Democratic Republic of Congo in a rough-and-tumble match on Sunday. The goals came in a 15-minute second-half spell as Jordan Ayew put the Black Stars in front in the 63rd minute, Paul-Jose Mpoku equalised with a stunning long-range strike five minutes later before Andre Ayew's penalty settled the match. Ghana, who won the last of their four titles in 1982
  
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• White House backs strategist at national security meetings

  29-01-2017 20:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Sunday said the addition of President Donald Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, to regular meetings of the country's top national security officials was essential to the commander in chief's decision-making process.
  
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• How Europe can avoid falling into Trump’s trap

  29-01-2017 20:18
  Hard-bargain rhetoric on Brexit drives the UK into the hands of the US
  
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• May finds goodwill from Trump visit draining away

  29-01-2017 20:15
  White House wrongfooted Britain’s PM within hours of first meeting’s success
  
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• Philippines to disband police anti-drugs units, but war goes on

  29-01-2017 19:58
  The Philippines police will disband anti-drugs units following the killing of a South Korean businessmen by rogue officers, but the country's president vowed on Sunday to forge ahead with his war on drugs until the last day of his term. President Rodrigo Duterte said he was embarrassed that anti-drugs officers had abused their power to engage in kidnapping, leading to the death by strangulation of Jee Ick-joo, on the grounds of the national police headquarters. Duterte said other suspects were s
  
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• Day after Putin call, GOP warns Trump on lifting sanctions

  29-01-2017 19:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after Donald Trump's first call as president with Russia's Vladimir Putin, leading congressional Republicans made clear they oppose any attempt by the new administration to wipe away U.S. penalties imposed on Moscow by the Obama White House.
  
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• Nelson Mandela, Pope Benedict XVI...And Donald Trump? The Very Exclusive List Of Westminster Hall Speakers

  29-01-2017 19:43
  
  Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK has been come under the microscope, with more than 500,000 people signing a petition calling for it to be scrapped.
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is one of those who believes Trump should not get the privilege of a state visit while his controversial travel ban affecting millions of people remains in place.
  One aspect of the visit which has been singled out as being unacceptable by Tory MP Sarah Wollaston is the US President giving a speech in Westminster
  
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• Watford, Hull and Leeds suffer Cup upsets, Man Utd through

  29-01-2017 19:37
  By Steve Tongue LONDON (Reuters) - Premier League clubs Watford and Hull City, and Championship side Leeds United paid the penalty for fielding weakened teams when they were all knocked out of the FA Cup in the fourth round on Sunday -- but holders Manchester United won comfortably. Like Liverpool, beaten at home by Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, the three beaten sides miscalculated in resting so many players ahead of league games in midweek and could have no complaints at going out of the
  
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• Investors upbeat on data, Fed; wary of Trump

  29-01-2017 19:22
  By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - In an ordinary world, a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting, jobs data and a hefty number of earnings reports next week would provide investors with welcome distraction from speculation about the U.S. president's policy plans. In the second week after Donald Trump's inauguration, issues such as his controversial immigration policies will likely keep his voice ringing louder in investors' ears than the words of Fed Chair Janet Yellen. Wall Street has already bet on s
  
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• Labour’s incoherent position on article 50 | Letters

  29-01-2017 19:16
  
  Theresa May’s hurried timetable and Jeremy Corbyn’s three-line whip are pushing Britain towards an action with disastrous consequencesSteve Richards (Labour’s Brexit chaos is now so open it threatens to tear the party apart, 26 January) says Labour is hopelessly split on Europe. In fact, the Labour leadership’s position is all too clear: to cave in to the Conservative agenda of trashing our economy and threatening the opportunities of our young people.Even Keir Starmer, B
  
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• Suarez grabs point for Barca, 10-man Sevilla beaten

  29-01-2017 19:15
  By Richard Martin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona's Luis Suarez snatched a late equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw at Real Betis in La Liga on Sunday but their title hoeps were dented as the champions were denied a goal despite the ball clearly crossing the line. Fellow contenders Sevilla also faltered with a 3-1 loss at Espanyol after playing almost the whole game with 10 men after Nico Pareja was sent off in the second minute, ending their run of five league wins in a row. Barca are second in the
  
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• White House cites 'buffet of options' on paying for wall

  29-01-2017 19:13
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it has yet to determine how Mexico will pay for a massive wall at the Mexican border that President Donald Trump has promised to build.
  
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• The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim orders: not in our name | Editorial

  29-01-2017 19:13
  
  The US president’s immigration orders are cruel, stupid and un-American. Allies such as Britain must speak out against his actionsDonald Trump has been president of the United States for 10 days. Many were prepared to give Mr Trump a chance. But even they must conclude he has been in office 10 days too long. Americans did a dreadful thing by electing Mr Trump. But the reality of it is only beginning to hit home. It is not his words that matter, awful though they are on subjects such as tor
  
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• MoD faces pressure on single-source procurement

  29-01-2017 19:13
  Watchdog seeks disclosure on military deals done without competitive tender
  
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• MPs to investigate threat to democracy from 'fake news'

  29-01-2017 19:12
  
  Culture, media and sport committee will seek a definition and investigate how BBC might help to stop spread of false storiesThe phenomenon of fake news is to be investigated by a group of influential MPs following concerns that knowingly false articles posing as journalism could become a threat to democracy.The inquiry, launched by the House of Commons culture, media and sport committee, will seek to determine an industry-standard definition of fake news, identify those susceptible to being misl
  
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• Canadian tech firms ask Ottawa to give immediate visas after U.S. ban

  29-01-2017 19:03
  A group of Canadian technology company founders, executives and investors on Sunday called in a letter for Ottawa to immediately give temporary residency to those displaced by a U.S. order banning the entry of people from seven Muslim-majority countries. The open letter said U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, which temporarily bars travelers from Syria and six other countries and also puts a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States, had already "impacted several in
  
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• Brilliant Bumrah secures India's thrilling win

  29-01-2017 18:36
  Jasprit Bumrah kept his nerve to send down a brilliant final over and secure India's series-levelling five-run victory against England in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday. Chasing 145 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, England needed eight runs from the last over but the 23-year-old Bumrah bowled with ice in his veins, conceding only two runs while claiming two wickets. Both Ben Stokes and Joe Root made 38 but their contributions were not enough to get England across the
  
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• Priebus: No regrets Holocaust statement didn't refer to Jews

  29-01-2017 18:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Reince Priebus (ryns PREE'-bus) says there are no regrets a presidential statement on the Holocaust didn't include a clear reference to the 6 million Jews who were killed.
  
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• Supporters cheer embattled Fillons at French election rally

  29-01-2017 18:29
  By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters gave embattled French presidential candidate Francois Fillon and his wife a standing ovation at a rally on Sunday, in a show of support after his campaign was thrown off track by allegations of misuse of public funds. Satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine reported on Wednesday that Penelope Fillon had been paid thousands of euros as a parliamentary assistant for Fillon and his successor but that it could find no proof of her having actua
  
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• Turnout confirmed higher in Socialist primary runoff, organisers say

  29-01-2017 18:28
  More than 1.3 million voters took part in the runoff vote organised by French Socialists to pick their candidate for the presidential election, a higher turnout than at the same time in last Sunday's first round, organisers said. By 1600 GMT, at least 1.3 million people had voted in 75 percent of polling stations which had reported turnout figures, organiser Christophe Borgel told reporters.
  
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• U.S. Senate Democrat leader demands reversal of immigration order

  29-01-2017 18:26
  (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday demanded that President Donald Trump reverse an executive order targeting immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, saying it makes the United States appear "less humanitarian, less safe, less American." "It must be reversed immediately, and Democrats are going to introduce legislation to overturn it," Schumer said in New York. Schumer also said he had been told by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly that 42 p
  
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• Duterte accuses U.S. of building 'permanent' arsenal in Philippines

  29-01-2017 18:18
  By Martin Petty MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte accused the United States on Sunday of risking regional stability by building permanent arms depots in his country, and threatened to respond by scrapping a security treaty between them. Duterte, who has made no secret of his disdain for the U.S. troop presence in the Philippines, said Washington was bringing weapons into three provinces of his country to store permanently, which he said was a dangerous breach of a defence d
  
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• The Latest: EU chides Trump for travel ban on refugees

  29-01-2017 18:17
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions (all times local):
  
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• Brand Beckham? No, we stay together for love, says David

  29-01-2017 18:14
  Former England football captain David Beckham has rejected suggestions he and wife Victoria stay together for commercial reasons - the Beckham "brand" - saying they simply love each other. The A-list celebrity, who helped Manchester United achieve an unprecedented treble of winning the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in the 1998-99 season, said his family was a "strong unit". "People have talked about 'Do we stay together because it's a brand?' Of course not," the 41-year-old to
  
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• California, New York mulling challenge to Trump immigration order

  29-01-2017 18:12
  By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Democratic attorneys general from California and New York are among states discussing whether to legally challenge President Donald Trump's order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, according to officials. Democrat attorneys general are expected to be a source of fierce resistance to Trump, much as Republican attorneys general opposed former President Barack Obama's policies. A lawsuit brought by states
  
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