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Washington D.C., Jul 20, 2017 / 12:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Grandparents and other family members are temporarily exempt from the travel and refugee bans implemented by President Donald Trump, the US Supreme Court said Wednesday.The court also said that for the time being, a ban on entry by refugees already working with resettlement agencies may remain.The Supreme Court did not explain its reasons in a brief order July 19. It said the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals must consider further arguments about who is included in the ban under Trump’s executive order. Supreme Court justices will hear further arguments about the executive order Oct. 10.The Trump administration had argued that an exemption for close family members should not apply to grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and brothers- and sisters-in law.A federal court in Hawaii said that definition of close family was too strict.The ban bars travel into the U.S. for 90 days by nationals ...
By Julie AsherWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. House budget resolution"will place millions of poor and vulnerable people in real jeopardy"because it reduces deficits "through cuts for human needs" and by tryingto slash taxes at the same time, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domesticpolicy committee."A nation's budget is a moral document," saidBishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development."Congress should choose a better path, one that honors those struggling inour country."Bishop Dewane's July 20 statement was issued in responseto the budget resolution that was voted out of the House Budget Committee alongparty lines July 19.The nonbinding Republican measure is a 10-year budgetblueprint that calls for $621.5 billion in national defense spending, providesfor $511 billion in nondefense spending and ties cuts to a majoroverhaul of the U.S. tax code.It makes at least $203 billion in ...
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) -- With McDonald's now offering a delivery service, the fast-food giant is looking to make customers comfortable eating at home with a new clothing line that includes an adult-size Big Mac onesie....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Latest on concerns about fire safety in U.S. buildings (all times local):...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces near a contested Jerusalem shrine after Muslim worshippers massed outside for evening prayers on Thursday as tensions over the holy site escalated further....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Several of President Donald Trump's nominees for key ambassador posts declined Thursday to say unequivocally whether Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 presidential election....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A revised Republican health care bill would drive up the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million by 2026, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Thursday in a report unlikely to help GOP leaders persuade their party's senators to back the reeling legislation in an upcoming showdown vote....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, who sold millions of albums with an ever-changing mix of hard rock, hip-hop and rap, was found dead in his home near Los Angeles on Thursday, the Los Angeles County coroner said Thursday. He was 41....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Battling brain cancer, John McCain on Thursday vowed to return to the Senate, leveling fresh criticism at the Trump administration and aiming a good-natured dig at Republican and Democratic colleagues shaken by news of his diagnosis....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions, publicly skewered by his boss for stepping aside from the Russia-Trump investigations, declared Thursday he still loves his job and plans to stay on. Yet Donald Trump's airing of his long-simmering frustrations with Sessions raised significant new questions about the future of the nation's top prosecutor....
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