Directives that have been drafted but not yet signed would halt all refugee admissions and entry into the country of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries; declare a moratorium on new multilateral treaties; and mandate audits of U.S. funding for international organizations, including the United Nations.
Many of the sweeping actions President Trump vowed this week are impractical, opposed by Congress, or full of legal holes. This reality underscores his chaotic start, which includes executive actions drafted by close aides rather than experts and without input from the agencies tasked with implementing them.
In a phone call, President Trump expressed anger over a retweet sent from the National Park Service’s account showing side-by-side photographs of his swearing-in and Barack Obama’s, and he ordered the agency to produce additional pictures of crowds on the Mall, according to individuals with knowledge of the conversation.
The Latino population in Hazleton, Pa., soared from 4 percent in 2000 to 38 percent in 2006. (Jessica Kourkounis for The Post)
The Latino population in Hazleton, Pa., soared from 4 percent in 2000 to 38 percent in 2006. (Jessica Kourkounis for The Post)
The Latino population in Hazleton, Pa., soared from 4 percent in 2000 to 38 percent in 2006. (Amanda Mustard for The Post)
The Latino population in Hazleton, Pa., soared from 4 percent in 2000 to 38 percent in 2006. (Amanda Mustard for The Post)
Foiled by court rulings or challenges with enforcement, the experiences of several communities show how illegal-immigrant measures can leave lasting and bitter racial divisions while doing little to address the underlying forces that often determine where newcomers settle.
This journalist has never seen so much leaking so quickly — and with such disdain for the president — as he has seen in the first six days of Donald Trump's presidency.
BREAKING NEWS
While GDP growth has been somewhat tepid, data from the jobs market gives a picture of a stronger economy.
Organizers consider it a historic move: No president or vice president has spoken at the annual antiabortion march in Washington.
The catastrophe left families in mourning and a nation stunned. It stalled NASA's frenetic push to the moon and set off an intense investigation. Here’s how the children of Apollo 1 and others tied to NASA remember that tragic night.
State-minus is clearly shorthand for how Israel’s prime minister sees his bottom-line position on the region’s decades-long conflict. But shorthand for what?
About 29 percent of people polled by Quinnipiac University say Obama is the greatest president since World War II. That’s just shy of the 30 percent citing Ronald Reagan, who has led in the poll for years.
The findings suggest that gender stereotypes about brainpower take root at a pivotal point in childhood and can profoundly influence academic and career choices long afterward.
A teacher at a Southern California classroom took a strict interpretation of a school policy forbidding students from taking bathroom breaks during class, the lawsuit said.
‘Can He Do That?’
Each episode of The Post’s new podcast will focus on one way President Trump’s time in the White House defies conventions and ask the question, “Can he do that?” Listen to this introduction — and to a new installment every Friday.
