Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Trump's Travel Ban Upheld By SCOTUS, And Other Stories

President Trump's travel ban, which was supposed to be a 3-month moratorium, has been upheld by the Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing the majority opinion.  The ban, which has been mischaracterized as a "Muslim ban", applies to Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Venezuela, and had been previously applied to Chad.

Read more at CNN, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News and Politico.

For some commentary, go to National Review and Hot Air.
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In other news and views:

From HotAir, SCOTUS strikes down California's law requiring crisis pregnancy centers to provide referrals to abortion centers.

From LifeNews, think again if you think Americans support abortion.

From The American Conservative, although separate from each other, religion helps preserve the state.

From CNS News, Republicans demand that Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) condemn Representative Maxine Waters (D-Cal) on the House floor.

From MomZette, liberals go to the border to launch a hunger strike over detained children.

From Voice Of Europe, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto accuses Brussels of conducting a "show trial" against Hungary.

From Breitbart's National Security, in Nigeria, Fulani Muslims massacre 120 Christians travelling from a funeral.

From EuroNews, Amnesty International denies any migration crisis in Europe.

From the NL Times, a van crashes into the front door of a building that houses De Telegraaf.  (If you read Dutch, read more at LaurensBosch.)

From Dutch News, another story on the van crashing into the De Telegraaf building.

From Reuters, according to President Trump, the U.S. government is completing a study on import tariffs on cars from the E.U.

From The Tablet, French President Macron meets with the pope.

From France24, French President Macron meets with Italian PM Conte.

From Russia Today, according to some MP's, the U.K. military is "very weak" and "depleted".

From the Express, Brussels tells U.K. Prime Minister May to soften her stance for a better Brexit deal.

From The Local IT, Italy's Interior Minister Salvini visits Libya.

From Deutsche Welle, Austria holds border protection exercises.

From The Northern Echo, a member of the For Britain party runs for office in Darlington, England.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, Canada welcomes back ISIS terrorists.

From Digital Journal, French police remove migrants from a university in Paris.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey's election is "Stockholm syndrome at its worst".

From FrontpageMag, has moderate Islam prevailed since Saudi Arabian women can now drive?

From National Review, what went wrong with Mexico?

From Townhall, enough with the references to Hitler, Nazis and the Holocaust, already.

From The Sun, a Russian World Cup fan denies having been in a shady industry.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, drug kingpin "El Chapo", who once tunneled out of prison, wants a tunnel leading into the courthouse where he is on trial.

From The Guardian, a "well intentioned restorer" strikes at a second Spanish church.

And from The Babylon Bee, the radical far-right Supreme Court recognizes that pro-lifers have free speech rights.

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