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A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2018

Tuesday in Jacksonville saw Gov. Rick Scott address the travel ban upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Decried as a “Muslim ban” by critics, President Donald Trump nonetheless is upholding the ban on travel from Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen as essential to national security. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1011620271327989760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffloridapolitics.com%2Farchives%2F267333-curbelo-travel-ban-discontinue-misguided-policy The Supreme Court backed Trump’s play by a 5-4 […]

Associated PressJuly 13, 2017

For all things Paris, President Donald Trump’s go-to guy is Jim. The way Trump tells it — Jim is a friend who loves Paris and used to visit every year. Yet when Trump travels to the city Thursday for his first time as president, it’s unlikely that Jim will tag along. Jim doesn’t go to […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

A poll released Monday by the University of North Florida shows that more Florida voters favor transgender bathroom rights than President Donald Trump‘s controversial “travel ban” from seven majority-Muslim countries. The UNF poll shows that 62 percent of registered Florida voters would have no issue using the same bathroom as a transgender person; 47 percent of those […]

Associated PressFebruary 4, 2017

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The Latest on a lawsuit by Washington and Minnesota seeking to halt President Donald Trump’s immigration ban (all times local): 7: 20 p.m. The White House says it will seek an emergency stay of a federal judge’s order that temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries. White House spokesman […]

Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2017

A peaceful march through Orlando International Airport Sunday afternoon involving as many as 1,000 people protested President Donald Trump‘s ban on Islamic refugees and individuals from seven Islamic countries. Chanting things such as “Islamaphobia has got to go!” “Refugees are welcome here!” and”This is what America looks like!” the protesters poured in from a gathering […]

Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2017

A peaceful march through Orlando International Airport Sunday afternoon involving as many as 1,000 people protested President Donald Trump‘s ban on refugees and people from seven Islamic countries Sunday afternoon. Chanting things such as “Islamaphobia has got to go!” “Refugees are welcome here!” and”This is what America looks like!” the protesters poured in from a […]

Tag: Muslim ban

Rick Scott on travel ban: ‘The president’s job is to keep us all safe’

Donald Trump in Paris: The curious case of his friend Jim

Poll: Floridians back transgender bathrooms, oppose ‘travel ban’ from Muslim countries

Federal government seeks stay of immigration order

1,000 gather at Orlando airport to protest Donald Trump’s immigrant ban

As many as 1,000 gather at Orlando airport to protest Donald Trump’s immigrant ban