Inside the confusion of the Trump executive order and travel ban  — Trump's unilateral moves reflect the President's desire to quickly make good on his campaign promises  — But they also encapsulate the pitfalls of an administration largely operated by officials with scant federal experience

Trump Gives Controversial Adviser Stephen Bannon Seat at National Security Council Meetings  —  President Donald Trump has tapped his controversial senior adviser and chief strategist Stephen Bannon for a permanent seat at National Security Council meetings in what some experts are calling an …

Customs agents ignore judge, enforce Trump's travel ban: ACLU  —  SEE ALSO  —  Federal judge grants stay for those detained under Trump's travel ban  —  :0  —  A Brooklyn federal judge took on President Trump Saturday night,...  The ACLU is getting “multiple reports” …

President Trump's First Defeat  —  “It's working out very nicely,” President Donald Trump said on Saturday afternoon as he signed his latest batch of executive actions.  “You see it in the airports.”  —  It was the usual confident swagger from a man accustomed to getting his way.

The Trump bulldozer  —  We can't stress this enough: Watch closely the specific, substantive moves of the Trump White House.  Try to block out the white noise of outlandish statements and unforced errors, and the hyperventilating they provoke.  —  Otherwise, you miss the big — and in some cases, radical — changes coming our way.

US servicemember killed in raid on al Qaeda in Yemen  —  Yemenis look at the wreckage of a vehicle on February 9, 2016, in the aftermath of clashes between forces loyal to Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and al-Qaeda members in the Mansura suburb of Aden.

Conway: Travel chaos ‘small price to pay’ for security  —  White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that international travel disruptions in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from predominantly Muslim nations was a “small price to pay” for greater security.

The Media Honestly Doesn't Get It  —  In 1968, if you'd railed endlessly about how the United States would never, ever send men to the moon, you would've had some crow to eat the following year.  —  If you made your declarations not in your local pub, but on television and in the newspaper …

Donald Trump, the refugee ban, and the triumph of cruelty  —  Trump's immigration crackdown is an exercise in government cruelty.  —  On Friday, Donald Trump made the most plainly indefensible promise of his presidential campaign a reality.  He suspended all refugee admissions to the US for 120 days …

Trump's Border Patrol Defies Judge, U.S. Senator at Dulles Airport as His First Constitutional Crisis Unfolds  —  Late Saturday night, in the jam-packed baggage terminal for international arrivals at Washington Dulles International Airport, dozens of lawyers and hundreds of protesters watched …

Hours After Landing in U.S., Cleveland Clinic Doctor Forced to Leave by Trump's Order  —  Dr. Suha Abushamma's flight back to Saudi Arabia took off minutes before a federal judge ordered such forced removals to stop.  “She was basically racing against Trump,” a colleague and friend said.

A Clarifying Moment in American History  —  There should be nothing surprising about what the Donald Trump has done in his first week—but he had underestimated the resilience of Americans and their institutions.  —  {{#existing_user}}  —  Your newsletter subscription preferences have been updated.