First on CNN: Justice Dept. will not defend executive order on travel restrictions  —  Federal lawsuit filed against travel ban  —  Washington (CNN)The acting Attorney General Sally Yates has told Justice Department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending President Donald Trump's executive order …

Hill staffers secretly worked on Trump's immigration order  —  Senior staffers on the House Judiciary Committee helped Donald Trump's top aides draft the executive order curbing immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations, but the Republican committee chairman and party leadership were not informed …

Suspect in Quebec Mosque Attack Quickly Depicted as a Moroccan Muslim.  He's a White Nationalist.  —  A mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque last night left six people dead and eight wounded.  The targeted mosque, the Cultural Islamic Center of Quebec, was the same one at which a severed pig's head was left during Ramadan last June.

Senate Dems will filibuster Trump's Supreme Court nominee  —  Senate Democrats are going to try to bring down President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick no matter who the president chooses to fill the current vacancy.  —  With Trump prepared to announce his nominee on Tuesday evening …

How the Trump administration chose the 7 countries in the immigration executive order  —  (CNN)The seven Muslim-majority countries targeted in President Trump's executive order on immigration were initially identified as “countries of concern” under the Obama administration.

BREAKING NEWS: Full Text of Draft Dissent Channel Memo on Trump Refugee and Visa Order  —  Consider this a major bureaucratic uprising on the part of career foreign service officers against the President on his executive order on refugees. … Numerous Foreign Service officers and other diplomats …

Presidential Executive Order on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs  —  REDUCING REGULATION AND CONTROLLING REGULATORY COSTS  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 …

How to Build an Autocracy  —  It's 2021, and President Donald Trump will shortly be sworn in for his second term.  The 45th president has visibly aged over the past four years.  He rests heavily on his daughter Ivanka's arm during his infrequent public appearances.

Statement from Secretary Kelly on the President's Appointment of Thomas D. Homan as Acting ICE Director  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the president appointed Mr. Thomas D. Homan acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  —  Since 2013, Mr. Homan has served …

Obama supports protests: ‘American values are at stake’  —  Barack Obama spoke out Monday afternoon against his successor — and in support of the protests opposing President Donald Trump — with a spokesman saying the former president thinks they're “citizens exercising their Constitutional right …

Republicans Have One Big Incentive to Stick With Trump  —  Despite the growing protests against President Trump's executive action on refugees and other people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, relatively few members of his party have spoken out against the policy — a familiar pattern since the election.

Homeland Security Chief and White House Clash  —  Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has clashed with the White House over staffing and other decisions, people familiar with the matter say, leaving DHS without a No. 2 during a chaotic weekend at the nation's airports.

Rep. Tom Price Got Privileged, Discounted Offer on Biomedical Stock, Company Says  —  Rep. Tom Price got a privileged offer to buy a biomedical stock at a discount, the company's officials said, contrary to his congressional testimony this month.

In New White House, a Look at Trump's Inner Circle  —  Since taking office 10 days ago, President Donald Trump has moved to consolidate power within a small cadre of close aides at the White House.  —  He's added a senior political adviser to the National Security Council and appears …

Boy Scouts, Reversing Century-Old Stance, Will Allow Transgender Boys  —  Reversing its stance of more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America said on Monday that the group would begin accepting members based on the gender listed on their application, paving the way for transgender boys to join the organization.