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SEATTLE (AP) — The federal judge in Seattle who issued the order halting nationwide implementation of President Donald Trump's initial travel ban says he won't immediately rule on whether his restraining order applies to the new travel ban because of procedural reasons. U.S. District Judge James Robart said in an order Friday that motions or a complaint over the revised ban need to be filed before he can make a decision. Only notices have been filed.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is embracing numbers he once described as "phony" as he tries to take credit for the latest jobs report. The administration is praising new government statistics that show U.S. employers added 235,000 jobs in February. The jobless rate also dipped to a low 4.7 percent from 4.8 percent. About the change of heart, spokesman Sean Spicer says "They may have been phony in the past but they are very real now."
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the federal government on behalf of three Mexicans being held at a San Diego immigration detention center. The lawsuit seeks to limit the amount of time that people can be held before seeing an immigration judge. The ACLU's filing says many detainees are held for months while waiting for an initial appearance.
DETROIT (AP) - A 55-year-old man is being charged with setting a fire that killed five people and injured four others in an apartment building where he lived on Detroit's east side. The Wayne County prosecutor's office says Henry Johnson was jailed following his arraignment this afternoon on five counts of first-degree murder and five counts of first-degree arson. Police have said the Wednesday afternoon fire followed an argument. Five men were killed.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Winklevoss twins, known for having sued Mark Zuckerberg over the idea for Facebook, have suffered a setback in their push to expand the use of bitcoin to a wider universe of investors. The Securities and Exchange Commission today rejected a proposed Winklevoss exchange-traded fund that could have opened the digital currency to larger numbers of ordinary investors, saying it was inconsistent with securities exchange rules.
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