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UNDATED (AP) — The Justice Department is calling a ruling by a federal judge in Hawaii that halts President Donald Trump's revised travel ban "flawed in reasoning and in scope." The department says the executive order falls within Trump's power to protect national security and that the department will keep defending it in court. In his ruling Wednesday, the federal Judge questioned whether the administration was motivated by national security concerns.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's first budget for the federal government is set to be submitted to Congress on Thursday. The blueprint would make deep cuts in the Environmental Protection Agency and other domestic programs while significantly increasing spending on the military. The budget is expected to cause political pain for Republicans and Democrats, who will have the final say on spending in the arduous budget process.
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — Demolition work is resuming on a crumbling bridge along the California coast that's stranded residents in the popular Big Sur area and closed part of iconic Highway 1. A Department of Transportation spokesman says crews are using a wrecking ball to bring down Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge. Heavy rain damaged it beyond repair, stranding more than 400 residents on one side. Caltrans says it'll take at least nine months to rebuild the bridge.
BEIRUT (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says peace in Syria is "a moral and political imperative" that "cannot wait" as the country's civil war starts its seventh year. In a statement on the war's anniversary Wednesday, Guterres called for the parties to "make the most of" a cease-fire that began Dec. 30 and to ensure humanitarian aid can reach needy Syrians. The U.N. has also expressed concern about cease-fire violations.
NEW YORK (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. first daughter Ivanka Trump have welcomed a new musical that celebrates Canadian compassion following 9/11. Trudeau, Trump and some 120 ambassadors from around the world attended the show "Come From Away" Wednesday night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York. New York is where most of the 3,000 victims of the attacks died.
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