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his opponents. Venezuela is mired in
political gridlock, even as its economy
is falling apart.
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Briefs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal
appeals court will decide whether to
reinstate President Donald Trump’s
travel ban aft er a contentious hearing
in which the judges hammered away
at the administration’s motivations for
the ban, but also directed pointed ques-
tions to an attorney for two states try-
ing to overturn it.
It was unclear which way the three
judges of the San Francisco-based 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals would rule,
though legal experts said the states ap-
peared to have the edge.
“I’m not sure if either side present-
ed a compelling case, but I certainly
thought the government’s case came
across as weaker,” said Stephen Vla-
deck, a professor at the University of
Texas School of Law.
A ruling could come as early as
Wednesday and could be appealed to
the U.S. Supreme Court.
The appeals court challenged the ad-
ministration’s claim that the ban was
motivated by terrorism fears, but it
also questioned the argument of an at-
torney challenging the executive order
on grounds that it unconstitutionally
targeted Muslims.
Bipartisan US Lawmakers
Urge Trump to Sanction
Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A bi-
partisan group of 34 U.S. lawmakers
has sent a letter to President Donald
Trump urging him to step up pressure
on Venezuela’s government by immedi-
ately sanctioning offi cials responsible
AP PHOTO/JEFF CHIU
Trump Travel Ban in
Hands of Federal Appeals
Court
Warren Violates Arcane
Rule, Sparking Senate
Dustup
A woman crosses the street outside of the 9th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco,
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. A federal appeals court
will decide whether to reinstate President Trump’s
travel ban after a contentious hearing in which the
judges hammered away at the administration’s
motivations for the ban, but also directed pointed
questions to an attorney trying to overturn it.
for corruption and human rights abus-
es, The Associated Press has learned.
The letter was partly prompted by
an AP investigation, which it cites, that
found corruption in Venezuela’s food
imports. It also calls for a thorough
probe into alleged drug traffi cking
and support for Middle Eastern terror
groups by the country’s new vice presi-
dent, Tareck El Aissami.
El Aissami has been the target of U.S.
law enforcement since his days as inte-
rior minister almost a decade ago, and
has been tied to bribes paid to offi cials
by the nation’s top convicted drug traf-
fi cker. He has denied any wrongdoing.
Relations between the U.S. and its
staunchest critic in Latin America have
been tense for years — the two coun-
tries haven’t exchanged ambassadors
since 2010. And at Congress’ insistence,
President Barack Obama sanctioned
several top Venezuelan offi cials for
cracking down on opponents or help-
ing smuggle cocaine to the U.S.
But Trump mentioned the country
only briefl y during the campaign. And
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s com-
ments during his confi rmation gave lit-
tle sign of whether he will depart from
the Obama administration’s relative
restraint and call for dialogue between
socialist President Nicolas Maduro and
senatorial niceties to oppose Sessions
and Republicans sticking up for him.
King wrote that when acting as a fed-
eral prosecutor, Sessions used his pow-
er to “chill the free exercise of the vote
by black citizens.”
Quoting King technically put War-
ren in violation of Senate rules for
“impugning the motives” of Sessions,
though senators have said far worse.
And Warren was reading from a letter
that was written 10 years before Ses-
sions was even elected to the Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth
Warren has earned a rare rebuke by
the Senate for quoting Coretta Scott
King on the Senate fl oor.
The Massachusetts Democrat ran
afoul of the chamber’s
arcane rules by reading
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