Supreme Court Nominee Calls Trump’s Attacks on Judiciary ‘Demoralizing’

Mr. Trump escalated his feud with the courts over his travel ban, saying the judges had failed to grasp concepts even “a bad high school student would understand.”

Love, Interrupted: A Travel Ban Separates Couples

By JACK HEALY and ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS February 8, 2017 AURORA, Colo. — It took 11 days of calling lawyers, beseeching immigration officials and trying to book one-way plane tickets, but on Tuesday, Osman Nasreldin got the love of his life...

Appeals Court Panel Appears Skeptical of Trump’s Travel Ban

By ADAM LIPTAK February 7, 2017 WASHINGTON — A Justice Department lawyer on Tuesday said courts should not second-guess President Trump’s targeted travel ban, drawing skepticism from a three-judge federal appeals panel weighing the limits of...

Waiting for New Lives: 2 Refugees’ Long Journeys to the U.S.

Waiting for New Lives: 2 Refugees’ Long Journeys to the U.S. By JULIE TURKEWITZ and CAITLIN DICKERSON February 7, 2017 Faiz Khalil, left, and Mohamed Sharif. By JULIE TURKEWITZ and CAITLIN DICKERSON February 7, 2017 Faiz...

How Attorneys General Became Democrats’ Bulwark Against Trump

By ALEXANDER BURNS February 6, 2017 The three Democratic lawyers met over dinner in a cavernous hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., picking at seafood as they discussed how to take on President Trump: Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York; Josh...

Trump’s Travel Ban, Aimed at Terrorists, Has Blocked Doctors

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. February 6, 2017 The Trump administration has mounted a vigorous defense of its ban on travel from seven majority-Muslim nations, saying it is necessary to prevent terrorists from entering the United States. But the ban, now...