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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 13 June 2017
Secret Service says it doesn’t have any Trump tapes

By KEN THOMAS ist of Trump’s conversations other entity. the very near future.” dent’s, adding, “Lordy, I
Associated Press with ousted FBI Director Trump has been coy about White House press secretary hope there are tapes.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The James Comey. whether any recordings ex- Sean Spicer said Monday The Secret Service has
U.S. Secret Service said The agency made the dis- ist of his private conversa- an announcement would handled recording systems
Monday it doesn’t have closure in response to a tions with Comey, who was come “when the president within the White House for
any recordings or tran- freedom of information fired by the president in is ready to make it.” previous presidents. The
scripts of any tapes record- request by The Wall Street May. Trump raised the pos- Comey suggested in his request from the Journal
ed within President Donald Journal. The newspaper sibility of tapes last month high-profile Senate testi- sought recordings or tran-
Trump’s White House, a dis- noted that it doesn’t ex- and told reporters last mony last week that any scripts of any recordings
closure that failed to rule clude the possibility of re- week that he would discuss recordings would back up made after Jan. 20 at the
out whether any tapes ex- cordings created by an- their potential existence “in his account over the presi- White House.q

Trump travel ban dealt another blow as appeals court rules

By GENE JOHNSON to demonstrate that their
SUDHIN THANAWALA entry would hurt American
Associated Press interests.
SEATTLE (AP) — Another U.S. The president’s order did
appeals court stomped on not tie citizens of Iran, Lib-
President Donald Trump’s ya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria
revised travel ban Mon- and Yemen to terrorist or-
day, saying the administra- ganizations or identify them
tion violated federal immi- as contributors to “active
gration law and failed to conflict,” the court said. It
provide a valid reason for also did not provide any
keeping people from six link between their national-
mostly Muslim nations from ity and their propensity to
coming to the country. commit terrorism.
The decision by a unani- “In short, the order does not
mous three-judge panel of provide a rationale explain-
the San Francisco-based ing why permitting entry of
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- nationals from the six des-
peals helps keep the travel ignated countries under
ban blocked and deals current protocols would be
Trump a second big legal detrimental to the interests
defeat on the policy in less of the United States,” the
than three weeks. Attorney General Jeff Sessions attends a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump, Monday, ruling said.
The administration has June 12, 2017, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.
appealed another ruling (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) The judges pointed to a
against the ban to the Su- June 6 tweet by Trump say-
preme Court, which is likely mus and directed at a sin- adding: “National security fortunately, this injunction ing the order was aimed
to consider the cases in gle religious group,” rather is not a ‘talismanic incan- prevents the President from at “dangerous countries.”
tandem. The White House than necessary for national tation’ that, once invoked, fully carrying out his Article That helped demonstrate
said it is confident the high security. can support any and all ex- II duties and has a chilling that he was not assessing
court will uphold Trump’s The 9th Circuit, which ercise of executive power.” effect on security opera- whether the roughly 180
executive order. heard arguments in Seattle Attorney General Jeff Ses- tions overall.” million citizens of the six
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court last month in Hawaii’s chal- sions said the Justice De- Judges Michael Hawkins, countries had ties to terror-
of Appeals in Virginia last lenge to the ban, found no partment “will continue to Ronald Gould and Rich- ism, they said.
month cited the presi- need to analyze Trump’s seek further review by the ard Paez — all appointed Because of the conflict with
dent’s campaign state- campaign statements. It Supreme Court.” by President Bill Clinton immigration law, the judges
ments calling for a “total ruled based on immigra- “The Executive Branch is — said the travel ban vio- said they didn’t need to
and complete shutdown” tion law, not the Constitu- entrusted with the respon- lated immigration law consider whether it also
on Muslims entering the tion. sibility to keep the country by discriminating against violated the Constitution’s
U.S. as evidence that the “Immigration, even for the safe under Article II of the people based on their na- prohibition on the govern-
90-day ban was unconsti- president, is not a one-per- Constitution,” he said in tionality when it comes to ment favoring or disfavor-
tutionally “steeped in ani- son show,” the judges said, a written statement. “Un- issuing visas and by failing ing any religion.q
Treasury: Trump has plan if debt limit not raised by August

Continued from Front Congress does not act be- has been using accounting from this month’s quarterly $148 billion, down from
fore August we do have steps known as “extraordi- tax payments could clarify $204 billion a month ago.
However, he said he is back up plans that we can nary measures” to avoid a the deadline, but for now The national debt is nearly
“comfortable” that the fund the government,” default. it forecasts that Mnuchin $20 trillion, including money
Treasury Department can Mnuchin said without elab- Shortly before Mnuchin tes- has sufficient maneuvering owed to several federal
meet the government’s orating. tified, a Washington think room to keep the govern- programs.
financial obligations “So I want to make it clear tank projected that despite ment solvent into the fall. Lawmakers are trying to
through the start of Sep- that that is not the time- the slowdown in revenues, The policy center says a deal with the debt limit
tember. frame that would create a the government will have big Oct. 2 payment into while at the same time a
Private analysts say serious problem.” enough cash to pay its bills the military retirement trust House panel is beginning
Mnuchin probably has The federal government until October or November. fund could trigger default. work on spending bills to
even greater leeway. technically hit the debt The Bipartisan Policy Cen- As of Friday, the Treasury fund the government. q
“If for whatever reason limit in March, but Treasury ter says that revenue results had a cash balance of