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Stocks keep pushing higher in 2018, led by retailers
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rising retailers pushed U.S. stock indexes further into record territory on Friday, as the market's fabulous start to 2018 carried through its second week....
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- In the last case before the U.S. SupremeCourt this session, it seemed the majority of justices might uphold PresidentDonald Trump's travel ban on people from several Muslim-majority countries.Commentsmade during the hourlong oral arguments April 25 in Trump v. Hawaii emphasized nationalsecurity reasons for Trump's action.The challengersto the ban -- Hawaii, several individuals and a Muslim group -- have argued thatTrump's policy was motivated by his antagonism toward Muslims and itviolates federal immigration law and the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on thegovernment favoring one religion over another.Trump'scampaign pledges, including one where he called for a "a total andcomplete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," were raised incourt, but Solicitor General Noel Francisco said these comments should not influencethe justices because they were made before Trump was president.Francisco stressedthat T...
HOUSTON (AP) -- Former President George H.W. Bush was moved out of intensive care and into a regular patient room at a Houston hospital on Wednesday as he recovers from an infection that required his hospitalization a day after his wife's funeral, a family spokesman said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to uphold President Donald Trump's ban on travel to the U.S. by visitors from several Muslim-majority countries, a move that would hand the president a major victory on a controversial signature policy....