The Speaker Editors 
The first Federal appeals court (in Richmond, VA) to rule on the revised travel ban upheld the decision of a lower court to block it.
The appellate judges said the policy “drips with religious intolerance.”
The Justice Department said it would appeal further.
The president met with other world leaders in Brussels this week — a meeting for an organization he last year called “obsolete” in the city he last year called a “hell hole.”
Analysts noted that world leaders seemed somewhat dismayed about Trump’s continued insistence they pay more money. Trump reminded them many nations owe large amounts for their defense.
Trump also met with the two leaders of the EU, another institution previously heavily criticized by Trump, and with France’s new leader Macron.
China protested when the investors service lowered its credit rating 1 notch because of China’s rising debt load (which could be difficult to service) and slowing growth.
It is the first time in the 30 years since the end of the devastation caused by Mao and the Cultural Revolution that China’s credit rating has been downgraded at all.
However, when the average of the three big ratings is made (the usual practice), the Moody’s rating means less.
After a siege that began yesterday, the militants gained control of Marawi, a city of 200,000 in the south of the country.
President Duterte spoke publicly of how anyone who fought against the government would fare, saying, “You will die.”
Duterte declared martial law in the south yesterday. He said he will extend martial law to the rest of the country if the militants expand.
Islamist militant communities have long been a problem for the Philippines, although mostly confined to the south.
The man who blew himself up and killed and injured dozens of others at the Ariana Grande concert this week was a 22-year-old British-born man of Libyan descent. He had recently returned from Libya.
Libyan authorities arrested family members of the man in that country, and UK police and special forces forced their way into residences in Manchester, making multiple arrests of family members and other relations.
Authorities have commented that the man was from Moss Side, Manchester, where they have thwarted a large number of recent attempts from the largely Muslim immigrant population (34% Muslim VS 36% Christian VS smaller numbers of other religious affiliations).
Authorities are of the opinion that the man was not alone, and may not have made the weapon himself. They consider another attack “imminent.”
The army was brought in to protect key landmarks like Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abby, and Piccadilly Circus — a very rare occurrence.
British citizens expressed fear and a sense that Manchester “feels like a different place,” testimony to the success of the Islamic extremists involved, whose goal includes just that.
Although there haven’t been any big breaks in the story, the relationship between Trump, Trump staff, Flynn, and Comey continues to dominate U.S. news headlines this week.
British media are referring to the UK PM’s recently toughened stance as her “war on terror,” using the same term used previously by President Bush and PM Blair.
The UK’s terrorist threat level has been “severe” for a long time now, but after the Manchester bombing May raised it to “critical,” concerned about another attack.
Although the UK is not as dangerous as mainland Europe due to residents having lesser connections to Islamic militant groups, UK security officials’ comments on Manchester were about only-a-matter-of-times and can’t-stop-them-alls. Security forces there prevents dozens of attacks per year, reportedly.
The change in tone comes at a time when May was being criticized for being too “weak and unstable.”
Volkswagen was in hot water for the same earlier this year.
The Justice Department filed suit against Fiat-Chrysler, alleging they used special software to get around the tests.
Fiat-Chrysler denies wrongdoing.
Although during the campaign trail Trump used the term frequently, and criticized other politicians for never uttering it, he did not use the term or even make reference to “Islam” or “Muslim” while making his statement on the attack — now confirmed by police to have been perpetrated by a Muslim extremist. Instead, he said he would refer to the perpetrators as “losers.”
President Duterte declared martial law in the south of the country on the island of Mindanao after Islamic extremists, long active in the country and now somewhat “allied” with ISIS, attacked the city of Marawi.
Several have been killed on both sides of the fight.
Manchester Police Chief Ian Hopkins identified the suspected suicide bomber suspect as 22-year-old Salman Abed. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, although they do that with almost every attack.
Authorities have reported multiple fatalities and injuries.
Concert-goers were evacuated.
British authorities issued a serious threat level warning across the country, suspecting a possible second attack.
The company was granted a patent for technology that scans items users have stored on the cloud when they are shared.
Microsoft envisions using software based on the patent for services like Google Drive, Dropbox and other storage services, social networks, and pirate sites.
A summary of how the patent is understood: “When objects are shared by one user with another user, prohibited content, if identified as such, can be blocked from being shared, while the remainder of the shared objects can be accessed by the other user.”
Microsoft intends that people who share copyrighted content can be banned.
It is illegal to share copyrighted content, although not illegal to store it on the cloud.