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(CNN)The grieving family of the British teenager who was killed in a motorcycle crash involving a US diplomat's wife has criticized both the US and UK governments for their handling of the incident, accusing the Trump administration of abusing its power. In an interview with CNN's Hala Gorani, family spokesperson Radd Seiger explained why Dunn's parents were contemplating legal action against the Trump administration and Anne Sacoolas -- the American woman involved in the crash. Dunn, 19, died in August after being knocked from his motorcycle outside a Royal Air Force station in central England that is controlled by the US Air Force. British police say he was struck by a vehicle that was traveling on the wrong side of the road. Trump meeting was 'a stunt,' says bereaved parents' spokesman Sacoolas, who has acknowledged driving the car, left the UK three weeks after the collision, Northamptonshire Police say, claiming diplomatic immunity. She has since apologized via her … [Read more...] about Trump administration ‘abused its power,’ says family of British teenager killed in crash

The Trump administration is calling for Iraq to hold early elections in a push aimed at stopping Baghdad's violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. “Despite being targeted with lethal violence and denied access to the Internet, the Iraqi people have made their voices heard, calling for elections and election reforms,” White House press secretary Stephanie GrishamStephanie GrishamGiuliani associate says he sought to pressure Ukraine to investigate Bidens Rand Paul says Trump has 'every right' to withhold Ukraine aid over corruption The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump says Dems shouldn't hold public hearings MORE said in a statement late Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT“The United States joins the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq in calling on the Iraqi government to halt the violence against protesters and fulfill President Salih’s promise to pass electoral reform and hold early elections,” she added. The administration also called on … [Read more...] about Trump administration calls for early elections in Iraq to stop violence

The Trump administration announced a key step toward opening Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas exploration Thursday, rolling out a plan that would see lease sales occur by the end of the year.The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its finalized Environmental Impact Statement, which favors the option to offer lease sales across 1.56 million acres of Alaska’s coastal plains.“After rigorous review, robust public comment, and a consideration of a range of alternatives, today’s announcement is a big step to carry out the clear mandate we received from Congress to develop and implement a leasing program for the Coastal Plain, a program the people of Alaska have been seeking for over 40 years,” Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in a statement.Under law, the BLM now has a 30-day waiting period before it can open up calls from fossil fuel companies for tracts to bid on and file its finalized Notice of Decision. Officials say … [Read more...] about Trump administration takes key step to open Alaskan wildlife refuge to drilling by end of year

The Trump administration’s plan to add a question about U.S. citizenship to the 2020 census drew an immediate legal challenge from California. Now a group of states and cities, including San Francisco, has gone a step further with bipartisan findings from census directors for more than four decades that show a citizenship question would reduce participation in the once-per-decade survey and undermine its accuracy. The Census Bureau has declared publicly since at least 1980 that citizenship inquiries “are particularly sensitive in immigrant communities” and that adding a citizenship question to the census “would drive down participation rates,” the states and cities said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District court in New York. Their lawsuit cited a bureau filing to the Supreme Court to that effect in 1980, under President Jimmy Carter; congressional testimony in 1988 and 1989 under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and later by President … [Read more...] about San Francisco joins suit to fight Trump administration over census citizenship question

An Obama administration program protecting hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants from deportation was legally established and remains in force despite President Trump’s order to abolish it, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Thursday, three days after the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to take the case out of the appellate courts’ hands. In a 3-0 ruling, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s two central claims in the case: that President Barack Obama acted illegally in creating the program known as DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and that courts had no authority to review last year’s decision to eliminate the program. “The government may not simultaneously both assert that its actions are legally compelled, based on its interpretation of the law, and avoid review of that assertion by the judicial branch,” Judge Kim Wardlaw said in a decision upholding a … [Read more...] about Court orders Trump administration to continue DACA