Bloomberg A Muslim student group in Maryland filed the first lawsuit over the latest version of the Trump administration’s travel ban against several Muslim-majority countries, plus North Korea and Venezuela. The lawsuit filed by Iranian Alliances Across Borders will again focus on President Donald Trump’s comments about Muslims before the election as the true reason for the ban rather than …

Bloomberg Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vouched for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s diplomatic efforts to defuse the North Korea crisis after President Donald Trump said Tillerson “is wasting his time.” “The Defense Department supports fully Secretary Tillerson’s efforts to find a diplomatic solution but remains focused on defense of the United States and our allies,” Mattis said in testimony on …

Bloomberg At least 500 Spanish police officers were driven out of their hotels by angry locals last night as Catalan separatists pushed back against state forces after the crackdown on their illegal vote for independence. “This is a mafia behavior,” Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said in a televised statement on Tuesday. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is fighting …