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A White House official sai on Wednesday that Donald Trump is pushing back the release of his revised executive order on travel and refugees until next week. Trump had said that a revamped executive order, tailored to address legal issues that blocked his original travel ban, would be released this week.  No explanation was given for the delay, and it remains unclear how the White House will tweak the travel ban to prevent future legal challenges.

Over the past year we've frequently written about the alarming homicide rates in Chicago (see "Chicago Violence Worst In 20 Years: 'Not Seen This Level Of Disrespect For Police Ever'").  But, the Wall Street Journal recently conducted an analysis of homicide data since 1985, for the 35 largest cities in the United States, and found that Chicago isn't the only place where violent crime is surging.  As it turns out, murder rates are also spiking in Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis, all of which have in the past two years approached or exceeded the records set a quarter-century ago, wh

Madeleine McCann’s parents have launched a fresh legal battle over police claims that they faked their daughter’s abduction. Kate and Gerry McCann launched the legal battle to overturn a Portuguese court ruling that failed to clear them of involvement in the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine. The legal battle is expected to wipe hundreds of thousands from a search fund. Their lawyer confirmed they would be using money from the “Find Madeleine” fund in a bid to overturn the ruling, and challenge claims by former police chief Goncalo Amaral.

The Department of Homeland Security released on Tuesday documents translating President Trump’s executive orders on immigration and border security into policy, providing details on how it will prosecute undocumented immigrants and criminal immigrants, repealing nearly all of the Obama administration's guidances, and bringing a major shift in the way the agency enforces the nation’s immigration laws.

The former Republican politician and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, convicted pedophile Dennis Hastert is suing one his victims for $1.7 million and breach of contract. The “serial child molester” who has ties with the Podesta family, was sentenced in April last year to 15 months in prison for paying his victims to keep quiet. He sexually abused young members of a wrestling team that he coached, until one of them broke his silence despite having been paid hush money by the former speaker. Now Hastert, who was once third in line to ascend to the presidency under George W.