Appeals court says travel ban illegal

RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban targeting nationals of six Muslim-majority countries unconstitutionally discriminates against Muslims. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ 9-4 vote makes it the second federal appellate court to say the ban is illegal since it went into effect in September.

Both rulings have no current effect, as the Supreme Court has said the ban can go into place while it is challenged in the nation’s highest court. Supreme Court justices are expected to rule on its constitutionality in June. in formally blaming Russia for a huge cyberattack last June that was aimed at Ukraine but crippled computers worldwide, a highly public naming-and-shaming exercise that could further fray relations with Moscow.

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