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♦️Donald Trump orders an oil-tanker blockade around Venezuela.♦️The administration adds seven countries to its travel ban.♦️The president defends his chief of staff over candid comments she made to Vanity Fair.Keep up with US politics https://t.co/pa1otvP5HK ...

Trump expands US travel ban to five more countries https://t.co/8qyU1sGUfT ...

The Trump administration expanded its travel ban to cover five additional countries, and added partial bans on 15 additional countries https://t.co/mI3DNaYHVt ...

Trump Administration’s Travel Ban Will Increase To 30 Countries After National Guard Shootinghttps://t.co/mWpYU1SnbU https://t.co/EEojkyHJ3s ...

RT Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem)I just met with the President.I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom—not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS.WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE. ...

🇫🇷 UPDATE: France has lifted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s travel ban.He’s free to leave the country; the investigation into Telegram remains open. https://t.co/hvtH0YQc6b ...