Trump Travel Ban at Mercy of Appeals Court Judges
By Bloomberg
08 February 2017 |
12:29 pm
The Trump administration argued its case in support of reinstating a travel ban from seven Muslim-majority nations during questioning by appeals court judges on Monday night.
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