Exclusive: Backstage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
What happens after an actor or ensemble wins at the Screen Actors Guild Awards? USA TODAY’s Andrea Mandell got a backstage pass to check it all out. Check out the cast of Orange Is The New Black, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston and more.
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Acting AG: Dept. of Justice won’t defend Trump immigration order
Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who has been directing the Justice Department during the transition to President Trump’s administration, said Monday that she will not defend in court the president’s executive order that suspends immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries.
“I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right,” said Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration. “At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful.
“Consequently, for as long as I am the acting attorney general, the Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the executive order, unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so.”
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