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Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:23:05 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINWhile the board of education of Pueblo City Schools (D60) on Monday unanimously approved tentative language agreements with the Pueblo Education Association, a requested 1 percent cost of living salary bump and an increase in the district’s health in...

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:23:05 GMTBY PETER ROPER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPresident Donald Trump’s ban on immigration from seven Muslim countries is keeping a commitment to his supporters but it also will be used by radical Islamic groups to recruit terrorist attacks on the U.S., according to a terrorism specialist at Colo...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:56:03 GMTBY SADIE GURMAN AND ERIC TUCKER
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — The legal fight over President Donald Trump’s ban on certain refugees is likely to turn on questions of a president’s authority to control America’s borders and whether this policy unconstitutionally discriminates against Muslims.
Civil...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:46:04 GMTThe drop-off location during February for the Pueblo Community College Panther Student Pantry is The Pueblo Chieftain, 825 W. Sixth St.
The big red collection bin is located in the lobby near the front doors. Nonperishable food and personal hygiene p...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:48:04 GMTBY MATTHEW LEE
AP DIPLOMATIC WRITERWASHINGTON — The White House clashed Monday with a large group of American diplomats who are voicing dissent with Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim majority countries, challenging them to resign if they aren’t on board...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:54:14 GMTBY VIVIAN SALAMA AND CATHERINE LUCEY
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday denied his immigration order was to blame for the chaos at the nation’s airports over the weekend, instead pointing to computer glitches, protesters and even the “tears of Senator Schumer.”
Later he shif...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:24:03 GMTBY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA AND MUHANAD AL-SALEH
ASSOCIATED PRESSBAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers Monday called for banning Americans from entering the country after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending immigration from Iraq and citizens of six other Muslim majority nations.
The vote is not b...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:24:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH’-hoo) to the United States next month.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that Netanyahu will visit on February 15. He said Trum...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:24:04 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSHOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush has gone home after more than two weeks in a Houston hospital.
The 92-year-old Bush was released Monday from Houston Methodist Hospital where he received treatment for pneumonia. Family spokesman Jim McGra...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 19:24:06 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York says he will vote against eight of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.
Schumer said he’ll oppose education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos, secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson...