White House Expands Travel Ban, Trump vs. the NFL, Merkel Wins in Germany: A.M. Links
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White House The White House announced an expanded travel ban that includes three additional countries—North Korea, Chad, and Venezuela.
- President Trump spent the weekend saying NFL players who kneel during the anthem should be fired, leading players across the league to kneel at this week's games.
- Jared Kushner reportedly used a private e-mail account to conduct some White House business.
- The FBI is launching a civil rights investigation into a church shooting in Tennessee, where one person was killed before the gunman was shot by a congregant.
- Angela Merkel emerged victorious in elections in Germany, although she will have to form a coalition with two other parties, while Alternative for Germany will become the first nationalist party in parliament since the Nazis.
- Nearly 50,000 people in Indonesia have fled their homes over fears of an imminent volcano eruption.
- Spanish authorities are trying to take control of the regional police in Catalonia ahead of an independence referendum they insist is illegal.
- Labor unions in France are blocking fuel depots to protest employment law reforms.
