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| US President Donald Trump's latest bid to impose travel restrictions on citizens from eight countries entering the US has suffered a court defeat. | US President Donald Trump's latest bid to impose travel restrictions on citizens from eight countries entering the US has suffered a court defeat. |
| A federal judge slapped a temporary restraining order on the open-ended ban before it could take effect this week. | A federal judge slapped a temporary restraining order on the open-ended ban before it could take effect this week. |
| The policy targets Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea, as well as some Venezuelan officials. | The policy targets Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea, as well as some Venezuelan officials. |
| Previous iterations of the ban targeted six Muslim-majority countries, but were checked by the Supreme Court. | Previous iterations of the ban targeted six Muslim-majority countries, but were checked by the Supreme Court. |
| The state of Hawaii sued in Honolulu to block Mr Trump's latest travel ban. | |
| It argued the president did not have the powers under federal immigration law to impose such restrictions. | |
| US District Judge Derrick Watson, who blocked Mr Trump's last travel ban in March, issued the new restraining order. | |
| Judge Watson wrote that the new policy "suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor". | |
| He said "it lacks sufficient findings that the entry of more than 150 million nationals from six specified countries would be 'detrimental to the interests of the United States'". | |
| The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. | |
| Mr Trump promised "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" when he was a presidential candidate last year. |