Fed Court Agenda Draws Trump's Ire

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The nation's largest federal court circuit has clashed repeatedly with President Donald Trump over the past six months, and the agenda for its annual meeting is not shying away from topics that have stoked the president's ire.

Immigration, fake news and meddling in the U.S. election are among the subjects to be discussed or touched on at the four-day conference of the 9th Circuit courts in San Francisco starting Monday.

Judges in the circuit have blocked both of Trump's bans on travelers from a group of mostly Muslim countries and halted his attempt to strip funding from so-called sanctuary cities.

Ninth Circuit spokesman David Madden acknowledges that someone could see a connection between the conference agenda and the administration, but he says there was no intention to link the two.

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