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U.S. judge narrows travel ban in defeat for Trump

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Grandparents and other relatives should not be barred from entering the United States under President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban involving six Muslim-majority countries, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.

The order, by U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu, dealt a fresh courtroom defeat for Trump as the Republican president seeks to toughen U.S. immigration policy.

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