Nightly Brief

Your Monday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including a new executive order signed Sunday night by President Donald Trump adding North Korea and Venezuela to the list of Muslim-majority countries whose citizens face restricted entry to the United States; big industries and the State of Alaska have no grounds to challenge a federal policy regulating road-building and tree-cutting in 58 million acres of National Forests, a federal judge ruled, dismissing the 16-year-old case with prejudice; European lawmakers on Monday voted to end nearly nine years of forced austerity measures in Greece, finding the nation has nearly recovered from the 2008 global financial meltdown, and more.

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**1.) In National news a new executive order signed Sunday night by President Donald Trump adds North Korea and Venezuela to the list of Muslim-majority countries whose citizens face restricted entry to the United States.

2.) Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner wept loudly Monday as a federal judge ordered him to spend 21 months in prison for sexting an underage teenager.

3.) Big industries and the State of Alaska have no grounds to challenge a federal policy regulating road-building and tree-cutting in 58 million acres of National Forests, a federal judge ruled, dismissing the 16-year-old case with prejudice.

4.) Though far below levels from a decade ago, new data released Monday by the FBI shows a small uptick in the number of violent crimes committed in the United States last year.

**5.) In Regional news local advocates challenging a Massachusetts zoo’s plan to close its elephant exhibit when the main attractions die brought a federal complaint to have the long-suffering beasts live out their last days at a natural reserve.

**8.) In International news European lawmakers on Monday voted to end nearly nine years of forced austerity measures in Greece, finding the nation has nearly recovered from the 2008 global financial meltdown.