Advertisement Continue reading the main storySenator Richard Shelby of Alabama suggested that anyone surprised by Mr. Trump’s actions in government had not been paying attention. And no one seemed more willing to contend with them than Mr. Ryan. But for some allies and longtime admirers of Mr. Ryan, the fallout from the refugee order has been difficult to stomach. The chaos that Mr. Trump has wrought in Washington “was not a focus” of the meeting, Mr. Meadows said. Mr. Ryan learned of the order, he said on Tuesday, “pretty much at the time it was being issued.”

Source: New York Times January 31, 2017 16:41 UTC