President Trump used the word "ban" in a tweet as recently as Monday to describe his new executive order suspending travel from seven Muslim-majority countries and halting the refugee program for several months. But facing backlash from many directions, the White House adamantly insisted Tuesday that the word is verboten. "This is not a ban," White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters in a fiery news briefing. "When we use words like 'travel ban,'" he said later, "that misrepresents what it is. It's seven countries previously identified by the Obama administration, where, frankly, we don't get the information that we need for people coming into this country."

Source: Los Angeles Times January 31, 2017 19:41 UTC