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(CNN)President Trump has a love/hate (and then hate some more) relationship with "Saturday Night Live." At one time, Trump seemed to be a fan of the show and even hosted it twice, including once as a presidential candidate in November 2015. But that was then. As we all know by now, Trump is hostile to "SNL" and has lashed out at the NBC show numerous times. It started in October 2016 when he called for the show to be canceled for doing a "hit job" on him, and has continued unabated since. Just two weeks ago he complained about a repeat episode of "SNL" for "knocking" him and suggested that the "Federal Election Commission and/or FCC" should look into it and other late-night comedy shows. (Someone really needs to tell Trump that whining is not winning.) But this past Saturday night Trump might have fallen back in love -- at least temporarily. "SNL's" cold open was truly a comedic victory lap for Trump, p...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's move to lift bans on drilling for oil and gas in offshore Arctic and Atlantic areas is illegal, a US judge has ruled. Trump's effort to open more areas to drilling "is unlawful, as it exceeds the president's authority," Judge Sharon Gleason ruled. As a result, bans on drilling in these areas "will remain in full force and effect unless and until revoked by Congress," the Friday ruling said. Former President Barack Obama's indefinite prohibition on new drilling in US waters in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska, including most of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, and in 31 underwater canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, was enacted in December 2016 under a 1953 law. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act gives the president power to withdraw offshore areas from commercial use. Previous presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Bill Clinton also invoked the legislation. Trump signed an executive order in April 2017 aimed at ...